effigy : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: effigy	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for effigy
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
effigy n a representation of a person (especially in the form of sculpture); "the coin bears an effigy of Lincoln"; "the emperor's tomb had his image carved in stone" Synonym(s): effigy, image, simulacrum
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Effigy \Ef"fi*gy\, n.; pl. {Effigies}. [L. effigies, fr. effingere to form, fashion; ex + fingere to form, shape, devise. See {Feign}.] The image, likeness, or representation of a person, whether a full figure, or a part; an imitative figure; -- commonly applied to sculptured likenesses, as those on monuments, or to those of the heads of princes on coins and medals, sometimes applied to portraits. {To burn}, [or] {To hang}, {in effigy}, to burn or to hang an image or picture of a person, as a token of public odium.