lay figure

NOUN
  1. dummy in the form of an artist's jointed model of the human body
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  • For one thing, we will have to ignore a good deal of commentary presented by nameless characters, by representative characters, and by lay figures who appear for one important speech and are never seen again.
  • Each floor had several components of live artistry — from a man in burlesque drag modeling for a few fidgety painters on art horses (floor 5) to a sword swallower swallowing swords next to a student spraying water on his lineup of dwarfish clay figures (floor 2). In Tribeca Snowstorm, Parker Posey Makes Us Melt
  • Other clay figures in the show this autumn will speak of different facets of their culture. Times, Sunday Times
  • Clay figures are often used in stop motion animations, known as claymation, for their ease of repositioning. FUN VIDEOS: "Maksimok Takes On The Argonauts" (19 October 2007)
  • Her sensations throughout, as she subsequently stated, had been of the most pleasing nature; and her manageableness during the operation was as perfect as if she had been a wax doll or a lay figure.
  • It was like forcing a clay figure to bend after it had been in the oven and glazed.
  • Occasionally the books were illustrated with engravings, but none could match the authenticity of the sixty-three unfired clay figures in Royer's collection.
  • When we overlay Figure 4.2 onto Figure 4.1, we will see that the budget constraint will be tangential to some I-curves and cut across other I-curves.
  • The realization had come to her slowly; the Queen was a lay figure, lacking even the power to dismiss a maid-of-honour without the King's approval.
  • Other clay figures in the show this autumn will speak of different facets of their culture. Times, Sunday Times
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