Imagery
Pronunciation : Im"age*ry
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [OE. imagerie, F. imagerie.]
Definition : 1. The work of one who makes images or visible representation of objects; imitation work; images in general, or in mass. "Painted imagery." Shak. In those oratories might you see Rich carvings, portraitures, and imagery. Dryden.
2. Fig.: Unreal show; imitation; appearance. What can thy imagery of sorrow mean Prior.
3. The work of the imagination or fancy; false ideas; imaginary phantasms. The imagery of a melancholic fancy. Atterbury.
4. Rhetorical decoration in writing or speaking; vivid descriptions presenting or suggesting images of sensible objects; figures in discourse. I wish there may be in this poem any instance of good imagery. Dryden.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913