Definition of outline

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Outline (n.) In art: A line drawn by pencil, pen, graver, or the like, by which the boundary of a figure is indicated..

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Lance :: Lance (n.) One of the small paper cases filled with combustible composition, which mark the outlines of a figure..
Lineament :: Lineament (n.) One of the outlines, exterior features, or distinctive marks, of a body or figure, particularly of the face; feature; form; mark; -- usually in the plural..
Waved :: Waved (a.) Exhibiting a wavelike form or outline; undulating; intended; wavy; as, waved edge..
Sketch :: Sketch (n.) To draw the outline or chief features of; to make a rought of.
Outline :: Outline (n.) The line which marks the outer limits of an object or figure; the exterior line or edge; contour.
Saddle-backed :: Saddle-backed (a.) Having the outline of the upper part concave like the seat of a saddle.
Design :: Design (n.) A preliminary sketch; an outline or pattern of the main features of something to be executed, as of a picture, a building, or a decoration; a delineation; a plan..
Outline :: Outline (n.) In art: A line drawn by pencil, pen, graver, or the like, by which the boundary of a figure is indicated..
Memorandum :: Memorandum (n.) A brief or informal note in writing of some transaction, or an outline of an intended instrument; an instrument drawn up in a brief and compendious form..
Ambitus :: Ambitus (n.) The exterior edge or border of a thing, as the border of a leaf, or the outline of a bivalve shell..
Trace :: Trace (v. t.) To mark out; to draw or delineate with marks; especially, to copy, as a drawing or engraving, by following the lines and marking them on a sheet superimposed, through which they appear; as, to trace a figure or an outline; a traced drawing..
Scantling :: Scantling (v. t.) A rough draught; a rude sketch or outline.
Delineation :: Delineation (n.) The act of representing, portraying, or describing, as by lines, diagrams, sketches, etc.; drawing an outline; as, the delineation of a scene or face; in drawing and engraving, representation by means of lines, as distinguished from representation by means of tints and shades; accurate and minute representation, as distinguished from art that is careless of details, or subordinates them excessively..
Conspectus :: Conspectus (n.) A general sketch or outline of a subject; a synopsis; an epitome.
Outlinear :: Outlinear (a.) Of or pertaining to an outline; being in, or forming, an outline..
Sketchy :: Sketchy (a.) Containing only an outline or rough form; being in the manner of a sketch; incomplete.
Round :: Round (a.) Having a curved outline or form; especially, one like the arc of a circle or an ellipse, or a portion of the surface of a sphere; rotund; bulging; protuberant; not angular or pointed; as, a round arch; round hills..
Perspectograph :: Perspectograph (n.) An instrument for obtaining, and transferring to a picture, the points and outlines of objects, so as to represent them in their proper geometrical relations as viewed from some one point..
Profile :: Profile (n.) to draw the outline of; to draw in profile, as an architectural member..
Schematism :: Schematism (n.) Particular form or disposition of a thing; an exhibition in outline of any systematic arrangement.
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