Definition of outline

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Outline (v. t.) Fig.: To sketch out or indicate as by an outline; as, to outline an argument or a campaign..

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Curl :: Curl (v. i.) To move in curves, spirals, or undulations; to contract in curving outlines; to bend in a curved form; to make a curl or curls..
Lance :: Lance (n.) One of the small paper cases filled with combustible composition, which mark the outlines of a figure..
Camera Lucida :: Camera lucida () An instrument which by means of a prism of a peculiar form, or an arrangement of mirrors, causes an apparent image of an external object or objects to appear as if projected upon a plane surface, as of paper or canvas, so that the outlines may conveniently traced. It is generally used with the microscope..
Sketchy :: Sketchy (a.) Containing only an outline or rough form; being in the manner of a sketch; incomplete.
Snail :: Snail (n.) A spiral cam, or a flat piece of metal of spirally curved outline, used for giving motion to, or changing the position of, another part, as the hammer tail of a striking clock..
Waved :: Waved (a.) Having undulations like waves; -- said of one of the lines in heraldry which serve as outlines to the ordinaries, etc..
Sketch :: Sketch (n.) To draw the outline or chief features of; to make a rought of.
Skeleton :: Skeleton (a.) Consisting of, or resembling, a skeleton; consisting merely of the framework or outlines; having only certain leading features of anything; as, a skeleton sermon; a skeleton crystal..
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..
Quadrate :: Quadrate (a.) A plane surface with four equal sides and four right angles; a square; hence, figuratively, anything having the outline of a square..
Schema :: Schema (n.) An outline or image universally applicable to a general conception, under which it is likely to be presented to the mind; as, five dots in a line are a schema of the number five; a preceding and succeeding event are a schema of cause and effect..
Crystallite :: Crystallite (n.) A minute mineral form like those common in glassy volcanic rocks and some slags, not having a definite crystalline outline and not referable to any mineral species, but marking the first step in the crystallization process. According to their form crystallites are called trichites, belonites, globulites, etc..
Orbiculated :: Orbiculated (a.) Made, or being, in the form of an orb; having a circular, or nearly circular, or a spheroidal, outline..
Conspectus :: Conspectus (n.) A general sketch or outline of a subject; a synopsis; an epitome.
Waved :: Waved (a.) Exhibiting a wavelike form or outline; undulating; intended; wavy; as, waved edge..
Adumbration :: Adumbration (n.) The shadow or outlines of a figure.
Shaper :: Shaper (n.) A machine with a vertically revolving cutter projecting above a flat table top, for cutting irregular outlines, moldings, etc..
Outline :: Outline (n.) A sketch composed of such lines; the delineation of a figure without shading.
Bosh :: Bosh (n.) Figure; outline; show.
Undulation :: Undulation (n.) A wavy appearance or outline; waviness.
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