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Webster 1913 Edition

Outline

Out′lineˊ

,
Noun.
1.
(a)
The line which marks the outer limits of an object or figure; the exterior line or edge; contour.
(b)
In art: A line drawn by pencil, pen, graver, or the like, by which the boundary of a figure is indicated.
(c)
A sketch composed of such lines; the delineation of a figure without shading.
Painters, by their
outlines
, colors, lights, and shadows, represent the same in their pictures.
Dryden.
2.
Fig.: A sketch of any scheme; a preliminary or general indication of a plan, system, discourse, course of thought, etc.;
as, the
outline
of a speech
.
But that larger grief . . .
Is given in
outline
and no more.
Tennyson.
Syn. – Sketch; draught; delineation. See
Sketch
.

Out′lineˊ

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Outlined
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Outlining
.]
1.
To draw the outline of.
2.
Fig.: To sketch out or indicate as by an outline; to create a general framework of (a plan, system, discourse, course of thought), for which the details need to be added;
as, to
outline
an argument or a campaign
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Outline

OUT'LINE

,
Noun.
Contour; the line by which a figure is defined; the exterior line.

OUT'LINE

,
Verb.
T.
To draw the exterior line; to delineate; to sketch.

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