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Sierra :: Sierra (n.) A ridge of mountain and craggy rocks, with a serrated or irregular outline; as, the Sierra Nevada..

Conspectus :: Conspectus (n.) A general sketch or outline of a subject; a synopsis; an epitome.

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..

Trick :: Trick (v. t.) To draw in outline, as with a pen; to delineate or distinguish without color, as arms, etc., in heraldry..

Perspective :: Perspective (a.) The effect of distance upon the appearance of objects, by means of which the eye recognized them as being at a more or less measurable distance. Hence, aerial perspective, the assumed greater vagueness or uncertainty of outline in distant objects..

Soft :: Soft (superl.) Having, or consisting of, a gentle curve or curves; not angular or abrupt; as, soft outlines..

Shaper :: Shaper (n.) A machine with a vertically revolving cutter projecting above a flat table top, for cutting irregular outlines, moldings, etc..

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..

Delineatory :: Delineatory (a.) That delineates; descriptive; drawing the outline; delineating.

Camera Obscura :: Camera obscura () An apparatus in which the images of external objects, formed by a convex lens or a concave mirror, are thrown on a paper or other white surface placed in the focus of the lens or mirror within a darkened chamber, or box, so that the outlines may be traced..

Outlined :: Outlined (imp. & p. p.) of Outlin.

Bosh :: Bosh (n.) Figure; outline; show.

Shaper :: Shaper (n.) That which shapes; a machine for giving a particular form or outline to an object.

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

Sketch :: Sketch (n.) To draw the outline or chief features of; to make a rought of.

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..

Adumbration :: Adumbration (n.) A faint sketch; an outline; an imperfect portrayal or representation of a thing.

Design :: Design (n.) To draw preliminary outline or main features of; to sketch for a pattern or model; to delineate; to trace out; to draw.

Orbiculated :: Orbiculated (a.) Made, or being, in the form of an orb; having a circular, or nearly circular, or a spheroidal, outline..

Circumscription :: Circumscription (n.) The exterior line which determines the form or magnitude of a body; outline; periphery.

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