Definition of outline

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Outline (n.) Fig.: A sketch of any scheme; a preliminary or general indication of a plan, system, course of thought, etc.; as, the outline of a speech..

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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..
Programme :: Programme (n.) That which is written or printed as a public notice or advertisement; a scheme; a prospectus; especially, a brief outline or explanation of the order to be pursued, or the subjects embraced, in any public exercise, performance, or entertainment; a preliminary sketch..
Sketchy :: Sketchy (a.) Containing only an outline or rough form; being in the manner of a sketch; incomplete.
Outline :: Outline (n.) In art: A line drawn by pencil, pen, graver, or the like, by which the boundary of a figure is indicated..
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..
Contour :: Contour (n.) The outline of a figure or body, or the line or lines representing such an outline; the line that bounds; periphery..
Outline :: Outline (v. t.) To draw the outline of.
Sketch :: Sketch (n.) An outline or general delineation of anything; a first rough or incomplete draught or plan of any design; especially, in the fine arts, such a representation of an object or scene as serves the artist's purpose by recording its chief features; also, a preliminary study for an original work..
Outline :: Outline (v. t.) Fig.: To sketch out or indicate as by an outline; as, to outline an argument or a campaign..
Draught :: Draught (n.) A sketch, outline, or representation, whether written, designed, or drawn; a delineation..
Delineatory :: Delineatory (a.) That delineates; descriptive; drawing the outline; delineating.
Line :: Line (n.) Form of a vessel as shown by the outlines of vertical, horizontal, and oblique sections..
Trick :: Trick (v. t.) To draw in outline, as with a pen; to delineate or distinguish without color, as arms, etc., in heraldry..
Conspectus :: Conspectus (n.) A general sketch or outline of a subject; a synopsis; an epitome.
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..
Sierra :: Sierra (n.) A ridge of mountain and craggy rocks, with a serrated or irregular outline; as, the Sierra Nevada..
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..
Melt :: Melt (v. i.) To lose distinct form or outline; to blend.
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..
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..
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