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To delineate. [Obs.] These two stones as they are here defigured. Weever.

To paint; to picture; hence, to describe; to delineate in words; to depict. [Obs.] And do unwilling worship to the saint That on his shield depainted he did see. Spenser. In few words shall see the nature of many memorable persons . . . depainted. Holland.

To represent by drawing; to draw a plan of; to delineate; to trace or mark out; as, to describe a circle by the compasses; a torch waved about the head in such a way as to describe a circle.

The act of describing; a delineation by marks or signs.

To draw preliminary outline or main features of; to sketch for a pattern or model; to delineate; to trace out; to draw. Dryden.

Delineation; sketch; design; ideal; invention. [Obs.] For though that some mean artist's skill were shown In mingling colors, or in placing light, Yet still the fair designment was his own. Dryden.

A drawing of lines for a plan; a plan delineated, or drawn in outline; a delineation. See Draught.

To draw the outline of; to delineate.

The act of drawing up, marking out, or delineating; representation. Dryden.

e, as a line on any surface; hence, also, to form by marking; to make by an instrument of delineation; to produce, as a sketch, figure, or picture.

One who delineates or depicts; a draughtsman; as, a good drawer.

bjects, but for effect only, and produced with hard material such as pencil, chalk, etc.; delineation; also, the figure or representation drawn.

The act or art of heraldic decoration; delineation of armorial bearings.

To delineate or describe, as by writing. [Obs.] All which . . . for to enchase, Him needeth sure a golden pen, I ween. Spenser.

To sketch; to delineate. [R.] There are many empty terms to be found in some learned writes, to which they had recourse to etch out their system. Locke.

To amplify; to magnify; to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth ; to delineate extravagantly ; to overstate the truth concerning. A friend exaggerates a man's virtues. Addison.

Represented by figure or delineation; consisting of figures; as, figural ornaments. Sir T. Browne.

Represented by figure or delineation. [R.] Craig.

Well delineated; clearly and vividly described.

To write or delineate on hard substances, by means of incised lines; to practice engraving.