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Delineated; portrayed. [R.]

ld astronomical instrument, formed of two cones, on whose surface the constellations were delineated.

To describe in proper terms (the figures of heraldic devices); also, to delineate (armorial bearings); to emblazon. The coat of , arms, which I am not herald enough to blazon into English. Addison.

To lay down in a chart; to map; to delineate; as, to chart a coast.

The art of reading character as it is delineated in the hand. -- Chei*ros"o*phist (, n.

To mark or delineate with charcoal. Camden.

s, the group is included. The constellations seem to have been almost purposely named and delineated to cause as much confusion and inconvenience as possible. Sir J. Herschel.

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

To delineate. [Obs.]

Capable of being, or liable to be, delineated. Feltham.

A delineated picture; representation; sketch; description in words. Their softest delineations of female beauty. W. Irving.

One who, or that which, delineates; a sketcher.

That delineates; descriptive; drawing the outline; delineating.

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.

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

represent by lines drawn; to form a sketch or a picture of; to represent by a picture; to delineate; hence, to represent by words; to depict; to describe. A flattering painter who made it his care To draw men as they ought to be, not as they are. Goldsmith. Can I, untouched, the fair one's passions move, Or thou draw b…

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