2. A delineated picture; representation; sketch; description in words.

Their softest delineations of female beauty.

W. Irving.

Syn. -- Sketch; portrait; outline. See Sketch.

De*lin"e*a`tor (?), n. 1. One who, or that which, delineates; a sketcher.

2. (Surv.) A perambulator which records distances and delineates a profile, as of a road.

De*lin"e*a*to*ry (?), a. That delineates; descriptive; drawing the outline; delineating.

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