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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[F.

contour

, fr.

contourner

to mark the outlines;

con-

tourner

to turn. See

The outline of a figure or body, or the line or lines representing such an outline; the line that bounds; periphery.

Titian’s coloring and

contours

A. Drummond.

(Mil.)

The outline of a horizontal section of the ground, or of works of fortification.

Contour feathers

(Zool.)

those feathers that form the general covering of a bird.

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Contour of ground

(Surv.)

the outline of the surface of ground with respect to its undulation, etc.

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Contour line

(Topographical Suv.)

the line in which a horizontal plane intersects a portion of ground, or the corresponding line in a map or chart.