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Webster 1913 Edition
Sketch
Sketch
,Noun.
[D.
schets
, fr. It. schizzo
a sketch, a splash (whence also F. esquisse
; cf. Esquisse
.); cf. It. schizzare
to splash, to sketch.] 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.
Syn. – Outline; delineation; draught; plan; design.
– Sketch
, Outline
, Delineation
. An outline gives only the bounding lines of some scene or picture. A sketch fills up the outline in part, giving broad touches, by which an imperfect idea may be conveyed. A delineation goes further, carrying out the more striking features of the picture, and going so much into detail as to furnish a clear conception of the whole. Figuratively, we may speak of the outlines of a plan, of a work, of a project, etc., which serve as a basis on which the subordinate parts are formed, or of sketches of countries, characters, manners, etc., which give us a general idea of the things described. Crabb.
Sketch
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Sketched
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Sketching
.] 1.
To draw the outline or chief features of; to make a rought of.
2.
To plan or describe by giving the principal points or ideas of.
Syn. – To delineate; design; draught; depict.
Sketch
,Verb.
I.
To make sketches, as of landscapes.
Webster 1828 Edition
Sketch
SKETCH
,Noun.
SKETCH
,Verb.
T.
1.
To draw the outline or general figure of a thing; to make a rough draught.2.
To plan by giving the principal points or ideas.