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The outline of a figure or body or the line or lines representing such an outline the line that bounds periphery...
Outlinear
Of or pertaining to an outline being in or forming an outline...
National insurance
National insurance. The (English) National Insur-ance Act, 1911 (1 & 2 Geo. 5, c. 55), introduced by Mr. Lloyd George, established a wide system of compulsory state insurance covering both ill-health and unemployment, which is based upon premiums contributed in part by the employer, in part by the employee, and in part by the State. The Act consisted of three parts, the first dealing with National Health Insurance, the second with Unemployment Insurance, and the third contained miscellaneous provisions. This Act remained the basis of National Health Insurance, although the subject of very extensive amendment, until the National Health Insurance Act, 1924, consolidated the law. The law has been consolidated again by the (English) National Health Insurance Act, 1936 (26 Geo. 5, and 1 Edw. 8, c. 32), amends and repeals the whole of the Acts passed in 1920, 1922, 1924 and 1928. The arrangement is as follows:-Part I. Insured Persons and Contributions.Part II. Benefits.Part III. Approved Soc...
meander line
meander line : a usually irregular surveyed line following the outline of a body of water that is used to measure abutting property and is not a boundary line ...
opening argument
opening argument Outline or summary of the nature of a case and of anticipated proof presented by attorney to jury at start of trial, before any evidence is submitted. Source: FindLaw ...
Blur
To render obscure by making the form or outline of confused and uncertain as by soiling to smear to make indistinct and confused as to blur manuscript by handling it while damp to blur the impression of a woodcut by an excess of ink...
Bosh
Figure outline show...
Camera lucida
An instrument which by means of a prism of a peculiar form or an arrangement of mirrors causes an apparent image of an external object or objects to appear as if projected upon a plane surface as of paper or canvas so that the outlines may conveniently traced It is generally used with the microscope...
Camera obscura
An apparatus in which the images of external objects formed by a convex lens or a concave mirror are thrown on a paper or other white surface placed in the focus of the lens or mirror within a darkened chamber or box so that the outlines may be traced...
Chippendale
Designating furniture designed or like that designed by Thomas Chippendale an English cabinetmaker of the 18th century Chippendale furniture was generally of simple but graceful outline with delicately carved rococo ornamentation sculptured either in the solid wood or in the cheaper specimens separately and glued on In the more elaborate pieces three types are recognized French Chippendale having much detail like Louis Quatorze and Louis Quinze Chinese Chippendale marked by latticework and pagodalike pediments and Gothic Chippendale attempting to adapt medieval details The forms as of the cabriole and chairbacks often resemble Queen Anne In chairs the seat is widened at the front and the back toward the top widened and bent backward except in Chinese Chippendale in which the backs are usually rectangular...
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