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vignette |
4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Vignette \Vi*gnette"\ (?; 277), n. [F. vignette, fr vigne a vine. See {Vine}, and cf {Vinette}.] 1. (Arch.) A running ornament consisting of leaves and tendrils, used in Gothic architecture. 2. A decorative design, originally representing vine branches or tendrils, at the head of a chapter, of a manuscript or printed book, or in a similar position; hence by extension, any small picture in a book; hence also as such pictures are often without a definite bounding line any picture, as an engraving, a photograph, or the like which vanishes gradually at the edge. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Vignette \Vi*gnette"\, v. t. To make as an engraving or a photograph, with a border or edge insensibly fading away From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Vignette \Vi*gnette"\, n. A picture, illustration, or depiction in words esp. one of a small or dainty kind From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: vignette n 1: brief description [syn: {sketch}] 2: a photograph whose edges shade off gradually 3: a small sketch (as sometimes placed at the beginning of chapters in books)
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