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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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