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† proˈtracture Obs.
Also erron. 6–7 -our, -or.
[f. as protract v. + -ure: cf. portraiture.]
1. Representation by a figure; drawing.
1551Recorde Pathw. Knowl. i. Defin., Without perspectiue knowledge, it is not easy to iudge truly the formes of them in flatte protracture. 1557― Whetst. G iv, I will..set forth a brief explication of their names, with the protracture of the figures. 1613M. Ridley Magn. Bodies 51 Having the formes and protractors of creeping things..drawne in past-boord. 1634W. Wood New Eng. Prosp. ii. xx. (1865) 107 They make curious baskets with intermixed colours and protractures of antique Imagerie.
2. Figure, shape, form, outline.
1551Recorde Pathw. Knowl. ii. lv, Circles are regulare formes, that is to say, such formes as haue in their protracture a iuste and certaine proportion. 1581J. Derricke View Irel. II. E iij b, His skirtes be verie shorte..And Irishe trouzes more to put their straunge protractours out. 1607Topsell Four-f. Beasts (1658) 411 It is her fashion and protracture to lie thus when she [the hamster] is angry. |