lineamentn.
/ˈlɪnɪəm(ə)nt/, U.S. /ˈlɪn(i)əmənt/ a. A line; also, a delineation, diagram, outline, sketch; plural outlines, designs. literal and figurative. Obsolete.
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the world > space > shape > [noun] > contour(s)
lineationa1398
lineament1570
line1590
purfle1601
lineature1630
stroke1638
stell1657
outline1662
profile1664
contour1770
lineamentation1890
galbe1899
society > communication > representation > a plastic or graphic representation > graphic representation > drawing plans or diagrams > [noun] > a plan or diagram
plat1508
plot1551
plack1552
placket1552
lineament1570
draught1580
landscape1642
plan1664
speculum1676
chart1880
1570 J. Dee in H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. Math. Præf. sig. diiij The whole Feate of Architecture in buildyng, consisteth in Lineamentes, and in Framyng.
1587 W. Harrison Descr. Eng. (1877) ii. ii. i. 51 Circles, characters, & lineaments of imagerie.
1630 R. Norton in tr. W. Camden Hist. Princesse Elizabeth To Rdr. sig. B3 A great part of these Annals..lay yet shadowed in their first lineaments.
a1640 J. Ball Answer to Iohn Can (1642) i. 33 I see here a perfect image of the Brownists..but not so much as any lineament of any English Protestant Preacher.
1669 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. I i. ii. 15 The choicest parts [of Grecian Metaphysics]..received their first lineaments, and configuration from [etc.].
1702 V. Mandey tr. J. J. Hainlin Synopsis Mathematica: Geom. i. iii. 137 All Magnitude is either a Line, or a Lineament or Diagram.
1752 D. Hume Ess. & Treat. (1777) I. 237 The broken lineaments of the piece..are carefully studied.
1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature V. 395 The imagination, being free in the choice of its colors and lineaments, incessantly passes from object to object.
1811 J. Pinkerton Petralogy I. Introd. p. ix Diversity may be used to imply a still greater difference than the variety presents. A very faint shade of difference might, if necessary, be called a lineament.
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the world > existence and causation > causation > source or origin > [noun] > source, seed, or germ > seeds or germs
seedOE
seminalities1651
lineament1683
the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > a small quantity or amount > a slight touch or trace
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taste1390
lisounc1400
savourc1400
smatcha1500
smell?a1505
spice1531
smack1539
shadow1586
surmise1586
relish1590
tang1593
touch1597
stain1609
tincture1612
dasha1616
soula1616
twanga1640
whiff1644
haut-goût1650
casta1661
stricturea1672
tinge1736
tinct1752
vestige1756
smattering1764
soupçon1766
smutch1776
shade1791
suspicion1809
lineament1811
trait1815
tint1817
trace1827
skiff1839
spicing1844
smudgea1871
ghost1887
1683 A. Snape Anat. Horse iv. vii. 159 The Muscles of the Ears in..Men..are so very small, that Galen calls them, the lineaments of Muscles.
1686 J. Goad Astro-meteorologica i. x. 38 The first Lineaments of Mist or Fog, we impute to the Influence of ♃.
1811 J. Pinkerton Petralogy II. 323 The paste..encloses some lineaments of black mica.
a. A portion of the body, considered with respect to its contour or outline, a distinctive feature. Obsolete.In the 17–18th centuries very frequently applied to the parts of insects.
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the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > [noun] > part with regard to
lineament?a1475
member1875
?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1872) IV. 255 The liniamentes of his body and membres.
1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection i. sig. Bi God hath no lyneamentes nor partes corporall.
1540 R. Morison tr. J. L. Vives Introd. Wysedome (new ed.) B v Beautie standeth in suche liniamentes, shape, and portrature of the body, as [etc.].
1605 W. Camden Remaines i. 7 Equalling the most excellent inhabitants of the earth, both in the endowments of minde, and lineaments of bodie.
1611 J. S. Hooker's Eccl. Pol. To Rdr. Beholding the goodly Lineaments of their well set Bodies.
a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1958) IX. 135 In the Scriptures, those bodily lineaments, head and feet, and hands, and eyes, and eares be ascribed to God.
1650 T. Fuller Pisgah-sight of Palestine iv. v. 85 Insects, with so many lineaments in a little compass, that [etc.].
1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd i. 92 Man he seems In all his lineaments, though in his face The glimpses of his Fathers glory shine. View more context for this quotation
1707 G. Miège Present State Great Brit. ii. viii. 50 The Linemeants of their Bodies are..well proportioned.
1733 J. Swift On Poetry 24 What Lineaments divine we trace Thro' all the Features of his Face.
1766 H. Brooke Fool of Quality I. iv. 113 Men are even as their fellow insects; they rise to life, exert their lineaments, and flutter abroad.
b. figurative in plural. (Now associated with the narrower sense 3) Distinctive features or characteristics.
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society > communication > indication > that which identifies or distinguishes > [noun]
tokenc1000
distinctionc1374
differencea1398
signeta1425
knowledge?c1475
smell?a1505
markc1522
badge1529
note1583
impress1590
monument1590
type1595
stamp1600
pressure1604
mintage1612
criterion1613
impressa1628
differencer1633
lineament1638
mole1644
discrimination1646
tessera1647
diagnostic1651
monumental1657
discretive1660
signate1662
footmark1666
trait1752
memorandum1766
fingerprint1792
insignia1796
identifier1807
designative1824
cachet1840
differentiator1854
tanga1867
trademark1869
signature1873
totem1875
differential1883
earmarkings1888
paw print1894
discriminator1943
ident1952
the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > [noun] > a characteristic > characteristics
lineament1638
individuality1642
jizz1922
1638 F. Rous Heavenly Acad. iv. 34 Yet have we other fruits, that by some kindred may seeme to counterfeit some lineaments of that taste.
a1680 S. Butler Genuine Remains (1759) II. 103 So near of Kin are all fantastic Illusions, that you may discern the same Lineaments in them all.
1709 J. Swift Project Advancem. Relig. 7 Tracing, however imperfectly, some few Lineaments in the Character of a Lady.
1750 G. Hughes Nat. Hist. Barbados Pref. 5 The most beautiful lineaments in the character of Cato are owing to this excellent science.
1796 E. Burke Let. to Noble Lord in Wks. (1815) VIII. 52 Complete in all the lineaments of men of honour.
1842 H. J. Stephen New Comm. Laws Eng. II. ii. ii. v. 120 To trace the principal lineaments of the law of contract.
1843 T. B. Macaulay Ld. Clive in Crit. & Hist. Ess. III. 111 Some lineaments of the character of the man were early discerned in the child.
1864 J. F. Kirk Hist. Charles the Bold (U.S. ed.) I. i. 13 The general lineaments of the era that was passing away.
3. In narrower sense, a portion of the face viewed with respect to its outline; a feature.
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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > feature > [noun]
track1513
lineamenta1535
delineament1596
tract1606
miniature1630
remark1660
trait1773
signalment1779
feature1828
a1535 T. More Hist. Richard III in Wks. (1557) 61/1 As well in all princely behaueor as in ye liniamentes & favour of his visage.
1579 E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. May 212 Shee sawe (in the younglinges face) The old lineaments of his fathers grace.
a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) i. ii. 41 Fortune reignes in gifts of the world, not in the lineaments of Nature. View more context for this quotation
a1665 J. Goodwin Πλήρωμα τὸ Πνευματικόv (1670) xviii. 520 Every Lineament of his face being here represented.
1696 R. Bentley Of Revel. & Messias 25 The same features, the same lineaments visible in both.
1702 Eng. Theophrastus 208 A single fine lineament cannot make a handsom face.
1726 J. Swift Gulliver II. iii. vii. 102 General Benevolence for Mankind in every Lineament of his Countenance.
1812 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Cantos I & II ii. lxi. 91 In his lineaments ye cannot trace..The deeds that lurk beneath.
1885 J. Payn Talk of Town I. 75 He examined his lineaments, in the hopes of detecting a likeness to the Chandos portrait.
Derivatives
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society > communication > representation > a plastic or graphic representation > graphic representation > drawing plans or diagrams > make plan or diagram of [verb (transitive)]
to set down in plat1508
to plat forth1556
delineate1579
plot1588
plat1589
trace1599
to line outa1616
lineament1638
to lay down1669
design1697
plan1734
draught1828
1638 T. Jackson Treat. Consecration Sonne of God 219 The fore-mentioned speculative knowledge being liniamented in our brains.
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society > communication > representation > a plastic or graphic representation > graphic representation > drawing plans or diagrams > [adjective] > of the nature of a sketch or imperfect outline
lineamental1601
the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > feature > [adjective]
featured1761
lineamental1791
featural1883
1601 J. Deacon & J. Walker Dialogicall Disc. Spirits & Diuels 140 They might..have cunningly carued or cut out..some lineamentall fashion..or shape of serpents.
1791 J. Learmont Poems Pastoral 188 Man's winter day must also come And all his lineamental bloom Be stained.
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the mind > will > intention > planning > [adverb]
lineamentally?a1475
prefixedly1608
calculatedly1899
?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1865) I. 17 In whom alle thinges excerpte of oþer men ar broken in to smalle membres, but concorporate here liniamentally [L. lineamentaliter].
ˌlineamenˈtation n. representation in form or lineament.
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the world > space > shape > [noun] > contour(s)
lineationa1398
lineament1570
line1590
purfle1601
lineature1630
stroke1638
stell1657
outline1662
profile1664
contour1770
lineamentation1890
galbe1899
1890 J. H. Stirling Philos. & Theol. iv. 65 It does not follow..that we must think the νοῦς a merely immanent principle..of lineamentation and proportion in the material mass.
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