- (n.) A picture, illustration or depiction in words, especially one of a small or dainty kind.
- (n.) 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.
- (v.t.) To make, as an engraving or a photograph, with a border or edge insensibly fading away.
- (n.) A running ornament consisting of leaves and tendrils, used in Gothic architecture.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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