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silhouette
n. [F.; -- so called from Etienne de Silhoutte, a French minister of finance in 1759, whise diversion it was to make such portraits on the walls of his apartments.] A representation of the outlines of an object filled in with a black color; a profile portrait in black, such as a shadow appears to be. ()
v. t. To represent by a silhouette; to project upon a background, so as to be like a silhouette. ()
A flock of roasting vultures silhouetted on the sky. (The Century.)


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