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outlining

[out-lahyn] Origin

out·line

[out-lahyn] noun, verb, -lined, -lin·ing.
noun
1.
the line by which a figure or object is defined or bounded; contour.
2.
a drawing or sketch restricted to line without shading or modeling of form.
3.
a general sketch, account, or report, indicating only the main features, as of a book, subject, or project: an outline of medieval history; an outline of a speech.
4.
outlines, the essential features or main aspects of something under discussion: At the first meeting, we gave her only the outlines of the project.
5.
Printing. an ornamented type in which the outside contours of each character appear in black, with the inside left white.
verb (used with object)
6.
to draw the outline of, or draw in outline, as a figure or object.
7.
to give an outline of; sketch the main features of: On the first day, the professor just outlined the course for us.

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Outlining is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.

Origin:
1655–65; out- + line1

pre·out·line, noun, verb (used with object), -lined, -lin·ing.
re·out·line, verb (used with object), -lined, -lin·ing.
well-out·lined, adjective


1. See form. 3. plan, draft, rough, synopsis, summary. 6, 7. delineate, draft.

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outline
1662, "lines by which a figure is delineated," from out + line (v.). Meaning "rough draft in words" is from 1759. The verb is first attested 1790.
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