All 3 Uses of
delineate
in
Moby Dick
- Such unaccountable masses of shades and shadows, that at first you almost thought some ambitious young artist, in the time of the New England hags, had endeavored to delineate chaos bewitched.†
Chpt 1-3 *
- But quitting all these unprofessional attempts, let us glance at those pictures of leviathan purporting to be sober, scientific delineations, by those who know.†
Chpt 55-57
- In some instances, to the quick, observant eye, those linear marks, as in a veritable engraving, but afford the ground for far other delineations.†
Chpt 67-69
Definition:
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(delineate) show the form or outline of; or determine the essential quality of