Both Uses of
oblong
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Far from the Madding Crowd
- It was not at the bird, nor at the cat; it was at an oblong package tied in paper, and lying between them.†
Chpt 1-3 *
- The indistinct summit of the facade was notched and pronged by chimneys here and there, and upon its face were faintly signified the oblong shapes of windows, though only in the upper part.†
Chpt 10-12
Definition:
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(oblong) an elongated shape -- typically of a stretched circle that is longer than an oval, but occasionally used to describe a rectangle