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silhouette

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  1. outline               
 
1. sil.hou.ette \.sil-*-'wet\ n [F, fr. E`tienne de Silhouette -1767 F 
   controller general of finances;] fr. his petty economies : a representation 
   of the outlines of an object filled in with black or so me other uniform 
   color
2. silhouette vt : to represent by a silhouette; also : to project upon a 
   backgrou nd like a silhouette