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Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 2

Part of speech: noun (n.)

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.

Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 2

Part of speech: verb (v.)

To represent by a silhouette; to project upon a background, so as to be like a silhouette. [Recent] A flock of roasting vultures silhouetted on the sky. The Century.

Noah Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Structured JSON vendored from sktzofrenic/webster1828 at commit 5a58d9e0191eefaa51affbc1bb1b8bc5782ba6c0. The upstream README identifies the dictionary text as public domain and the project license as MIT.

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