contour

• This being once admitted, it is easy to see that the indefinite stability of the rings would have required a regularity of structure throughout their whole contour, which is very improbable. —  Biographies of Distinguished Scientific Men
• The man had lean shoulders and thin hips which gave him a waspish contour, and he was attired in a fashion that was sartorially perfect-striped trousers, fawn vest and cutaway, and a dislodged silk hat kept pace with his progress down the stairs. —  024 - Red Snow
• Each have their attractions, each their grandeur, each their sublimity, each their wonderful, awful silence, each their long and glorious landscape views, while, to each, the general contour is the same. —  The Life and Adventures of Kit Carson
• Impress a contour, and you have a vine-leaf or a commemorative map of some island just added to the Empire. —  process 10
• But bow shall I attempt to describe to you the St. Catherine! This lovely picture combines all the refined elegance of the Venus de Medici, in form, contour, and flowing lines, with an astonishing delicacy of colour, and masterly yet softened execution. —  RECOLLECTIONS OF THE LATE WILLIAM BECKFORD

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