Definition for LIN'E-A-MENT

LIN'E-A-MENT, n. [Fr. from L. lineamentum.]

Feature; form; make; the outline or exterior of a body or figure, particularly of the face. Man he seems / In all his lineaments. – Milton. The lineaments of the body. – Locke. Lineaments of a character. – Swift.

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