(n.) The line which marks the outer limits of an object or
figure; the exterior line or edge; contour.
(n.) In art: A line drawn by pencil, pen, graver, or the like,
by which the boundary of a figure is indicated.
(n.) A sketch composed of such lines; the delineation of a
figure without shading.
(n.) Fig.: A sketch of any scheme; a preliminary or general
indication of a plan, system, course of thought, etc.; as, the outline
of a speech.
(v. t.) To draw the outline of.
(v. t.) Fig.: To sketch out or indicate as by an outline; as,
to outline an argument or a campaign.