Found 2 items, similar to vignette.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: vignette
vignette
n 1: a brief literary description [syn:
sketch]
2: a photograph whose edges shade off gradually
3: a small illustrative sketch (as sometimes placed at the
beginning of chapters in books)
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Vignette
Vignette
\Vi*gnette"\, v. t.
To make, as an engraving or a photograph, with a border or
edge insensibly fading away.
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Vignette
\Vi*gnette"\ (?; 277), n. [F. vignette, fr. vigne a
vine. See
Vine, and cf.
Vinette.]
1. (Arch.) A running ornament consisting of leaves and
tendrils, used in Gothic architecture.
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2. A decorative design, originally representing vine branches
or tendrils, at the head of a chapter, of a manuscript or
printed book, or in a similar position; hence, by
extension, any small picture in a book; hence, also, as
such pictures are often without a definite bounding line,
any picture, as an engraving, a photograph, or the like,
which vanishes gradually at the edge.
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3. A picture, illustration, or depiction in words, esp. one
of a small or dainty kind.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]