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(2 syl.) means shown by a thread. (Italian, profilo; Latin, filum, a thread.) A profile is an outline. In sculpture or painting it means to give the contour or side-face.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894

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