delineatorn.

1631 J. Weever Anc. Funerall Monuments 631 That learned delineator of Great Britaine M. Camden.

1778 V. Knox Ess. II. xxiv. 243 When we compare this great man's writings with his life, we are tempted to exclaim with a modern delineator of characters, Alas, poor human nature!

1815 W. H. Ireland Scribbleomania 202 An unbiassed delineator of facts.

1865 T. Wright Hist. Caricature & Grotesque vi. 100 The mediæval artists in general were not very good delineators of form.

1946 S. T. Felstead Stars who made Halls i. 16 Bransby Williams, just beginning to make his name as a delineator of Charles Dickens.

1998 S. T. DeCarava in R. G. O'Meally Jazz Cadence Amer. Culture xv. 248 Light is an activating principle in this image, a delineator of action.

2011 J. G. Lyon & L. K. Lyon Pract. Handbk. Wetland Identification & Delineation (ed. 2) v. 86 An additional advantage of surveying the boundaries of jurisdictional wetlands is that the acreage estimate is usually a more accurate and precise estimate than that of the wetland delineator alone.

1778 Brit. Patent 1183 (1854) Optical instrument or accurate delineator.

1807 Lit. Panorama 2 175/2 Charles Schmalcalder,..Mathematical and Philosophical Instrument-maker; [patent] for a delineator, copier, or proportion-ometer, for the use of taking, tracing, and cutting out profiles.

1822 New Eng. Farmer 7 Sept. 43/3 Mr. Isaiah J. Hendrix..has lately invented, and obtained a patent for an instrument called the Delineator, to be used in the cutting of garments.

1874 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. I. 683/2 Delineator, 1. (Tailoring.) A pattern formed by rule; being expansible in the directions where the sizes vary, as indicated by the varying lengths obtained by measurement. 2. (Surveying.) A perambulator, or geodetical instrument on wheels, with registering devices for recording distances between points [etc.].

1898 Univ. Med. Mag. (Univ. Pennsylvania) Feb. 280 (caption) Tracing taken by improved trolley delineator.

1966 Jrnl. Res. National Bureau Standards C. 70 286/1 [Field emission ultramicrometer.] Proposed applications include..(4) surface profile delineator (contact free), and (5) surface contour delineator (contact free).

1946 Rep. Comm. Engin.: President's Highway Safety Conf. 41 For important rural roads, substantial night accident-reduction records have been achieved by highway delineators, which are small retrodirective reflectors mounted on standards at regular intervals along the roadside.

1991 Public Wks. Nov. 23/1 Nite Lite reflective fencing, a continuous visual barrier and lane delineator to warn drivers and supplement work zone safety fences.

2000 R. Buchanan Taylor's Master Guide Landscaping vii. 195/2 It's so common for neighbors to disagree on the height, style, and upkeep of a boundary marker that these delineators are often placed off to one side or the other, not centered along the property line.