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SKETCH (directly adapted from Dutch schets, which was taken from Ital. schizzo, a rough draft, Lat. schedium, something hastily made, Gr. oxE&os, sudden, off-hand, axeb6v, near by; Ger. Skizze and Fr. esquisse are from the same source)

SKETCH (directly adapted from Dutch schets, which was taken from Ital. schizzo, a rough draft, See also:
LAT
Lat. schedium, something hastily made, Gr. oxE&os, sudden, off-See also:
HAND
HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)
hand, axeb6v, near by; Ger. Skizze and Fr. esquisse are from the same source) , a rough or hasty preliminary outline or draft serving as a See also:

note or material for a finished See also:

WORK

work. Though used of See also:

LITERARY

literary See also:

composition, as for a See also:

SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short slightly constructed See also:

PLAY

play, or of a rapid delineation in words of an event or See also:

CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character, the See also:

TERM

term is chiefly used of the putting on See also:

paper or other material of the immediate impression of an See also:

OBJECT

object, figure, landscape, &c., by an artist, or of an artist's first See also:

IDEA (Gr. Ibia, connected with i&eiv, to see; cf. Lat. species from specere, to look at)

idea or conception of a work whether in See also:

PAINTING

painting or See also:

sculpture.

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