Category:Vignette

Vi*gnette", n. Etym: [f. vignette, fr. vigne a vine. See vine, and Cf. Vinette.]

1. (arch.)

Defn: a running ornament consisting of leaves and tendrils, used in Gothic architecture.

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.

Vignette Vi*gnette", v. t.

Defn: to make, as an engraving or a photograph, with a border or edge Insensibly fading away.