Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Profiling"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Profile \Pro"file\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Profiled}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Profiling}] [Cf. F. profiler, It. profilare. See
{Profile}, n.]
1. to draw the outline of; to draw in profile, as an
architectural member.
2. (Mech.) To shape the outline of an object by passing a
cutter around it.
{Profiling machine}, a jigging machine.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Profiling \Pro"fil*ing\, n. (Fort.)
In the construction of fieldworks, the erection at proper
intervals of wooden profiles, to show to the workmen the
sectional form of the parapets at those points.
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