Hypertext Webster Gateway: "oblong"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Oblong \Ob"long\, n.
A rectangular figure longer than it is broad; hence, any
figure longer than it is broad.
The best figure of a garden I esteem an oblong upon a
descent. --Sir W.
Temple.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Oblong \Ob"long\, a. [L. oblongus; ob (see {Ob-}) + longus long:
cf. F. oblong.]
Having greater length than breadth, esp. when rectangular.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
oblong
adj 1: of a leaf shape; having a somewhat elongated form with
approximately parallel sides
2: deviating from a square or circle or sphere by being
elongated in one direction
n : a plane figure that deviates from a square or circle due to
elongation
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