See Also: pictorial(dictionary)
pictorial(dictionary)

streck (iou) and pictorial (iou)


streck (iou)



streck adverb & adjective. obsolete exc. dial. ME.
[Ult. from Germanic base of STRETCH verb. Cf. STRAKE noun, verb1, STREEK.]
A. adverb. In a straight course, directly; immediately. ME.
b. adjective. Straight. LME.

pictorial (iou)



pictorial adjective & noun. M17.
[from late Latin pictorius, from Latin pictor painter, from pict-: see PICTURE noun, -IAL.]
A. adjective.
Of or pertaining to a painter or painting, drawing, etc., in General. Now literary. M17.
J. Rosenberg Massing and contrasting lights and darks to gain pictorial animation. Artist Deals..with what is around him..for his pictorial purposes.
Consisting of or expressed in a picture or pictures. E19.
Asian Art Another level of meaning in Chinese pictorial Art. Times Literary Supplement A drawing..which remains our only pictorial evidence of a playhouse of Shakespeare's time.
Containing or illustrated by a picture or pictures. E19.
Discovery Sets of pictorial postcards of the park.
fig. Picturesque; graphic. E19.
b. noun.
a. A periodical having pictures as the main feature. M19.
b. A magazine article consisting chiefly of photographs. L20.
A (usu. commemorative) postage stamp printed with a picture or scene. M20.
pictorialism noun the practice of pictorial representation; the use of a pictorial style; spec. Photography in which the aim is to create pictures of intrinsic merit rather than to record events, scenes, etc.: M19.
pictorialist noun a person who uses a pictorial style; an advocate or practitioner of pictorialism: M19.
pictoriali'zation noun the action of pictorializing something E20.
pictorialize verb trans. represent in or illustrate by pictures L19.
pictorially adverb (a) by means of a picture or pictures; (b) in the manner of or as the subject of a picture: M19.