a. Suitable to be taken as a model or pattern;
n. [ F. modèle, It. modello, fr. (assumed) L. modellus, fr. modulus a small measure, dim. of modus. See Mode, and cf. Module. ]
In charts, in maps, and eke in models made. Gascoigne. [ 1913 Webster ]
I had my father's signet in my purse,
Which was the model of that Danish seal. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
You have the models of several ancient temples, though the temples and the gods are perished. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]
[ The application for a patent ] must be accompanied by a full description of the invention, with drawings and a model where the case admits of it. Am. Cyc. [ 1913 Webster ]
When we mean to build
We first survey the plot, then draw the model. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
He that despairs measures Providence by his own little, contracted model. South. [ 1913 Webster ]
Thou seest thy wretched brother die,
Who was the model of thy father's life. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
A professional model. H. James. [ 1913 Webster ]
model number.
Working model,
v. t.
v. i. (Fine Arts) To make a copy or a pattern; to design or imitate forms;
adj. resembling sculpture;
n. One who models; hence, a worker in plastic art.
n. (Fine Arts) The act or art of making a model from which a work of art is to be executed; the formation of a work of art from some plastic material. Also, in painting, drawing, etc., the expression or indication of solid form.
Modeling plane,
Modeling wax,
v. t. To model. [ Obs. ] B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To remodel. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To model or fashion anew; to change the form of. [ 1913 Webster ]
The corporation had been remodeled. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]