n. [ It. profilo, fr. L. pro before + filum a thread, an outline, shape: cf. F. profil. See File arow, and cf. Purfle, Purl, a fringe. ] 1. An outline, or contour; as, the profile of an apple. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Paint & Sculp.) A human head represented sidewise, or in a side view; the side face or half face. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (a) (Arch.) A section of any member, made at right angles with its main lines, showing the exact shape of moldings and the like. (b) (Civil Engin.) A drawing exhibiting a vertical section of the ground along a surveyed line, or graded work, as of a railway, showing elevations, depressions, grades, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

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Profile paper (Civil Engin.), paper ruled with vertical and horizontal lines forming small oblong rectangles, adapted for drawing profiles. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Mech.) To shape the outline of an object by passing a cutter around it. [ 1913 Webster ]

Profiling machine, a jigging machine. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who takes profiles. [ 1913 Webster ]