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oblong

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oblong
having an elongated, esp rectangular, shape


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After some delay, a cart arrived at the wharf, with an oblong pine box, which was every thing that seemed to be expected.
The Oblong Box by Poe, Edgar Allan View in context
On the sled, securely lashed, was a long and narrow oblong box.
White Fang by London, Jack View in context
Regarding the Sperm whale's head as a solid oblong, you may, on an inclined plane, sideways divide it into two quoins, whereof the lower is the bony structure, forming the cranium and jaws, and the upper an unctuous mass wholly free from bones; its broad forward end forming the expanded vertical apparent forehead of the whale.
Moby Dick LXVIII-CXXXIV by Melville, Herman View in context
 
 
 
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