profile paper (profelpa"per)

Paper ruled with horizontal and vertical lines for convenience in drawing profiles of engineering works. profile-piece (pro'fel-pēs), n. The at., a strip of has been profiled. profiling-machine (pro fel-ing-ma-shen"), n. A form of milling-machine for cutting out small parts of machinery, etc., from a pattern or templet; an edging-machine. The cutter is guided by The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia the movement of a guide-pin around the edge or profile of the pattern. Such machines are largely used to make the parts of such machinery as has to be turned out in large quantity with interchangeable parts, as locomotives, firearms, watches, etc. profilist (pro'fēl-ist or -fil-ist), n. [