Ob"long (?), a. [L. oblongus; ob (see Ob-) + longus long: cf. F. oblong.]
Having greater length than breadth, esp. when rectangular.
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Ob"long, n.
A rectangular figure longer than it is broad; hence, any figure longer than it is broad.
The best figure of a garden I esteem an oblong upon a descent.
Sir W. Temple.
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