The process or art of constructing; the act of building; erection; the act of devising and forming; fabrication; composition.
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Conjoined; attending; consequent.
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A raised structure (as a square or oblong erection of stone or wood) on which sacrifices are offered or incense burned to a deity.
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A series of arches with the columns or piers which support them, the spandrels above, and other necessary appurtenances; sometimes open, serving as a…
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Any part of a curved line.
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Any plane surface, as of the floor of a room or church, or of the ground within an inclosure; an open space in a building.
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The area in the central part of an amphitheater, in which the gladiators fought and other shows were exhibited; -- so called because it was covered w…
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A company of persons collected together in one place, and usually for some common purpose, esp. for deliberation and legislation, for worship, or for…
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An apparatus for weighing.
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A platform projecting from the wall of a building, usually resting on brackets or consoles, and inclosed by a parapet; as, a balcony in front of a wi…
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In mechanics an apparatus on the principle of the seesaw, in which one end rises as the other falls.
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The material organized substance of an animal, whether living or dead, as distinguished from the spirit, or vital principle; the physical person.
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A concave vessel of various forms (often approximately hemispherical), to hold liquids, etc.
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A structure, usually of wood, stone, brick, or iron, erected over a river or other water course, or over a chasm, railroad, etc., to make a passagewa…
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A surface of ground on which water may be caught and collected into a reservoir.
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A separate portion of a written paper, paragraph, or sentence; an article, stipulation, or proviso, in a legal document.
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To wind cylindrically or spirally; as, to coil a rope when not in use; the snake coiled itself before springing.
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A series or range of columns placed at regular intervals with all the adjuncts, as entablature, stylobate, roof, etc.
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A kind of pillar; a cylindrical or polygonal support for a roof, ceiling, statue, etc., somewhat ornamented, and usually composed of base, shaft, and…
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That which fills up or completes; the quantity or number required to fill a thing or make it complete.
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Composed of two or more parts; composite; not simple; as, a complex being; a complex idea.
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The point where two converging lines meet; an angle, either external or internal.
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To oppose with an equal weight or power; to counteract the power or effect of; to countervail; to equiponderate; to balance.
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The act of crenelating, or the state of being crenelated; an indentation or an embrasure.
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A gibbet, consisting of two pieces of timber placed transversely upon one another, in various forms, as a T, or +, with the horizontal piece below th…
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The act or process by which a substance in solidifying assumes the form and structure of a crystal, or becomes crystallized.
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See Defense.
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Alt. of Defence
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One who, or that which, divides; that which separates anything into parts.
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An opening in the wall of a house or of an apartment, by which to go in and out; an entrance way.
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A building; a structure; an architectural fabric; -- chiefly applied to elegant houses, and other large buildings; as, a palace, a church, a statehou…
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The superstructure which lies horizontally upon the columns. See Illust. of Column, Cornice.
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Equality of weight or force; an equipoise or a state of rest produced by the mutual counteraction of two or more forces.
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Equality of weight or force; hence, equilibrium; a state in which the two ends or sides of a thing are balanced, and hence equal; state of being equa…
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The act of erecting, or raising upright; the act of constructing, as a building or a wall, or of fitting together the parts of, as a machine; the act…
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The act of establishing; a ratifying or ordaining; settlement; confirmation.
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The act of fabricating, framing, or constructing; construction; manufacture; as, the fabrication of a bridge, a church, or a government.
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The bottom or lower part of any room; the part upon which we stand and upon which the movables in the room are supported.
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A spring of water issuing from the earth.
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The act of wearing (clothes or ornaments).
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of Grade
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The leather strap by which the shield of a knight was slung across the shoulder, or across the neck and shoulder.
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A nonplane curve whose tangents are all equally inclined to a given plane. The common helix is the curve formed by the thread of the ordinary screw.…
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A natural elevation of land, or a mass of earth rising above the common level of the surrounding land; an eminence less than a mountain.
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A mass of hexagonal waxen cells, formed by bees, and used by them to hold their honey and their eggs.
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of House
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The outer covering of anything, particularly of a nut or of grain; the outer skin of a kernel; the husk.
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That which impedes or hinders progress, motion, activity, or effect.
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The act of involving or infolding.
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The process of laminating, or the state of being laminated.
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of Land
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A line or surface to which, at every point, a vertical or plumb line is perpendicular; a line or surface which is everywhere parallel to the surface…
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of Level
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of Lodge
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A careful looking or watching for any object or event.
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The art or occupation of a mason.
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Serving to preserve remembrance; commemorative; as, a memorial building.
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Something which stands, or remains, to keep in remembrance what is past; a memorial.
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A ball or globe forming part of the regalia of an emperor or other sovereign. It is encircled with bands, enriched with precious stones, and surmount…
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A place or building for making observations on the heavenly bodies.
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One who obstructs or hinders.
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The act of obstructing, or state of being obstructed.
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In general, that which is set off, from, before, or against, something
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The act of parting or dividing; the state of being parted; separation; division; distribution; as, the partition of a kingdom.
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A brief expression, sometimes a single word, but usually two or more words forming an expression by themselves, or being a portion of a sentence; as,…
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The general and popular term for a firm, upright, insulated support for a superstructure; a pier, column, or post; also, a column or shaft not suppor…
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A plat; a plan; a sketch; a model; a pattern. Used also figuratively.
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A covered and inclosed entrance to a building, whether taken from the interior, and forming a sort of vestibule within the main wall, or projecting w…
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The act of throwing or shooting forward.
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The act of squaring; the finding of a square having the same area as some given curvilinear figure; as, the quadrature of a circle; the operation of…
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Originally, a solid exterior angle, as of a building; now, commonly, one of the selected pieces of material by which the corner is marked.
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The act of rusticating, or the state of being rusticated; specifically, the punishment of a student for some offense, by compelling him to leave the…
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An extent of canvas or other fabric by means of which the wind is made serviceable as a power for propelling vessels through the water.
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That which covers or defends from injury or annoyance; a protection; a screen.
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Naval architecturel the art of constructing ships and other vessels.
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That by which anything is made known or represented; that which furnishes evidence; a mark; a token; an indication; a proof.
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A board, placed on or before a shop, office, etc., on which ssome notice is given, as the name of a firm, of a business, or the like.
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imp. & p. p. of Spin.
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Winding or circling round a center or pole and gradually receding from it; as, the spiral curve of a watch spring.
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A Greek measure of length, being the chief one used for itinerary distances, also adopted by the Romans for nautical and astronomical measurements. I…
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See Story.
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A set of rooms on the same floor or level; a floor, or the space between two floors. Also, a horizontal division of a building's exterior considered…
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Any material structure or edifice built on something else; that which is raised on a foundation or basis
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A mass of building standing alone and insulated, usually higher than its diameter, but when of great size not always of that proportion.
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The transversal part of a church, which crosses at right angles to the greatest length, and between the nave and choir. In the basilicas, this had of…
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A viaduct, pier, scaffold, or the like, resting on trestles connected together.
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A spiral scroll which forms the chief feature of the Ionic capital, and which, on a much smaller scale, is a feature in the Corinthian and Composite…
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A source, spring, or fountain.
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A circle of two or more leaves, flowers, or other organs, about the same part or joint of a stem.
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a man-made object taken as a whole
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a man-made object taken as a whole
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That which busies one, or that which engages the time, attention, or labor of any one, as his principal concern or interest, whether for a longer or…
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Action of the brain, whether conscious or unconscious.
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Serving to form, compose, or make up; elemental; component.
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A mental act or process; especially: (a) The act of understanding; simple apprehension of ideas; intuition. Bentley. (b) A creation of the mind itsel…
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The act of interpreting; explanation of what is obscure; translation; version; construction; as, the interpretation of a foreign language, of a dream…
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The act or process of operating; agency; the exertion of power, physical, mechanical, or moral.
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To erect or construct, as an edifice or fabric of any kind; to form by uniting materials into a regular structure; to fabricate; to make; to raise.
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To erect or construct, as an edifice or fabric of any kind; to form by uniting materials into a regular structure; to fabricate; to make; to raise.
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To put together the constituent parts of (something) in their proper place and order; to build; to form; to make; as, to construct an edifice.
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To put together the constituent parts of (something) in their proper place and order; to build; to form; to make; as, to construct an edifice.
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Of little, or less than the usual, height; of low growth; as, base shrubs.
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The terminal part of the leg of man or an animal; esp., the part below the ankle or wrist; that part of an animal upon which it rests when standing,…
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The act of founding, fixing, establishing, or beginning to erect.
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Foundation.
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That which forms the foundation or support of anything; the basis; the essential or fundamental part; first principle.
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The art or occupation of a mason.
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A flat, or nearly flat, piece of metal, the thickness of which is small in comparison with the other dimensions; a thick sheet of metal; as, a steel…
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The business of a plumber.
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Same as Substruction.
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The act of expressing; the act of forcing out by pressure; as, the expression of juices or oils; also, of extorting or eliciting; as, a forcible expr…
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The act of building; the practice of erecting buildings; construction.
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To contort; to writhe; to complicate; to crook spirally; to convolve.
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Erroneous construction; wrong interpretation.
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Erroneous construction; wrong interpretation.
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