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archwise
archwise, adv. (ˈɑːtʃwaɪz) [f. arch n. + wise.] In the form of an arc, arch, or vault.1577 B. Googe Heresbach's Husb. (1586) 175 b, [Bees] frame their houses archwise within the hives. 1610 J. Guillim Heraldrie ii. v. 49 In ancient roles I find the Bend drawne somewhat archwise. 1747 T. Chalkley Wks...
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Camber beam
In building, a camber beam is a piece of timber cut archwise, and steel bent or rolled, with an obtuse angle in the middle, commonly used in platforms
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deflected
deflected, ppl. a. (dɪˈflɛktɪd) [f. deflect v. + -ed.] 1. Turned aside; bent to one side.1860 Maury Phys. Geog. Sea xvi. 881 Monsoons are, for the most part, trade-winds deflected. 1874 S. Cox Pilgr. Ps. vi. 121 Walking in subtle and deflected paths. 2. Zool. and Bot. Bent or curved downwards; = def...
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Market Hall (Rotterdam)
The grey nature stone building has an archwise structure like a horseshoe.
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side-rail
ˈside-rail [side n.1 23 b.] A rail placed or fixed at the side of something.1754 J. Bartlet Gentl. Farriery (ed. 2) 354 Let an assistant, standing on the side rail of a brake,..raise the horse's tail very gently. 1790 W. H. Marshall Rur. Econ. Midl. II. 437 Geering, the ladders and side rails of a w...
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rootlet
rootlet (ˈruːtlɪt) [f. root n.1 + -let.] 1. A branch of the root of a plant; a subsidiary root; also, one of the secondary roots thrown out laterally for support by ivy and a few other climbing plants.1793 Martyn Lang. Bot. s.v., Root-leaf and Rootlet are more proper in English than Radical leaf and...
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Glossary of structural engineering
Camber beam – In building, a camber beam is a piece of timber cut archwise, and steel bent or rolled, with an obtuse angle in the middle, commonly used
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arch
▪ I. arch, n. (ɑːtʃ) Also 4–6 arche. [a. OF. arche:—L. arca chest, coffer; also, through some confusion, used in OF. for arc:—L. arc-um bow (see arc n.).] I. = L. arcus. † 1. Any part of a curve; = arc n. 1, 2. Obs.c 1391 Chaucer Astrol. ii. vii. 21 The arch of the day..from the sonne arisyng til hi...
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bent
▪ I. bent, n.1 (bɛnt) Also bennet. [A word of difficult history. In the sense of ‘stiff-grass’ or ‘grass-stalk’ (in which alone the variant bennet occurs), it appears to be the representative of OE. beonet-, found as a frequent element in proper names, as Beonet-léah Bentley (see Index to Cod. Dipl....
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resemblance
▪ I. resemblance, n.1 (rɪˈzɛmbləns) [a. AF. resemblance (a 1300 in Manuel de Peches 4035) = mod.F. ressemblance: see resemble v. and -ance.] 1. a. The quality or being like or similar; likeness or similarity in appearance or any other respect; the fact of some likeness existing or being present. Fre...
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bow
▪ I. bow, n.1 (bəʊ) Forms: 1 boᵹa, 3–4 boȝe, (3 bou), 3–7 bowe, 4 bouwe, boghe (boȝ), 4–5 boowe, 6 boe, (boll), 4– bow. [Com. Teut.: OE. boᵹa, corresp. to OFris. boga, OS. bogo (MDu. booghe, Du. boog), OHG. bogo (MHG. boge, mod.G. bogen), ON. bogi (Sw. båge, Da. bue):—OTeut. *bugon-, f. stem bug- of...
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