groined

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See, I make an arched ceiling--groined arch, eh?--and I gild him; so I get pretty light and pretty sound, not?

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  1. In architecture, having groins; showing the curved lines resulting from the intersection of two semicylinders or arches. See cut under groin. The cloisters, with their coupled windows, simple traceries, and groined roofs, are very beautiful. The Century, XXXV. 705.
  2. Groined ceiling, groined vaulting. See groin, 2, and vaulting.

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