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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. In architecture, the part of the side of an aperture from the back of the jamb or reveal to the interior of the wall.

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  1. n. architecture A squinch.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. (Arch.) A squinch.

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  1. squinch

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  1. scuncheon
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  • trivet It makes me think of a very small scone. Aug 2, 2007

  • reesetee See? You just never know when you'll need a profoundly obscure word like this. Aug 2, 2007

  • seanahan Yes, because I've always needed a word to describe that, and now I have one. Aug 1, 2007

  • reesetee A small arch thrown across the corner of a square room to support a superimposed mass, as where an octagonal spire or drum rests upon a square tower. Also scuncheon or squinch. Aug 1, 2007

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