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Curtain :: Curtain (n.) That part of a wall of a building which is between two pavilions, towers, etc..

Cresting :: Cresting (n.) An ornamental finish on the top of a wall or ridge of a roof.

Dike :: Dike (n.) A wall-like mass of mineral matter, usually an intrusion of igneous rocks, filling up rents or fissures in the original strata..

Quaff :: Quaff (v. t.) To drink with relish; to drink copiously of; to swallow in large draughts.

Chemise :: Chemise (n.) A wall that lines the face of a bank or earthwork.

Sidepiece :: Sidepiece (n.) The jamb, or cheek, of an opening in a wall, as of door or window..

Barbacan :: Barbacan (n.) An opening in the wall of a fortress, through which missiles were discharged upon an enemy..

Swallow :: Swallow (n.) As much as is, or can be, swallowed at once; as, a swallow of water..

Ashlering :: Ashlering (n.) Ashlar when in thin slabs and made to serve merely as a case to the body of the wall.

Gastraea :: Gastraea (n.) A primeval larval form; a double-walled sac from which, according to the hypothesis of Haeckel, man and all other animals, that in the first stages of their individual evolution pass through a two-layered structural stage, or gastrula form, must have descended. This idea constitutes the Gastraea theory of Haeckel. See Gastrula..

Fur :: Fur (v. t.) To nail small strips of board or larger scantling upon, in order to make a level surface for lathing or boarding, or to provide for a space or interval back of the plastered or boarded surface, as inside an outer wall, by way of protection against damp..

Roll :: Roll (v. i.) To turn over, or from side to side, while lying down; to wallow; as, a horse rolls..

Cella :: Cella (n.) The part inclosed within the walls of an ancient temple, as distinguished from the open porticoes..

Bond :: Bond (v. t.) To dispose in building, as the materials of a wall, so as to secure solidity..

Parietal :: Parietal (a.) Attached to the main wall of the ovary, and not to the axis; -- said of a placenta..

Porch :: Porch (n.) 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 without and with a separate roof. Sometimes the porch is large enough to serve as a covered walk. See also Carriage porch, under Carriage, and Loggia..

Defilement :: Defilement (n.) The protection of the interior walls of a fortification from an enfilading fire, as by covering them, or by a high parapet on the exposed side..

Immure :: Immure (v. t.) To inclose whithin walls, or as within walls; hence, to shut up; to imprison; to incarcerate..

Swallowtail :: Swallowtail (n.) A swallow-tailed coat.

Alquifou :: Alquifou (n.) A lead ore found in Cornwall, England, and used by potters to give a green glaze to their wares; potter's ore..

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