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Corb :: Corb (n.) A basket used in coal mines, etc. see Corf..

Jutting :: "Jutting (a.) Projecting, as corbels, cornices, etc..

Scorbutus :: Scorbutus (n.) Scurvy.

Corbell :: Corbell (n.) A sculptured basket of flowers; a corbel.

Corbel :: Corbel (n.) A bracket supporting a superincumbent object, or receiving the spring of an arch. Corbels were employed largely in Gothic architecture..

Antiscorbutic :: Antiscorbutic (a.) Counteracting scurvy.

Corby :: Corby (n.) A raven, crow, or chough, used as a charge..

Corby :: Corby (n.) The raven.

Antiscorbutical :: Antiscorbutical (a.) Antiscorbutic.

Corban :: Corban (n.) An offering of any kind, devoted to God and therefore not to be appropriated to any other use; esp., an offering in fulfillment of a vow..

Plate :: Plate (n.) A horizontal timber laid upon a wall, or upon corbels projecting from a wall, and supporting the ends of other timbers; also used specifically of the roof plate which supports the ends of the roof trusses or, in simple work, the feet of the rafters..

Corbel :: Corbel (v. t.) To furnish with a corbel or corbels; to support by a corbel; to make in the form of a corbel.

Scorbute :: Scorbute (n.) Scurvy.

Cress :: Cress (n.) A plant of various species, chiefly cruciferous. The leaves have a moderately pungent taste, and are used as a salad and antiscorbutic..

Pendentive :: Pendentive (n.) The part of a groined vault which is supported by, and springs from, one pier or corbel..

Corbiestep :: Corbiestep (n.) One of the steps in which a gable wall is often finished in place of a continuous slope; -- also called crowstep.

Corb :: Corb (n.) An ornament in a building; a corbel.

Machicolation :: Machicolation (n.) An opening between the corbels which support a projecting parapet, or in the floor of a gallery or the roof of a portal, shooting or dropping missiles upen assailants attacking the base of the walls. Also, the construction of such defenses, in general, when of this character. See Illusts. of Battlement and Castle..

Corbell :: Corbell (n.) Small gabions.

Cartouch :: Cartouch (n.) A cantalever, console, corbel, or modillion, which has the form of a scroll of paper.

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