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

Scorbutical :: Scorbutical (a.) Of or pertaining to scurvy; of the nature of, or resembling, scurvy; diseased with scurvy; as, a scorbutic person; scorbutic complaints or symptoms..

Corbie :: Corbie (n.) Alt. of Corb.

Corban :: Corban (n.) An alms basket; a vessel to receive gifts of charity; a treasury of the church, where offerings are deposited..

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..

Antiscorbutical :: Antiscorbutical (a.) Antiscorbutic.

Corbe :: Corbe (a.) Crooked.

Antiscorbutic :: Antiscorbutic (n.) A remedy for scurvy.

Scorbutic :: Scorbutic (a.) Alt. of Scorbutica.

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

Fumitory :: Fumitory (n.) The common uame of several species of the genus Fumaria, annual herbs of the Old World, with finely dissected leaves and small flowers in dense racemes or spikes. F. officinalis is a common species, and was formerly used as an antiscorbutic..

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

Corby :: Corby (n.) The raven.

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

Scorbute :: Scorbute (n.) Scurvy.

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.) A sculptured basket of flowers; a corbel.

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..

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

Scorbutus :: Scorbutus (n.) Scurvy.

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