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BRIM |
Projecting edge |
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EAVES |
Roof’s projecting edge |
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VERGE |
The edge of the tiling projecting over the gable of a roof. |
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CROCKET |
An ornament often resembling curved and bent foliage,
projecting from the sloping edge of a gable, spire, etc. |
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BROW |
The edge or projecting upper part of a steep place; as, the
brow of a precipice; the brow of a hill. |
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CHINE |
The edge or rim of a cask, etc., formed by the projecting
ends of the staves; the chamfered end of a stave. |
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LIP |
An edge of an opening; a thin projecting part of anything; a
kind of short open spout; as, the lip of a vessel. |
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PASSEGARDE |
A ridge or projecting edge on a shoulder piece to turn
the blow of a lance or other weapon from the joint of the armor. |
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NOSING |
That part of the treadboard of a stair which projects over
the riser; hence, any like projection, as the projecting edge of a
molding. |
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CLIP |
A projecting flange on the upper edge of a horseshoe, turned
up so as to embrace the lower part of the hoof; -- called also toe clip
and beak. |
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LEDGE |
A shelf on which articles may be laid; also, that which
resembles such a shelf in form or use, as a projecting ridge or part,
or a molding or edge in joinery. |
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VERGEBOARD |
...e,
used extensively in the 15th century. It was generally suspended from
the edge of the projecting roof (see Verge, n., 4), and in position
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