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Originally appearing in Volume V01, Page 7 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ABATED , an See also:

ancient technical See also:term applied in See also:masonry and See also:metal See also:work to those portions which are sunk beneath the See also:surface, as in See also:inscriptions where the ground is sunk See also:round the letters so Is to leave the letters or See also:ornament in See also:relief.

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