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Originally appearing in Volume V01, Page 81 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ABUTMENT , a construction in See also:

stone or See also:brickwork designed to receive and resist the lateral pressure of an See also:arch, vault or strut. When built outside a See also:wall it is termed a See also:buttress.

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