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CROSS SPRINGER

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Originally appearing in Volume V07, Page 510 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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CROSS See also:
SPRINGER (Fr. rein)
SPRINGER, ANTON HEINRICH (1825–1891)
SPRINGER , in See also:

ARCHITECTURE (Lat. architectura, from the Gr. ap)(LTEKrwv, a master-builder)

architecture, the See also:

block from which the See also:

DIAGONAL (Gr. &a, through, ywvia, a corner)

diagonal ribs of a vault See also:

SPRING (from " to spring," " to leap or jump up," " burst out," O. Eng., springau, a common Teut. word, cf. Ger. springer, possibly allied to Gr. QnrFpxecOac, to move rapidly)

spring or start: the See also:

TOP (cf. Dan. top, Ger. Topf, also meaning pot)

top of the springer is known as the skewback (see See also:

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