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DRIPSTONE

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Originally appearing in Volume V08, Page 584 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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DRIPSTONE , in See also:

architecture, a projecting moulding weathered on the upper See also:surface and throated underneath so as to See also:form a drip. The See also:term is more correctly applied to a See also:string course. When carried See also:round an See also:arch its more correct description would be a See also:hood (q.v.). When employed inside a See also:building it serves a decorative purpose only.

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