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FENDER , a See also: - METAL
- METAL (through Fr. from Lat. metallum, mine, quarry, adapted from Gr. µATaXAov, in the same sense, probably connected with ,ueraAAdv, to search after, explore, µeTa, after, aAAos, other)
metal guard or See also:defence (whence the name) for a See also:fire-See also:place. When the open See also:hearth with its logs burning upon See also:dogs or andirons was replaced by the closed See also:grate, the fender was devised as a finish to the smaller fire-places, and as a safeguard against the dropping of cinders upon the wooden See also:floor, which was now much nearer to the fire. Fenders are usually of See also:steel, See also:brass or See also:iron, solid or pierced. Those made of brass in the latter See also:part of the 18th and the earlier part of the 19th centuries are by far the most elegant and See also:artistic. They usually had three claw feet, and the pierced varieties were often cut into arabesques or conventional patterns. The See also:lyre and other motives of the See also:Empire See also:style were much used during the prevalence of that See also:fashion. The See also:modern fender is much See also:lower and is often little more than a kerb; it is now not infrequently of See also:- STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
stone or See also:marble, fixed to the floor.
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