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RANDOM RUBBLE

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Originally appearing in Volume V17, Page 844 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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RANDOM (older forms randon, randrun; from the French, cf. randir, to run quickly, impetuously; generally taken to be of Teutonic origin and connected with Ger. Rand, edge, brim, the idea being possibly of a brimming river)

RANDOM See also:
RUBBLE
RUBBLE WALLING E See also:

ELEVATION

Elevation ..See also:

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IIF

IIF////9h Itntssairth I///.9//i/// // sat mrmtss W lI,, See also:

DAN

dan N,,,/„ — iraNu . //s lymztNra aystma r////////u/, /NNdauNi roirani tttmtm See also:

URN (Lat. urna, either from root of urere, to burn, being made of burnt clay, or connected with urceus, Gr. I5pxa, jar)

urn , rid ~q rErlf7//m///U/d smiaaI rmq{oI, 5echoh V. See also:

JOINT (through Fr. from Lat. junctum, jungere, to join)

Joint: 844 ochre to See also:

TONE, THEOBALD WOLFE (1763-1798)

tone it down. After six months or more the See also:

WORK

work is cleaned found embodied in the See also:

DRAWING

drawing of a gable See also:

wall (fig. 7), which shows down with See also:

WATER

water and stiff bristle or See also:

WIRE (A.S. wir, a wire; cf. Swed. vire, to twist, M.H.G. wiere, a gold ornament, Lat. viriae, armlets, ultimately from the root wi, to twist, bind)

wire brushes. Sometimes the manner and position in which many different members are used. muriatic See also:

ACID (from the Lat. root ac-, sharp; acere, to be sour)

acid much diluted with water is used. See also:

APEX

Apex See also:

Stone.—The topmost stone of a gable forming a See also:

FINIAL (a variant of " final "; Lat. finis, end)

finial for the Technical Terms.—Of the following technical terms, many will be two sloping sides; it is sometimes termed a " See also:

SADDLE (a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Sattel, Dut. zadel, also in Russ. siedlo and Lat. sella, for sedla; it is not derived directly from Lat. sedile, which means a chair, but all the words are to be referred to the root sad-, which gives

saddle " (fig. 7). %.w, .p¢ See also:

CORBEL (Lat. corbellus, a diminutive of corvus, a raven, on account of the beak-like appearance; Ital. mensola, Fr. corbeau, cul-de-lampe, Ger. Kragstein)

corbel :'• If'' i;lj/wi")/nlu ~,. P C:W ILEALM r c lacing cou coreoiTIMMIE111wilprigi i ==_ - tp III See also:

BRICK (derived according to some etymologists from the Teutonic bricke, a disk or plate; but more authoritatively, through the French brique, originally a " broken piece," applied especially to bread, and so to clay, from the Teutonic brikan, to break)

brick and stone di -• work n• See also:

MONS (Flemish Bergen)

mons . ` See also:

STRING

string course. ng opi torso iliNM.' See also:

WOAD

woad% AEI • See also:

IRAN

iran .I.I F'""hh'w !'~ Ilililll II 11111 See also:

IIII

IIII n$~r5C See also:

PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum)

plain See also:

ASHLAR

ashlar E E es See also:

IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron See also:

bar ir iaiiv iii.• i.

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MULLION (corrupted from " munnion "; this is derived from Fr. moignon, stump)

mullion rockfa or cla rr d w chiscld margins. rz.rmxula pointed moulded vornts fin-owed 'e. 4 See also:

YAM

Yam ima/i commie- lm r¢inforud v iron bars. nsom.

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