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The Decorator's assistant (1847)

[London : W. Gibbs] · leaf 183

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f the line. Conduit or Conduict, an undergroundwalled passage ; a canal or pipe formed or laiddown for the conveyance of water. Co-ordinate Pillars, pillars standing inequal order. Coping, the upper tier of masonry whichcovers a wall. When it is of an equal thick-ness, which is done only on… … thinner on one edge than the other, it is called■feather-edged coping. (2) When thick in the mid-dle and thin at each edge it is called saddle-bacJced coping. (3) The soffit of a projecture issaid to cope over when it slants downwardsfrom the wall. CoRBEiLS, sculptured baskets of flowers o.ifruit,…

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