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The Decorator's assistant (1847)

[London : W. Gibbs] · leaf 159

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nalsdisposed in or along the walls of houses forconveying hot air or steam to distant apart-ments from a common or central furnace, afterthe manner of the ancients. This method hasbeen adopted in modern buildings with muchsuccess and economy. The British Museumand several of the public offices are… … French cote, side, they being borne, as it were,aside of the bend, a bend thus bordered, issaid to be cotised, cotice.—He bears sable onabend (cotised), argent three cinquefoils. Counter Chevroned, denotes a shield chev-

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