old buildings of the upper stories projectingover the lower ones. Cypher (in engraving), a peculiar disposi- t^^^ … tion of the initials of a name, produced byinterweaving the one with the other. .32 THE DECORATORS ASSISTANT. Closet (in heraldry), the half of a bar ;the bar ought to contain the fifth part of theescutcheon. Crab (in building), an instiument em-
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