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Originally appearing in Volume V01, Page 81 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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ABUTMENT , a construction in See also:

stone or See also:

BRICKWORK

brickwork designed to receive and resist the lateral pressure of an See also:

arch, vault or strut . When built outside a See also:

wall it is termed a See also:

BUTTRESS (from the O. Fr. bouteret, that which bears a thrust, from bouter, to push, cf. Eng. " butt " and " abutment ")

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