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ANCON (from the Gr. ayi ww)

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Originally appearing in Volume V01, Page 951 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ANCON (from the Gr. ayi ww)  , the anatomical name for " See also:elbow "; " ancones " in See also:architecture are the projecting bosses See also:left on See also:stone blocks or on drums of columns, to allow of their being either hoisted aloft or rubbed backwards and forwards to obtain a See also:fine See also:joint; the See also:term is also given by See also:Vitruvius to the trusses or See also:console brackets on each See also:side of the See also:doorway of a See also:Greek or See also:Roman See also:building which support the See also:cornice over the same . A particular sort of See also:sheep, with See also:short crooked forelegs, is called " See also:ancon " sheep .

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