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Originally appearing in Volume V02, Page 794 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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ASTRAGAL (from the Gr. ao-rpbyaXos, the ankle-joint)

ASTRAGAL (from the Gr. ao-rpbyaXos, the
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ANKLE
ankle-
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JOINT (through Fr. from Lat. junctum, jungere, to join)
joint) , an architectural

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TERM

term for a

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CONVEX

convex moulding . This term is generally applied to small

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MOULDINGS

mouldings, "

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TORUS

torus " (q.v.) to large ones of the same

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FORM (Lat. forma)

form . The Lesbian

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ASTRAGAL (from the Gr. ao-rpbyaXos, the ankle-joint)

astragal referred to by

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VITRUVIUS (MARCUS VITRUVIUS POLLIO)

Vitruvius, bk. iv. ch. vi., was in all

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PROBABILITY (Lat. probabilis, probable or credible)

probability an astragal carved with a

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BEAD

bead and

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REEL (O.E. hreol, glossed by the Med. Lat. alibrum in .lelfric's Glossary, c. 1o5o; the word is of unknown origin; it does not appear in cognate languages, and Celtic forms such as Gaelic ruidhil are from English)

reel enrichment .

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