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DRIPSTONE

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Originally appearing in Volume V08, Page 584 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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DRIPSTONE , in See also:

ARCHITECTURE (Lat. architectura, from the Gr. ap)(LTEKrwv, a master-builder)

architecture, a projecting moulding weathered on the upper See also:

SURFACE

surface and throated underneath so as to See also:

FORM (Lat. forma)

form a drip . The See also:

TERM

term is more correctly applied to a See also:

STRING

string course . When carried See also:

ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

round an See also:

arch its more correct description would be a See also:

hood (q.v.) . When employed inside a See also:

BUILDING

building it serves a decorative purpose only .

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