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ENTAIL (from Fr. tailler, to cut; the old derivation from tales haeredes is now abandoned)

ENTAIL (from Fr. tailler, to cut; the old derivation from tales haeredes is now abandoned) , in See also:

law, a limited See also:

FORM (Lat. forma)

form of See also:

SUCCESSION (Lat. successio, from succedere, to follow after)

succession (q.v.) . In See also:

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

architecture, the See also:

TERM

term " See also:

ENTAIL (from Fr. tailler, to cut; the old derivation from tales haeredes is now abandoned)

entail " denotes an ornamental See also:

DEVICE

device sunk in the ground of See also:

stone or See also:

brass, and subsequently filled in with See also:

MARBLE (from Lat. marmor, Gr. pApµapos, shining stone)

marble, See also:

MOSAIC (corresponding to Lat. opus musivum, from Gr. µovoeiov, an artificial grotto often decorated with mosaics; the word is only found in the sense of mosaic in late Greek, which generally uses k oXI yrlµa)

mosaic or See also:

ENAMEL (formerly " amel," derived through the Fr. amail, emmll, esmail, from a Latin word smaltum, first found in a 9th-century life of Leo IV.)

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