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PENDANT (through Fr. from See also: hanging See also: object, such as a See also: jewel or other See also: ornament hanging from a brooch, See also: bracelet, Sec., or the loose end of a knight's See also: belt See also: left hanging after passing through the See also: buckle, and terminating in an ornamental end
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In architecture the word is applied to an elongated See also: boss, either moulded or foliated, such as hangs down from the intersection of ribs, especially in See also: fan See also: tracery, or at the end of See also: hammer beams
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Sometimes long corbels, under the See also: wall pieces, have been so called
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The name has also been given to the large masses depending from enriched ceilings, in the later See also: works of the Pointed See also: style
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" Pendants " or " Pendent posts " are those timbers which are carried down the See also: side of the wall from the See also: plate, and receive the hammer braces
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