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Originally appearing in Volume V22, Page 315 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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PRICK POSTS , an old architectural name given sometimes to the See also: QUEEN QUEEN (O.E. cwen, wife, related to "quean," O.E. cwene, a hussy; cf. Gr. yvvi7: from root gan-, to produce; cf. genus, " kin," &c.) queen posts of a roof, and sometimes to the filling in quarters in framing . End of Article: PRICK POSTS
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