Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
perpend .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Masonry) A large stone reaching through a wall so as to appear on both sides of it, and acting as a binder; -- called also
perbend ,perpend stone , andperpent stone .
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- noun A large
stone reaching through awall so as to appear on both sides of it, and acting as abinder .
Etymologies
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French
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