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to form a drip. In later work a steep slope was given to the weathering (mainly on the outer side), and began at the top with an
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work, copings appeared plain and flat, and projected over the wall with a
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For the method of joining wood and moldings at right angles, see
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continued round the sides, as well as at top and bottom,
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style there were two or three sets off; and in the later
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Coping (joinery)

Lancaster Canal
wall
brick
terracotta
concrete
cast stone
tile
slate
thatch
aluminum
copper
stainless steel
steel
zinc
Romanesque
throating
astragal
Decorated Gothic
Perpendicular Gothic
mouldings
mitring
University of Oxford
Keystone (architecture)



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