edge-shaft
edge-shaft. Common Romanesque arrangement of an engaged half-shaft attached to a pier, usually the element from which an arch springs.
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engaged. Applied, attached, semi-engaged, inserted, or seemingly partly buried in a wall or pier, such as a column with… Spring , spring / spring/ • v. (past sprang / sprang/ or sprung / sprəng/ ; past part. sprung) 1. [intr.] move or jump suddenly or rapidly upward or forward:… engage , en·gage / enˈgāj/ • v. 1. [tr.] occupy, attract, or involve (someone's interest or attention): he tried to engage Sutton's attention. ∎ (engage someo… Einsteinium , Einsteinium (revised)
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