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/skun"cheuhn/, n. Archit.sconcheon.
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Universalium. 2010.
scuncheon
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scuncheon — n. slanted interior part of a door jamb; slanted inner section of a window frame … English contemporary dictionary
scuncheon — [ skʌn(t)ʃ(ə)n] noun the inside face of a door jamb or window frame. Origin ME: shortening of OFr. escoinson, based on coin corner … English new terms dictionary
scuncheon — scun•cheon [[t]ˈskʌn tʃən[/t]] n. bui archit. sconcheon … From formal English to slang
scuncheon — n. bevelled inner edge of door jamb or window frame … Dictionary of difficult words
scuncheon — n. the inside face of a door jamb, window frame, etc. Etymology: ME f. OF escoinson (as EX (1), COIN) … Useful english dictionary
sconcheon — /skon cheuhn/, n. Archit. the reveal of a window or doorway from the frame to the inner face of the wall. Also, scuncheon, esconson. [1325 75; ME sconchon, sconcheon < OF escoinson corner, cut angle, deriv. of coin, cuigne angle; see COIN] * * * … Universalium
squinch — squinch1 /skwinch/, n. Archit. a small arch, corbeling, or the like, built across the interior angle between two walls, as in a square tower for supporting the side of a superimposed octagonal spire. [1490 1500; var. of scunch, short for… … Universalium
squinch — squinch1 noun a straight or arched structure across an interior angle of a square tower, bearing a superstructure such as a dome. Origin C15: alt. of obs. scunch, abbrev. of scuncheon. squinch2 verb chiefly N. Amer. 1》 tense up the muscles of… … English new terms dictionary
sconcheon — scon•cheon [[t]ˈskɒn tʃən[/t]] also scuncheon n. bui archit. the reveal of a window or doorway from the frame to the inner face of the wall • Etymology: 1325–75; ME sconchon, sconcheon < OF escoinson corner, cut angle, der. of coin, cuigne… … From formal English to slang
squinch — I [[t]skwɪntʃ[/t]] n. archit. a small arch, corbeling, etc., built across the interior angle between two walls, as in a square tower for supporting a superimposed octagonal spire • Etymology: 1490–1500; var. of scunch, short for scuncheon < MF … From formal English to slang
