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1. lās n.

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Cord made of braided or interwoven strands of silk, threads of gold, etc.; also, a length of such cord; also, the thread of life controlled by the Fates. …

2. leirn-stod n.

Additional spellings: leirnstod
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Arch. A king post. …

3. skeu n.(2)

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Arch. (a) Beveled stone used to form the slope of a gable coping, the offset of a buttress, etc.; a piece of such stone, a skew; skeu scapeled; (b) in cpds. & combs.: skeu assheler, squared, hewed……

4. vent n.(1)

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(a) = fente n. (a); (b) arch. an embrasure in a battlement, a crenel; ventes crest, prob. the stone finishing at the base of a crenel; (c) as surname and place name. …

5. wī̆nd-barǧe n.

Additional spellings: windbarge
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Arch. A piece of timber or stone prob. covering the joint between the gable edge and the roof and serving as protection from the wind, a bargeboard. …

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