GRADINE

Noun

gradine (plural gradines)

A toothed chisel used by sculptors

(architecture) Any member like a step, such as the raised back of an altar; a gradin.

Anagrams

• Dearing, Reading, dearing, deraign, grained, inraged, reading

Source: Wiktionary


Gra"din, Gra*dine", n. Etym: [F. gradin, dim. of grade. See Grade.] (Arch.)

Definition: Any member like a step, as the raised back of an altar or the like; a set raised over another. "The gradines of the amphitheeater." Layard.

Gra*dine", n. Etym: [F. gradine.]

Definition: A toothed chised by sculptors.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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