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Webster 1913 Edition


Arris

Ar′ris

,
Noun.
[OF.
areste
, F.
arête
, fr. L.
arista
the top or beard of an ear of grain, the bone of a fish.]
(Arch.)
The sharp edge or salient angle formed by two surfaces meeting each other, whether plane or curved; – applied particularly to the edges in moldings, and to the raised edges which separate the flutings in a Doric column.
P. Cyc.
Arris fillet
,
a triangular piece of wood used to raise the slates of a roof against a chimney or wall, to throw off the rain.
Gwilt.
–
Arris gutter
,
a gutter of a V form fixed to the eaves of a building.
Gwilt.