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Webster 1913 Edition

Squinch

Squinch

(skwĭnch)
,
Noun.
[Corrupted fr.
sconce
.]
(Arch.)
A small arch thrown across the corner of a square room to support a superimposed mass, as where an octagonal spire or drum rests upon a square tower; – called also
sconce
, and
sconcheon
.

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