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Webster 1913 Edition

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Noun.

[F.

gradin

dim

of grade

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(Arch.)

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.

Noun.

[F.

gradine

A toothed chised by sculptors.

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.
- Layard
  The gradines of the amphitheatre.

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