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coving |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Coving \Cov"ing\, n. (Arch.) a A cove or series of coves, as the concaved surface under the overhang of a projecting upper story. b The splayed jambs of a flaring fireplace. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Cove \Cove\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Coved} (k?vd); p. pr & vb n. {Coving}.] (Arch.) To arch over to build in a hollow concave form to make in the form of a cove. The mosques and other buildings of the Arabians are rounded into domes and coved roofs. --H. Swinburne. {Coved ceiling}, a ceiling, the part of which next the wail is constructed in a cove. {Coved vault}, a vault composed of four coves meeting in a central point, and therefore the reverse of a groined vault.
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