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imbrication


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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Imbrication  \Im`bri*ca"tion\,  n.  [Cf.  F.  imbrication.] 
  An  overlapping  of  the  edges,  like  that  of  tiles  or  shingles; 
  hence  intricacy  of  structure;  also  a  pattern  or  decoration 
  representing  such  a  structure. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  imbrication 
  n  :  covering  with  an  overlapping  design  as  with  tiles  or 
  shingles  [syn:  {overlapping},  {lapping}] 




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