Hypertext Webster Gateway: "sconcheon"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Sconcheon \Scon"cheon\, n. (Arch.)
A squinch.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Squinch \Squinch\, n. [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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