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Gradine

Gradin \Gra"din\, Gradine \Gra*dine"\,n. [F. gradin, dim. of grade. See Grade.] (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.

Gradine

Gradine \Gra*dine"\, n. [F. gradine.] A toothed chised by sculptors.

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gradine

n. 1 A toothed chisel used by sculptors 2 (context architecture English) Any member like a step, such as the raised back of an altar; a gradin.

Usage examples of "gradine".

There was a grassy space for the chorus and the commoner audience, and then a few semicircular gradines cut in the turf, one alcove another, where the more honored spectators sat.