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EMPLECTON

\ɛmplˈɛktən], \ɛmplˈɛktən], \ɛ_m_p_l_ˈɛ_k_t_ə_n]\

Definitions of EMPLECTON

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language

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A kind of masonry in which the outer faces of the wall are ashlar, the space between being filled with broken stone and mortar. Cross layers of stone are interlaid as binders.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

A kind of masonry in which the outer faces of the wall are ashlar, the space between being filled with broken stone and mortar. Cross layers of stone are interlaid as binders.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

em-plek'ton, n. masonry in which the outsides of the walls are ashlar and the insides filled up with rubbish.--Also EMPLEC'TUM. [Gr.]

1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Davidson

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