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Definition of Rustications
1. rustication [n] - See also: rustication
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rustications
Literary usage of Rustications
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bulletin of the New York Public Library by New York public library (1921)
"... previously the flat surface of the basement rustications had been carried
upright beside the windows, making a white band around their heads, ..."
2. American Architect and Building News (1908)
"Any moldings or ornamentation of a decorative character, not including, however,
rustications when occurring on the lower floor of the building, ..."
3. Dictionary of National Biography by Leslie Stephen, Sidney Lee (1885)
"... which the effect is produced by simplicity and proportion—window dressings,
rustications, strings, and massive unbroken cornices being alone employed; ..."
4. The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb by Maurice Henry Hewlett, Laurence Binyon, Edward James Hewlett, William Randolph Hearst, Jonathan Swift, Charles Lamb, Mary Lamb, Edward Verrall Lucas, Frederick Madison Smith, Mariano Tomás (1905)
"... that is the total history of our rustications this year. Alas ! how poor a
sound to Skiddaw, and Helvellyn, ..."
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