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Definition of Astragals
1. astragal [n] - See also: astragal
Lexicographical Neighbors of Astragals
Literary usage of Astragals
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Book of the Garden by Charles McIntosh (1853)
"astragals are also formed by having a groove cut out of each side, into which
the glass is let in with a very small quantity of putty : the one groove being ..."
2. Publications by Folklore Society (Great Britain), New Shakspere Society (London, England), William Shakespeare (1901)
"THE ANCIENT AND MODERN GAME OF astragals. BY (Read at Meeting of i 7th April,
... The game of astragals, so called because it was played with the Astragalus ..."
3. Country Life: A Handbook of Agriculture, Horticulture, and Landscape Gardening by Robert Morris Copeland (1859)
"... brass astragals are grooved for the reception of the glass — not rebated as
in ordinary glazing. The case is 3£ teet long by 2-feet. ..."
4. Folklore by Folklore Society (Great Britain), Joseph Jacobs, Alfred Trübner Nutt, Arthur Robinson Wright, William Crooke (1901)
"THE ANCIENT AND MODERN GAME OF astragals. BY E I.OVETT. (Read at Meeting of ijt/i
April, 1901.) A FEW years ago, during a visit to Holland and Belgium, ..."
5. The Edinburgh Journal of Science by Royal Society of Edinburgh (1827)
"Account of a Method affixing the Glass in painted Windows without the interruption
of' astragals. By JOHN ROBISON, Esq. FRS Edin. Communicated by the Author ..."
6. Country Life: A Handbook of Agriculture, Horticulture, and Landscape Gardening by Robert Morris Copeland (1866)
"... brass astragals are grooved for the reception of the glass — not rebated as
in ordinary glazing. The case is 3£ feet long by 2 feet. ..."
7. The Edinburgh Journal of Science by Sir David Brewster (1827)
"Account of a Method of fixing the Glass in painted Windows without the interruption
of astragals. By JOHN ROBISON, Esq. FRS Edin. Communicated by the Author ..."
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