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Definition of Gradine
1. n. A toothed chised by sculptors.
Definition of Gradine
1. Noun. A toothed chisel used by sculptors ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gradine
1. one of a series of steps [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gradine
Literary usage of Gradine
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Transactions by Ecclesiological Society (1900)
"But this is not the only witness of German churches against the gradine. ...
Yet it has been said that, even if there is no evidence for the gradine in the ..."
2. Transactions by Ecclesiological Society (1849)
"But there is nothing to prove that this reredos was used as a gradine. On the
contrary, the care taken to omit the glass behind the image is a strong ..."
3. The Parson's Handbook: Containing Practical Directions Both for Parsons and by Percy Dearmer (1902)
"If a gradine is tolerated at all it should be a single, low step only, or, what
is better, ... When a gradine is ugly or cold and difficult to remove, ..."
4. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"Subsequent excavations disclosed in front of the large bas-relief a slab of
alabaster, . . . cut at the western end into steps or gradine». ..."
5. The Early Mountaineers by Francis Henry Gribble (1899)
"... le sue base in simile altezza ; questa si leua in tanta altura quasi passa
tutti li nuvoli e rare volte, vi cade neve, ma sol gradine d'istate quando li ..."
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