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Definition of Keystones
1. keystone [n] - See also: keystone
Lexicographical Neighbors of Keystones
Literary usage of Keystones
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Narrative of Excursions, Voyages, and Travels, Performed at Different by George Rapelje (1834)
"With the Rialto; Shylock and the Moor, And Pierre, cannot be swept or worn away—
The keystones of the arch! though all were o'er, For us re peopled were tbe ..."
2. The Rudiments of Masonry and Stonecutting: Exhibiting the Principles of by Edward Dobson (1869)
"In working the keystones at the intersections of the ribs some little difficulty
occurs, inasmuch as from each rib being a separate arch, its middle section ..."
3. The California Earthquake of 1906 by Fusakichi Ōmori, John Casper Branner, Charles Derleth, Grove Karl Gilbert, Stephen Taber, Harold Wellman Fairbanks, Mary Hunter Austin (1907)
"When the crest of a wave struck an arch running northeast and southwest, the arch
was pulled apart, allowing the keystones to drop a short distance. ..."
4. The Journal of Geology by University of Chicago Department of Geology and Paleontology (1906)
"When the crest of a wave struck an arch running northeast and southwest, the arch
was pulled apart, allowing the keystones to drop a short distance. ..."
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