Definition of Scontion

1. a part of a door jamb [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Scontion

scomfished
scomfishes
scomfishing
scomfit
sconce
sconced
sconces
sconcheon
sconcheon arch
sconcheons
sconcing
scone
sconed
scones
sconing
scontion (current term)
scontions
scoober
scoobers
scooch
scooched
scooches
scooching
scoog
scooged
scooging
scoogs
scoop
scoop out
scoop shot

Literary usage of Scontion

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Ecclesiastical Art in Germany During the Middle Ages by Wilhelm Lübke, Leonard Abercrombie Wheatley (1870)
"The windows have, instead of an oblique scontion, a rectangular one, generally without any other contour, except that at the corners they are enclosed ..."

2. Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Court of King's Bench: During by Great Britain Court of King's Bench, William Murray Mansfield, James Burrow (1812)
"... that wiere the matter was " doubtful, the objection should go to the CREDIT/' It established, " that tile question in a criminal pro- " scontion ..."

3. Ecclesiasstical Art in Germany During the Middle Ages by Wilhelm Lübke, Leonard Abercrombie Wheatley (1870)
"The windows have, instead of an oblique scontion, a rectangular one, generally without any other contour, except that at the corners they are enclosed ..."

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