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Definition of Surbases
1. surbase [n] - See also: surbase
Lexicographical Neighbors of Surbases
Literary usage of Surbases
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Mechanic's Companion, Or, The Elements and Practice of Carpentry by Peter Nicholson (1842)
"It is also custom. ary to put a row of bond.timber in the middle of the story,
of greater strength than those for the bases and surbases. ..."
2. The Mechanic's Companion, Or, The Elements and Practice of Carpentry by Peter Nicholson (1845)
"It is also custom. ary to put a row of bond-timber in the middle of the story,
of greater strength than those for the bases and surbases. ..."
3. The Monthly Review by Charles William Wason (1837)
"... the venerable arched gateway, the rock-like masses of wall, the crumbling
cloisters, and the exquisite finish of the surbases of the columns and other ..."
4. An English Settler in Pioneer Wisconsin: The Letters of Edwin Bottomley by Edwin Bottomley (1918)
"... and surbases and makeing two Doors previous to the house being plastered the
other is the Plasterer I gave him 5 Dollars when he finished and he said he ..."
5. History of Philadelphia, 1609-1884 by John Thomas Scharf, Thompson Westcott (1884)
"The interior of the house was finished, according to the taste of the ante-Revolutionary
times, with elaborate paneling, wainscoting, surbases, heavy doors, ..."
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