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Meaning of EMPLECTON

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Em*plec"ton\, n. [F. or L. emplecton, fr. Gr. ?, fr.
? interwoven, fr. ? to plait or weave in; ? in + ? to twist,
weave.]
A kind of masonry in which the outer faces of the wall are
ashlar, the space between being filled with broken stone and
mortar. Cross layers of stone are interlaid as binders. [R.]
--Weale.
 
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