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fly'ing but'tress



Archit.
a segmental arch transmitting an outward and downward thrust to a solid buttress that through its inertia transforms the thrust into a vertical one. See illus. under buttress.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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