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rus•ti•ca•tion

Pronunciation: (rus"ti-kā'shun), [key]
—n.
1. Also called rus'tic work". Archit.any of various forms of ashlar so dressed and tooled that the visible faces are raised above or otherwise contrasted with the horizontal and usually the vertical joints.
2. the act of a person or thing that rusticates.

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

rusticate

rusticity

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