Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In architecture, same as tile-creasing.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Arch.) A layer of tiles forming a corona for a wall.

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  • verb Present participle of crease.
  • noun The act by which something creases.
  • noun architecture A layer of tiles forming a corona for a wall.

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Examples

  • Making a simple seperate feed for each supported device format will make life alot easier and speed up development of the in creasing amount of netowrk capable devices which will soon be happily downloading your favourite show as you walk along the hight street.

    Why the backchannel is bad for RSS « Scripting News Annex 2006

  • "This American behaviour is in creasing the size of the resistance and it is making all the people sympathetic to them."

    From the "Don't Panic" department... 2004

  • "This American behaviour is in creasing the size of the resistance and it is making all the people sympathetic to them."

    Archive 2004-04-01 2004

  • "This American behaviour is in creasing the size of the resistance and it is making all the people sympathetic to them."

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  • "This American behaviour is in creasing the size of the resistance and it is making all the people sympathetic to them."

    On a brighter note... 2004

  • Juni turned in her seat to face Trev, a serious expression creasing her pleasant features.

    Thunder and Ashes Z.A. Recht 2008

  • He turned, a wounded expression creasing his face.

    Changeling Galenorn, Yasmine 2007

  • This last, called creasing, was seldom successful, and for that matter in any method ten times as many horses were killed as captured.

    The Boy Scouts Book of Campfire Stories Franklin K. [Editor] Mathiews

  • This last, called creasing, was seldom successful, and for that matter in any method ten times as many horses were killed as captured.

    Wildfire Zane Grey 1905

  • It is called "creasing," and is often used on wild horses.

    AN OLD SOLDIER'S STORY 1993

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  • In castle architecture, a groove in a wall face insuring a weatherproof junction with a roof or chimney which abuts it.

    August 24, 2008