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Meaning of GRADIN

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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Gra"din\, Gradine \Gra*dine"\,n. [F. gradin, dim. of
grade. See {Grade}.] (Arch.)
Any member like a step, as the raised back of an altar or the
like; a set raised over another. ``The gradines of the
amphitheeater.'' --Layard.

 



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