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Arris The sharp external edge where where two surfaces meet at a point.
Asbestos Material used in the past for insulation and fire protection. Can be a health hazard. Specialist advice should be sought if asbestos is found.
ARRIS
Sharp edge where two surfaces meet at an angle.
ASHLAR
Worked stone with flat surface, usually of regular shape and square edges. As opposed to rough stone, which is not squared off.
Arris - A sharp corner edge, where two planes join.
Art Deco - Abstracted and geometric, applied Modernist ornamentation, fashionable from 1925 to 1940.
Arris
- sharp edge at external angle formed by the meeting of two surfaces. The term is usually applied to finishings such as joinery, plasterwork or polished stone. A sharp arris in a soft material such as timber or plaster is prone to damage.
Bullnose - The rounding of an arris, in general any rounded end or edge of a brick, a step, a joiner's plane etc
Bunched Wires - Prefabricated electrical wiring made up for trunking ...
CHAMFER A diagonal surface made when the sharp edge (or arris) of a stone block is cut away, usually at an angle of 45 degrees to the other two surfaces. A bevelled edge.
the small plane formed when a sharp edge or arris is cut away, usually at an angle of 45°; hollow chamfer, when the plane is concave; sunk chamfer, when it is recessed.
Chantry
Chapel (of a Priest) ...
Series of concave grooves (flutes), their common edges sharp (arris) or blunt (fillet).Flying buttress ...
The shallow concave channels cut vertically into the shaft of a column or pilaster. In Doric columns, they meet in a sharp edge (arris); in Ionic, Corinthian, and Composite columns, they are separated by a narrow strip.
Fluting - Shallow, concave grooves running vertically on the shaft of a column, pilaster, or other surface; they may meet in an arris or be separated by fillet.
 See also: Arch, Member, Timber, Vault, Beam
  
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