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RUSTIC

Volume 9 · 58 words · 1778 Edition

in architecture, implies a manner of building in imitation of nature, rather than according to the rules of art. See Architecture.

Rustic Work, is where the stones in the face, &c. of a building, instead of being smooth, are hatched, or picked with the point of a hammer.

Rustic Order, that decorated with rustic quoins, rustic work, &c.