Friday, January 2, 2009

Balustrade


A baluster is a moulded shaft, square or circular, in stone or wood and sometimes in metal, standing on a unifying footing and supporting the coping of a parapet or the handrail of a staircase. Multiplied in this way, they form a balustrade.
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talk nineteen to the dozen

  to speak rapidly and without stopping

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