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Coping
Open directlyHastings Dictionary of the Bible · 1898
COPING . 1 Kgs 7:9. The top course or finish of a wall. It is usually of flat or semi-circular bricks or hewn stone, projecting beyond the face of the wall, and forming an ornament similar in effect to the capital of a column.
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Schaff's Dictionary of the Bible · 1880
COPING . 1 Kgs 7:9. The top course or finish of a wall. It is usually of flat or semi-circular bricks or hewn stone, projecting beyond the face of the wall, and forming an ornament similar in effect to the capital of a column.
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Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828
Part of speech: noun (n.)
The highest or covering course of masonry in a wall, often with sloping edges to carry off water; -- sometimes called capping. Gwill.