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Surbased
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828
Part of speech: adjective (a.)
1. Having a surbase, or molding above the base. (b) Etym: [F. surbaissé.]
2. Having the vertical height from springing line to crown less than the half span; -- said of an arch; as, a segmental arch is surbased.