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Relief (The)

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In fortification, the general height to which the defensive masses of earth are raised. The directions in which the masses are laid out are called the tracings.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Regulars (The)
Rehoboam (A)
Rehoboam
Reign of Terror
Reimkennar (A)
Reins
Reins (The)
Reldresal
Relics
Relief (The)
Rem Acu
Remember
Remigius (St.)
Remis atque Velis (Latin)
Renaissance (French)
Renaissance Period (The)
Renard
Renarder (French)
Renata
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