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Assastion
Assastion As*sas"tion, n. [F., fr. LL. assatio, fr. L. assare to roast.] Roasting. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.
Bastion
Bastion Bas"tion, n. [F. bastion (cf. It. bastione), fr. LL. bastire to build (cf. F. b?tir, It. bastire), perh. from the idea of support for a weight, and akin to Gr. ? to lift, carry, and to E. baston, baton.] (Fort.) A work projecting outward from the main inclosure of a fortification, consisting of two faces and two flanks, and so constructed that it is able to defend by a flanking fire the adjacent curtain, or wall which extends from one bastion to another. Two adjacent bastions are connected by the curtain, which joins the flank of one with the adjacent flank of the other. The distance between the flanks of a bastion is called the gorge. A lunette is a detached bastion. See Ravelin.
Bastioned
Bastioned Bas"tioned, a. Furnished with a bastion; having bastions.
Demibastion
Demibastion Dem"i*bas"tion (?; 106), n. [Cf. F. demi- bastion.] (Fort.) A half bastion, or that part of a bastion consisting of one face and one flank.
Face of a bastion
Cylinder face (Steam Engine), the flat part of a steam cylinder on which a slide valve moves. Face of an anvil, its flat upper surface. Face of a bastion (Fort.), the part between the salient and the shoulder angle. Face of coal (Mining), the principal cleavage plane, at right angles to the stratification. Face of a gun, the surface of metal at the muzzle. Face of a place (Fort.), the front comprehended between the flanked angles of two neighboring bastions. --Wilhelm. Face of a square (Mil.), one of the sides of a battalion when formed in a square. Face of a watch, clock, compass, card etc., the dial or graduated surface on which a pointer indicates the time of day, point of the compass, etc. Face to face. (a) In the presence of each other; as, to bring the accuser and the accused face to face. (b) Without the interposition of any body or substance. ``Now we see through a glass darkly; but then face to face.' 1 --Cor. xiii. 12. (c) With the faces or finished surfaces turned inward or toward one another; vis [`a] vis; -- opposed to back to back. To fly in the face of, to defy; to brave; to withstand. To make a face, to distort the countenance; to make a grimace. --Shak.

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- transcribed in Attic, the inscription could read: Aστίων Aναξαγόρου ἐκ Λαρίσης (Astíōn Anaxagórou ek Larísēs). Volute-krater: see Typology of Gr**** Vase Shapes...
- the city of Kingston policy. The ride has been sponsored by Dr. Douglas Astion, Dr. Riccardo Esposito, Walmart, Nace Promotions, Health Alliance of the...
- Mary, said to be wonder-working, and the relics of Saints Epictetus and Astion, discovered in August 2001. On 1 December 2001, the latter were deposited...
- AD, during the ****cutions ordered by Diocletian, Saint Epictetus and Astion suffered martyrdom at Halmyris, whose bodies were uncovered between 2001...
- Version]. Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, 130(8), 1106-1113. Astion, M. (2006). "Right patient, wrong sample." Agency for Healthcare Research...
- Hieromartyr Eustathios (Eustace), by fire. Hieromartyrs Epictetus, presbyter, and Astion, monk, in Scythia (290) Venerable Acacius of Sinai, who is mentioned in...
- Saints listed on June 25. Hieromartyr Epictetus, Priest, and Monk-martyr Astion, at Halmyris in Scythia Minor (Romania) (290) Great-martyr Procopius of...
- Τρωΐλος son of Antigonos Ἀντίγονος Waddys Ϝαδδῦς or Gaddys Γάδδυς son of Astion Ἀστίων Lysandros Λύσανδρος son of Amyntas and Lyson Λύσων son of Pleistiades...
- gheloof door den heylighen Epictetus en den seer edelen en overschoonen Astion Het vlaemsche masker van Colonel Spindeler, archlistelijck ontdeckt aen...