ancon
Americannoun
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the elbow.
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Architecture. a bracket or console, as one supporting part of a cornice.
noun
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architect a projecting bracket or console supporting a cornice
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a former technical name for elbow
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of ancon
1700–10; < Latin < Greek ankṓn elbow
Example Sentences
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From this ram was descended the breed of ancon, or otter, sheep.
From The Whence and the Whither of Man A Brief History of His Origin and Development through Conformity to Environment; Being the Morse Lectures of 1895 by Tyler, John Mason
Of or pertaining to the ancon or elbow.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah
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