octangular
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Origin of octangular
1635–45; < Late Latin octangul ( us ) ( see octangle) + -ar 1
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Some huts also were entirely built of this material, of a rude circular or octangular form, and roofed with skins like the others.
From Three Voyages for the Discovery of a Northwest Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and Narrative of an Attempt to Reach the North Pole, Volume 2 by Parry, William Edward, Sir
At Durham is one of octangular plan, which bears a statue of Neptune.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" by Various
It is a grand old place, a house of solid masonry, a house of square and octangular towers, long and low and strong.
From The Cruise of the Land-Yacht "Wanderer" Thirteen Hundred Miles in my Caravan by Stables, Gordon
There are three octangular compartments, and each is supported by eight slender columns.
From Old Church Lore by Andrews, William
The building is low and unpretending, having an octangular tower, up the staircase of which you mount to the library.
From A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume Three by Dibdin, Thomas Frognall
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