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baluster 1. any of a set of posts supporting a rail or coping 2. (of a shape) swelling at the base and rising in a concave curve to a narrow stem or neck baluster [′bal·ə·stər] (building construction) A post which supports a handrail and encloses the open sections of a stairway. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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With that I leaped over the low baluster that surrounded the balcony, and with drawn long-sword faced my enemies. She went down the stairs and he leaned over the baluster above her. I had slidden down the balusters when I was a boy, and thought nothing of it, but to slide down the balusters in a railway-train is a thing to make one's flesh creep. |
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