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erection

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erection [i′rek·shən]
(civil engineering)
Positioning and fixing the frame of a structure.
(physiology)
The enlarged state of erectile tissue when engorged with blood, as of the penis or clitoris.
erection
The hoisting and/or installing in place of the structural components of a building, usually using a crane, hoist, or other powered equipment.
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All of these larger pi-pis--like that of the Hoolah Hoolah ground in the Typee valley--bore incontestible marks of great age; and I am disposed to believe that their erection may be ascribed to the same race of men who were the builders of the still more ancient remains I have just described.
Typee by Melville, Herman View in context
Continuing to represent the liberation of the serfs as impracticable, he arranged for the erection of large buildings- schools, hospitals, and asylums- on all the estates before the master arrived.
War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
Quite a number of men in the community also volunteered to give several days' work, each, toward the erection of the building.
Up From Slavery by Washington, Booker T. View in context
 
 
 
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