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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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In the linga discovered by Bhagwanlal (figure 3), a four-armed ithyphallic (urdhvareta) Shiva stands in samabhanga, with weight equally distributed on his feet.
A remarkable Kushana image-linga from Mathura discovered by ... by Desai, Devangana / Marg, A Magazine of the Arts
According to Amy Richlin's The Garden of Priapus, the ithyphallic Priapus penetrates his victims--to punish them for their trespasses--orally, vaginally, anally (1992, 58).
The sublime and the bovine: Petronius' Satyricon and Gustave ... by Endres, Nikolai / Ancient Narrative
The reason why so many ithyphallic representations of Amun-min, Mm or even in one instance Osiris himself are defaced is not because they outraged Christian prudery in the fourth century but because infertile women hacked the important bit out as a charm.
An English eccentric in Egypt by Ramsay, Allan / Contemporary Review
 
 
 
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