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placage
An ornamental thin masonry facing (revetment) of a building.
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Those of the ancients contrast sharply with those of the Renaissance, the Elizabethan, and every other marked period of history, as they do from nationality to nationality; viz, the duena system of courtship in Spanish society, or the Creole institution of placage in Old New Orleans.
Researching the Historical Novel, Part II by Steven Vannoy And Craig Ross / Writing and Speaking community
Les magmas d'ile en arc en situation d'extension ont un gradient geothermal tres pentu, et le placage de la croute par un magma mafique peut y apporter assez de chaleur pour provoquer l'anatexie.
Igneous Rock Associations 7. Arc magmatism I: relationship between ... by Murphy, J. Brendan / Geoscience Canada
She has also moved to New Orleans, and into a world of genteel prostitution - the 'kept' woman of a young wealthy white man who provides her with a placage apartment and fancy clothes in return for occasional brief and impersonal sex.
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