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underpinning [′ən·dər‚pin·iŋ] (civil engineering) Permanent supports replacing or reinforcing the older supports beneath a wall or a column. Braced props temporarily supporting a structure. (mining engineering) Building up the wall of a mine shaft to join that above it. 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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| It had the usual country- schoolhouse form--belonged to the packing-box order of architecture; had an underpinning of stones, a moss-grown roof, and blank window spaces, whence both glass and sash had long departed. He lays his own dead corpse beneath the underpinning, as one may say, and hangs his frowning picture on the wall, and, after thus converting himself into an evil destiny, expects his remotest great-grandchildren to be happy there. |
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