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noun
A brick or stone that has its longest dimension perpendicular to the face of a wall, especially one that extends through the wall's entire thickness.
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noun
A vertical joint (usually mortar) between bricks or blocks in a horizontal course.
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verb
To ponder, consider.
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Usage: archaic
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History
From Middle French parpain, see etymology of French parpaing.
Borrowed from Latin perpendere, from per- + pendere (“to weigh”).
