Imbricate
[imbrikeit]
Definition
(verb.) overlap; 'The roof tiles imbricate'.
(verb.) place so as to overlap; 'imbricate the roof tiles'.
(adj.) used especially of leaves or bracts; overlapping or layered as scales or shingles .
Typist: Rosanna--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Alt. of Imbricated
(v. t.) To lay in order, one lapping over another, so as to form an imbricated surface.
Typist: Maura
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. (Bot.) Overlapping.
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Definition
v.t. to lay one over another as tiles on a roof.—adj. bent like a gutter-tile: (bot.) overlapping each other.—n. Imbricā′tion a concave indenture as of a tile: an overlapping of the edges: ornamental masonry.
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