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compage
compage
English
Noun
compage (plural compages)
- (obsolete) Compages; consistency, solid structure; the compaction of parts into a whole.
- 1658: Common Tombs preserve not beyond powder: A firmer consistence and compage of parts might be expected from Arefaction, deep buriall or charcoal. — Sir Thomas Browne, Urne-Burial (Penguin 2005, p. 31)
- (obsolete) A compages; a unified complex whole formed from the compaction of parts.