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Webster 1913 Edition
Contignation
Conˊtig-na′tion
,Noun.
[L.
contignatio
, fr. contignare
to join with beams; con-
+ tignum
beam.] 1.
The act or process of framing together, or uniting, as beams in a fabric.
Burke.
2.
A framework or fabric, as of beams.
Sir H. Wotton.
Webster 1828 Edition
Contignation
CONTIGNATION
,Noun.
1.
A frame of beams; a story.2.
The act of framing together, or uniting beams in a fabric.