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PAYE - A GLOSSARY OF TERMS

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K

kerf

 

Groove made by a saw.

key pattern

A geometrical ornament of horizontal and vertical straight lines repeating to form a band.

keystone

 

Central locking voussoir.

knapped flint

Flint nodules split across and used in walls with the split face showing.

kneeler

 

Internediate stone with sloping top and level bed in a ramped coping.

 

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