(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 23:57:08

Gra"din (?), Gra*dine" (?), n. [F. gradin, dim. of grade. See Grade.] Arch.

Any member like a step, as the raised back of an altar or the like; a set raised over another.

"The gradines of the amphitheater."

Layard.

 

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