Associations to the word «Scarcement»
Noun
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Wiktionary
SCARCEMENT, noun. (architecture) (engineering) An offset where a wall or bank of earth, etc., retreats, leaving a shelf or footing.
Wise words
It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more
value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an
idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words,
but a great deal in a few.