larmiern.
/ˈlɑːmiːeɪ/ 1. Architecture. = corona n.1 4, drip n. 4a.
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1480 W. Worcester Itineraries 332 A ressant lorymer.
1696 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Larmer.
1723 E. Chambers tr. S. Le Clerc Treat. Archit. I. 25 Corona with its Larmier or Drip underneath.
1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) The Larmier is also call'd Corona.
1836 J. H. Parker Gloss. Terms Archit. 30 Larmier, the corona, or top stone of a wall.
1875 in E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. II.
1877 F. G. Lee Gloss. Liturg. & Eccl. Terms Lorymer..1. The eave of a house. 2. The slanting brow or coping of a wall, serving to throw off the rain. This term is not unfrequently found in churchwardens' accounts.
2. Anatomy. (See quot.)
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1848 in J. Craig New Universal Dict.
1893 R. Lydekker Horns & Hoofs 64 The lachrymal fossa—in which rests the gland termed the crumen, larmier, or ‘tear-bag’.
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