† posaryn.
Obsolete. rare. Architecture.
A continuous projection around a building, etc.; = podium n. 1a.
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1664 J. Evelyn Acct. Archit. in tr. R. Fréart Parallel Antient Archit. 124 The Antients did seldom use Pedistals unless where Railes and Balusters were requisite,..and where they serv'd for Podia or posaries of a leaning-height for which they had a slight Cornice assign'd them.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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