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Assastion
Assastion As*sas"tion, n. [F., fr. LL. assatio, fr. L. assare to roast.] Roasting. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.
Bastion
Bastion Bas"tion, n. [F. bastion (cf. It. bastione), fr. LL. bastire to build (cf. F. b?tir, It. bastire), perh. from the idea of support for a weight, and akin to Gr. ? to lift, carry, and to E. baston, baton.] (Fort.) A work projecting outward from the main inclosure of a fortification, consisting of two faces and two flanks, and so constructed that it is able to defend by a flanking fire the adjacent curtain, or wall which extends from one bastion to another. Two adjacent bastions are connected by the curtain, which joins the flank of one with the adjacent flank of the other. The distance between the flanks of a bastion is called the gorge. A lunette is a detached bastion. See Ravelin.
Bastioned
Bastioned Bas"tioned, a. Furnished with a bastion; having bastions.
Demibastion
Demibastion Dem"i*bas"tion (?; 106), n. [Cf. F. demi- bastion.] (Fort.) A half bastion, or that part of a bastion consisting of one face and one flank.
Face of a bastion
Cylinder face (Steam Engine), the flat part of a steam cylinder on which a slide valve moves. Face of an anvil, its flat upper surface. Face of a bastion (Fort.), the part between the salient and the shoulder angle. Face of coal (Mining), the principal cleavage plane, at right angles to the stratification. Face of a gun, the surface of metal at the muzzle. Face of a place (Fort.), the front comprehended between the flanked angles of two neighboring bastions. --Wilhelm. Face of a square (Mil.), one of the sides of a battalion when formed in a square. Face of a watch, clock, compass, card etc., the dial or graduated surface on which a pointer indicates the time of day, point of the compass, etc. Face to face. (a) In the presence of each other; as, to bring the accuser and the accused face to face. (b) Without the interposition of any body or substance. ``Now we see through a glass darkly; but then face to face.' 1 --Cor. xiii. 12. (c) With the faces or finished surfaces turned inward or toward one another; vis [`a] vis; -- opposed to back to back. To fly in the face of, to defy; to brave; to withstand. To make a face, to distort the countenance; to make a grimace. --Shak.

Meaning of Astio from wikipedia

- robertsoni ****erell, 1897 Augochlora banksiella ****erell, 1907 Halictus astios Vachal, 1911 Halictus fuscatipes Vachal, 1911 Halictus asaphes Vachal, 1911...
- the Count Marcello Rocca Saporiti della Sforzesca; and in 1884 at Turin, Astio antico and Nel cortile. Bollettino della Società pavese di storia patria...
- August 2022. "Renzi: "Noi pronti a correre da soli. Il veto di Letta sarebbe astio"". 25 July 2022. "Elezioni, Pizzarotti: 'Lista civica ****onale corre con...
- sempre ero d'accordo con lui, ma fu un grande combattente della sinistra. Astio verso di lui da qualche riformista'". la Repubblica (in Italian). Soave...
- prota ti kardia mou (1964) Krata to heri mou sfihta (1964) Mi to pernis gia astio (1965) As pethena sta psemata (1965) Sti kardia mou ali de horai (1965)...
- Timo Oravakangas Studio album by Agonizer Released 4 August 2007 Recorded Astio-Studio A, Lappeenranta, Finland Genre Heavy metal, melodic heavy metal Length...
- Anderlecht and gained the first national championship. The following year Astio was again the best and claimed the second national championship. In 1975...
- White Angel, by unknown Gr**** Master copy c. 1222 213 cm x 120 cm Saint Astios and Saint Isauro, by unknown Gr**** Master 1260 Saint Paul, by Paolo Veneziano...