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Pertaining to the Goths; as, Gothic customs; also, rude;
barbarous. |
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Of or pertaining to a style of architecture with pointed
arches, steep roofs, windows large in proportion to the wall spaces,
and, generally, great height in proportion to the other dimensions --
prevalent in Western Europe from about 1200 to 1475 a. d. See Illust.
of Abacus, and Capital. |
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The language of the Goths; especially, the language of that
part of the Visigoths who settled in Moesia in the 4th century. See
Goth. |
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A kind of square-cut type, with no hair lines. |
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The style described in Gothic, a., 2. |