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ar⋅ris

  [ar-is]
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–noun Architecture.
1. a sharp ridge, as between adjoining channels of a Doric column.
2. the line, ridge, or hip formed by the meeting of two surfaces at an exterior angle.
Also called piend.

Origin:
1670–80; < MF areste; see arête
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ar·ris   (ār'ĭs)   
n.   pl. arris or ar·ris·es
The sharp edge or ridge formed by two surfaces meeting at an angle, as in a molding.

[Alteration of Old French areste, fishbone, spine; see arête.]
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