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piend

  [peend]
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–noun
arris.
Also, pien  [peen] .

Origin:
1835–45; perh. var. of peen

ar⋅ris

  [ar-is]
–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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Piend

Piend\, n. [Cf. Dan. pind a peg.] See Peen.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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