Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for CON-TIG-NA'TION
CON-TIG-NA'TION, n. [L. contignatio; con and tignum, a beam.]
- A frame of beams; a story. – Wotton.
- The act of framing together, or uniting beams in a fabric. – Burke.
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