Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for A-BREU-VOIR'
A-BREU-VOIR', n. [Fr. abreuvoir, a watering place, from abreuver, to water; Sp. abrevar, id. from Gr. βρεχω.]
Among masons, the joint between stones, to be filled with mortar.
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