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BARTISAN

\bˈɑːtɪsən], \bˈɑːtɪsən], \b_ˈɑː_t_ɪ_s_ə_n]\

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1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language

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bÃ¤r'ti-zan, n. a small overhanging turret projecting from an angle on the top of a tower. [Apparently an adaptation by Scott of Scot. bertisene, traceable to O. Fr. bretesche, a parapet of wood.]

1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
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