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English
Etymology
Latin exstructio.
Noun
extruction (usually uncountable, plural extructions)
- (obsolete) A building up; a construction.
1665, John Webb, A Vindication of Stone-Heng Restored: , London: R Davenport for Tho Bassett, , →OCLC, page 232:f Famous Temples of the Romans, their Palaces, Baths, Theatres, and Buildings of all kindes, vve meet unqueſtionably vvith the Ruines in every part of this Kingdome; but not ſo much as vvith the leaſt pieces of broken Craggs, of the extruction of the Danes in any place thereof, vvhich can juſtly be ſaid Theirs.
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