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The simplest of fieldworks, and very quickly constructed. It consists simply of two faces and an angle formed thus Λ, the angle being towards the object of attack. A corruption of redens. (Latin.)
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
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