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In my view, the Christian religion is the most important and one of the first things in which all children, under a free government ought to be instructed... No truth is more evident to my mind than that the Christian religion must be the basis of any government intended to secure the rights and privileges of a free people. Preface to 1828 Dictionary
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TRES'TLE, n. tres'l.
Trestle-trees, in a ship, are two strong bars of timber, fixed horizontally on the opposite sides of the lower mast-head, to support the frame of the top and the top-mast.
A movable frame or support for anything, as
scaffolding, consisting of three or four legs secured to a top piece, and
forming a sort of stool or horse, used by carpenters, masons, and other
workmen; also, a kind of framework of strong posts or piles, and
crossbeams, for supporting a bridge, the track of a railway, or the
like.
The frame of a table.
Trestle board, a board used by architects,
draughtsmen, and the like, for drawing designs upon; -- so called because
commonly supported by trestles. -- Trestle bridge.
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