Traditionally, the bread is baked in octagonal or hexagonal pans, but just about any shape or size can be used. From Wordnik.com. [What is panettone? | Baking Bites] Reference
Daoud recalled the octagonal shape of Castello Lucera's central tower. From Wordnik.com. [The Saracen: Land of the Infidel] Reference
I went on up the street to the end, where it came to some kind of octagonal plaza. From Wordnik.com. [Asimov's Science Fiction]
Books had been piling up in there, and there's a lot of funky space in our bathroom (It's kind of octagonal) that doesn't get used. From Wordnik.com. [Day in the Life of an Idiot] Reference
They were octagonal and 16 ins. across the top, 16 ft. From Wordnik.com. [Concrete Construction Methods and Costs] Reference
An octagonal, walled fortress emerged from the desert. From Wordnik.com. [The 'Atlantis Of The Sands'] Reference
Over it rises a neat octagonal belfry in two arcaded stages. From Wordnik.com. [The South of France—East Half] Reference
The octagonal story does not harmonize with the lower portion. From Wordnik.com. [Ely Cathedral] Reference
From the intersection of the transept rises an octagonal tower. From Wordnik.com. [The South of France—East Half] Reference
As they now appear, they look like the ruins of octagonal towers. From Wordnik.com. [Historical Introduction to Studies Among the Sedentary Indians of New Mexico; Report on the Ruins of the Pueblo of Pecos Papers Of The Archæological Institute Of America, American Series, Vol. I] Reference
She had just finished cleaning those in the octagonal dining-room. From Wordnik.com. [Old Valentines A Love Story] Reference
It rises in an octagonal basin built of large stones by the Romans. From Wordnik.com. [The South of France—East Half] Reference
Cutting off the outside arrises to the gaged lines leaves an octagonal stick. From Wordnik.com. [Handwork in Wood] Reference
In the center of the room stands the font upon an octagonal base of two steps. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 488, May 9, 1885] Reference
A noteworthy building in the town is the octagonal town-hall, dating from 1747. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon"] Reference
From the choir rises a square tower, becoming octagonal in the two upper stages. From Wordnik.com. [The South of France—East Half] Reference
The font has a plain octagonal basin, supported by a group of Early English shafts. From Wordnik.com. [Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter] Reference
To the left on entering is the chapel of St. Anne, under a low octagonal domed tower. From Wordnik.com. [The South of France—East Half] Reference
It proves to be a Buddhist temple, an octagonal-shaped structure with a bell-like roof. From Wordnik.com. [In Eastern Seas Or, the Commission of H.M.S. 'Iron Duke,' flag-ship in China, 1878-83] Reference
It is octagonal, and its sides are inlaid with native ores, fossils, shells, and stones. From Wordnik.com. [The Cornwall Coast] Reference
The mosque was a plain, white, octagonal building, conspicuous only through its position. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 87, January, 1865] Reference
She glared down at us through gigantic octagonal glasses that magnified her critical eyes. From Wordnik.com. [Vitamins] Reference
The effect of the graceful octagonal tower has been destroyed by the square tower adjoining. From Wordnik.com. [The South of France—East Half] Reference
It is an octagonal building, 94 ft. in diameter, covered by a cupola and lantern built in 1550. From Wordnik.com. [The South of France—East Half] Reference
It possesses an octagonal tower, sixty-four feet high, and fifteen feet in diameter at the base. From Wordnik.com. [Grace Darling Heroine of the Farne Islands] Reference
Grant for The Wall Street Journal The guest cottage has octagonal rooms like the one shown here. From Wordnik.com. [Designer's Hampton Homes] Reference
In the centre of the transept is a low tower, square in the first stage and octagonal in the second. From Wordnik.com. [The South of France—East Half] Reference
The font is modern, its bowl octagonal, with the monogram I.H.S. and other devices on alternate sides. From Wordnik.com. [Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter] Reference
In shape it is rectangular, with at the eastern termination an octagonal tower 115 ft. high, which forms the chancel. From Wordnik.com. [The South of France—East Half] Reference
The form shown by Fig. 186 was used for interior columns of octagonal section with hooped reinforcement for a factory building. From Wordnik.com. [Concrete Construction Methods and Costs] Reference
Provence and Marseilles, bronzes, gold jewellery, lamps, vases, weapons, and an octagonal plan of Marseilles 18 ft. in diameter. From Wordnik.com. [The South of France—East Half] Reference
The most remarkable part of the structure is the cupola, terminating in an octagonal lantern, and supported on pendentive arches. From Wordnik.com. [The South of France—East Half] Reference
Near the foot of the rock, and adjoining the Mairie of Aiguilhe, is an octagonal baptistery, 12th cent., called the Temple of Diana. From Wordnik.com. [The South of France—East Half] Reference
Not far removed from here are the royal apartments, consisting of three suites of rooms, with an octagonal tower projecting over the river. From Wordnik.com. [Travels in the Far East] Reference
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