Contignation

Name: American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1 - Contignation
Author: Noah Webster

CONTIGNATION, n. [L., a beam.]

1. A frame of beams; a story.

2. The act of framing together, or uniting beams in a fabric.

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Chicago: Noah Webster Jr., "Contignation," American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1 in An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1 (New York: S. Converse, 1828), Original Sources, accessed January 7, 2026, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=8DU2DBPM443DLJ5.

MLA: Webster, Noah, Jr. "Contignation." American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1, in An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1, New York, S. Converse, 1828, Original Sources. 7 Jan. 2026. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=8DU2DBPM443DLJ5.

Harvard: Webster, N, 'Contignation' in American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1. cited in 1828, An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1, S. Converse, New York. Original Sources, retrieved 7 January 2026, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=8DU2DBPM443DLJ5.