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(architecture) A rod-shaped molding decorated with an entwined snake, and sometimes leaves, vines, and/or scrolls.
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(archaic) One of the tiles or squares of a tessellated pavement; an abaculus.
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(architecture) An ornamental pattern made in a wall from bricks that protrude halfway out; originally from parts of Spain.
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(architecture) A sharp edge or ridge formed by the intersection of two curved surfaces
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(architecture) A small molding, like the astragal, but smaller; a bead.
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In Gothic architecture, the moulding, or suite of mouldings, which encircles the pillars and small shafts.
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(architecture) A narrow molding with semicircular section.
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(architecture) The moulding of a cornice immediately below the corona.
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Alternative form of boultel [(architecture) A moulding with quarter-circle convexity, found just below the abacus in the Tuscan and Roman Doric capital; a torus; an ovolo.]
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(architecture) The decoration of a fluted shaft of a column or of a pilaster with reeds, or rounded mouldings, which seem to be laid in the hollows of the fluting.
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(architecture) A hollow molding, chiefly in cornices.
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(architecture) A concave moulding with a regular curved profile that is part of a circle.
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(architecture) A lantern (typically octagonal) built over the crossing of a Gothic cathedral
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(architecture) Any molding that has a concave shape.
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(architecture) A layer of tiles forming a corona for a wall.
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(architecture) Any of a series of hook-shaped decorative floral elements used in Gothic architecture.
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(architecture) A channel or groove, as for a side-scene in a theatre.
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Pronunciation spelling of cupola. [(architecture) A dome-shaped ornamental structure located on top of a larger roof or dome.]
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(architecture) A dome-shaped ornamental structure located on top of a larger roof or dome.
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(architecture) A moulding of the cornice, wavelike in form, whose outline consists of a concave and a convex line; an ogee.
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(architecture) The lower portion of an interior wall decorated differently from the upper portion.
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(by extension) Any erection resembling the dome or cupola of a building, such as the upper part of a furnace, the vertical steam chamber on the top of a boiler, etc.
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(architecture) A cyma or ogee.
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(architecture) A structural element consisting of interlocking wooden brackets as used in traditional Chinese architecture.
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(architecture) An arrangement of small arcs or foils separated by projecting cusps, frequently forming the feather-like ornament on the inner mouldings of arches.
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(architecture, sculpture) A decoration consisting of parallel, normally vertical, flutes (grooves) incised into the surface.
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(architecture) That part of the entablature of an order which is between the architrave and cornice. It is a flat member or face, either uniform or broken by triglyphs, and often enriched with figures and other ornaments of sculpture.
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(architecture) A ceiling containing panels of this kind.
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A pillar capped by a hemispherical stone capital with the flat side facing up, used as building supports by the ancient Chamorro people and now used as a sign of Chamorro identity.
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(architecture) A little square moulding; a fillet or listel.
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(obsolete, architecture) A mullion.
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An arrangement of mullions.
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(architecture) A neckmould.
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(architecture) A small convex moulding surrounding a column at the junction of the shaft and capital.
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(architecture) Having an ogee.
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(architecture) A large polygonal recess in a building, such as a bay window, forming a protrusion on the outer wall.
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(architecture) Any supporting framework under a vault, roof etc.
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(architecture) A classical convex moulding carved with an egg-and-dart ornament.
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An engraved tablet, usually of brass, set up in a public place.
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(archaeology) A flat Roman wall tile with roughened surface, used as a base for plasterwork.
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(architecture) A circular ornament, resembling a dish, often worked in relief on friezes etc.
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(architecture) A bead-like ornament in mouldings.
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A framework in the form of a passageway of columns that supports a trelliswork roof; used to support and train climbing plants.
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(architecture) A section of any member, made at right angles with its main lines, showing the exact shape of mouldings etc.
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(architecture) An acute angle dividing a molding; a groove that runs lengthwise between the upper part of a moulding and a soffit.
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Any circular window, especially one of those found in churches of the Gothic architectural style and divided into segments by stone mullions and tracery.
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(architecture) An ornament in the Corinthian capital resembling the stalk of a plant, from which the volutes and helices spring.
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(architecture, archaeology, obsolete) An acroterion, the decoration on the ridge of an ancient Greek building such as a temple.
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(architecture) A kind of moulding, concave at the bottom and convex at the top; an ogee. (When the concave part is at the top, it is called an inverted talon.)
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(architecture) A cupola, a dome, a rotunda; a tholus.
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(architecture) The substructure on which a dome or cupola rests.
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(architecture) Built with horizontal beams; furnished with an entablature
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(architecture) Bars or ribs, usually of stone or wood, or other material, that subdivide an opening or stand in relief against a door or wall as an ornamental feature.
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(architecture) The pillar or center post supporting the lintel in the middle of a doorway or window opening, especially in a church.
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A wall mirror set in a decorative frame that often features a painted or carved panel under or above the mirror.
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Having a vane or vanes.
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(architecture) A running ornament consisting of leaves and tendrils, used in Gothic architecture.
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