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e bc. Perpendicular style (Arch.), a name given to the latest variety of English Gothic architecture, which prevailed from the close of the 14th century to the early part of the 16th; -- probably so called from the vertical style of its window mullions.

errace or to an upper story; -- usually applied to mediævel or later structures of some architectural pretensions.

d from Hebrew; also, the incomplete Syriac version of the New Testament. [Written also peschito.]

An upright architectural member right-angled in plan, constructionally a pier (See Pier, 1 (b)), but architecturally corresponding to a column, having capital, shaft, and base to agree with those of the columns of the same order. In most cases the projection from the wall is one third of its width, or less.…

An architectural member, upright, and generally ending in a small spire, -- used to finish a buttress, to constitute a part in a proportion, as where pinnacles flank a gable or spire, and the like. Pinnacles may be considered primarily as added weight, where it is necessary to resist the thrust of an arch, etc. Some re…

A division of gastropod Mollusca, including the chitons. The back is covered by eight shelly plates. Called also Polyplacophora. See Illust. under Chiton, and Isopleura.

Plastering used to finish architectural constructions, exterior or interior, especially that used for the lining of rooms. Ordinarly, mortar is used for the greater part of the work, and pure plaster of Paris for the moldings and ornaments.

or group of moldings, the width of which much exceeds its projection, as the face of an architrave.

Resembling silver plate; -- said of certain architectural ornaments.

(Arch.) In classical architecture, a vertically faced member immediately below the circular base of a column; also, the lowest member of a pedestal; hence, in general, the lowest member of a base; a sub-base; a block upon which the moldings of an architrave or trim are stopped at the bottom. See Illust. of Column.…

A chitinous structure which supports the gill in some invertebrates.

an arch with a pointed crown. -- Pointed style (Arch.), a name given to that style of architecture in which the pointed arch is the predominant feature; -- more commonly called Gothic. -- Point"ed*ly, adv. -- Point"ed*ness, n.

By analogy with the French portail, used by recent writers for the whole architectural composition which surrounds and includes the doorways and porches of a church.

A colonnade or covered ambulatory, especially in classical styles of architecture; usually, a colonnade at the entrance of a building.

to draw the outline of; to draw in profile, as an architectural member.

d to the consideration for it, or the corresponding duty of the party to whom it is made. Chitty. Parsons. Burrill.

An internal dorsal chitinous process between the first two divisions of the thorax of insects.

Pertaining to, or designating, architecture, in which the beginnings of the Doric style are supposed to be found.

any Diptera. -- Masked pupa, a pupa whose limbs are bound down and partly concealed by a chitinous covering, as in Lepidoptera.

embroidered on the edges. Purfled work (Arch.), delicate tracery, especially in Gothic architecture.