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A building used for dramatic exhibitions; a theater. Shak.

To adjust by a plumb line; to cause to be perpendicular; as, to plumb a building or a wall.

ron, or glass pipes, and other apparatus for the conveyance of water, gas, or drainage in buildings.

The art of casting and working in lead, and applying it to building purposes; especially, the business of furnishing, fitting, and repairing pipes for conducting water, sewage, etc. Gwilt.

Having many columns; -- said of a building, especially of an interior part or court; as, a polystyle hall. -- n.

Of or pertaining to the building of bridges. [R.] Now had they brought the work by wondrous art Pontifical, a ridge of pendent rock Over the vexed abyss. Milton.

er, or a frame covered with canvas, India rubber, etc., forming a portable float, used in building bridges quickly for the passage of troops.

Pony truck (Locomotive Engine), a truck which has only two wheels. -- Pony truss (Bridge Building), a truss which has so little height that overhead bracing can not be used.

A covered and inclosed entrance to a building, whether taken from the interior, and forming a sort of vestibule within the main wall, or projecting without and with a separate roof. Sometimes the porch is large enough to serve as a covered walk. See also Carriage porch, under Carriage, and Loggia. The graceless Helen i…

An important genus of reef-building corals having small twelve- rayed calicles, and a very porous coral. Some species are branched, others grow in large massive or globular forms.

A prayer book or breviary; a portass. [Obs.] Portal bracing (Bridge Building), a combination of struts and ties which lie in the plane of the inclined braces at a portal, serving to transfer wind pressure from the upper parts of the trusses to an abutment or pier of the bridge.

A large doorway allowing vehicles to drive into or through a building. It is common to have the entrance door open upon the passage of the porte-cochère. Also, a porch over a driveway before an entrance door.

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

A yellowish-white calcareous freestone from the Isle of Portland in England, much used in building.

An invidious name for a member of any religious community endowed with property in lands, buildings, etc., as contrasted with mendicant friars. [Obs.] Wyclif.

A piece of real estate; a building and its adjuncts; as, to lease premises; to trespass on another's premises.

stamped, or shaped, or by which an impression of a body is taken; sometimes, the place or building containing a press or presses.

The first coating of color, size, or the like, laid on canvas, or on a building, or other surface.

Specifically, a building for the safe custody or confinement of criminals and others committed by lawful authority. Prison bars, or Prison base. See Base, n., 24. -- Prison breach. (Law) See Note under 3d Escape, n., 4. -- Prison house, a prison. Shak. -- Prison ship (Naut.), a ship fitted up for the confinement of…

A jutting out; also, a part jutting out, as of a building; an extension beyond something else.