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The space between the columns and the wall of the cella, in a Greek or a Roman temple.

d which surrounds the membranous labyrinth of the internal ear, and separates it from the walls of the chambers in which the labyrinth lies.

imilar structures, produced by the successive contraction of the muscular fibers of their walls, forcing their contents onwards; as, peristaltic movement. -- Per`i*stal"tic*al*ly, adv.

A large stone reaching through a wall so as to appear on both sides of it, and acting as a binder; -- called also perbend, perpend stone, and perpent stone.

Any Australian kangaroo of the genus Petrogale, as the rock wallaby (P. penicillata).

Pathches of lymphoid nodules, in the walls of the small intestiness; agminated glands; -- called also Peyer's patches. In typhoid fever they become the seat of ulcers which are regarded as the characteristic organic lesion of that disease.

The glasseye, or wall-eyed pike. See Wall-eye.

definite portion or quantity, as of goods or work; as, a piece of broadcloth; a piece of wall paper.

ether insulated or supporting one side of an arch or lintel, as of a bridge; the piece of wall between two openings.

locks of stone or concrete heaped loosely in the water to make a foundation (as for a sea wall), a mole, etc.

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.

g, a series of piles made of planks or half logs driven edge to edge, -- used to form the walls of cofferdams, etc.

A medicine in the form of a little ball, or small round mass, to be swallowed whole.

A species of wall made of stiff earth or clay rammed in between molds which are carried up as the wall rises; -- called also pisé work. Gwilt.

A depression or thin spot in the wall of a duct. Cold pit (Hort.), an excavation in the earth, lined with masonry or boards, and covered with glass, but not artificially heated, -- used in winter for the storing and protection of half-hardly plants, and sometimes in the spring as a forcing bed. -- Pit coal, coal dug f…

To post placards upon or within; as, to placard a wall, to placard the city.

ornament, or for painting pictures upon, as a slab, plate, dish, or the like, hung upon a wall; also, a smaller decoration worn on the person, as a brooch.

To splash or sprinkle with coloring matter; as, to plash a wall in imitation of granite.

The dashing or sprinkling of coloring matter on the walls of buildings, to imitate granite, etc.

A composition of lime, water, and sand, with or without hair as a bond, for coating walls, ceilings, and partitions of houses. See Mortar.