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Normans; as, the Norman language; the Norman conquest. Norman style (Arch.), a style of architecture which arose in the tenth century, characterized by great massiveness, simplicity, and strength, with the use of the semicircular arch, heavy round columns, and a great variety of ornaments, among which the zigzag and sp…

Covered with a hard chitinous case, as the pupa of certain files.

One of the cells which secrete the chitinous teeth of Mollusca.

ollusks, except bivalves. It consists of several muscles and a cartilage which supports a chitinous radula, or lingual ribbon, armed with teeth. Also applied to the radula alone. See Radula.

A circular or oval window; -- generally used of architecture of the 17th and 18th centuries. A famous room in the palace of Versailles bears this name, from the oval window opening into it.

circular opening, and ring of moldings surrounding it, used in window tracery in Gothic architecture. [Written also oylet.]

a column and its component parts, and of the entablature resting upon it, in classical architecture; hence (as the column and entablature are the characteristic features of classical architecture) a style or manner of architectural designing.

A chiton, or loose, ungirded tunic, falling in straight folds.

Of, pertaining to, or designating, a variety of the revived classic style of architecture, founded on the works of Andrea Palladio, an Italian architect of the 16th century.

A floral ornament, common in Greek and other ancient architecture; -- often called the honeysuckle ornament.

A chitinous piece between the metasternum and the pleuron of certain insects.

igures, formerly used for the internal and external decoration of houses. (b) In modern architecture, the plastering of the inside of flues, intended to give a smooth surface and help the draught.

w), any contract not of record or under seal, whether oral or written; a simple contract. Chitty. Story.

term is often used in a wider sense to include also the related tribes of Rickarees and Wichitas. Called also Pani.

Originally, in classical architecture, the triangular space forming the gable of a simple roof; hence, a similar form used as a decoration over porticoes, doors, windows, etc.; also, a rounded or broken frontal having a similar position and use. See Temple.

A hanging ornament on roofs, ceilings, etc., much used in the later styles of Gothic architecture, where it is of stone, and an important part of the construction. There are imitations in plaster and wood, which are mere decorative features. "[A bridge] with . . . pendants graven fair." Spenser.

Having five columns in front; -- said of a temple or portico in classical architecture. -- n.

An arbor or trellis treated architecturally, as with stone columns or similar massive structure.

In ancient architecture, an inclosed court, esp., one surrounding a temple.

A chitinous membrane covering the exterior of many shells; -- called also epidermis.