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hes, bridges, and other structures, for the purposes of civil life; -- often called civil architecture. Many other architectures besides Gothic. Ruskin.

British or British colonial architecture of the period of the four Georges, especially that of the period before 1800.

All that architecture which, since the beginning of the Italian Renaissance, about 1420, has been designed with deliberate imitation of Greco-Roman buildings.

basal angles of a pediment. Acroteria are also sometimes placed upon the gables in Gothic architecture. J. H. Parker.

Sculptured ornaments, used in classical architecture, representing rams' heads or skulls.

ion in the Alhambra, which affords an unusually fine exhibition of Saracenic or Arabesque architecture.

mused; pleasurable excitement; that which amuses; diversion. His favorite amusements were architecture and gardening. Macaulay.

A person skilled in the art of building; one who understands architecture, or makes it his occupation to form plans and designs of buildings, and to superintend the artificers employed.

The science of architecture.

Pertaining to a master builder, or to architecture; evincing skill in designing or construction; constructive. "Architectonic wisdom." Boyle. These architectonic functions which we had hitherto thought belonged. J. C. Shairp.

The science of architecture.

Of or pertaining to the art of building; conformed to the rules of architecture. -- Ar`chi*tec"tur*al*ly, adv.

of an entablature, or that part which rests immediately on the column, esp. in classical architecture. See Column.

In Gothic architecture, the molding, or suite of moldings, which encircles the pillars and small shafts.

Barbaric in form or style; as, barbaresque architecture. De Quincey.

ccupation is to build, as a carpenter, a shipwright, or a mason. In the practice of civil architecture, the builder comes between the architect who designs the work and the artisans who execute it. Eng. Cyc.

The art of constructing edifices, or the practice of civil architecture. The execution of works of architecture necessarily includes building; but building is frequently employed when the result is not architectural. Hosking.

ius, etc.) who lived in the Byzantine empire. P. Cyc. Byzantine style (Arch.), a style of architecture developed in the Byzantine empire.

A concave molding; -- used chiefly in classical architecture. See Illust. of Calumn.

A zigzag molding, or group of moldings, common in Norman architecture. Chevron bones (Anat.), The V-shaped subvertebral arches which inclose the caudal blood vessels in some animals.