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A common Greek ornament based upon the honeysuckle or palmette. Used singly on stelae or antefixes, or as a running

1. A decorated upright slab used in classical architecture and derivatives to close or conceal the open end of a

A channel for supplying water; often underground, but treated architecturally on high arches when crossing valleys or low ground.

A small molding, usually circular in plan and square or angular in section; esp. one of the fillets encircling the

A plant whose life cycle is completed in a single growing season.

A valve for controlling the flow of a liquid or air; the fluid leaves at right  angles to the direction in