Glossary

Dragon style

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A mode of architecture, popular in 19th-century Scandinavia, that exhibited seagoing motifs, such as dragon figureheads; based on traditional log […]

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A dragon beam of unusually large size.

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An angle brace which supports one end of a dragon beam.

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A small fillet or strip which is fixed to the sill of a double-hungwindow; permits ventilation at the meeting rail

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Same as drafting chisel.

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See curtain board.

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See draft. 2.

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Masonry having a draft, 2 around the face of the stone.

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In glazing where putty is not used, a fillet on which the glass rests.