1. An ornament in medieval architecture and derivatives, of more or less elaborate motif, usually pyramidal with notched sides, the […]

A half-turn stair which has no wellhole between successive flights; the rail and balusters of the upper and under flights fall in the

Having two columns in front; used in describing a classical building.

A water purification process in which water is converted to a vapor by boiling it, and then reconverted to purified water by

An arch, usually segmental and often a blind arch, built above the lintel of a door or window to discharge

A short bar of iron with its ends bent at right angles and pointed so as to hold together the two pieces

An interval between two columns such as to admit two triglyphs in the entablature instead of one, as usual.

1. A continuous cross-connection or interconnection such that the flow of water from one system to the other may occur under the slightest