Glossary

discharging arch

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

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dog iron, dog anchor

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

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ditriglyph

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

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direct cross-connection

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

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dipteral

A classical temple having two rows of free columns, rather than a single row, surrounding the cella. Also see peripteral, pseudodipteral.

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dip

Of a trap, 1 the lowest portion of the inside top surface of the channel through the trap.

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dielectric fitting

In a water supply system, a special type of adapter (such as a union) used to connect a pipe containing copper with

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