 | John Henry Parker - 1845 - 438 Seiten
...HUt. of the Tower, App., vol. ip rriii. 292 PLINTH— POMET-TOWER. column, &c. (Plate 34) b ; also the plain projecting face at the bottom of a wall immediately above the ground : in Classical buildings the plinth is sometimes divided into two or more gradations, which project... | |
 | John Henry Parker - 1866 - 326 Seiten
...Tracery.'] Plinth (Gr.), a square member forming the lower division of the base of a column, &c.: also the plain projecting face at the bottom of a wall immediately above PITCH of a roof, the slope of :\ roof. See Gable. PLAT-BAND, (1.) A flat fascia, band, or string whose... | |
 | AMOS DEAN, LL.D. - 1869 - 558 Seiten
...Thus, the base has its plinth, or that which forms the lower division of the base of a column, and also the plain projecting face at the bottom of a wall, immediately above the ground. Among the Greeks it was often divided into two or more gradations projecting slightly before each other... | |
 | John Henry Parker - 1869 - 340 Seiten
...Tracery.] Plinth (Gr.), a square member forming the lower division of the base of a column, &c. : also the plain projecting face at the bottom of a wall immediately above Ashmulem MuHum, Oxford. PITCH of a roof, the slope ef a roof. See Gable. PLAT-BAND, (1.) A flat fascia,... | |
 | Margaret Stokes - 1878 - 312 Seiten
...have already met with in the oratory of Gallarus and in some of the monastic cells. It is a square, plain, projecting face at the bottom of a wall immediately above the ground. In classical buildings the plinth is sometimes divided into two or more steps, and in Gothic buildings... | |
 | Edward Jacob Boyce - 1878 - 230 Seiten
...(тгXiJo-o-<о, fut. тгXiт£aj, I strike), a stroke, blow ; fierpov, a measure. PLIKTH — the plane projecting face at the bottom of a wall immediately above the ground ; also, the lowest division of the base of a column. тгXi'voos, a brick. PLIOCENE (see Pleiocene).... | |
 | Edward Jacob Boyce - 1878 - 232 Seiten
...(тгX^ачгш, fut. тгXij¿ ш, I strike), a stroke, blow ; fierpov, a measure. PLINTH — the plane projecting face at the bottom of a wall immediately above the ground; also, the lowest division of the base of a column. тгXiVoos, a brick. PLIOCENE (see Pleiocene). PLUTOCRACY... | |
 | William Allen Sylvester - 1883 - 220 Seiten
...which the rise is -|'h to i"1 of the span ; and the Roman pitch, in which the rise is ,J-th to $"" of the span. Plate. — A piece of timber which supports...immediately above the ground. Planceer or Plancher. — The underside of a cornice; a soffit. Porch. — A kind of vestibule at the entrance of temples, churches,... | |
 | Henry Percy Smith - 1883 - 546 Seiten
...(Anat.) Portions of nerves, or of vessels, interwoven. Plinth. [Gr. irAfcfloj, a brick.} (Arch.) The projecting face at the bottom of a wall immediately above the ground. Pliocene. (Eocene,) Plot. (Geom.) To draw to scale, particularly the plan of a field or other area... | |
 | Henry Percy Smith - 1883 - 542 Seiten
...(Anat.) Portions of nerves, or of vessels, interwoven. Plinth. [Gr. v\iv9os, abrif/г.] (Arch.) The projecting face at the bottom of a wall immediately above the ground. Pliocene. (Eocene.) Plot. (Geom.) To draw to scale, particularly the plan of a field or other area... | |
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Roman pitch, in which the rise is ^'h to f"" of the span. Plate. — A piece of timber which supports the ends of the rafters. Plinth. — A square, projecting, vertically faced member, forming the lowest division of the base of a column. The plain, projecting... 
