ARCHITECTURE. 17 



Coping. — The highest and covering course of masonry or 

 brickwork in a wall. 



Cor'nice. — Any moulded projection which crowns or finishes 

 the part to which it is affixed. 



Corridor. — A gallery or passage-way leading to apartments 

 independent of each other. 



Cous'sinet. — A stone placed upon the impost of a pier for 

 receiving the first stone of an arch. 



CiOck'et, — An ornament formed in imitation of curved and 

 bent foliage, and placed upon the angles of canopies, spires, 

 and pinnacles. 



Crosette'. — A term applied to the small, projecting pieces in 

 arch stones, which hang upon the adjacent stones. 



Grown'-Post. — A post which stands upright in the middle 

 between two principal rafters. 



Crypt. — The space under a building, or hidden from view ; 

 especially a subterranean chapel or oratory. 



Cupola. — A spherical vault on the top of an edifice or struc- 

 ture ; a dome. 



Da'is. — The platform or raised floor at the upper end of a hall. 



Dome. — The spherical, or otherwise formed, convex roof over 

 a circular or polygonal building. 



Dor'mer. — A window placed on an inclined plane of the roof 

 of a house, the frame being placed vertically on the 

 rafters. 



Dressing's. — Mouldings round doors, windows, and the like. 



Eaves. — The lowest edges of the inclined sides of a roof which 

 project beyond the face of the walls, so as to throw the 

 water off therefrom, that being their office. 



Ecclesiol'ogy (Gr. eJcklesia, an assembly, and logos, a dis- 

 course). — The science of church building and decoration. 



Engaged Columns. — Columns sunk partly into the wall to 

 which they are attached, and standing out at least one-half 

 of their thickness. 



Entablature. — That part of the order of a column which is 

 over the capital, including the architrave, frieze, and 

 cornice. 



Fin'ial. — The top or finishing of a pinnacle or gable ; some- 

 times also the entire pinnacle. 



Flashing. — A term applied to pieces of lead, or other metal, 

 let into the joints of a wall, so as to lap over the gutters 

 and prevent the splashing of rain on the interior works. 

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