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in the line of concourse of the two middle planes, and the 

 hioliest of the three lines of concourse. 



Mantel. — ^A narrow shelf above the fireplace. 



Mar'quetry. — Inlaid work, consisting of different pieces of 

 divers-colored woods, of small thickness, glued on to a 

 ground usually of oak or fir, formerly much used in cabi- 

 net-work, but now chiefly confined in its use to floors. 



Member. — A subordinate part of a building, as a frieze or 

 cornice. 



MoTlld'ings. — Certain projections beyond the bare wall, column, 

 etc., an assemblage of which forms a cornice, or other dec- 

 oration. 



Mul'lion. — The post, or bar, dividing the lights in a window. 



Nave. — The middle or body of a church, or place where the 

 people are seated. 



New'el, — The upright cylinder or pillar round which, in a 

 winding staircase, the steps turn, and are supported from 

 the bottom to the top. 



Or'der. — An assemblage of parts, consisting of a base, shaft, 

 capital, architrave, frieze, and cornice, whose several ser- 

 vices, requiring some distinction in strength, have been 

 contrived in five several species: Tuscan, Doric, Ionic, 

 Corinthian, and Composite. 



Oriel-Window. — A large bay or recessed window, as in a hall, 

 a chapel, or other apartment. It usually projects outwardly 

 from the face of the wall, with a semi-hexagonal or semi- 

 square plan, and may be of various kinds or sizes. When 

 not on the ground-floor, it is supported by a corbel, or 

 bracket. 



Par'geting. — A kind of decorative plaster-work in raised or- 

 namental figures, formerly used for the internal and ex- 

 ternal decoration of houses. 



Party-Wall. — A wall that separates one house from the next. 



Pavilion, — A kind of building or turret, usually insulated and 

 contained under a single roof, sometimes square and some- 

 times in the form of a dome. Sometimes a pavilion is 

 a projecting part in the front of a building, and sometimes 

 it flanks a corner. 



Ped'estal. — The lowest part of a column or pillar ; the part 

 which sustains a column or serves as its foot. It consists 

 of three parts : the base, the die, and the cornice. 



Ped'iment. — A kind of low pinnacle, which serves to com- 



