...projecting face with two channels sunk thereon. DIMINUTION. The gradual decrease of thickness towards the upper part of a column. DIPTERAL. A term used by the antients to signify a temple which had a double range of columns on each of its flanks. DISCHARGE....

...its base and its cap, is called the die of the pedestal. Some call the abacus the die of the capital. Diminution A term expressing the gradual decrease of thickness in the upper part uf n i. i/inn.n. Dipteral. A term used by the ancients to express a temple with a double range of columns...

...forces of water now in action could transport them Dimension, a term used in the same sense as degree Diminution, a term expressing the gradual decrease of thickness in the upper part of a column Diminution of columns. The shafts of columns are diminished in diameter as they rise, sometimes from...

...called the die of the pedestal. Some call the abacus the die of the capital. DIMENSION. (Dimi-trer, Lat. ) In geometry, is either length, breadth, or...temple with a double range of columns in each of its Hanks. DODECAGON. A regular polygon, with twelve equal sides and angles. DODECABTYLE. A building having...

...pedestal is called its die. Some call the abacus the die of the capital. DIMENSION. — In geometry, means either length, breadth, or thickness. DIMINUTION....vaulted roof, springing from a polygonal, circular, or elliptical plane. DOOKS. — Flat pieces of wood of the shape and size of a brick, inserted in brick...