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ADDINGMACHINE |
Abacus |
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CALCULATINGMACHINE |
Abacus |
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ABACI |
Of Abacus |
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ABACK |
An abacus. |
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ABACUSES |
Of Abacus |
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SCHWANPAN |
Chinese abacus. |
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SWANPAN |
The Chinese abacus; a schwanpan. |
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ABACIST |
One who uses an abacus in casting accounts; a calculator. |
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HELIX |
A caulicule or little volute under the abacus of the
Corinthian capital. |
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COUSSINET |
That part of the Ionic capital between the abacus and
quarter round, which forms the volute. |
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EPISTYLE |
A massive piece of stone or wood laid immediately on the
abacus of the capital of a column or pillar; -- now called architrave. |
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CAPITAL |
The head or uppermost member of a column, pilaster, etc.
It consists generally of three parts, abacus, bell (or vase), and
necking. See these terms, and Column. |
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BOULTIN |
A molding, the convexity of which is one fourth of a
circle, being a member just below the abacus in the Tuscan and Roman
Doric capital; a torus; an ovolo. |
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BELL |
That part of the capital of a column included between the
abacus and neck molding; also used for the naked core of nearly
cylindrical shape, assumed to exist within the leafage of a capital. |
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DORIC |
Belonging to, or resembling, the oldest and simplest of the
three orders of architecture used by the Greeks, but ranked as second
of the five o... |
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GOTHIC |
Of or pertaining to a style of architecture with pointed
arches, steep roofs, windows large in proportion to the wall spaces,
and, generally, g... |