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WHARF |
Pier |
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JETTY |
Pier |
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SUPPORT |
Pier |
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WHARFAGE |
Pier |
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BRIGHTON |
Famous English pier |
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MOLE |
Type of pier |
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PILLING |
Heaping on the pier support |
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PETRIFIED |
Adrift, fetid pier becomes fossilised |
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DUMMY |
A floating barge connected with a pier. |
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JUTTY |
A projection in a building; also, a pier or mole; a jetty. |
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TRESTLEWORK |
A viaduct, pier, scaffold, or the like, resting on
trestles connected together. |
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RESPOND |
A half pier or pillar attached to a wall to support an
arch. |
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SOLID |
Firm; compact; strong; stable; unyielding; as, a solid pier;
a solid pile; a solid wall. |
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CRIB |
A structure of logs to be anchored with stones; -- used for
docks, pier, dams, etc. |
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MULLION |
A slender bar or pier which forms the division between the
lights of windows, screens, etc. |
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IMPOST |
The top member of a pillar, pier, wall, etc., upon which
the weight of an arch rests. |
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BUTMENT |
A buttress of an arch; the supporter, or that part which
joins it to the upright pier. |
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COUSSINET |
A stone placed on the impost of a pier for receiving the
first stone of an arch. |
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PENDENTIVE |
The part of a groined vault which is supported by, and
springs from, one pier or corbel. |
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CANTONED |
Having the angles marked by, or decorated with,
projecting moldings or small columns; as, a cantoned pier or pilaster. |
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BASE |
The lower part of a wall, pier, or column, when treated as a
separate feature, usually in projection, or especially ornamented. |
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ABUTMENT |
The solid part of a pier or wall, etc., which receives
the thrust or lateral pressure of an arch, vault, or strut. |
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ANTA |
A species of pier produced by thickening a wall at its
termination, treated architecturally as a pilaster, with capital and
base. |
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PEDESTAL |
An iron socket, or support, for the foot of a brace at
the end of a truss where it rests on a pier. |
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MEMBER |
Any part of a building, whether constructional, as a pier,
column, lintel, or the like, or decorative, as a molding, or group of
moldings. |