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GLOSSARY.
mixing t!ic tints in hot wax, whicli were then applied on the -a'all
; and anothrr,
to coal
the wall with wax after the tint had been given to tlie wall, rubbing in well the wax
with hot cloths.
Encaustic Tiles. Tiles of earthenware used as paving. They are coloured and glazed,
and formed to any shapes for patterns.
End of a Stone, Brick, &c. The two parallel sides which form the vertical joints.
Endkcagox. (Gr. EvSsKa, eleven, and Fuvia, an angle.) A plain geometrical figure bounded
by eleven sides.
Engaged Columns. Those attached to walls, by which a portion of them is concealed.
They never stand less than half their diameter out of the wall to wliich they are attached.
English Bond. In brickwork, the laying one course of bricks all headers, and the next
course all stretchers, when for a one-brick wall.
Ensemble. (Fi-.) A term denoting the masses and details considered with relation to
each other.
Entablature. (Fr. Entablement.) In Greek, Eoman, and Italian architecture; the
whole of the parts of an order above a column. The
assemblage is divided into three parts : the architrave,
which rests immediately on the column ; tlie frieze,
next over the architrave, being the middle member;
and the cornice, which is the uppermost part. All
tlirce vary according to tiie different Orders. The
cntiiblature has sometimes been used as an arcliivo!t,
as in tlie specimen here given, from a building by the
elder Dance, who followed the example of Wren aiid
other eminent professors. This use of it has been
highly reprobated as a false principle of construc-
tion, as it conveys a false idea of the real use of the
entablature; see
fy.
141)3. In the early Rennais-
sance architeiture, the arch sprang from the capital
of the column.
Entail or Entayle. The more delicate and elaborate
portions of carved medifeval decoration.
Entasis. (Gr. Evraais.) A delicate and almost imper-
ceptible swelling of the shaft of a column, to be found
in almost all the Grecian examples. It, seems to have
been adopte.l to prevent the crude appearance which
the frusta of cones would have presented. This re-
finement is alluded to in the second chapter of the
third book of Vitruvius, and was first in modern
times observed in execution in 1814 by ]\lr. AUason.
It has been adopted in the lines of a spire.
Enter. (Verb.) In carpentry and joinery, the act of inserting the end of a tenon in the
mouth of a mortise previous to its being driven home to the shoulder.
Enterclose. a passage between two rooms.
Entresol. (Fr.) A low story over another one, both coming -within a story equal in
height to both. See Mezzanine.
Envelope. (Verb.) The covering of a portion of the surface of a solid with a thin sub-
stance or wrapper, which in all points or parts comes in contact with the surface of such
surface. To tievelop the surface of a solid is to find the envelopes that will cover its
different parts.
EopvLA. (Gr.) A church with an apsis at the eastern end.
Eothola. (Gr
)
A church with an apsis at the western end.
Ephkheium. (Gr.) A building, in ancient architecture, for the exercise and wrestling of
the youth.
EpicitAMiTis. (Gr.) A name given by the Greeks to the tiles forming the cyma or upper
member of the cornice of their temples.
Epicycloid. (Gr. ETnKvK\os, and Ei5os, form.) In geometry, a curve line generated by the
revolution of a point in the circumference of a circle, which rolls on the circumference
of another circle, either externally or internally.
Episcenium. (Gr. Etti, upon, S.-CT/j-rj, a scene.) In ancient architecture, the upper order
of
the scene in a theatre.
Efistylitjm. (Gr. Eirt, upon, S,tu\os, column.) The same as Architrave.
Epitithedes. (Gr. Etti, upon, Tidrifji.t, I place.) The crown or upper mouldings of an
entablature.
Equiangular. Having equal angles.
Equidistant. At equal distances.
Equilateral. Having equal sides.
Cliiiroli of St. Lcouanl,
Shuroditoli.