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GLOSSARY.
purposes. Liquid sewage will require to be disposed of separately, as it satura
large qufintity of earth.
Kauth Table, or Ghound Tabi.f,
Mild Grass Taui.k. Tlie plin'h
of a wall (usually in Gothic work),
or lowest course of pr^'fC'ii
g
stones immediately above the
grdimd. See Foot-sfall.
F.ASTEB, or Holy, Sepulchre. A
recess for the reception of the
holy elements consecrated on
the Ccena Domini or Maunday
Thursday, till liigh mass on
Easter-day. The few examples
in England remaining are gene-
rally shallow, under an arch of
obtuse or broad ogee form, rising
about three feet from the slib,
and are placed on the north side
of the church.
Eayes. (Probably Fr.Eaux.) The
lowest edges of the inclined sides
of a roof which project be_\ond
the face of the walls, so as to
throw the water off therefiom,
that being their oflfice.
Eatks' Boaru, Eaves' Lath, Eaves'
C.iTCH. See Arris Fillet.
Ehony. The wood of a naturil
order of shrubby or arborescent
exogens, chiefly inhabiting the
tropics. Some species are re-
markable for the hardness and
blackness of their wood, which is
principally used for furniture
EccKNTHiciTY. The difference of
centre from another circle. The distance between the foci of an ellipse.
Echea. (Gr. Hxfco,I sound.) In ancient architecture, sonorous vessels of met^l or earth,
in the form of a bell, used in the construction of theatres for the purpose of reverberat-
ing the sound of the performer's voice. They were distributed between tlie seats, and
are described in the fifth book of Yitruvius, who st^vtes that Mummius iiitroducfd them
in Rome, after the taking of Corinth, where he found this expedient used in tlio theatre,
J'JcHixus. (Gr. Ex'ws.) The same as the ovolo or quarter round, though the moulding
is only properly so called when carved with eggs and anchors. (See Anchor.) It
is the shell or husk of the chesnut, though the trnameiit does not seem to bear much
resemblance to it.
EcPHORA. (Gr. Ek:, out, <pfpa>, I bear.) A word used by Yitruvius (lib. iii. cap. 3.) to
signify the projecture of a member or moulding of a column, that is, the distance of its
extremity from the naked of the column, or, according to others, from the axis.
EcTVPE. (Gr. Kktuttov.)
An object in relievo, orembos.-ed.
Edge.^ (Sax. ee^e.) The inter.'eetionof two planes or surfacesof a solid, which therefore
is either straight or curved according to the direction of the surfices. See Arris. Jt
is also that side of a rectangular prismatic body which contains the lengih and tliick
ness; but in this sense of the term, the body to which it applies is generally uniler
stood to be very thin
;
thus w e say
"
the edge of a door,"
"
the edge of a board," meaning
the narrow side. The edge of a tool is the meeting of the surfaces when ground to a
very acute angle.
J''di:e Tools. Those which clip or shave in the operation of working.
EuGixa, In carpentry, the reducing of the edges of ribs or rafters, whether externally or
internally, so as to range in a plane or in any curved surface required.
llacki)iff'\s
a
part^icular use of edging, and only applies to "the outer edges of ribs or raft'^rs ; but
edging or ranging is a general term, and applies either to the backing or internal sur
fice. See Backing.
Edifice. (Lat. ^dificium.) A word synonymous with fabric, building, erection
;
the
word is, however, more usually employed to denote architectural erections distinguished
for grandeur, dignity, and importance.
EiFECT. (Lat. Efficio.) That quality in works of art whose nature is to give particular
efficacy U) other qualities, so as to bring them out and attract the eye of the spectator.
1 1 loiit and Towers of
Itipon Cathedral, 1215-55.