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PAYE - A GLOSSARY OF TERMS

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tesserae

 

 

Small cubes of marble or stone used in mosaic.

throat

 

 

Groove in an under-surface, designed to prevent water running back across it.

through stone

 

Bonder stone that extends through the thickness of a wall.

tooled

 

 

having a dressed finish showing tool marks.

toothing

 

 

Masonry units left projecting or recessed in alternate courses to bond with future work.

tracery

 

 

The ornamental intersecting work in a window, screen, or panel, or used decoratively

in blank arches and vaults.

transept

 

 

The transverse arms of a cross-shaped church.

transom

 

 

Horizontal member of a window.

tread

 

 

Horizontal surface of a step.

triglyphs

 

 

Projecting blocks with vertical grooves between the metopes in a Doric frieze.

tympanum

 

The space contained within a triangular pediment.

 

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