Definition of attic

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Attic (a.) A low story above the main order or orders of a facade, in the classical styles; -- a term introduced in the 17th century. Hence:.

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Hellenic :: Hellenic (n.) The dialect, formed with slight variations from the Attic, which prevailed among Greek writers after the time of Alexander..
Brattishing :: Brattishing (n.) See Brattice, n..
Attical :: Attical (a.) Attic.
Perculaced :: Perculaced (a.) Latticed. See Lattice, n., 2..
Cancelli :: Cancelli (v. t.) An interwoven or latticed wall or inclosure; latticework, rails, or crossbars, as around the bar of a court of justice, between the chancel and the nave of a church, or in a window..
Kage :: Kage (n.) A chantry chapel inclosed with lattice or screen work.
Procrustes :: Procrustes (n.) A celebrated legendary highwayman of Attica, who tied his victims upon an iron bed, and, as the case required, either stretched or cut of their legs to adapt them to its length; -- whence the metaphorical phrase, the bed of Procrustes..
Atticism :: Atticism (n.) The style and idiom of the Greek language, used by the Athenians; a concise and elegant expression..
Grille :: Grille (v. t.) A lattice or grating.
Garret :: Garret (n.) That part of a house which is on the upper floor, immediately under or within the roof; an attic..
Talent :: Talent (v. t.) Among the ancient Greeks, a weight and a denomination of money equal to 60 minae or 6,000 drachmae. The Attic talent, as a weight, was about 57 lbs. avoirdupois; as a denomination of silver money, its value was ?243 15s. sterling, or about $1,180..
Lattice :: Lattice (n.) Any work of wood or metal, made by crossing laths, or thin strips, and forming a network; as, the lattice of a window; -- called also latticework..
Heck :: Heck (n.) A latticework contrivance for catching fish.
Atticize :: Atticize (v. t.) To conform or make conformable to the language, customs, etc., of Attica..
Dialect :: Dialect (n.) The form of speech of a limited region or people, as distinguished from ether forms nearly related to it; a variety or subdivision of a language; speech characterized by local peculiarities or specific circumstances; as, the Ionic and Attic were dialects of Greece; the Yorkshire dialect; the dialect of the learned..
Stateroom :: Stater (n.) The principal gold coin of ancient Grece. It varied much in value, the stater best known at Athens being worth about £1 2s., or about $5.35. The Attic silver tetradrachm was in later times called stater..
Cancel :: Cancel (v. i.) To inclose or surround, as with a railing, or with latticework..
Latticed :: Latticed (imp. & p. p.) of Lattic.
Clathrate :: Clathrate (a.) Shaped like a lattice; cancellate.
Clathrate :: Clathrate (a.) Having the surface marked with raised lines resembling a lattice, as many shells..
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