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Definition of doric
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Doric (a.)
Pertaining
to
Doris,
in
ancient
Greece,
or to the
Dorians;
as, the Doric
dialect..
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Fusarole
::
Fusarole
(n.) A
molding
generally
placed
under the
echinus
or
quarter
round of
capitals
in the
Doric,
Ionic,
and
Corinthian
orders
of
architecture..
Echinus
::
Echinus
(n.) A name
sometimes
given to the egg and
anchor
or egg and dart
molding,
because
that
ornament
is often
identified
with Roman Doric
capital.
The name
probably
alludes
to the shape of the shell of the sea
urchin..
Gutta
::
Gutta (n.) One of a
series
of
ornaments,
in the form of a
frustum
of a cone,
attached
to the lower part of the
triglyphs,
and also to the lower faces of the
mutules,
in the Doric
order;
--
called
also
campana,
and
drop..
Boultin
::
Boultin
(n.) A
molding,
the
convexity
of which is one
fourth
of a
circle,
being a
member
just below the
abacus
in the
Tuscan
and Roman Doric
capital;
a
torus;
an
ovolo..
Doric
::
Doric (a.)
Belonging
to, or
resembling,
the
oldest
and
simplest
of the three
orders
of
architecture
used by the
Greeks,
but
ranked
as
second
of the five
orders
adopted
by the
Romans.
See
Abacus,
Capital,
Order..
Mutule
::
Mutule
(n.) A
projecting
block
worked
under the
corona
of the Doric
corice,
in the same
situation
as the
modillion
of the
Corinthian
and
Composite
orders.
See
Illust.
of
Gutta..
Echinus
::
Echinus
(n.) The
quarter-round
molding
(ovolo)
of the Roman Doric
style.
See
Illust.
of
Colum.
Dorism
::
Dorism
(n.) A Doric
phrase
or
idiom.
Annulet
::
Annulet
(n.) A
small,
flat
fillet,
encircling
a
column,
etc., used by
itself,
or with other
moldings.
It is used,
several
times
repeated,
under the Doric
capital..
Dorian
::
Dorian
(a.) Same as
Doric,
3..
Dorian
::
Dorian
(a.) Of or
pertaining
to the
ancient
Greeks
of
Doris;
Doric;
as, a
Dorian
fashion..
Superconception
::
Supercolumniation
(n.) The
putting
of one order above
another;
also, an
architectural
work
produced
by this
method;
as, the
putting
of the Doric order in the
ground
story,
Ionic above it, and
Corinthian
or
Composite
above
this..
Proto-doric
::
Proto-Doric
(a.)
Pertaining
to, or
designating,
architecture,
in which the
beginnings
of the Doric style are
supposed
to be
found..
Hemiglyph
::
Hemiglyph
(n.) The half
channel
or
groove
in the edge of the
triglyph
in the Doric
order.
Doricism
::
Doricism
(n.) A Doric
phrase
or
idiom.
Echinus
::
Echinus
(n.) The
rounded
molding
forming
the bell of the
capital
of the
Grecian
Doric
style,
which is of a
peculiar
elastic
curve.
See
Entablature..
Doric
::
Doric (a.)
Pertaining
to
Doris,
in
ancient
Greece,
or to the
Dorians;
as, the Doric
dialect..
Metope
::
Metope
(n.) The space
between
two
triglyphs
of the Doric
frieze,
which,
among the
ancients,
was often
adorned
with
carved
work. See
Illust.
of
Entablature..
Shank
::
Shank (v.) The space
between
two
channels
of the Doric
triglyph.
Parthenon
::
Parthenon
(n.) A
celebrated
marble
temple
of
Athene,
on the
Acropolis
at
Athens.
It was of the pure Doric
order,
and has had an
important
influence
on art..
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