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Definition of doric
Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of doric is as below...
Doric (a.) Of or
relating
to one of the
ancient
Greek
musical
modes or keys. Its
character
was
adapted
both to
religions
occasions
and to war.
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Shank
::
Shank (v.) The space
between
two
channels
of the Doric
triglyph.
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..
Taenia
::
Taenia
(n.) The
fillet,
or band, at the
bottom
of a Doric
frieze,
separating
it from the
architrave..
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..
Dorian
::
Dorian
(a.) Of or
pertaining
to the
ancient
Greeks
of
Doris;
Doric;
as, a
Dorian
fashion..
Fusarole
::
Fusarole
(n.) A
molding
generally
placed
under the
echinus
or
quarter
round of
capitals
in the
Doric,
Ionic,
and
Corinthian
orders
of
architecture..
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..
Echinus
::
Echinus
(n.) The
quarter-round
molding
(ovolo)
of the Roman Doric
style.
See
Illust.
of
Colum.
Triglyph
::
Triglyph
(n.) An
ornament
in the
frieze
of the Doric
order,
repeated
at equal
intervals.
Each
triglyph
consists
of a
rectangular
tablet,
slightly
projecting,
and
divided
nearly
to the top by two
parallel
and
perpendicular
gutters,
or
channels,
called
glyphs,
into three
parts,
or
spaces,
called
femora.
A half
channel,
or
glyph,
is also cut upon each of the
perpendicular
edges of the
tablet.
See
Illust.
of
Entablature..
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..
Hemiglyph
::
Hemiglyph
(n.) The half
channel
or
groove
in the edge of the
triglyph
in the Doric
order.
Doric
::
Doric (a.) Of or
relating
to one of the
ancient
Greek
musical
modes or keys. Its
character
was
adapted
both to
religions
occasions
and to war.
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..
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..
Doric
::
Doric (a.)
Pertaining
to
Doris,
in
ancient
Greece,
or to the
Dorians;
as, the Doric
dialect..
Doricism
::
Doricism
(n.) A Doric
phrase
or
idiom.
Dorian
::
Dorian
(a.) Same as
Doric,
3..
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..
Dorism
::
Dorism
(n.) A Doric
phrase
or
idiom.
Doric
::
Doric (n.) The Doric
dialect.
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