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tracery
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Tracery
(gcide) | Tracery \Tra"cer/y\, n.; pl. Traceries (Arch.)
1. Ornamental work with rambled lines. Especially:
(a) The decorative head of a Gothic window.
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Note: Window tracery is of two sorts, plate tracery and bar
tracery. Plate tracery, common in Italy, consists of a
series of ornamental patterns cut through a flat plate
of stone. Bar tracery is a decorative pattern formed by
the curves and intersections of the molded bars of the
mullions. Window tracery is imitated in many decorative
objects, as panels of wood or metal either pierced or
in relief. See also Stump tracery under Stump, and
Fan tracery under Fan.
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(b) A similar decoration in some styles of vaulting, the
ribs of the vault giving off the minor bars of which
the tracery is composed.
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2. A tracing of lines; a system of lines produced by, or as
if by, tracing, esp. when interweaving or branching out in
ornamental or graceful figures. "Knit with curious
tracery." --Burns.
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tracery
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n 1: decoration consisting of an open pattern of interlacing
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fan tracery
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tracery
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Bar tracery
(gcide) | Bar \Bar\ (b[aum]r), n. [OE. barre, F. barre, fr. LL. barra, W.
bar the branch of a tree, bar, baren branch, Gael. & Ir.
barra bar. [root]91.]
1. A piece of wood, metal, or other material, long in
proportion to its breadth or thickness, used as a lever
and for various other purposes, but especially for a
hindrance, obstruction, or fastening; as, the bars of a
fence or gate; the bar of a door.
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Thou shalt make bars of shittim wood. --Ex. xxvi.
26.
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2. An indefinite quantity of some substance, so shaped as to
be long in proportion to its breadth and thickness; as, a
bar of gold or of lead; a bar of soap.
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3. Anything which obstructs, hinders, or prevents; an
obstruction; a barrier.
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Must I new bars to my own joy create? --Dryden.
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4. A bank of sand, gravel, or other matter, esp. at the mouth
of a river or harbor, obstructing navigation.
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5. Any railing that divides a room, or office, or hall of
assembly, in order to reserve a space for those having
special privileges; as, the bar of the House of Commons.
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6. (Law)
(a) The railing that incloses the place which counsel
occupy in courts of justice. Hence, the phrase at the
bar of the court signifies in open court.
(b) The place in court where prisoners are stationed for
arraignment, trial, or sentence.
(c) The whole body of lawyers licensed in a court or
district; the legal profession.
(d) A special plea constituting a sufficient answer to
plaintiff's action.
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7. Any tribunal; as, the bar of public opinion; the bar of
God.
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8. A barrier or counter, over which liquors and food are
passed to customers; hence, the portion of the room behind
the counter where liquors for sale are kept.
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9. (Her.) An ordinary, like a fess but narrower, occupying
only one fifth part of the field.
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10. A broad shaft, or band, or stripe; as, a bar of light; a
bar of color.
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11. (Mus.) A vertical line across the staff. Bars divide the
staff into spaces which represent measures, and are
themselves called measures.
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Note: A double bar marks the end of a strain or main division
of a movement, or of a whole piece of music; in
psalmody, it marks the end of a line of poetry. The
term bar is very often loosely used for measure, i.e.,
for such length of music, or of silence, as is included
between one bar and the next; as, a passage of eight
bars; two bars' rest.
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12. (Far.) pl.
(a) The space between the tusks and grinders in the upper
jaw of a horse, in which the bit is placed.
(b) The part of the crust of a horse's hoof which is bent
inwards towards the frog at the heel on each side,
and extends into the center of the sole.
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13. (Mining)
(a) A drilling or tamping rod.
(b) A vein or dike crossing a lode.
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14. (Arch.)
(a) A gatehouse of a castle or fortified town.
(b) A slender strip of wood which divides and supports
the glass of a window; a sash bar.
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Bar shoe (Far.), a kind of horseshoe having a bar across
the usual opening at the heel, to protect a tender frog
from injury.
Bar shot, a double headed shot, consisting of a bar, with a
ball or half ball at each end; -- formerly used for
destroying the masts or rigging in naval combat.
Bar sinister (Her.), a term popularly but erroneously used
for baton, a mark of illegitimacy. See Baton.
Bar tracery (Arch.), ornamental stonework resembling bars
of iron twisted into the forms required.
Blank bar (Law). See Blank.
Case at bar (Law), a case presently before the court; a
case under argument.
In bar of, as a sufficient reason against; to prevent.
Matter in bar, or Defence in bar, any matter which is a
final defense in an action.
Plea in bar, a plea which goes to bar or defeat the
plaintiff's action absolutely and entirely.
Trial at bar (Eng. Law), a trial before all the judges of
one the superior courts of Westminster, or before a quorum
representing the full court.
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Fan tracery
(gcide) | Fan \Fan\ (f[a^]n), n. [AS. fann, fr. L. vannus fan, van for
winnowing grain; cf. F. van. Cf. Van a winnowing machine,
Winnow.]
1. An instrument used for producing artificial currents of
air, by the wafting or revolving motion of a broad
surface; as:
(a) An instrument for cooling the person, made of
feathers, paper, silk, etc., and often mounted on
sticks all turning about the same pivot, so as when
opened to radiate from the center and assume the
figure of a section of a circle.
(b) (Mach.) Any revolving vane or vanes used for producing
currents of air, in winnowing grain, blowing a fire,
ventilation, etc., or for checking rapid motion by the
resistance of the air; a fan blower; a fan wheel.
(c) An instrument for winnowing grain, by moving which the
grain is tossed and agitated, and the chaff is
separated and blown away.
(d) Something in the form of a fan when spread, as a
peacock's tail, a window, etc.
(e) A small vane or sail, used to keep the large sails of
a smock windmill always in the direction of the wind.
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Clean provender, which hath been winnowed with
the shovel and with the fan. --Is. xxx. 24.
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2. That which produces effects analogous to those of a fan,
as in exciting a flame, etc.; that which inflames,
heightens, or strengthens; as, it served as a fan to the
flame of his passion.
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3. A quintain; -- from its form. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Fan blower, a wheel with vanes fixed on a rotating shaft
inclosed in a case or chamber, to create a blast of air
(fan blast) for forge purposes, or a current for draft and
ventilation; a fanner.
Fan cricket (Zool.), a mole cricket.
Fan light (Arch.), a window over a door; -- so called from
the semicircular form and radiating sash bars of those
windows which are set in the circular heads of arched
doorways.
Fan shell (Zool.), any shell of the family Pectinid[ae].
See Scallop, n., 1.
Fan tracery (Arch.), the decorative tracery on the surface
of fan vaulting.
Fan vaulting (Arch.), an elaborate system of vaulting, in
which the ribs diverge somewhat like the rays of a fan, as
in Henry VII.'s chapel in Westminster Abbey. It is
peculiar to English Gothic.
Fan wheel, the wheel of a fan blower.
Fan window. Same as Fan light (above).
electric fan. a fan having revolving blades for propelling
air, powered by an electric motor.
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Geometrical tracery
(gcide) | Geometric \Ge`o*met"ric\, Geometrical \Ge`o*met"ric*al\, a. [L.
geometricus; Gr. ?: cf. F. g['e]om['e]trique.]
1. Pertaining to, or according to the rules or principles of,
geometry; determined by geometry; as, a geometrical
solution of a problem.
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2. (Art) characterized by simple geometric forms in design
and decoration; as, a buffalo hide painted with red and
black geometrical designs.
Syn: geometric.
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Note: Geometric is often used, as opposed to algebraic, to
include processes or solutions in which the
propositions or principles of geometry are made use of
rather than those of algebra.
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Note: Geometrical is often used in a limited or strictly
technical sense, as opposed to mechanical; thus, a
construction or solution is geometrical which can be
made by ruler and compasses, i. e., by means of right
lines and circles. Every construction or solution which
requires any other curve, or such motion of a line or
circle as would generate any other curve, is not
geometrical, but mechanical. By another distinction, a
geometrical solution is one obtained by the rules of
geometry, or processes of analysis, and hence is exact;
while a mechanical solution is one obtained by trial,
by actual measurements, with instruments, etc., and is
only approximate and empirical.
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Geometrical curve. Same as Algebraic curve; -- so called
because their different points may be constructed by the
operations of elementary geometry.
Geometric lathe, an instrument for engraving bank notes,
etc., with complicated patterns of interlacing lines; --
called also cycloidal engine.
Geometrical pace, a measure of five feet.
Geometric pen, an instrument for drawing geometric curves,
in which the movements of a pen or pencil attached to a
revolving arm of adjustable length may be indefinitely
varied by changing the toothed wheels which give motion to
the arm.
Geometrical plane (Persp.), the same as Ground plane .
Geometrical progression, proportion, ratio. See under
Progression, Proportion and Ratio.
Geometrical radius, in gearing, the radius of the pitch
circle of a cogwheel. --Knight.
Geometric spider (Zool.), one of many species of spiders,
which spin a geometrical web. They mostly belong to
Epeira and allied genera, as the garden spider. See
Garden spider.
Geometric square, a portable instrument in the form of a
square frame for ascertaining distances and heights by
measuring angles.
Geometrical staircase, one in which the stairs are
supported by the wall at one end only.
Geometrical tracery, in architecture and decoration,
tracery arranged in geometrical figures.
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Plate tracery
(gcide) | Plate \Plate\, n. [OF. plate a plate of metal, a cuirsas, F.
plat a plate, a shallow vessel of silver, other metal, or
earth, fr. plat flat, Gr. ?. See Place, n.]
1. A flat, or nearly flat, piece of metal, the thickness of
which is small in comparison with the other dimensions; a
thick sheet of metal; as, a steel plate.
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2. Metallic armor composed of broad pieces.
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Mangled . . . through plate and mail. --Milton.
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3. Domestic vessels and utensils, as flagons, dishes, cups,
etc., wrought in gold or silver.
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4. Metallic ware which is plated, in distinction from that
which is silver or gold throughout.
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5. A small, shallow, and usually circular, vessel of metal or
wood, or of earth glazed and baked, from which food is
eaten at table.
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6. [Cf. Sp. plata silver.] A piece of money, usually silver
money. [Obs.] "Realms and islands were as plates dropp'd
from his pocket." --Shak.
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7. A piece of metal on which anything is engraved for the
purpose of being printed; hence, an impression from the
engraved metal; as, a book illustrated with plates; a
fashion plate.
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8. A page of stereotype, electrotype, or the like, for
printing from; as, publisher's plates.
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9. That part of an artificial set of teeth which fits to the
mouth, and holds the teeth in place. It may be of gold,
platinum, silver, rubber, celluloid, etc.
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10. (Arch.) A horizontal timber laid upon a wall, or upon
corbels projecting from a wall, and supporting the ends
of other timbers; also used specifically of the roof
plate which supports the ends of the roof trusses or, in
simple work, the feet of the rafters.
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11. (Her.) A roundel of silver or tinctured argent.
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12. (Photog.) A sheet of glass, porcelain, metal, etc., with
a coating that is sensitive to light.
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13. A prize giving to the winner in a contest.
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14. (Baseball) A small five-sided area (enveloping a
diamond-shaped area one foot square) beside which the
batter stands and which must be touched by some part of a
player on completing a run; -- called also home base,
or home plate.
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15. One of the thin parts of the bricket of an animal.
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16. A very light steel racing horsehoe.
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17. Loosely, a sporting contest for a prize; specif., in
horse racing, a race for a prize, the contestants not
making a stake.
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18. Skins for fur linings of garments, sewed together and
roughly shaped, but not finally cut or fitted. [Furrier's
Cant]
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19. (Hat Making) The fine nap (as of beaver, hare's wool,
musquash, nutria, or English black wool) on a hat the
body of which is of an inferior substance.
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20. a quantity sufficient to fill a plate; a plateful; a
dish containing that quantity; a plate of spaghetti.
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21. the food and service supplied to a customer at a
restaurant; as, the turkey dinner is $9 a plate; I'll
have a plate of spaghetti.
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22. a flat dish of glass or plastic with a fitted cover, used
for culturing microorganisms in a laboratory.
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23. the identification tag required to be displayed on the
outside of a vehicle; same as license plate; -- often
used in the plural.
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24. an agenda or schedule of tasks to be performed; I have a
lot on my plate today. [colloq.]
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Note: Plate is sometimes used in an adjectival sense or in
combination, the phrase or compound being in most cases
of obvious signification; as, plate basket or
plate-basket, plate rack or plate-rack.
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Home plate. (Baseball) See Home base, under Home.
Plate armor.
(a) See Plate, n., 2.
(b) Strong metal plates for protecting war vessels,
fortifications, and the like.
Plate bone, the shoulder blade, or scapula.
Plate girder, a girder, the web of which is formed of a
single vertical plate, or of a series of such plates
riveted together.
Plate glass. See under Glass.
Plate iron, wrought iron plates.
Plate layer, a workman who lays down the rails of a railway
and fixes them to the sleepers or ties.
Plate mark, a special mark or emblematic figure stamped
upon gold or silver plate, to indicate the place of
manufacture, the degree of purity, and the like; thus, the
local mark for London is a lion.
Plate paper, a heavy spongy paper, for printing from
engraved plates. --Fairholt.
Plate press, a press with a flat carriage and a roller, --
used for printing from engraved steel or copper plates.
Plate printer, one who prints from engraved plates.
Plate printing, the act or process of printing from an
engraved plate or plates.
Plate tracery. (Arch.) See under Tracery.
Plate wheel (Mech.), a wheel, the rim and hub of which are
connected by a continuous plate of metal, instead of by
arms or spokes.
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Stump tracery
(gcide) | Stump \Stump\, n. [OE. stumpe, stompe; akin to D. stomp, G.
stumpf, Icel. stumpr, Dan. & Sw. stump, and perhaps also to
E. stamp.]
1. The part of a tree or plant remaining in the earth after
the stem or trunk is cut off; the stub.
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2. The part of a limb or other body remaining after a part is
amputated or destroyed; a fixed or rooted remnant; a stub;
as, the stump of a leg, a finger, a tooth, or a broom.
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3. pl. The legs; as, to stir one's stumps. [Slang]
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4. (Cricket) One of the three pointed rods stuck in the
ground to form a wicket and support the bails.
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5. A short, thick roll of leather or paper, cut to a point,
or any similar implement, used to rub down the lines of a
crayon or pencil drawing, in shading it, or for shading
drawings by producing tints and gradations from crayon,
etc., in powder.
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6. A pin in a tumbler lock which forms an obstruction to
throwing the bolt, except when the gates of the tumblers
are properly arranged, as by the key; a fence; also, a pin
or projection in a lock to form a guide for a movable
piece.
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Leg stump (Cricket), the stump nearest to the batsman.
Off stump (Cricket), the stump farthest from the batsman.
Stump tracery (Arch.), a term used to describe late German
Gothic tracery, in which the molded bar seems to pass
through itself in its convolutions, and is then cut off
short, so that a section of the molding is seen at the end
of each similar stump.
To go on the stump, or To take the stump, to engage in
making public addresses for electioneering purposes; -- a
phrase derived from the practice of using a stump for a
speaker's platform in newly-settled districts. Hence also
the phrases stump orator, stump speaker, stump speech,
stump oratory, etc. [Colloq. U.S.]
on the stump campaigning for public office; running for
election to office.
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fan tracery
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n 1: the carved tracery on fan vaulting |
tracery
(wn) | tracery
n 1: decoration consisting of an open pattern of interlacing
ribs |
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