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The Decorator's assistant (1847)

[London : W. Gibbs] · leaf 755

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a church, or other building. Piscina. Among the Romans was a fish pond ;a shallow reservoir for persons to bathe in who didnot know how to swim; or a place for wateringhorses and washing clothes. In ecclesiastical ar- … chitecture, the piscina was a bowl for water, gene-rally in a niche in the wall of the church, in whichthe preist laved his hands. Pinning. pegs. Fastening tiles together with oak Pinnacle. The top or roof of a house termi-nating in a point, most frequently used in Gothicarhitectiue. Amongst the…

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