A dictionary of architecture and building : biographical, historical, and descriptive (1902)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York : The Macmillan company · leaf 162
Tiie term istransferred to any laceliki^ ettect in stone (M-wooilwork, as in tabernacles and shrines, treatedprofusely with miniature iiiniiacles, linials, but-tresses, and tracery. PURLIN, In car]icntry, a horizontal tindierlaid across tlic priiiciiial rafters or trusses tosupport the jaik… … Pulpit of Oak: Fotheringay Church, North-amptonshire; A.D. 1-HO. PUT LOG. In scaffolding, for buildingwalls of masonry, one of the horizontal pieces oftimber four or five feet long, set at right augleswith the wall, and bearing on it at one end,while the other rests upon the ledges or ledger-boards…
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