GLOSSARIAL INDEX. 1 129 M. • Make good, 79. Malic acid, acid found in apples, pears, &c Mail chamber, l'id5. Malt couch, 798. Malt plough, li;62, 6g. 1126. Mange, 1938. Manhole, opening in a cess.pool, drain, &c., large enough to admit a man to clean it out when re- quisite. Manholes are usually fitted with a close cover when not in use. Mantels, 82. Marquetterie, 2010. MUled lead, 85. Milled slate, 237. Match planes, 297. Mathematical tiling, 547, figs. 461 to 465. Meglip, for painting in imitation of oak, 638. Metal spouts, 984. Middle to middle, 983. Milk paint, 575. MiU loft, 1100. Mitre wheel, a wheel fitted in a particular manner, so as to work one into another. Mitred, 1122. Monied out, 1058. Mortise holes, 1586. Mortised locks, 239. Moulded nosings, 250. Mowsteads, 889, fig. 909. Mud walls, 159. Mullions, or Munnions, the fixed vertical divisions of a window in the Gothic or Elizabethan style. Munting, or Muntins, the centre vertical piece which divides the panels of a door, 512. Must, 1324. N. Neckings, 1586. Newcastle second crown glass. See Crown glass, Neivels, 239. fig. 241. Nagging flat, 83. Norfolk thumb latch, 84, fig. 67. Northumberland nuirtar, 980. Nosings to stairs, 849. Oak stages, 238. Office-houses, farm buildings. Ogee moulding, called also cyma reversa ; a mould, ing nearly in the form of an S. Old tiles preferred, 849. Open filleting, 869. Open sparred frame, a frame filled in with lattice- work at short distances asunder. Oriel, or bay, window, 215 ; called also a compass window. An oriel window is a projecting window in an upper story ; a bay window is a similar one on the ground floor, generally consisting of two beveled sides and a centre ; and a bow window is a projecting window, also on the grouna floor, but semicircular, or curvilinear. Overlap, 154. Oversailing, 4o9. Overshot water-wheel, 1243. Ovolo moulding, or egg-shaped, generally applied to Doric columns. Ouolo sash-bars, 84, 239, fig. 23t Pair of grates, 988. Palliasses, 663. Paneled piers, piers having sunk panels. Panels, sunk surfaces in frames. Pantiles, hollow tiles, 114. Paper carpets, 685. Papin's digester, 1353. Parapet, a dwarf wall or palisading. Pargelted, 79, 234, 849. Parquetted, or inlaid, floors, floors laid with small pieces of wood, fitted into each other in regular figures, 2010. Parting, 983. Paste fur papering rontns, %c., 685. Patent fircad line, 675. 6 Patent windmill sails, 1260. Patera, 851. Pavilion roof, a roof sloping or hipped 'equally on all sides. Pebble-dashed, 1435. Pebble.pave, lay with small round stones. Pediment roof, roof with a pediment at one end. Pendants, fig! 181. Penstock, 1241. Penslones, 987. Penthouse, 238. Pickling wheat, steeping it in salt and water. Piece, a quantity of half-malted corn, 1262 and 1263. Piends, 1216. Pien- trees, 1102. Piens of a roqf, 935. Pier, a pillar without any regular base or capitaL Pigeon-hole manner qf building walls, 374, fig. 334. Pilasters, rectangular pillars. Pillar, an upright support of some regular figure in the plan. Pinacotkeca, 1851. Pine, as used by builder Pining, 990. Pinnacle, 99. Pin-raU, 983. Pis^ walls, 25. Pitched roof, 983. Pitching yards, paving yards. Pivot, 798. Planceer, 239, fig. 241. Planishing, 2043. Planted moulding, 983. Plate, 1137. Plateau glasses, 677. Platiing-course, 1300. Plinth, 64. Ploughed and tongued, 478, fig. 422. Pocket of hops, 1274. Pointed, 79. Pointed Architecture, 1872. Pointed perpendicular, 1884. Poleplate, 168 ; a beam, or piece of timber, supported on the ends of the tie-beams, or principal rafters of a roof, over which are fixed the lower ends of the common rafters. See fig. 142, m. Polished pavement, 1778. Polygonal Tiails, 551, fig. 477. Portable legs, 651, fig. 67a Post windmills, 1258. Press bedsteads, 655. Prime, 242. Poudrette, 743. Principal quarters, 83. Principals, 983. Profile chiimicy-pieces, 237. Proper boxings, 239. Proper door-cases, 84, 239. Proper ledged door, 84, 239. Properly gathered, 234. Puddled. Puddle is a mixture of clayey loam and water, well incorporated together ; and to puddle is to place this material in a stratum in any posi- tion where it will prevent water from penetrating through. Pug mill, 1291. Pugging, 1806. Pulborough stone, 1244. PuUey rack, 669, fig. 707 Pulley sides, 983L Puncheons, 869. Purlins, horizontal pieces of timber, supported by the principal rafters of a roof. Puzzle latch, 832. Puzzolana, volcanic earth, or rather decomposed lava, found near Naples. It consists of silica, alumina, and oxide of iron ; and is used princi- pally to form cement under water. Py> amidol label, 1883. Pyroligneous acid, acid extracted from wood. Q. Quarries of brick earth, square paving-tiles. Quarries of glass, 213. Quarry-slone, 248. Queen-posts, the side-posts of a roof. Quill of a fountain, 1975. Quirk moulding. A quirk in a moulding signifies a sharp turn. Quoins, corners.
