Glossary
blank" >target="_blank" >glossary/adamesque/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="ba862de02e04a6a67d302fede8e837a3" target="_blank" >Adamesque
bricks/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="12e36d7ce1e7d235107e0eebecf49a0f" target="_blank" >adobe
adz
arcade
architrave
stone/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="1dd0660f95b8b9e1c704dae47df621a6" target="_blank" >ashlar
attic
balloon-framing/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="914b7f2ca47e12fd2848bdc452b9370c" target="_blank" >balloon framing
baluster
balustrade
bargeboard
batten
door/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="346d9397455c9957fe9bf5f9a78c2c29" target="_blank" >batten door
bay
beam
beehive-oven/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="1cab9639f5e292d58d1c4e65674ae33e" target="_blank" >beehive oven
board
board-and-batten-finish/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="e6632ba99e810b887e0f400c21076a0d" target="_blank" >board and batten
boast
brackets
brad
brick-bonding/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="0f6c9eff418a9416910656e9192cb67a" target="_blank" >brick bond
broadax
bush-hammer/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="a79783c8eeb3fd729890da69866bb6b0" target="_blank" >bush-hammer
cantilever
capital
cistern
cladding/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="6eedbfb5774a6b6229db38721a836fe0" target="_blank" >clapboard
corbel
cornice
range-work/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="5ae5df373dfe167528ec1152b4ba257a" target="_blank" >coursed masonry
cupola
cut-nails/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="bf1620ed13e83fc4a77258b95421cc23" target="_blank" >cut nails
dado
house/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="1e018125bc5b8c9eb106f80b35e2211c" target="_blank" >dogtrot
Doric
window/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="d6259d43f11d416906b7298ec20d6278" target="_blank" >dormer
double-door/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="d41e2153d5668061acfde8a510eba486" target="_blank" >double door
hung-window-2/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="9a45f7526729e61f17ff64daca331b63" target="_blank" >double-hung
drapery
drawshave
drove
dry-wall/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="0ffdb3a5a301a5724bbaacfeaa1447fe" target="_blank" >dry wall
dugout
eaves
ell
ellipse
English bond
garden-wall/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="9893f69dbc3e3e2c03ee36ec63bafae4" target="_blank" >English garden wall
entablature
eyebrow-window-heads/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="38154ebdd60ddd2144d4edddd17055b7" target="_blank" >eyebrow window
fabric
façade
fanlight
fence-wall-brick/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="53f076daf0b0d79ae113905725011dd5" target="_blank" >fence wall brick
festoon
field-stone/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="b0eeb0394bfe57d4ec21f5ee28dc56de" target="_blank" >fieldstone
firebox
fireplace-surround/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="1fcd6045c7849bacafc055de8f0c998f" target="_blank" >fireplace surround
Flemish bond
common-variation/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="3451bc1d627e0ef57abbcfbbec8048fa" target="_blank" >Flemish common variation
diagonal/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="fc7c538b66a0083708f4ead87c21f974" target="_blank" >Flemish diagonal
stretcher/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="98075a6109284a196abb2327f05404ee" target="_blank" >Flemish double stretcher
Flemish garden wall
fluted
foundation
frame
froe
fulcrum
gable
galerie
hipped-roof/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="9a8e5143a1e5817f8fbf5dc5fee32ece" target="_blank" >gambrel
cross/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="f437100cd479e060dc7b131fcaf28f10" target="_blank" >garden wall cross
garland
post-and-girt/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="9232c1d223a302573a56dce608aa4732" target="_blank" >Germanic post and girt
vergeboard/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="4845643e51586754dfb4046be2b40199" target="_blank" >gingerbread
girt
glasshouse
gudgeon
head-jamb/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="99249ff7af2ebbef3830edf2a21864fb" target="_blank" >header
hewn-wood/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="a79fa392d0cbd4ee51d382f6b5fc8c65" target="_blank" >hewn wood
hip
hinge/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="3d66881feb3fb312aed405806250370a" target="_blank" >HL hinge
chimney-piece/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="4315c173e67577be2e7c77d1904e7ef4" target="_blank" >cap-hood/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="5750369beaca1b61a50d13641fb0c6ff" target="_blank" >hood molding/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="6b31036eaa663e0ae97ec9fa5bd0e568" target="_blank" >mold
horse
infill
Ionic
jamb
king-post-truss/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="686c483452c9e0d737cc7485d0149e31" target="_blank" >king post truss
label-mold/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="4b4cc07100716f0d424f295bf0834a80" target="_blank" >label mold
lampblack
latilla
L-head
Mansard
manteltree
plan/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="90201cf7008a6b7455195174343a8b8b" target="_blank" >massed plan
maul
mete
mortar
mortise
muizetanden
mullion
division-parlour/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="24b0a09587a99cbd89fe9ec4023fd338" target="_blank" >bar/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="df16afceaca98943a48237fdfad20494" target="_blank" >muntin
newel-post-2/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="9b055c07627e7566e71ab10cdf61bc2e" target="_blank" >newel post
nogging
siding/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="5765cdcde3994a22e5d0824f215db3f8" target="_blank" >novelty siding
palisade-log-house/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="c596c4b5bef106a8ba21007dca9f5a07" target="_blank" >palisade log house
Palladian window
pane
panel
parapet
pediment
peen-hammer
pen
pent
pier
pigment
pilaster
pintle
pit-saw/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="61ce86fd741afe1ae4ffbd4f0c9ad612" target="_blank" >pit saw
pitch
plane
plank
plank-frame/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="d033cd4fdf6892df860ab46899262fa9" target="_blank" >plank frame
plate
platform-framing/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="683ae089c6b25081717ba73b8d9ace48" target="_blank" >platform framing
porch
portico
post and girt
poteaux-en-terre-2/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="bb632175bb8fba4b8d2d72e3dfb1a9c8" target="_blank" >poteaux en terre
poteaux sur solle
puddling
purlins
queen-post-2/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="1333e790c39ca9e7bfb776194e194e66" target="_blank" >queen-post-truss/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="03ca3a408aa40f133520d60e3e98bcfd" target="_blank" >queen post truss
angle-stone/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="69c3ceacd65cf090951fa1ba68b02667" target="_blank" >quoin
rabbeted-joint/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="873db0d842085bc02f8ffed50be1ea8e" target="_blank" >rabbet
racking
rafter
rainspout
renovation
restoration
ribbon-strip/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="7ade531bec0c9bd165fa285c62617d46" target="_blank" >ribbon strip
ribbon window
ridgepole
rose-head/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="34dd2e3fa884f7f76a77ad0d39aa272c" target="_blank" >rose head
row-window/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="29fc6daa93b158636f835388def053f9" target="_blank" >row window
rubble
saddlebay
saltbox
sash
sash saw
sawed-wood/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="008af78dc5a8a15f12678999384eb435" target="_blank" >sawed wood
shake
shard
shave
sheathe
shed
fish-scale-2/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="adb026b71fa8a6c14edf2e2575f5f759" target="_blank" >shingle
shiplap
sidelight
sill
single-hung/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="3a01d1e0839994ba1b6a6eaf282887ad" target="_blank" >single-hung
lime/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="2e68cdd2ad52314ef6115ed0c0a7d470" target="_blank" >slaked lime
sod-house/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="56ab8cfa0658f5dc3349b65cca8625d6" target="_blank" >sod house
split wood
sprig
staddle
stepped-gable/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="cafa031e664867d0efe3878601e215ce" target="_blank" >stepped gable
stoop
strap-hinge/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="0edc1be5c95690e8957a9733f05fd9e7" target="_blank" >strap hinge
stretcher
strut
stucco
stud
tenement
tenon
terneplate
thatched roof
T-head
thumb-latch/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="2b0c8df645381a3de63673a4045ce4f9" target="_blank" >thumb latch
timber
timber frame
transom
tread
treenails
trompe l’oeil
truss
two-leaf-door/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="01f7cb9139e9e422918ecdd0ad4ada22" target="_blank" >two-leaf door
arches/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="7038190e62e22dbf491c8d93f5cf9d6e" target="_blank" >U-shaped arches
veneer
veranda
vergeboard
vernacular
vigas
volute
wainscoting
anchor/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="43b07d1e8c8ed889cfca9e15db061592" target="_blank" >wall anchor
wallpaper
wattle-and-daub/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="cc3ebda5c974bbe36da1f35a83d685da" target="_blank" >wattle and daub
weatherboard
Western platform framing
wire-nail/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="647b05bd7ee2b9dc9eb6e2705158ba47" target="_blank" >wire nail
wrought-nail/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="1786eb71e6ec1b462e5e933cdd2c32d2" target="_blank" >wrought nail
zeitgheist
zinc
Sources Cited
Light, Sally. House Histories: A Guide to Tracing the Genealogy of Your Home. Spencertown, NY: Golden Hill Press, Inc., 1989.
Key Stats
At time of upload on May 18, 2006:
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- 167 duplicative terms of those already existing in the Architectural Dictionary
- 43 original terms
- 210 total terms in source
- 20.1% original terms in source
- 31 sources in dictionary
- 8,133 unique terms in dictionary
- 21,292 total terms all sources in dictionary
- 38.2% unique terms in dictionary