Dictionary of Moisture Protection & Restoration

dais = A raised platform reserved for the seating of speakers or dignitaries.

dais

date stone = A stone, imbedded in the walls, carved with the date of completion of the struc- ture.

date stone

decastyle = A structure having a portico of ten columns, or rows of ten columns.

decastyle

dentil = One of a band of small square, toothlike blocks forming part of the charac- teristic ornamentation of the Ionic, Corinthian and Composite orders, and sometimes the Doric.

Ionic dentils

discharging arch = An arch, usually seg- mental and often a blind arch, built above the lintel of a door or win- dow to discharge the weight of the wall above the lintel to each side.

discharging arch

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