Dictionary of Moisture Protection & Restoration

scotia = A deep concave molding, esp. one at the base of a column in Classical architecture.

scotia

scroll = An ornament of a spirally wound band, either as a running ornament or as a terminal like the volutes.

scroll

shank = One of the plain spaces be- tween the channels of a triglyph in a Doric frieze.

shank

skew arch = An arch whose vertical sides are not at an angle of 90 de- grees to its face.

skew arch

skewback = The sloping surface of an abutment which receives the thrust of an arch. The stone or course of stones, or steel plate, pro- viding such a sloping sur- face.

skewback

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