. Universal dictionary of the english language : a new and original work presenting for convenient reference the orthography, pronunciation, meaning, use, origin and development of every word in the english language .... •Jhllllili FERPENDIcnLAa WINDOW. Fan-shaped roofs, or-namented with depeniient pendants resemblingstalactites, are also peculiar to the Perpeuilicu-lar style. Richly deeorated roof-trusses, whichare left clearly visiVtle, are alsn of frequentoccurrence. In these roofs the spaces betweenthe highly ornamented and moulded beams. ROOF-TRUSSES, WESTMINSTER HALU are filled with rich
. Universal dictionary of the english language : a new and original work presenting for convenient reference the orthography, pronunciation, meaning, use, origin and development of every word in the english language .... •Jhllllili FERPENDIcnLAa WINDOW. Fan-shaped roofs, or-namented with depeniient pendants resemblingstalactites, are also peculiar to the Perpeuilicu-lar style. Richly deeorated roof-trusses, whichare left clearly visiVtle, are alsn of frequentoccurrence. In these roofs the spaces betweenthe highly ornamented and moulded beams. ROOF-TRUSSES, WESTMINSTER HALU are filled with rich tracery, whilst the inter-sections and junctions of the woodwork areemirhed with dependent carving and repre-sentations uf foliage and figures. WestminsterHall is au instance of this description of roofs, when they are plain, are sometimesoverlaid with boarding, and divided by ribsand panels. per-pen-dic-u-lar-i-ty, s. [Eng. perpen-dicular; -itif.] tliequahtyor state of beingperpendicular. The pr^rpendicularilif of tbcae lines is the differ-ence of a right autle,— Uatfi: togick, pU 1., cb. Iv. per-pen-dlC-n-lar-lj^, adv. [Eng. perpen-dicular; -ly.] in aii^peiidicular manner ; soas to be perpendicular ; vertically. To descend p^pendicularli/ dowowarda.—Wot-ton : Reinams, p. 30. * per-pen-sion, s. [Xat, perpensus, pa. ;)erjiefido = to perpend ().] The art ofconsidering or weighing carefully in the mind ;careful consideration. Unto r^aflOTiiible perpemfona it huth no pisce Ineoiiie sciences.—brovne: Vulvar £rr
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