. An encyclopaedia of architecture, historical, theoretical, & practical. New ed., rev., portions rewritten, and with additions by Wyatt Papworth. ,a column.) Thatdistance be-tween columns which con-sists of three diameters, or,according to some, of fourdiameters. The term issometimes used adjectively,to signify that the buildingis arranged with those inter-vals between the columns. DiATONi. (Gr. A(o and Tovos,an extension.) In Greekarchitecture, the stones of awall wrought on two faces,which,from ttretching beyond the stones above and below them, tiiat is, going througlithe wall
. An encyclopaedia of architecture, historical, theoretical, & practical. New ed., rev., portions rewritten, and with additions by Wyatt Papworth. ,a column.) Thatdistance be-tween columns which con-sists of three diameters, or,according to some, of fourdiameters. The term issometimes used adjectively,to signify that the buildingis arranged with those inter-vals between the columns. DiATONi. (Gr. A(o and Tovos,an extension.) In Greekarchitecture, the stones of awall wrought on two faces,which,from ttretching beyond the stones above and below them, tiiat is, going througlithe wall, made a good bond or tie to the work. DiAzoMA. (Gr. Ata through, and Zwfia, a cincture.) In ancient architecture, the landingsor resting places which, at diflTeront heights, encircled the aniphitheati-e like so manybands or cinctures, whence the name. (Gr. AiKTj, justice.) In ancient arciiitecture, tho name of a tribunal or hallof justice. Dk-lYoTHETON. (Gr. AtKTvoi/, a net, and TidrifMi, I pace.) In ancient architecture, masonryworked in courses, like tho meshes of a net. Also open lattice-work, for admittingligiit and Diaper work in stone. GLOSSARY. 1267 DiDORON. (Gr.) See Brtck. Die of a Pedbstal. That part included between the base and the cornice. See Dai>o. Digging. In soft ground, one man with a spade will throw up, per hour, a cubic yard of twenty-seven feet. If a mattock must be used, the same quantity will require two men, and in a strong gravel, three. It will require three men to wheel thirty cubic yards of gravel in a day to the distance of twenty yards. DiGLYPii, (Gr. Aiy, twice, and r\v<pw, 1 carve.) A projecting face ov femur, with two panels or channels called glyphs, sunk thf reon. See The state of neglect into which a building has been permitted to (Lat. Dimetior.) In geometry is either length, breadth, or thickness. Thusa line has one dimension, as of length ; a superficies has two, length a
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