. An encyclopaedia of architecture, historical, theoretical, & practical. New ed., rev., portions rewritten, and with additions by Wyatt Papworth. Fig. St. Marys Church, Leicester. Tie Rod. Tlio iron rod securing the feet of the principal rafters in the manner, and in lieu, of the Point. The vortex of an equilateral triangle. Arches or vaults of the third point, wliich are called by the Italians di terzo acuto, are such as consist of two arcs of a circle intersecting at the top. See Pointed The tie beam of an ancient timber (Sax. Tij,-el.) A thin p
. An encyclopaedia of architecture, historical, theoretical, & practical. New ed., rev., portions rewritten, and with additions by Wyatt Papworth. Fig. St. Marys Church, Leicester. Tie Rod. Tlio iron rod securing the feet of the principal rafters in the manner, and in lieu, of the Point. The vortex of an equilateral triangle. Arches or vaults of the third point, wliich are called by the Italians di terzo acuto, are such as consist of two arcs of a circle intersecting at the top. See Pointed The tie beam of an ancient timber (Sax. Tij,-el.) A thin piece or plate of baked clay or other muterial used for the exttrnal covering of a roof. A thicker sort serves for paving. The flat tiles are called 2)fain tiles, the curved ones ,\.vb pan-tiles; these latrer, if made with a double curvature, are called Bridgewater GLOSSAEY. 137/ In ancient buildings two forms of tiles were used. The imbrex, placed in regularrows to receive the shower, and the tegula, which covered and prevented the rain frompenetratmg the joints. The latter were fixed at the eaves with upright ornamentalpieces called antejix<e, which were also repeated along the ridge at the junction of thetiles. The present common tiles of Italy are on this principle, and are t-hown by Similar tiles have of late years been manufactured in England, but the jointsrequire to be set in mortar to prevent wet and snow drifting into the roof. TiLK Creasing. See Chhasing. Tiling. The act of putting tiles on to roofs of buildings. The work itself is also socalled. Tiling Fillet. A chamfered fillet laid under slating or tiling, to raise it where it joinsthe wall, and prevent water from entering the joint. See Shkeading, Fueuing. TiMBEK. (Sax, Timbpan, to build.) Properly denotes all such wood, either growing orcut down, as is suited to the
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