. An illustrated dictionary of words used in art and archaeology. Explaining terms frequently used in works on architecture, arms, bronzes, Christian art, colour, costume, decoration, devices, emblems, heraldry, lace, personal ornaments, pottery, painting, sculpture, &c, with their derivations . e troops, distributed the pay, andenrolled the conscripts in their respective regi-ments. Dirige, Chr. A psalm forming part of theburial service, Dirige gressus meos, i\;c.;hence Dirge, for funereal music or hymns ingeneral. Dirk. A Scotch dagger. Diruta. An important porcelain manufactoryin the Papal
. An illustrated dictionary of words used in art and archaeology. Explaining terms frequently used in works on architecture, arms, bronzes, Christian art, colour, costume, decoration, devices, emblems, heraldry, lace, personal ornaments, pottery, painting, sculpture, &c, with their derivations . e troops, distributed the pay, andenrolled the conscripts in their respective regi-ments. Dirige, Chr. A psalm forming part of theburial service, Dirige gressus meos, i\;c.;hence Dirge, for funereal music or hymns ingeneral. Dirk. A Scotch dagger. Diruta. An important porcelain manufactoryin the Papal States, established by a pupil ofLuca della Robbia in 1461. Discerniculum, R. (liisccruo, to divide). Abodkin used liy Roman women iu the toilet topart their hair. (See CoMBS.) Discharging Arch. An arch built into thestructure of a wall, to relieve the parts below itof the pressure of above it; such archesare common over flat-headed doors or otheropenings. Discinctus, Gr. and R. {discingo, to iingird).A man who is iingirt, that is, who does not weara girdle round the waist of his tunic ; for a man, WORDS USED IN this was a mark of effeminate mamiers. Discinctusmiles denoted a soldier who had been strippedby his commander of his sword-belt, as a mark ofdisgrace. (Compare CiNGULUM.). Fig. 252. Tazza ol Diruta, with head of Rome. Disclosed, Her. With expanded wings, inthe case of birds that are not birds of prey. Thecontrary to Close. Discobolus, Gr. and R. {litJKo-^iXos, i. ). A man throwing the ). [A celebrated statue of the sculptor^lyron so called.]
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