. The illustrated companion to the Latin dictionary and Greek lexicon; forming a glossary of all the words representing visible objects connected with the arts, manufactures, and every-day life of the Greeks and Romans, with representations of nearly two thousand objects from the antique. dy of troops disposed in theform of the letter V, to receive theattack of another advancing in theshape of a wedge (cuneus), which itadmitted within its position, and thenclosed upon its flanks. Veg. 18. Gell. x. 9. FORFICULA WaXtoiov). Di-minutive of Forfex. Plin. 23. 294 FORI. FORIS. FORI.
. The illustrated companion to the Latin dictionary and Greek lexicon; forming a glossary of all the words representing visible objects connected with the arts, manufactures, and every-day life of the Greeks and Romans, with representations of nearly two thousand objects from the antique. dy of troops disposed in theform of the letter V, to receive theattack of another advancing in theshape of a wedge (cuneus), which itadmitted within its position, and thenclosed upon its flanks. Veg. 18. Gell. x. 9. FORFICULA WaXtoiov). Di-minutive of Forfex. Plin. 23. 294 FORI. FORIS. FORI. Plural of Forus. Theships floors (Latin and Anglo-SaxonGlossary of the 10th century). Thisincludes the flooring of the deck(Gell. xvi. 19. 3.); the gangwaysby which the mariners passed aboutthe vessel (Cic. Sen. 6. Lucan. ), those between the rowersbenches (Virg. 2En. vi. 412.), andperhaps the benches Orig. xix. 2. 2. The standing-places on a tem-porary platform erected for the ac-commodation of spectators at a publicshow. Liv. i. 35. Festus, s. Forum. 3. The floors, one above the other,by which the Roman agriculturistssometimes divided their beehives(Virg. G. iv. 250.) into a numberof separate stories; as shown by theannexed example, from an original of. bronze discovered at Pompeii. Theleft-hand figure shows the outside ;the right-hand one, a section of theinside divided into stories ; and the topone the moveable lid with its handle. 4. Narrow furrows in a field orgarden formed into parallel lines bythe hoe. Columell. x. 92. 1. FORICA. A set of publicprivies, like the cabinets oVaisance ofParis, distributed in various parts ofthe city for the convenience of thepopulation. A small fee charged forthe accommodation, together withthe profits arising from the sale ofthe contents, induced individuals totake such premises on lease, as ameans of gaining a livelihood. 38. Ruperti ad I. ; but compareFurnaletti, Lex. Facciolat. s. v. FORICARIUS. The l
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