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HISTORICAL MONUMENTS (SCOTLAND) COMMISSION.

Lie.-In phrases such as " lie Nungait " etc. a use of French le (O. F dialectal li) before vernacular
forms in Latin documents.
Lodge.-A small wing or pavilion unusually lower than the building to which it is attached.
Lucarne.-A roof-light-a skylight, dormer or attic window.
Machicolations.-Horizontal openings for the dropping of missiles or other defensive material.
Martlet.-A bird (marten) showing no legs but only the tufts of feathers at the junction with
the body (Heraldry).
Memel pine.-Pine exported from the port of Memel on the Baltic.
Mezzanine.-A low storey between two main floors of a building.
Misericorde.-(1) A carved bracket affixed to the underside of the seat of a stall, so that, when
the seat which is hinged is turned up against the back, the bracket forms a rest for the
user. (2) A one-edged dagger, generally without a guard, used for dispatching a foe too
severely wounded to recover.
Mortice.-The hole cut in one piece of wood or stone to receive a tenon or projection on another.
Mote (Fr. motte).-A conical earthen mound surrounded by a ditch and originally surmounted
by a wooden fortress within a palisade.
Moulding :
(1) Cavetto-moulding.-A small concave moulding of one quarter of a circle.
(2) Edge-roll moulding.-A rounded or circular moulding, usually accompanied by flanking
fillets (rectangular mouldings) or quirks (q.v.), wrought on the rybat angles at a void.
(3) Hood-moulding.-A projecting moulding on the face of a wall above an arch, usually
following the form of the arch.
(40 Roll-and-hollow moulding.-A roll-moulding along with one or more concave mouldings.
Mouldings, Enrichments of :
(1) Billet-moulding.-Properly an enrichment resembling billets or cylinders of wood spaced at
intervals on the concave surface of a moulding.
(2) Cable-moulding.-A moulding like the twisted strands of a rope.
(3) Crockets.-Ornaments carved in imitation of curved and bent conventional foliage, used
on the sloping sides of spires, canopies, hood-moulds, &c.
(4) Dog-tooth.-An ornament consisting of a series of pyramidal flowers of four petals ;
typical of XIII. century work.
(5) Egg-and-dart.-A series of ornaments alternatively oval and shaped like the head of a dart.
(6) Imbrication.-An ornament representing shingles or tiling.
(7) Nailhead.-An ornament like a series of square nailheads : typical of XIV. century work.
(8) Paterae:-Plate-like ornaments.
(9) Reeded.-Beaded vertically like a bundle of reeds.
Mullet.-A five-pointed spur rowel ; like a star, but with a hole in the centre (Heraldry).
Mullions.-Upright shafts dividing the lights of windows.
Multi-cubical.-Having an ornament of projecting scallops ; characteristic of Romanesque or
Norman work.
Newel.-The central pillar in a winding stair, from which the steps radiate.
Oeil-de-boeuf.-A circular opening.
Offset.-The sloping ledge on a wall or buttress where the upper part is set back.
Orle.-A border within the heraldic shield at some distance from the sides (Heraldry). A chaplet.
Pallet.-A diminutive of the pale or broad band crossing the middle of a shield from top to
bottom (Heraldry).
Papingoes.-Parrots or popinjays (Heraldry).
Parados.-A parapet thrown up in rear of a trench to afford protection from reverse fire.
Parclose screen.-An openwork partition or railing enclosing a chapel or tomb within a church.
Passemented or Passmented.-Embroidered, or finished with lace or other trimming.
Pediment.-The triangular or circular part over the entablature etc. of a building.
Pent-house roof.-A lean-to roof with one slope.
Piles.-A series of triangular wedge-shaped figures issuing from the top of the shield, pointing
downwards (Heraldry).
Pit.-A castle prison, usually in the form of a sunk chamber entered through a trap above.
Piscina.-A basin with a drain discharging into the thickness of the wall, set in a niche or
recess usually south of the alter, where the chalice was rinsed and the priest washed his
hands.

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