lling the
Superfices of the Walls, before the fine Plaister was laid
on: It was likewise made use of for the second _Bed_ or
_Lay_ of the Flooring.

S

_Scene_ signifies a Tabernacle, Tent, or Pavillion, from the
Greek [Greek: skene]. It was in the Theatre of the
Ancients a great _Face_ or Front of Building, adjoyned
with Pillars and Statues, which had three great Openings,
in which were Pictures in Perspective, which represented
the Lodgings where the Tragedians and Comedians dwelt.

_Sabliere_ is a piece of Wood as long as a Beam, but not so
thick.

_Scotia_, from [Greek: skotos] _tenebrae_, _Darkness_, is a
Member of Architecture, hollowed as a Demi-channel: It's
particularly affected in the Bases where it's placed,
between the Torus and the Astragals; it's sometimes put
under the _Drip_, in the Cornice of the _Dorick_ Order.

_Statumen_ signifies generally whatsoever is made use of to
support any thing in Architecture; it is Mortar mixt with
Pibbles, which served for the first Lay or Bed in
Flooring.

_Systyle_, from [Greek: syn] _con_, and [Greek: stylos]
_columna_; signifies building where the Pillars seem to
be joyned together, for the _Intercolumniation_ is but of
two Diameters of the Pillars.

T

_Torus_ is a Member in the Base which is round, in the form
of a great Ring; it comes from the Latin word _Torus_,
which signifies a Bed.

_Tringle_ is a little square Member, which is directly upon
every _Triglyph_, under the Platt-band of the
_Architrave_, from whence hang down the _Guttae_, or
pendant Drops in the _Dorick Order_.

_Triglyph_, from [Greek: tris] _ter_, and [Greek: glyphos]
_sculptura_; because it's divided into three parts, and
engraved, it is a Member in the Freeze of the Dorick
Order, directly upon every Pillar, and in certain spaces
in the _Intercolumniations_.

_Tympan_ signifies a Drum; it's that part of the bottom of
the Frontons which answers the naked of the Freeze; it is
triangular, and placed upon the Cornice of the
Entablature, and covered over again with two other
Cornices which slope a little.

V

_Volute_ signifies wreathed, and turned about from
_Volvendo_; it's a part of the Capitals of the _Ionick_,
_Corinthian_, and _Compound Orders_, which represents the