ative positions
or measurements.

$Diametrically.$ A direction toward the center or across the middle of a
figure or thing.

$Diagonal.$ A direction which is not parallel with or perpendicular to a
line.

$Dominate.$ To govern; controlling.

$Door trim.$ The hardware which is attached to a door.

$Double-roofed.$ All form of roof structure where there is an inner
frame to support the rafters.

$Drop forged.$ Metal forms which are struck up by means of heavy
hammers, in which are the molds or patterns of the article to be formed.

$Elaboration.$ Wrought with labor; finished with great care.

$Elevation.$ The act of raising from a lower to a higher degree; a
projection of a building or other object on a plane perpendicular to the
horizon.

$Elliptical.$ Having the form of an ellipse.

$Embellishment.$ The act of adorning; that which adds beauty or
elegance.

$Entablature.$ The structure which lies horizontally upon the columns.

$Equidistant.$ Being at an equal distance from a point.

$Escutcheon.$ An ornamental plate like that part about a keyhole.

$Evolve.$ To unfold or unroll; to open and expand.

$Facade.$ The front of a building; the principal front having some
architectural pretensions.

$Facing-boards.$ The finishing of the face of a wall of different
material than the main part of the wall; the wide board below the
cornice or beneath the windows.

$Factor.$ One of the elements, circumstances or influences which
contribute to produce a result.

$Fence.$ A term used to designate a metal barrier or guard on a part of
a tool.

$Fish plate.$ A pair of plates, usually placed on opposite sides of the
pieces to be secured together, and held by cross bolts.

$Flare.$ A pitch; an angle; an inclination.

$Flush.$ Unbroken, or even in surface; on a level with the adjacent
surface.

$Frog clamping screw.$ A screw which is designed to hold or adjust two
angled pieces.

$Fulcrum.$ That by which a lever is sustained, or on which a lever rests
in turning or moving a body.

$Fluting.$ The channel or channels in a body; as the grooves in a
column.

$Gain.$ A square or beveled notch or groove cut out of a girder, beam,
post or other material, at a corner.

$Gambrel.$ A roof having two different pitches, the upper much greater
than the lower.

$Geometry.$ Pertaining to that branch of mathematics which investigates
the relations, properties and measurements of solids, surfaces, lines
and angles.