- Parenthesis - Projecting support - Punctuation mark - Shelf support - Support fixed to a wall - An architectural member, plain or ornamental, projecting
from a wall or pier, to support weight falling outside of the same;
also, a decorative feature seeming to discharge such an office. - A piece or combination of pieces, usually triangular in
general shape, projecting from, or fastened to, a wall, or other
surface, to support heavy bodies or to strengthen angles.
- Permanently attached to a base - Attached without any sensible projecting support. - Resting directly upon the main stem or branch, without a
petiole or footstalk; as, a sessile leaf or blossom. - Permanently attached; -- said of the gonophores of certain
hydroids which never became detached.
- Polynesian canoe - Any spar or projecting timber run out for temporary use,
as from a ship's mast, to hold a rope or a sail extended, or from a
building, to support hoisting teckle. - A projecting support for a rowlock, extended from the
side of a boat. - A boat thus equipped. - A projecting contrivance at the side of a boat to
prevent upsetting, as projecting spars with a log at the end.
- Wall bracket for candles - A fortification, or work for defense; a fort. - A hut for protection and shelter; a stall. - A piece of armor for the head; headpiece; helmet. - Fig.: The head; the skull; also, brains; sense;
discretion. - A poll tax; a mulct or fine. - A protection for a light; a lantern or cased support for
a candle; hence, a fixed hanging or projecting candlestick.
- The psalm usually appointed for penitential acts, being
the 50th psalm in the Latin version. It commences with the word
miserere. - A musical composition adapted to the 50th psalm. - A small projecting boss or bracket, on the under side of
the hinged seat of a church stall (see Stall). It was intended, the
seat being turned up, to give some support to a worshiper when
standing. Called also misericordia. - Same as Ileus.
- An opening between the corbels which support a
projecting parapet, or in the floor of a gallery or the roof of a
portal, shooting or dropping missiles upen assailants attacking the
base of the walls. Also, the construction of such defenses, in general,
when of this character. See Illusts. of Battlement and Castle. - The act of discharging missiles or pouring burning
or melted substances upon assailants through such apertures.