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An igloo is a dome-shaped Inuit house, usually built of turf and blocks of hard, solid snow.
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In mural painting, impasto refers to the application of paint in a thick layer.
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In Roman dwellings, an impluvium was a cistern or tank, set in the atrium or peristyle to receive the water from the roof, by means of the compluvium. They were generally made ornamental with flowers and works of art around the brim.
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In architecture an impost is the top member of a pillar, pier, wall, etc., upon which the weight of an arch rests. The impost is called continuous, if the mouldings of the arch or architrave run down the jamb or pier without a break.
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In architecture an incrustate is a covering or inlaying of marble, mosaic, etc., attached to the masonry by cramp irons or cement.
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In architecture, an inflected-arch is an arch the curve of whose flanks is reversed near the crown, so as to terminate in an acute angle.
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Originally, the term inn was applied to a mansion. Hence we find names such as 'Lincoln's Inn' referring to the former mansion of the Earls of Lincoln, and of 'Gray's Inn' referring to the former residence of the Lords Gray.
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In architecture an inner plate is the wall plate which lies nearest to the centre of the roof, in a double- plated roof.
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In architecture inside finish is a general term for the final work in any building necessary for its completion, but other than the unusual decoration; thus, in joiner work, the doors and windows, inside shutters, door and window trimmings, panelled jams, baseboards, and sometimes flooring and stairs; in plaster work, the finishing coat, the cornices, centre-pieces, etc.; in painting, all simple painting of woodwork and plastering.
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In architecture the intercolumniation is the clear space between two columns, measured at the bottom of their shafts. It is customary to measure the intercolumniation in terms of the diameter of the shaft, taken also at the bottom. Different words, derived from the Greek, are in use to denote certain common proportions.
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In architecture interlacing arches are arches, usually circular, so constructed that their archivolts intersect and seem to be interlaced.
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In late Gothic architecture, an interpenetrating moulding is a decoration by means of mouldings which seem to pass through solid uprights, transoms, or other members. They are often two sets of architectural members penetrating one another, in appearance, as if both had been plastic when they were put together.
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In architecture an intertie is a horizontal tie other than a sill and plate or other principal tie, securing uprights to one another.
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In architecture an intrados is the interior curve of an arch. The term is especially applied to the inner or lower curved face of the whole body of voussoirs taken together.
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In architecture an inverted arch is an arch placed with the crown downward. They are much used in foundations.
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In architecture the term Ionic refers to a structure or style pertaining to the
Ionic order of architecture, which is one of the three orders invented by the Greeks, and one of the five recognized by the Italian writers of the sixteenth century. Its distinguishing feature is a capital with spiral volutes.
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The Irish roll is a simple, plain style of tall clay chimney pot, wider at the lower half than at the top, with a distinct shoulder about half way along its length and a rounded lip at the top.
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