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In architecture a quadra is the plinth, or lowest member, of any pedestal, podium, water table, or the like. The term is also used to describe the border around a bas-relief.
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In architecture the term quadrivalve describes a door, shutter, or the like, having four folds.
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In architecture a quarrel is any small square or quadrangular member; for example a square of glass, especially when set diagonally. A small opening in window tracery, of which the cusps, etc., make the form nearly square. A square or lozenge-shaped paving tile.
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Quarry-faced is a stone masonry expression referring to a stone that has a face left as it comes from the quarry and not smoothed with the chisel or point.
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In architecture a quarter is a small upright timber post, used in partitions.
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In architecture a quarter round is an ovolo.
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In architecture a quarterfoil is an ornamental foliation having four lobes, or foils.
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In architecture quartering is a series of quarters, or small upright posts.
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In architecture a quarterpace is a platform of a staircase where the stair turns at a right angle only.
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In architectural terms, Queen Anne is most commonly applied to a style of red brick and stone domestic building which was popular in the early 18th century. The Queen Anne style is also noted for its many angles, gables, irregular windows and quaint features.
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In architecture a queen truss is a truss framed with queen-posts.
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Queen-posts are the two vertical posts in a trussed roof which are framed below into the tie-beam and above into the principal rafters.
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In building a quirk is a piece of ground taken out of any regular ground plot or floor, so as to make a court, yard, etc.
In architecture a quirk is a small, 'V' shaped channel, deeply recessed in proportion to its width, used to insulate and give relief to a convex rounded moulding.
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In architecture a quirk moulding is a bead between two quirks.
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In architecture a quoin was originally, a solid exterior angle, as of a building. Now the term is commonly applied to one of the selected pieces of material by which the corner is marked. In stone, the quoins consist of blocks larger than those used in the rest of the building, and cut to dimension. In brickwork, quoins consist of groups or masses of brick laid together, and in a certain imitation of quoins of stone.
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