128S GLOSSAilY.

Glue. (From the Lat. Gluten.) A tenacious viscid matter made of the skins and hoofs of
animals, for cementing two bodies together. Glue is bought in cakes, and is better tiie
older the skin of the animal from whicii it is made. That which swells without dis-
solving when steeped in water is the best. To prepare glue it should be broken into
small fragments and then steeped in water about twelve hours. It should be then
heated in a leaden or copper vessel till the who!e is dissolved, stirring it frequently
with a stick. After this it is put into a wooden vessel and remains for use. A water-
tight joint in wood can be obtained by grinding glue and white lead in equal propor-
tions, boiled in linseed oil, so as to make tlie liquid of a whitish colour, and strong but
not thick. It is also useful for external work.
"
Marine glue
"
is a very strong liquid
matter, the material often giving way before the joint.
Glyph. (Gr. T\v<f>ci>, I carve.) A sunken channel, the term being usually employed in
reference to a vertical one. From tlieir number, those in the frieze of the Doric order
are called triglyphs.
Gltptotheca. (Gr. r\v<pi, and t/ktj, deposit.) A building or room for the preservation
of works of sculpture. See Cyzicenus.
Gneiss. A species of granite which, from excess of mica, is generally of a lamellar or slaty
texture. It is a term used by the miners of Germany.
Gnomon. (Gr. ryuixoov.) An instrument for measuring shadows, and thereby determining
the sun's height. In dialling, it is the style of the dial, and its shadow marks the hour.
It is placed so tliat its straight edge is parallel to the axis of the earth's rotation. In
geometry, a gnomon is that part of a parallelogram which remains when one of the
parallelograms about its diagonal is removed ; or the portion of the parallelogram com-
posed of the two complements and one of the parallelograms about the diagonal. The
trm is found in Euclid, but is now rarely used.
GoBHETs. Blocks of stone; and also squared blocks of stone.
GoccioLATOio. (It.) The same as Corona.
GoDOWN. The Bengalese term for a warehouse or cellar.
GoDRooN, or Gadroon. An ornamented moulding, consisting of headings or cablings.
GoLA, or GuLA. (It.) The same as Cyma.
Goniometer. (Gr. rai'ia, an angle, and Merpo), I measure.) An instrument for measuring
solid angles.
GopuRA. The Indian name for a gate-tower in the wall enclosing the space of ground in
which are the cell and porch forming a temple in the south of Hindostan. In elevation
it is pjTamidal like a pagoda
;
but instead of being square like the temple in plan, the
gopura is merely a yylon, sometimes 130 feet wide by 100 feet deep, pierced in the mid-
dle of the longer sides by a gateway whii'h occupies a seventh or even a fourth of the
width of the tower. The pile is covered liy a crested roof, resembling a boat with the
keel uppermost. Among the finest examples are those at Seringam, at Combaconum, and
at Cliillambaram, dating about 990-1004.
Gorge. The same as Catetto. Iha gorgerin \s a diminutive of the term.
GoRGONKiA. (Gr.) Key-stones carved with Gorgons' heads.
Gothic Architecture. The name given about the end of the seventeenth century to the
Pointed architecture of the mediaeval period, and now called MBDi.a5VAi, Architectueh.'
GouFiNo Foundations. A Scotch term, signifying a mode of securirg unsound walls by
driving wedges or pins under their footings.
Gouge. A chisel whose section is of a semicircular form.
Gkadetti. (It.) The same as Annulets.
Gradient. Good lists are given in Builder, 1863, p.
818
;
and xvii.
p.
214.
GrjEcostasis. a hall or portico adjoining the Roman comitia, in which foreign ambas-j
sadors waited before entering the senate, and also whilst waiting the answer that
wasj
to be given to them.
Grain. The line of direction in M-hich some materials can be split transversely.
Graining. The imitation of the grains or texture of certain ornamental woods, by
means
of paint worked over by a comb and other implements required to represent the
various
sorts. It is also called
"
combing."
Granary. (Lat. Granum.) A building for storing corn, especially that intended to
be
kept for a considerable time. Vitruvius cfills those buildings intended for the
preserva-
tion of grain granaria, those for hay foenilia, and those for straw farraria. The
term
horreum was used by the Romans for denoting buildings not only for the
preservation
of corn, but for various other effects.
Grand.
A term used in the fine arts, generally to express that quality by
which
the
highest degree of majesty and dignity is imparted to a work of art. Its
source
is,
m
form, freed from ordinary and common bounds, and to be properly appreciated
requires
an investigation of the different qualities by which great and extraordinary
objects
produce impressions on the mind.
Granof. a farm-yard or farmery, consisting of a farm-house and a court of offices
for
the different animals and implements used in farming, as also of barns, feeding
houses,
poultry houses. &c.