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11. There are reasons r the belief, that the sense of smell in shes is tolerably acute; their ol ctory nerves are of a large size, and disposed over a con­ siderable extent of sur ce.
12. By r the greater number of shes are of car­ nivorous habits; there are some, however, which feed upon vegetable substances, and we nd the stomach modi ed accordingly, as in other animals.
Aa'cmTRAVE, n., the chief beam, or that part of the entablature which rests immediately on the heads of the columns, and is surmounted by the ieze; it is also called the tyle, om (G.) epi, upon, and stylos, a column. F. I. and S. architrave,-arche, G., chie and trabs, L., a beam.
FRIEZE ( eeze), n., that portion of an entablature between the cor­ nice above and the architrave below. F. /rise, from (L.) p o· nius, enriched or embroidered ; because the frieze is the recipient of sculptured enrichments of liage, gures, &c.
Coa'NICE, n., that which rests on the ieze: the term is applied to the mouldings on the highest part of a wall. pillar, entablature, &c. I. cornice, om coronix, L. (G. koronis), the apex or crown of anything.
OR'DER, n., a column with its entablature and stylobate. F. ordre; L. ordo, probably om ordiri, to begin.
CoL'u rn (lum), n., a tapering, cylindrical mass, placed perpendicular­ ly on a pedestal : its larger end is called the base ; the smaller, the capital; and the tapering mass or body, the shaft. L. colum­ na, from columen, a roof, so called because the ancients covered their buildings with thatch or straw: culmus, straw.
ENTAB 1LATURE, n., that part of the order which rests on. the tablet, or abacus of a column. F. entablement, om (L.) in, upon, and tabula, a tablet.
PED1ESTAL, n., the lower member or otstall of a column, or that whereon it rests; the basement of a column or any single object. Stylobate is the term applied to a continued and unbroken base­ ment to a series of columns,-from (G.) stylos, a column, and ba­ sis, a base. S. pedestal,-G. poys or pous, a ot, and stylos.
Ta1'GLYPH, n., a perpendicularly channelled tablet of the Doric ieze, so called because of the three angular channels in it. A metope
CYCLOPEDIA.
LESSON IX.
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