Empais´tic (Gr. ἐμπαιστική; from ἐν, in, and παίω, to stamp). Stamped and embossed work of metal; also sheets of metal applied or inlaid.
Entab´lature (Lat. intabulamentum; from tabula, board, table). In the Greek styles the whole of the structure above the columns, excepting the gable. The entablature consists of three members: the epistyle, or architrave, joining the columns and taking the place of the wall; the frieze, standing before, and in the Doric style imitating, the ceiling and its beams; and the terminal cornice, the representative of the ends of the roof rafters.
En´tasis (Gr.; from ἐντείνω, to bend a bow). The swelling of the column towards its middle, the object of which is to counteract an optical delusion causing the diminished shaft, when formed with absolutely straight lines, to appear hollowed in the centre.
Epina´os (formed by analogy with pronaos; from Gr. ἐπί, after, behind, and ναός, naos). The open vestibule behind the naos.
Ep´istyle (Gr. ἐπιστύλιον; from ἐπί, after, upon, and στῦλος, column). The lower member of the entablature, the representative of the wall, consisting, as the name imports, of beams laid horizontally upon the capitals of the columns. The epistyle is commonly spoken of by its Roman name, architrave.
Fascine´ (Lat. fascina; from fascis, bundle). A bundle of long, thin sticks employed in military engineering for filling ditches, raising parapets, etc.
Fil´let (Fr. filet, thread; from Lat. filum). A ribbon; a narrow, flat band used in the separation of one moulding from another. Especially the ridge between the flutes of the Ionic shaft.
Flute. In architectural usage, a curved and usually semicircular furrow, separated from its repetition by a narrow fillet, as in the Ionic column. So called from its similarity to the musical instrument.
Frieze (Ital. freggio, adorned?). The second member of the entablature. When enriched by carvings of men or animals in relief, as is common in the Ionic style, and as occurs upon the cella wall of the Doric Parthenon, the frieze is in classic architecture called zophoros.
Gar´goyle (Fr. gargouille; from gargouiller, to dabble, to paddle). A carved waterspout projecting from the gutter.