Flutes, the small channels which run from top to bottom of the shaft of most columns in Classic architecture.

Forum, the place of general assembly in a Roman city, as the Agora was in a Greek.

Fresco, painting executed upon a plastered wall while the plaster is still wet.

Fret, an ornament made up of squares and L-shaped lines, in use in Greek architecture.

Garth, the central space round which a cloister is carried.

Girder, a beam.

Grouted, said of masonry or brickwork, treated with liquid mortar to fill up all crevices and interstices.

Guttæ, small pendent features in Greek and Roman Doric cornices, resembling rows of wooden pegs.

Hexastyle, of six columns.

Honeysuckle Ornament, a decoration constantly introduced into Assyrian and Greek architecture, founded upon the flower of the honeysuckle.