Pulpit was the place upon which the Comedians acted, which we now call the Stage.
Picnostyle, from πὺκνος dentus, and στὺλος columna; signifies a Building where the Pillars were very close one to another; so that the Intercolumniation had but a Diameter and a half of the Pillar.
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Udus was a sort of gross Mortar, which was made use of for smoothing, and equally filling and levelling the Superfices of the Walls, before the fine Plaister was laid on: It was likewise made use of for the second Bed or Lay of the Flooring.
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Cene signifies a Tabernacle, Tent, or Pavillion, from the Greek σκενὴ. It was in the Theatre of the Ancients a great Face or Front of Building, adjoyned with Pillars and Statues, which had three great Openings, in which were Pictures in Perspective, which represented the Lodgings where the Tragedians and Comedians dwelt.
Sabliere is a piece of Wood as long as a Beam, but not so thick.
Scotia, from σκὸτος tenebræ, Darkness, is a Member of Architecture, hollowed as a Demi-channel: It’s particularly affected in the Bases where it’s placed, between the Torus and the Astragals; it’s sometimes put under the Drip, in the Cornice of the Dorick Order.