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Title: An illustrated dictionary of words used in art and archaeology. Explaining terms frequently used in works on architecture, arms, bronzes, Christian art, colour, costume, decoration, devices, emblems, heraldry, lace, personal ornaments, pottery, painting, sculpture, &c, with their derivations
Year: 1883 (1880s)
Authors: Mollett, John W. (John William)
Subjects: Art Archaeology -- Dictionaries
Publisher: London, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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ist. (See Tricerion.) Dichalcon, Gr. (5ixaA.K:os, i. e. double-chalcos). A small Greek copper coin worthonly one-fourth or one-fifth of an obolus. Dichoria, Gr. (St-xopia, i. e. division ofchorus). When the ancient choruses dividedinto two, to recite in turn a part of the actionof a play, or mutually to interchange sentiments,this action was called ^/c//(;r/a; each half of thechorus was called Iiemichoria (r)ij.ixopia), andeach stanza antichoria (avrixopia). Dicken, O. E. The devil. Odds dickens ! Dicker, O. E. Half a score. Dicomos, Gr. (ku/llos, a feast). A banquet-ing-song, which was sung at tlie second courseof the feast at the festivals of Bacchus. Dicrotos, Dicrotus, Gr. (Si-KpoTos, lit. double-beating). The Greek name for a vessel with twobanks of oars, the Roman bireniis. Dictynnia (Si/cTuc/r, a hunters net). A Cretanfestival in honour of Artemis. Dictyotheton, Gr. (from Hktvov, a net). Akind of masonry composed of regularly-cutsquare stones, forming, in a wall so constructed.
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Fig. 250. Dictyotheton. a net-work or chess-board pattern. It answeredto the opus reticitlatitnt of the Romans. Didrachma, Didrachmum, Gr. (5i-Spax/uo^).A double silver draclima of tlie Greek coinage,which was worth about two shillings. Die. In Architecture, for dado, or the part ofa pedestal that would correspond to the dado(q.v.). .Alxl :\.\l) i\l\\^ll/lA)i.()(,\ Die-sinking. The art of cngiaving on slcclniouhls, nicilals, coins, an<l inscriptions. Difference, DiiFerencing, Her. An acklitionto,or some change in, a coat-of-arms, introducedfor the purpose of distinguishing coats wliicli intlieir )iriniary qualities are the same. Differ-encing is sometimes used in the same sense asCadency; but, strictly, it is distinct, having refer-ence to alliance and dependency, without blood-relationship, or to the system adopted for distin-gnisliing similar coats-of-arms. (Botitci/.) Digitale, R. (digitus, a finger). A kind ofglove worn by the Sarmatians, an example ofwhich may be seen on Traja

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