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Definition of Imbrices
1. imbrex [n] - See also: imbrex
Lexicographical Neighbors of Imbrices
Literary usage of Imbrices
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Papers of the Archaeological Institute of America by Archaeological Institute of America, William Cranston Lawton, Joseph Silas Diller, Joseph Thacher Clarke (1898)
"the corners of these imbrices to receive the ends of those in the courses above
or below them, ... CORNERS OF imbrices, ROUGHLY CUT FOR JOINTING. in Fig. ..."
2. Notes & Queries for Somerset and Dorset (1891)
"E AND imbrices.—From the often finding of Roman tiles here and in many other
parts of our two counties a query about them may be held to be a local one, ..."
3. Bulletin of the Essex Institute by Essex Institute (1891)
"In some cases courses of imbrices are close together, and the tiles are often
... Certosa and Milan rows of imbrices witli their concave faces uppermost are ..."
4. A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities by William Smith (1891)
"was done by the use of semicylindrical tiles called imbrices ... The first woodcut
on preceding page shows the section of three imbrices found nt Pompeii, ..."
5. A Dictionary of Roman and Greek Antiquities with Nearly 2000 Engravings on by Anthony Rich (1874)
"Formed in undulations like the imbrices of a roof. Plin. ... and imbrices); the
usual manner in which the Greeks and Romans protected the timber-work in the ..."
6. Handbook for Travellers in Greece: Including the Ionian Islands, Continental by John Murray (Firm) (1884)
"The junction along the ridge-tree was formed of closely fitted curved tiles, of
similar pattern to the imbrices, but much larger size. ..."
7. The Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary and Greek Lexicon: Forming by Anthony Rich (1849)
"Formed in undulations like the imbrices of a roof. Plin. ff. N. ix. ... covered with
a series of flat and ridge- tiles (tegula and imbrices); ..."
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