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Definition of Arcades
1. arcade [v] - See also: arcade
Lexicographical Neighbors of Arcades
Literary usage of Arcades
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"I. ventral aspect; 2, posterior: v profile, showing the enormous process at the
hinder end of the lower jaw. of lizards and the chameleons have two arcades. ..."
2. Shaw's Civil Architecture: Being a Complete Theoretical and Practical System by Edward Shaw (1852)
"arcades AND ARCHES. The arch is, without doubt, a Roman invention ... We have
given, in plate 40, designs for arcades with and without pedestals. ..."
3. The Ruins and Excavations of Ancient Rome: A Companion Book for Students and by Rodolfo Amedeo Lanciani (1897)
"... URBS SACRA REGIONUM XIV arcades towards the Caelian. The date of this event
must be restricted to the period between 1332 and 1362. ..."
4. The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart by John Milton, John Mitford, Walter Scott (1850)
"arcades. Part of an Entertainment presented to the Countess Dowager of Derby, at
Harefield, by some noble persons of her family; who appear on the scene in ..."
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