Britton, John: Chronological history and graphic illustrations of christian architecture in England: embracing a critical inquiry into the rise, progress, and perfection of this species of architecture (London: Nattali, 1835)

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tbe grassbopper on tbs ko^al Vxcbangs, anti tbs
dragon on Low spire, are still called weatber cooks.
V^vuv, ViiUDVixo. Volla, Ital. ^.n arcbed rook,
formed ok stone or brick ; or ok timber and plaster,
in imitation ok masonry. William ok Worcester,
writing in I-atin, uses tbs term votta, and in some
old autkors we kind varvte and oovte. In tbe re-
cords ok 8t. 8tepben's Vbapel, in 8mitb's Antiquities
ok We8tminster, tbe terms vonsure, perbaps mis-
printed kor vousnre, and vosura, are used to denote
vaulting.
Vivimus. pattern or desiZn kor a painted Klass
window.—Credit, ^.ntiq. vol. i. H 16.— Vrobabl^
krom t.kis Isatin word being put to a design, signi-
k)ing tbat it was approved and intended kor execution.
VicL. Vis, IH. winding or spiral stair-case is
tbus termed in tbs contract kor building Votbering-
ba^ Vburcb, in Vugdals's Vlonasticon. Vbs words
" le rvr" and " ke vix" occur, apparently in tbe same
sense, in tbe Records ok 8t. 8tepbeu's tlbapel,
in 8mitb's Westminster, p. 186, 187.—Rsoaiier L
vis, l?r. means a winding stair-case. Vis is a screw ;
-and bsnce tbe application ok tbe term to a spiral
ascent.
Voi-uvs. Vat. Volrdus, participle ok Volvo, to roll.
Vbs scroll or peculiar ornament ok tbs Ionic capital,
in (Grecian and Homan arebitecture, is so called; and
tbs term ma^ de applied to a rude imitation in some
Norman capitals.

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Wzui.-Li.zrk:. piece ok timber on Iks top ok a wall,
on wbicb ars Lxed tbs rafters kor tbe rook.—Will., ok
Worcester, Itin. p. 282.
Wzrun-r znuk. string-course moulding, or otber
projection, witb an inclined upper surface to carrz' 06
water.
Wxunkms. 8mall sspulcbral statues. In tbe abstracts
ok tbs contracts kor making tbe tomb ok Rickard
Leaucbamp, Larl ok Warwick, publisbed in Credit.
rVntiq. vol. iv. p. 13, mention is wade ok " Images
embossed ok Vordss and I-adies in divers vestures,
called weepers, to stand in bousings," about tbe tomb.
WNI8DLNIX6-6LI.I.LKV. Lotb tbs circular gallery in
tbs dome ok 8t. Laul's, and tbe octagonal passage
witbin tbs wall at tbs eastern termination ok tbs
cboir in Gloucester Vatbedral, bavs acquired tbis
appellation krom tbs quickness and facility witb
wbicb wbispers and low sounds are transmitted
tbrougb tbeir wbole extent. In tbs old pla^ ok Mbu-
ma^er, quoted in Nares's Klossarx, p. 204, tbe wbis-
pering gallery in Gloucester Vatkedral is poeticallv
termed Oloucsster's iisienirrK' wall.'
l?i6-2zs. Ik term now generally applied to an angular
kind ok moulding, in 8axon and Norman arebitecture,
resembling tbe beraldic ckevron. Vids (!»LVno«.