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Guttae
Originally from Greek architecture (600 - 400 B.C.), these are the small ornaments that finish the bottom of a triglyph. These can be very decorative and have been translated onto many triglyphs and brackets.
Guttae - Small drop-like projections carved below the tenia under each triglyph on a Doric architrave.
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Gutta (GUT a) Plural: guttae (GUT ee)
Small drop-like projections carved below a triglyph or below a Doric entablature.
Also called a "drop." ...
guttae: small peg-like projections carved on the top of the architrave, beneath the mutules and triglyphs of a Doric entablature.
Guttae - Small block-shaped ornaments, resembling drops of water, used in a Doric frieze, or architrave.
Half-hip - Roof, generally gable, which terminates in a small hip at the ridge.
Gutta - Droplike element found underneath a triglyph or in a mutule
Gothic Arch - Arch with pointed top
Guilloche - Molding resembling twisted rope ...
Each mutule typically had three rows of six guttae (decorative conical projections) protruding from its underside. The gaps between the mutules are termed viae (roads).
Rectangular block under the soffit of the cornice of the Greek Doric temple, which is studded with guttae.
Opening for a firearm.Gushet(Scots): A triangular or wedge-shaped piece of land, or the corner building on such a site.Guttae
Stylized drops below the triglyphs of the frieze in the Doric order of classical architecture.
Guttae - small projections under the triglyphs in a doric frieze. Said to represent pegs used in the original timber construction.
Metope - the square space between triglyphs in a doric frieze.
 See also: Architecture, Doric, Ornament, Triglyph, Guttae
  
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