spike - a sharp rise followed by a sharp decline; "the seismograph showed a sharp spike in response to the temblor"
downfall, fall - a sudden decline in strength or number or importance; "the fall of the House of Hapsburg"
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In the Spike Lee film Do The Right Thing, many characters spend the hot summer afternoon on their stoops.
Zaqaziq: A spiked hurdle used in field fortifications (Mamluk). (Arabic)
Zariba: 1) An Abbasid encampment surrounded by ditches and brushwood. 2) An Abbasid woven field defencework for protecting archers. (Abbasid) ...
Sage - (Scottish) a rectangular metal bar with a spike at right angles at each end, which can be hammered into sarking boards. Used by slaters to dress slates while on a roof. Also referred to as an "edge" or "top edge".
Wall hook - A flat spike with a turned up head, driven into a wall bed joint as a heavy fastener and used for shores or to carry a pipe.
Wall joint - A hidden mortar joint parallel to the face of a wall.
Santiago Calatrava's original plans called for a soaring yet delicate spike design. Those plans were modified to make the terminal more secure. The number of "ribs" increased and the wing-like forms lost some of their delicacy.
Two joists or rafters spiked together and run parallel to joists or roof rafters to supply needed support to a floor, ceiling or roof opening.
trompe l'oeil
fool the eye painting that is so naturalistic as to appear real or three-dimensional.
Older buildings that are actually constructed using this method generally show signs of distress at the corners and spikes can generally be seen added to the corner to try to reinforce it.
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Perennial hares or small shrubs native to the Mediterranean and having pinnately lobed basal leaves with spiny margins and showy spikes of white or purplish flowers.
Leaf used in Corinthian column capitals.
SpikeA thin spire of timber and lead, rising from the centre of a tower roof.Spiral stairA stair in a circular well with a central supporting newel. Also called a vice or (Scots) turnpike stair.
A building with a long roof should also be fitted with a horizontal conductor along the ridge, and to this aigrettes (fig. 3) should be attached; a simpler method is to support the cable by holdfasts armed with a spike (fig. 4).
 See also: House, Ground, Well, Frame, Floor
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