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FAUCES (a Latin plural word for " throat "; the singular faux is rarely found)

FAUCES (a Latin plural word for " See also:
THROAT (O. Eng. protu, prote or }Prota, possibly from preotan, to press, whence threat, or, with loss of initial s, connected with strut, to swell)
throat "; the singular faux is rarely found) , in See also:

anatomy, the hinder See also:

PART

part of the mouth, which leads into the pharynx; also an architectural See also:

TERM

term given by See also:

VITRUVIUS (MARCUS VITRUVIUS POLLIO)

Vitruvius to narrow passages on either See also:

side of the See also:

TABLINUM (or tabulinum, from tabula, board, picture)

tablinum, through which See also:

ACCESS (Lat. accessus)

access could be obtained from the See also:

ATRIUM (either from ater, black, referring to the blackening of the walls from the smoke of the hearth, or from the Greek aiOpeov, open to the sky, or from an Etruscan town, Atria, where the style of building is supposed to have originated)

atrium to the peristylar See also:

court in the See also:

REAR

rear .

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