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• GARGOYLE, or GURGOYLE (from the Fr. gargouille, originally the throat or gullet, cf. Lat. gurgulio, gula, and similar words derived from root gar, to swallow, the word representing the gurgling sound of water; Ital. doccia di grande; Ger. Ausguss)

GARGOYLE, or GURGOYLE (from the Fr. gargouille, originally the 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 or gullet, cf. See also:

• LAT

Lat. gurgulio, See also:

• GULA

gula, and similar words derived from See also:

• ROOT (late O.E. rot, adopted from Scand., cf. Norw. and Swed. rot, Dan. rod; the true O.E. word was wyrt, plant, represented in Ger. Wurz or Wurzel; the ultimate root is the same in both words, and is seen in Lat. radix)
• ROOT, ELIHU (1845– )

root gar, to See also:

• SWALLOW (A. S. swalewe, Icel. svala, Du. zwaluw, Ger. Schwalbe)

swallow, the word representing the gurgling See also:

• SOUND
• SOUND, THE (Danish Oresund)

sound of See also:

• WATER

water; Ital. doccia di grande; Ger. Ausguss)  , in See also:

• ARCHITECTURE (Lat. architectura, from the Gr. ap)(LTEKrwv, a master-builder)

architecture, the carved termination to a spout which conveys away the See also:

• WATER

water from the gutters . Gargoyles are mostly See also:

• GROTESQUE

grotesque figures . The See also:

• TERM

term is applied more especially to See also:

• MEDIEVAL

medieval See also:

• WORK

work, but throughout all ages some means of throwing the water oil the See also:

• ROOFS

roofs, when not conveyed in gutters, has been adopted, and in See also:

• EGYPT

Egypt there are gargoyles to eject the water used in the washing of the sacred vessels which would seem to have been done on the See also:

• FLAT (a modification of O. Eng. flet, an obsolete word of Teutonic origin, meaning the ground beneath the feet)

flat roofs of the temples . In See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek temples the water from the roof passed through the mouths of lions whose heads were carved or modelled in the See also:

• MARBLE (from Lat. marmor, Gr. pApµapos, shining stone)

marble or terra-See also:

• COTTA
• COTTA, BERNHARD VON (1808—1879)
• COTTA, GAIUS AURELIUS (c. 124—73 B.c.)

cotta cymatium of the See also:

• CORNICE (Fr. corniche, Ital. cornice)

cornice . At See also:

• POMPEII

Pompeii large See also:

• NUMBERS, BOOK OF
• NUMBERS, PARTITION OF

numbers of terra-cotta gargoyles have been found which were modelled in the shape of various animals .