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victualer (medicine)


victualer


1. One who furnishes victuals.

2. One who keeps a house of Entertainment; a tavern keeper; an innkeeper.

3. A vessel employed to carry provisions, usually for military or naval use; a provision use; a provision ship.

4. One who deals in grain; a corn factor. Licensed victualer. See Licensed.

Origin: F. Victuailleur

Alternative forms: victualler.

Source: Websters Dictionary


stalactite work (sh)




or muqarnas

Honeycomb-like Islamic architectural ornamentation formed by the intricate corbeling (see corbel) of squinches (see Byzantine architecture), brackets, and inverted pyramids in overlapping tiers.

It appeared in the early 12th century throughout the Islamic world; a frequent use was to overlay the transitional zone between domes and their supports. It reached its highest development in the 14th-15th century, when it became the usual decoration for door heads, niches, and the bracketing under cornices and minaret galleries. Rich examples are found in the Alhambra and Other Moorish works in Spain.