Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for TRIG'LYPH
TRI-GIN'TALSTRI-GLYPH'IC, or TRI-GLYPH'IC-AL
TRIG'LYPH, n. [Gr. τρεις, three, and γλυφη, sculpture.]
An ornament in the frieze of the Doric column, repeated at equal intervals. Each triglyph consists of two entire gutters or channels, cut to a right angle, called glyphs, and separated by three interstices, called femora. Cyc.
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