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diglyph Arch.|ˈdaɪglɪf| [mod. ad. Gr. δίγλυϕ-ος doubly indented, f. δι- twice + γλύϕειν to carve; cf. F. diglyphe (Littré).] An ornament consisting of a projecting face or tablet with two vertical grooves or channels. (Cf. triglyph.)
1727–51Chambers Cycl., Diglyph, a kind of imperfect triglyph, console, or the like, with only two chanels, or engravings, instead of three. 1823P. Nicholson Pract. Build. 584 Diglyph, a tablet with two engravings or channels. 1854E. de Warren tr. De Saulcy's Round Dead Sea II. 254 These metopes are divided from each other by triglyphs, which may be called more correctly diglyphs, as they only bear two flutes and two drops. |