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▪ I. griffe Archit.|grɪf|
[Fr.: see griff n.3]
A claw-shaped ornament carved at the angle of the square base of a column; a spur.
1875Encycl. Brit. II. 465/1 Griffe, a French term for an ornament at the angles of the base of early pillars, for which we have no proper equivalent. It first consisted of a single leaf, which became more elaborate, and was, no doubt, the origin of the foliated bases. 1901R. Sturgis Dict. Archit. II. 323/1 The griffe..is often used for elaborate ornamentation, being carved into vegetable or even animal form. 1905F. Bond Gothic Archit. 455 Griffes are found in Roman work in a similar position... Pliny describes griffes of lizards and frogs. 1952H. H. Saylor Dict. Archit. (1963) 79 Griffe, an ornamental form, somewhat like a claw, extending from the torus of a column base and lying on the four corners of the plinth.
▪ II. griffe
obs. form of graff n.1, n.3, v.1, grief. |