oriol

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oriol - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Oriel \O"ri*el\, n. [OF. oriol gallery, corridor, LL. oriolum
     portico, hall, prob. fr. L. aureolus gilded, applied to an
     apartment decorated with gilding. See Oriole.] [Formerly
     written also oriol, oryal, oryall.]
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     1. A gallery for minstrels. [Obs.] --W. Hamper.
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     2. A small apartment next a hall, where certain persons were
        accustomed to dine; a sort of recess. [Obs.] --Cowell.
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     3. (Arch.) A bay window. See Bay window.
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              The beams that thro' the oriel shine
              Make prisms in every carven glass.    --Tennyson.
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     Note: There is no generally admitted difference between a bay
           window and an oriel. In the United States the latter
           name is often applied to bay windows which are small,
           and either polygonal or round; also, to such as are
           corbeled out from the wall instead of resting on the
           ground.
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  Oriol \O"ri*ol\, n.
     See Oriel.
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