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Vault
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Arched ceiling or roof, usually in brick or stone. |
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Veneer
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To overlay or face with another superior wood. |
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Ventilate
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To admit fresh air, air for circulation. |
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Vernacular
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In architecture, of traditional and indigenous historical style. |
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Villa
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A country house. |
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Village
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Any small assemblage of houses less than a town. |
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Vista
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A view or prospect through or as through an avenue, trees that form an avenue. |
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Volumetric
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Relating to the three dimensional qualities of a space. |
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Volute
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Spiral scroll carved on the capital of an Ionic column. |
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Voussoir
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Wedge-shaped block, one of a number used to form an arch. |