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Meanings of doric in English
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Examples for "mid northern scots"
Examples for "mid northern scots"
1
Suidas gives the titles of several medical works written by him in the Doric dialect.
2
His works are written in the Doric dialect.
3
It is written in the Doric dialect, and contains several words which do not occur in classical Greek.
Usage of doric in English
1
The house was tall and stately with white doric columns across the front.
2
That long balcony there, with the doric columns-nothingshoddy about that-it'sthe real thing.
3
His style is impressive from its doric simplicity.
4
You have admired its doric façade and the deep, green groves that embrace it on every side.
5
The mansion, indeed, was of princely front, with chiselled fa‡ade and great doric windows of deep fluted mouldings, grand in outline.
6
The mainland of Greece was the especial home of the Doric order.
7
Each of these wings was in the form of a Doric temple.
8
It was in the Doric style, and was faced with Parian marble.
9
I walked around it, and read, over the Doric door, in German:
10
She is dressed in a heavy Doric chiton, open at the side.
11
The pediment is flatter than of the Doric order, and more elaborate.
12
The temple is a Doric building, and outside it is a colonnade.
13
Doric beauty is its characteristic-perfectsimplicity, without any ornament or anything artificial.
14
But the pilasters, the door paneling, positively Doric in their clean sobriety!
15
There are two principal orders in Greek architecture, the Doric and the Ionic.
16
For years, I had eyed a striking overhang just left of the Doric.
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