Vivian, in spite of his philosophy, felt the excitement of the moment. He has been growing worse lately and any excitement is dreadful for him. Mrs. Armstrong's air of excitement was very much in evidence. There was excitement on board of the Uncas the instant Clif's cry was heard.
Plaque or placque may refer to: 1  Commemorative plaque, a plate or tablet fixed to a wall to mark an event, person, etc. 2  Plaquette, a small plaque in bronze or other materials. 3  Memorial Plaque (medallion), issued to next-of-kin of dead British military personnel after World War 4  I. Plaque, a rectangular casino token.
In architecture a corbel is a structural piece of stone, wood or metal jutting from a wall to carry a superincumbent weight, a type of bracket. A corbel is a solid piece of material in the wall, whereas a console is a piece applied to the structure. A piece of timber projecting in the same way was called a tassel or a bragger in the UK. The technique of corbelling, where rows of corbels deeply keyed inside a wall support a projecting wall or parapet, has been used since Neolithic, or New Sto