peristyle (peristil)

[= F. péristyle = Sp. peristilo Pg. per i stylo, peristilo, perystilio = It. peristilo, peristilio, under Greek and opisthodomos. A wider pa age than the entrance leads peristyle, or principal apartment of the house. .. to the J. Fergu on, Hist. Arch., I. 370. per i synovial (per"i-si-nõ'vi-al), a. [ That gives our most perite and dextrous artists the greatest trouble, and is longest finishing. peristethium (per-i-stē'thi-um), n.; pl. periste- thia (-a). [NL., περί , around, + στῆθος, the breast.] In entom . , a name given by Kirby to that part of the lower surface of the thorax which lies in front of the sockets of the middle legs and is limited laterally by the pleure. It q. v.] In bot . , same as perithecium . Kirby limited to the part of the peristethium between the perithecial (per-i-thesi-al), a. [ perithecium Evelyn, Sculpture, iv.