grillade (grilad)

[F. grillade, [ grating, frame, also broiling, 2. In lace, a background of separate bars or brides, not wo IMG:content-2677.jpg:[graphic] ven together into a texture. Keary , Prim. Belief, p. 32. That is an African amulet that hangs about his neck a greegree. G. W. Cable, The Century, XXXI. 523. grilll (gril), v. [Sc. also transposed girl; IF. grille, grat ing: see grill2, n.] 1. A piece of openwork or grating, usually of metal, wrought iron. Specifically -(a) When orna as Grille.-San Giacomo di Rialto, Venice. IMG:content-2678.png:[blocks in formation] closed by a grille in metal. The intercolumniation on either side must have been C. T. Newton, Art and Archæol., p. 341. (b) A grating serving as a gate; also, a metallic grating closing a small opening, as in a door, allowing an inmate to answer inquiries and examine applicants for admi ion without opening the door. At the further end of the court is the grille, a square opening adjacent to the main wall. Encyc. Brit., XXIIL. 179. (c) The large grating separating a convent parlor into two parts, visitors being allowed only on one side of it. 2. In pisciculture, an apparatus for holding fish eggs during incubation, consisting of a rectangular wooden frame 20 inches long and from 7 to 8 inches wide, into which are fastened small cylindrical gla tubes, closely placed. When in use, these grilles are placed in a series of rectangular boxes (a grille in each box) arranged in flights, so that the water pa es readily from the highest through the intervening ones to the lowest. The water enters from the top near one during incubation eon sisting corner, and after pa ing through the box goes out through the spout at the diagonally opposite corner.