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BALCONY (Ital. balcone from balco, scaffold; cf. O. H. Ger. balcho, beam, Mod. Ger. Balken, Eng. balk)

BALCONY (Ital. balcone from balco, See also:
SCAFFOLD
SCAFFOLD, SCAFFOLDING (from the O. Fr. escafaut, originally escafalt, modern echafaud, a corruption of the Italian or Spanish calafalco, a platform, especially a canopy over a bier, a catafalque; this word is composed of O. Span. altar, O. Ital. catare, t
scaffold; cf. O. H. Ger. balcho, See also:
BEAM
BEAM (from the O. Eng. beam, cf. Ger. Baum, a tree, to which sense may be referred the use of " beam " as meaning the rood or crucifix, and the survival in certain names of trees, as horn-beam)
beam, Mod. Ger. Balken, Eng. balk) , a See also:

KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind of See also:

PLATFORM (Fr. plateforme, i.e. ground plan)

platform projecting from the See also:

wall of a See also:

BUILDING

building, supported by columns or See also:

CONSOLE (a French form, supposed to be an abbreviation of consolide, from Lat. consolidare, to strengthen)

console brackets, and enclosed with a See also:

BALUSTRADE

balustrade. Sometimes balconies are adapted for ceremonial purposes, e.g. that of St See also:

Peter's at See also:

Rome, whence the newly elected See also:

pope gives his blessing urbi et orbi. Inside churches balconies are sometimes provided for the singers, and in banqueting halls and the like for the musicians. In theatres the " balcony " was formerly a See also:

STAGE (Fr. 6/age; from Lat. stare, to stand)

stage-See also:

box, but the name is now usually confined to the See also:

PART

part of the auditorium above the See also:

DRESS (from the Fr. dresser, to set out, arrange, formed from Lat. directus, arranged, dirigere, to direct, arrange)

dress circle and below the See also:

GALLERY (through Ital. galleria, from Med. Lat. galeria, of which the origin is unknown)

gallery.

End of Article: BALCONY (Ital. balcone from balco, scaffold; cf. O. H. Ger. balcho, beam, Mod. Ger. Balken, Eng. balk)

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