Does anyone know
the proper name for a gargoyle which does not have a water drain in it?
Wikipedia comes up with "grotesque" and "chimera" both of which are probably part right, but I'm sure there is a more precise name for it - Unless I'm hallucinating again.
Otherwise, what unusual things have you hallucinated/dreamt recently?
(onefishtwofish Redfishbluefish, Wed 30 Sep 2009, 21:12, 8 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

www.stonecarver.com/gargoyle.html
( girlinthehole, Wed 30 Sep 2009, 21:19, Reply)

Yep, but
there still is something more precise - A grotesque can be inside a building as well - What I'm trying to remember can only be found right on the edge of a roof. (I think)
(onefishtwofish Redfishbluefish, Wed 30 Sep 2009, 21:28, Reply)

Pfft!
You need experts and we are general know-it-all's.
( girlinthehole, Wed 30 Sep 2009, 21:30, Reply)

My ex wife.

( The Resident Loon Not a demographic. Do not measure., Wed 30 Sep 2009, 21:26, Reply)

"Grotesque" is indeed the word.
can be internal or external.
all that is that it doesn't have a "throat"...
my grandfather was a stonemason.
( blaireau69 , the Cumbrian Travis Bickle., Wed 30 Sep 2009, 22:04, Reply)

Corbel.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:TwoKilpeckCorbels.jpg
( Cawl, Wed 30 Sep 2009, 22:23, Reply)

nah mate...
Corbel refers to the way the stone in this link projects out from the wall, creating support for the masonry and timber above. Corbel does not refer to whether or not the stone is carved.
( blaireau69 , the Cumbrian Travis Bickle., Wed 30 Sep 2009, 22:39, Reply)

'the proper name for a gargoyle which does not have a water drain in it?'
A carving
(Captain Placid 24/7 ball gags, brownie mix and clown porn, Thu 1 Oct 2009, 6:39, Reply)