, or Saloon, in Architecture, a grand, lofty, spacious sort of hall, vaulted at top, and usually comprehending two stories, with two ranges of windows. It is sometimes built square, sometimes round or oval, sometimes octagonal, as at Marly, and sometimes in other forms.
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Entry taken from A Mathematical and Philosophical Dictionary, by Charles Hutton, 1796.
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