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Webster 1913 Edition
Porch
Porch
,Noun.
1.
(Arch.)
A covered and inclosed entrance to a building, whether taken from the interior, and forming a sort of vestibule within the main wall, or projecting without and with a separate roof. Sometimes the porch is large enough to serve as a covered walk. See also
Carriage porch
, under Carriage
, and Loggia
. The graceless Helen in the
Of Vesta’s temple.
porch
I spiedOf Vesta’s temple.
Dryden.
2.
A portico; a covered walk.
[Obs.]
Repair to Pompey's
porch
, where you shall find find us. Shakespeare
The Porch
, a public portico, or great hall, in Athens, where Zeno, the philosopher, taught his disciples; hence, sometimes used as equivalent to the school of the Stoics. It was called
ἡ ποικίλη στοά
. [See Poicile
.]Webster 1828 Edition
Porch
PORCH
,Noun.
1.
In architecture, a kind of vestibule supported by columns at the entrance of temples, halls, churches or other buildings.2.
A portico; a covered walk.3.
By way of distinction, the porch, was a public portico in Athens, where Zeno, the philosopher, taught his disciples. It was called the painted porch, from the pictures of Polygnotus and other eminent painters, with which it was adorned. Hence, the Porch is equivalent to the school of the Stoics.