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• Pier — Pier, n. [OE. pere, OF. piere a stone, F. pierre, fr. L. petra, Gr. ?. Cf. {Petrify}.] 1. (Arch.) (a) Any detached mass of masonry, whether insulated or supporting one side of an arch or lintel, as of a bridge; the piece of wall between two… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Pier glass — Pier Pier, n. [OE. pere, OF. piere a stone, F. pierre, fr. L. petra, Gr. ?. Cf. {Petrify}.] 1. (Arch.) (a) Any detached mass of masonry, whether insulated or supporting one side of an arch or lintel, as of a bridge; the piece of wall between two… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Pier table — Pier Pier, n. [OE. pere, OF. piere a stone, F. pierre, fr. L. petra, Gr. ?. Cf. {Petrify}.] 1. (Arch.) (a) Any detached mass of masonry, whether insulated or supporting one side of an arch or lintel, as of a bridge; the piece of wall between two… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• pier — [pir] n. [ME per < ML pera, ult. < ? or akin to L petra, stone < Gr, rock] 1. a heavy structure supporting the spans of a bridge, esp., as distinguished from an abutment, one supporting the adjacent ends of two center spans of a long… …   English World dictionary

• Pier Giuseppe Monateri — is Professor of Private Law at the University of Turin Faculty of Law; Member of the Academy of Sciences University of Bologna; Member of the International Academy of Comparative Law; Vice President of the Italian Association of Law and… …   Wikipedia

• pier — ► NOUN 1) a structure leading out to sea and used as a landing stage for boats or as a place of entertainment. 2) Brit. a long narrow structure projecting from an airport terminal and giving access to an aircraft. 3) the pillar of an arch or… …   English terms dictionary

• Pier — supporting pillar of any cross section, from square to multishafted ♦ Mass of masonry, as distinct from a column, from which an arch springs. Also used, less correctly, for pillar or column in Gothic architecture. (Wood, Margaret. The English… …   Medieval glossary

• Pier Angeli — Infobox actor name = Pier Angeli imagesize = caption =Pier Angeli on the cover of her biography birthname = Anna Maria Pierangeli birthdate = June 19, 1932 location = Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy deathdate = Death date and age|1971|9|10|1932|6|19… …   Wikipedia

• Pier Luigi Nervi — Infobox Engineer image size = caption = name = Pier Luigi Nervi nationality = Italian birth date =birth date|1891|6|21|mf=y birth place = Sondrio, Italy death date =Death date and age|1979|1|9|1891|6|21 death place = education = University of… …   Wikipedia

• pier —    A sculptural and an architectural term with several possible meanings. It is most commonly a platform extending from a shore over water and supported by piles or pillars, used either as a mooring for ships or boats, or for entertainments of… …   Glossary of Art Terms

• pier — noun 1》 a structure leading out to sea and used as a landing stage for boats or as a place of entertainment.     ↘a breakwater or mole. 2》 Brit. a long, narrow structure projecting from an airport terminal and giving access to an aircraft. 3》 the …   English new terms dictionary