Respond

Respond

A respond is a half-pier or half-pillar which is bonded into a wall and designed to carry the springer at one end of an arch.

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Famous quotes containing the word respond:

    We respond to a drama to that extent to which it corresponds to our dreamlife.
    David Mamet (b. 1947)

    Speak, Lord; for thy servant heareth.
    Bible: Hebrew Eli, in 1 Samuel, 3:9.

    Advice to Samuel, on how to respond to God’s call.

    If you say to me: “Master, it would seem that you weren’t too terribly wise to have written these bits of nonsense and pleasant mockeries,” I respond that you are hardly more so in finding amusement in reading them.
    François Rabelais (1494–1553)