ENCAUSTIC • E-FREE TRANSLATION.COM • Definition of Encaustic

... massive stairs leads directly from the Mall to the arcade or hall under the drive, through which the visitor may pass to the Lower Terrace, which is on the same level. This hall is paved, and the walls and ceiling are inlaid with beautiful designs in encaustic tiles. It is now used as a refreshment room. The Terrace is constructed almost entirely of Albert freestone, and is very massive and beautiful in design. It is elaborately and exquisitely carved with appropriate figures and emblems, some ...

— Lights and Shadows of New York Life - or, the Sights and Sensations of the Great City • James D. McCabe