Gargoyles or what? * COMPLETED

[Malcolm Bull]

I know that a gargoyle is a grotesque carved human or animal face or figure projecting from a building, as a spout to carry water clear of the wall.  Is it still called a gargoyle if it is a solid figure and does not let water flow through, or is there another word for it?

[Huckleberry]

A gargoyle has a water outlet, a "grotesque" is solid.

[Malcolm Bull]

Thanks.  That's all I wanted to know