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Frustum :: Frustum (n.) One of the drums of the shaft of a column.

Cap :: Cap (n.) The uppermost of any assemblage of parts; as, the cap of column, door, etc.; a capital, coping, cornice, lintel, or plate..

Ployment :: Ployment (n.) The act or movement of forming a column from a line of troops on some designated subdivision; -- the opposite of deployment.

Spinal :: Spinal (a.) Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the backbone, or vertebral column; rachidian; vertebral..

Rest :: Rest (n.) To stand firm; to be fixed; to be supported; as, a column rests on its pedestal..

Module :: Module (n.) The size of some one part, as the diameter of semi-diameter of the base of a shaft, taken as a unit of measure by which the proportions of the other parts of the composition are regulated. Generally, for columns, the semi-diameter is taken, and divided into a certain number of parts, called minutes (see Minute), though often the diameter is taken, and any dimension is said to be so many modules and minutes in height, breadth, or projection..

Overtone :: Overtone (n.) One of the harmonics faintly heard with and above a tone as it dies away, produced by some aliquot portion of the vibrating sting or column of air which yields the fundamental tone; one of the natural harmonic scale of tones, as the octave, twelfth, fifteenth, etc.; an aliquot or partial tone; a harmonic. See Harmonic, and Tone..

Oblique :: Oblique (v. i.) To march in a direction oblique to the line of the column or platoon; -- formerly accomplished by oblique steps, now by direct steps, the men half-facing either to the right or left..

Interspinous :: Interspinous (a.) Between spines; esp., between the spinous processes of the vertebral column..

Zoisite :: Zoisite (n.) A grayish or whitish mineral occurring in orthorhombic, prismatic crystals, also in columnar masses. It is a silicate of alumina and lime, and is allied to epidote..

Predorsal :: Predorsal (a.) Situated in front of the back; immediately in front, or on the ventral side the dorsal part of the vertebral column..

Basis :: Basis (n.) The pedestal of a column, pillar, or statue..

Armature :: Armature (n.) Iron bars or framing employed for the consolidation of a building, as in sustaining slender columns, holding up canopies, etc..

Row :: Row (n.) A series of persons or things arranged in a continued line; a line; a rank; a file; as, a row of trees; a row of houses or columns..

Rib :: Rib (n.) One of the curved bones attached to the vertebral column and supporting the lateral walls of the thorax.

Pillar :: Pillar (n.) The general and popular term for a firm, upright, insulated support for a superstructure; a pier, column, or post; also, a column or shaft not supporting a superstructure, as one erected for a monument or an ornament..

Corona :: Corona (n.) The projecting part of a Classic cornice, the under side of which is cut with a recess or channel so as to form a drip. See Illust. of Column..

Substantials :: Substantialness (n.) The quality or state of being substantial; as, the substantialness of a wall or column..

Fluted :: Fluted (a.) Decorated with flutes; channeled; grooved; as, a fluted column; a fluted ruffle; a fluted spectrum..

Amphiprostyle :: Amphiprostyle (a.) Doubly prostyle; having columns at each end, but not at the sides..

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