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Tetrastyle :: Tetrastyle (a.) Having four columns in front; -- said of a temple, portico, or colonnade..

Rachis :: Rachis (n.) The spine; the vertebral column.

Pilaster :: Pilaster (n.) An upright architectural member right-angled in plan, constructionally a pier (See Pier, 1 (b)), but architecturally corresponding to a column, having capital, shaft, and base to agree with those of the columns of the same order. In most cases the projection from the wall is one third of its width, or less..

Cantoned :: Cantoned (a.) Having the angles marked by, or decorated with, projecting moldings or small columns; as, a cantoned pier or pilaster..

Pedestal :: Pedestal (n.) The base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like; the part on which an upright work stands. It consists of three parts, the base, the die or dado, and the cornice or surbase molding. See Illust. of Column..

Bague :: Bague (n.) The annular molding or group of moldings dividing a long shaft or clustered column into two or more parts.

Prostyle :: Prostyle (a.) Having columns in front.

Bracket :: Bracket (n.) A gas fixture or lamp holder projecting from the face of a wall, column, or the like..

Columelliform :: Columelliform (a.) Shaped like a little column, or columella..

In Antis :: In antis () Between antae; -- said of a portico in classical style, where columns are set between two antae, forming the angles of the building. See Anta..

Modiolus :: Modiolus (n.) The central column in the osseous cochlea of the ear.

Shaft :: Shaft (n.) The body of a column; the cylindrical pillar between the capital and base (see Illust. of Column). Also, the part of a chimney above the roof. Also, the spire of a steeple..

Diphycercal :: Diphycercal (a.) Having the tail fin divided into two equal parts by the notochord, or end of the vertebral column; protocercal. See Protocercal..

Pycnite :: Pycnite (n.) A massive subcolumnar variety of topaz.

Perichordal :: Perichordal (a.) Around the notochord; as, a perichordal column. See Epichordal..

Pygostyle :: Pygostyle (n.) The plate of bone which forms the posterior end of the vertebral column in most birds; the plowshare bone; the vomer. It is formed by the union of a number of the last caudal vertebrae, and supports the uropigium..

Slip :: Slip (n.) A portion of the columns of a newspaper or other work struck off by itself; a proof from a column of type when set up and in the galley.

Spine :: Spine (n.) The backbone, or spinal column, of an animal; -- so called from the projecting processes upon the vertebrae..

Cable :: Cable (n.) A molding, shaft of a column, or any other member of convex, rounded section, made to resemble the spiral twist of a rope; -- called also cable molding..

Semicolumnar :: Semicolumnar (a.) Like a semicolumn; flat on one side and round on the other; imperfectly columnar.

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