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Vase :: Vase (n.) The body, or naked ground, of the Corinthian and Composite capital; -- called also tambour, and drum..

Stalk :: Stalk (n.) An ornament in the Corinthian capital resembling the stalk of a plant, from which the volutes and helices spring..

Acanthus :: Acanthus (n.) An ornament resembling the foliage or leaves of the acanthus (Acanthus spinosus); -- used in the capitals of the Corinthian and Composite orders.

Isthmian :: Isthmian (a.) Of or pertaining to an isthmus, especially to the Isthmus of Corinth, in Greece..

Corinthian :: Corinthian (a.) Debauched in character or practice; impure.

Corinth :: Corinth (n.) A small fruit; a currant.

Corinth :: Corinth (n.) A city of Greece, famed for its luxury and extravagance..

Cauliculus :: Cauliculus (n.) In the Corinthian capital, one of the eight stalks rising out of the lower leafage and terminating in leaves which seem to support the volutes. See Illust. of Corinthian order, under Corinthian..

Mutule :: Mutule (n.) A projecting block worked under the corona of the Doric corice, in the same situation as the modillion of the Corinthian and Composite orders. See Illust. of Gutta..

Fusarole :: Fusarole (n.) A molding generally placed under the echinus or quarter round of capitals in the Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian orders of architecture..

Corinthian :: Corinthian (a.) Of or pertaining to an amateur sailor or yachtsman; as, a corinthian race (one in which the contesting yachts must be manned by amateurs.).

Basket :: Basket (n.) The bell or vase of the Corinthian capital.

Corinthian :: Corinthian (n.) A gay, licentious person..

Composite :: Composite (v. t.) Belonging to a certain order which is composed of the Ionic order grafted upon the Corinthian. It is called also the Roman or the Italic order, and is one of the five orders recognized by the Italian writers of the sixteenth century. See Capital..

Corinthiac :: Corinthiac (a.) Pertaining to Corinth.

Scamillus :: Scamillus (n.) A sort of second plinth or block, below the bases of Ionic and Corinthian columns, generally without moldings, and of smaller size horizontally than the pedestal..

Sisyphus :: Sisyphus (n.) A king of Corinth, son of Aeolus, famed for his cunning. He was killed by Theseus, and in the lower world was condemned by Pluto to roll to the top of a hill a huge stone, which constantly rolled back again, making his task incessant..

Corinthian :: Corinthian (n.) A native or inhabitant of Corinth.

Helix :: Helix (n.) A caulicule or little volute under the abacus of the Corinthian capital.

Volute :: Volute (n.) A spiral scroll which forms the chief feature of the Ionic capital, and which, on a much smaller scale, is a feature in the Corinthian and Composite capitals. See Illust. of Capital, also Helix, and Stale..

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