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Bilection :: Bilection (n.) That portion of a group of moldings which projects beyond the general surface of a panel; a bolection.

Baguette :: Baguette (n.) A small molding, like the astragal, but smaller; a bead..

Ogee :: Ogee (n.) A molding, the section of which is the form of the letter S, with the convex part above; cyma reversa. See Illust. under Cyma..

Die :: Die (v. i.) To disappear gradually in another surface, as where moldings are lost in a sloped or curved face..

Plasmatical :: Plasmatical (a.) Forming; shaping; molding.

Ledge :: Ledge (n.) A shelf on which articles may be laid; also, that which resembles such a shelf in form or use, as a projecting ridge or part, or a molding or edge in joinery..

Chaplet :: Chaplet (n.) A small molding, carved into beads, pearls, olives, etc..

Echinus :: Echinus (n.) The quarter-round molding (ovolo) of the Roman Doric style. See Illust. of Colum.

Platband :: Platband (n.) A flat molding, or group of moldings, the width of which much exceeds its projection, as the face of an architrave..

Basin :: Basin (n.) A hollow vessel, of various forms and materials, used in the arts or manufactures, as that used by glass grinders for forming concave glasses, by hatters for molding a hat into shape, etc..

Echinus :: Echinus (n.) A name sometimes given to the egg and anchor or egg and dart molding, because that ornament is often identified with Roman Doric capital. The name probably alludes to the shape of the shell of the sea urchin..

Dressing :: Dressing (n.) An ornamental finish, as a molding around doors, windows, or on a ceiling, etc..

Cima :: Cima (n.) A kind of molding. See Cyma.

Label :: Label (n.) The name now generally given to the projecting molding by the sides, and over the tops, of openings in mediaeval architecture. It always has a /quare form, as in the illustration..

Talon :: Talon (n.) A kind of molding, concave at the bottom and convex at the top; -- usually called an ogee..

Boultin :: Boultin (n.) A molding, the convexity of which is one fourth of a circle, being a member just below the abacus in the Tuscan and Roman Doric capital; a torus; an ovolo..

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

Godroon :: Godroon (n.) An ornament produced by notching or carving a rounded molding.

Cymatium :: Cymatium (n.) A capping or crowning molding in classic architecture.

Bed-moulding :: Bed-moulding (n.) The molding of a cornice immediately below the corona.

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