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Jack :: "Jack (n.) A portable machine variously constructed, for exerting great pressure, or lifting or moving a heavy body through a small distance. It consists of a lever, screw, rack and pinion, hydraulic press, or any simple combination of mechanical powers, working in a compact pedestal or support and operated by a lever, crank, capstan bar, etc. The name is often given to a jackscrew, which is a kind of jack..

Piedstall :: Piedstall (n.) See Pedestal.

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

Pedestal :: Pedestal (n.) A casting secured to the frame of a truck and forming a jaw for holding a journal box.

Acroterium :: Acroterium (n.) One of the small pedestals, for statues or other ornaments, placed on the apex and at the basal angles of a pediment. Acroteria are also sometimes placed upon the gables in Gothic architecture..

Pedestaled :: Pedestaled (a.) Placed on, or supported by, a pedestal; figuratively, exalted..

Tazza :: Tazza (n.) An ornamental cup or vase with a large, flat, shallow bowl, resting on a pedestal and often having handles..

Cornice :: Cornice (n.) Any horizontal, molded or otherwise decorated projection which crowns or finishes the part to which it is affixed; as, the cornice of an order, pedestal, door, window, or house..

Pedestal :: Pedestal (n.) A pillow block; a low housing.

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

Dado :: Dado (n.) That part of a pedestal included between the base and the cornice (or surbase); the die. See Illust. of Column.

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..

Socle :: Socle (n.) A plain block or plinth forming a low pedestal; any base; especially, the base of a statue, column, or the like. See Plinth..

Surbase :: Surbase (n.) A cornice, or series of moldings, on the top of the base of a pedestal, podium, etc. See Illust. of Column..

Acroterium :: Acroterium (n.) One of the pedestals, for vases or statues, forming a part roof balustrade..

Undersetting :: Undersetting (n.) Something set or built under as a support; a pedestal.

Sub-bass :: Sub-base (n.) The lowest member of a base when divided horizontally, or of a baseboard, pedestal, or the like..

Piedouche :: Piedouche (n.) A pedestal of small size, used to support small objects, as busts, vases, and the like..

Holmos :: Holmos (n.) A closed vessel of nearly spherical form on a high stem or pedestal.

Jaw :: "Jaw (n.) A notched or forked part, adapted for holding an object in place; as, the jaw of a railway-car pedestal. See Axle guard..

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