Definition of pillar

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Pillar (a.) Having a support in the form of a pillar, instead of legs; as, a pillar drill..

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Capillary :: Capillary (n.) A minute, thin-walled vessel; particularly one of the smallest blood vessels connecting arteries and veins, but used also for the smallest lymphatic and biliary vessels..
Post :: Post (n.) A piece of timber, metal, or other solid substance, fixed, or to be fixed, firmly in an upright position, especially when intended as a stay or support to something else; a pillar; as, a hitching post; a fence post; the posts of a house..
Capillary :: Capillary (n.) A tube or vessel, extremely fine or minute..
Pupillary :: Pupillary (a.) Of or pertaining to a pupil or ward.
Capillary :: Capillary (a.) Pertaining to capillary tubes or vessels; as, capillary action..
Band :: Band (v. t.) In Gothic architecture, the molding, or suite of moldings, which encircles the pillars and small shafts..
Pillarist :: Pillarist (n.) See Stylite.
Rib :: Rib (n.) An elongated pillar of ore or coal left as a support.
Capillary :: Capillary (a.) Resembling a hair; fine; minute; very slender; having minute tubes or interspaces; having very small bore; as, the capillary vessels of animals and plants..
Angioscope :: Angioscope (n.) An instrument for examining the capillary vessels of animals and plants.
Vascular :: Vascular (a.) Operating by means of, or made up of an arrangement of, vessels; as, the vascular system in animals, including the arteries, veins, capillaries, lacteals, etc..
Kiosk :: Kiosk (n.) A Turkish open summer house or pavilion, supported by pillars..
Monolith :: Monolith (n.) A single stone, especially one of large size, shaped into a pillar, statue, or monument..
Pillar :: Pillar (a.) Having a support in the form of a pillar, instead of legs; as, a pillar drill..
Paxillus :: Paxillus (n.) One of a peculiar kind of spines covering the surface of certain starfishes. They are pillarlike, with a flattened summit which is covered with minute spinules or granules. See Illustration in Appendix..
Statable :: Stasis (n.) A slackening or arrest of the blood current in the vessels, due not to a lessening of the heart's beat, but presumably to some abnormal resistance of the capillary walls. It is one of the phenomena observed in the capillaries in inflammation..
Pupillarity :: Pupillarity (n.) The period before puberty, or from birth to fourteen in males, and twelve in females..
Caterpillar :: Caterpillar (n.) A plant of the genus Scorpiurus, with pods resembling caterpillars..
Pillar :: Pillar (n.) The center of the volta, ring, or manege ground, around which a horse turns..
Isabella Moth :: Isabella moth () A common American moth (Pyrrharctia isabella), of an isabella color. The larva, called woolly bear and hedgehog caterpillar, is densely covered with hairs, which are black at each end of the body, and red in the middle part..
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