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

Loin :: Loin (n.) That part of a human being or quadruped, which extends on either side of the spinal column between the hip bone and the false ribs. In human beings the loins are also called the reins. See Illust. of Beef..

Apteral :: Apteral (a.) Without lateral columns; -- applied to buildings which have no series of columns along their sides, but are either prostyle or amphiprostyle, and opposed to peripteral..

Deploy :: Deploy (v. t. & i.) To open out; to unfold; to spread out (a body of troops) in such a way that they shall display a wider front and less depth; -- the reverse of ploy; as, to deploy a column of troops into line of battle..

Backbone :: Backbone (n.) The column of bones in the back which sustains and gives firmness to the frame; the spine; the vertebral or spinal column.

Base :: Base (n.) The lower part of a wall, pier, or column, when treated as a separate feature, usually in projection, or especially ornamented..

Supportable :: Support (n.) That which maintains or preserves from being overcome, falling, yielding, sinking, giving way, or the like; subsistence; maintenance; assistance; reenforcement; as, he gave his family a good support, the support of national credit; the assaulting column had the support of a battery..

Shaft :: Shaft (n.) A column, an obelisk, or other spire-shaped or columnar monument..

Semicolumn :: Semicolumn (n.) A half column; a column bisected longitudinally, or along its axis..

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..

Columnated :: Columnated (a.) Having columns; as, columnated temples..

Frustum :: Frustum (n.) One of the drums of the shaft of a column.

Throat :: Throat (n.) The part of the neck in front of, or ventral to, the vertebral column..

Register :: Register (n.) The correspondence of pages, columns, or lines on the opposite or reverse sides of the sheet..

Skirmisher :: Skirmisher (n.) Soldiers deployed in loose order, to cover the front or flanks of an advancing army or a marching column..

Pseudo-dipteral :: Pseudo-dipteral (a.) Falsely or imperfectly dipteral, as a temple with the inner range of columns surrounding the cella omitted, so that the space between the cella wall and the columns is very great, being equal to two intercolumns and one column..

Overrun :: Overrun (v. t.) To extend the contents of (a line, column, or page) into the next line, column, or page..

Infraspinal :: Infraspinal (a.) Below the vertebral column, subvertebral..

Epistyle :: Epistyle (n.) A massive piece of stone or wood laid immediately on the abacus of the capital of a column or pillar; -- now called architrave.

Fluting :: Fluting (n.) Decoration by means of flutes or channels; a flute, or flutes collectively; as, the fluting of a column or pilaster; the fluting of a lady's ruffle..

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