Definition of column

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Column (n.) Anything resembling, in form or position, a column in architecture; an upright body or mass; a shaft or obelisk; as, a column of air, of water, of mercury, etc.; the Column Vendome; the spinal column..

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Amphiprostyle :: Amphiprostyle (a.) Doubly prostyle; having columns at each end, but not at the sides..
Column :: Column (n.) A perpendicular line of figures.
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..
Line :: Line (n.) A row of men who are abreast of one another, whether side by side or some distance apart; -- opposed to column..
Bodkin :: Bodkin (n.) A sharp tool, like an awl, used for picking /ut letters from a column or page in making corrections..
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..
Pilaster :: Pilaster (n.) An upright architectural member right-angled in plan, constructionally a pier (See Pier, 1 (b)), but architecturally corresponding to a column, having capital, shaft, and base to agree with those of the columns of the same order. In most cases the projection from the wall is one third of its width, or less..
Cyclostylar :: Cyclostylar (a.) Relating to a structure composed of a circular range of columns, without a core or building within..
Semicolumnar :: Semicolumnar (a.) Like a semicolumn; flat on one side and round on the other; imperfectly columnar.
Pentastyle :: Pentastyle (a.) Having five columns in front; -- said of a temple or portico in classical architecture.
Stell :: Stelene (a.) Resembling, or used as, a stela; columnar..
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..
Indentation :: Indentation (n.) The act of beginning a line or series of lines at a little distance within the flush line of the column or page, as in the common way of beginning the first line of a paragraph..
Ploy :: Ploy (v. i.) To form a column from a line of troops on some designated subdivision; -- the opposite of deploy.
Sublunar :: Sublumbar (a.) Situated under, or on the ventral side of, the lumbar region of the vertebral column..
Verge :: Verge (n.) The shaft of a column, or a small ornamental shaft..
Substantials :: Substantialness (n.) The quality or state of being substantial; as, the substantialness of a wall or column..
Column :: Column (n.) A body of troops formed in ranks, one behind the other; -- contradistinguished from line. Compare Ploy, and Deploy..
Dove Plant :: Dove plant () A Central American orchid (Peristeria elata), having a flower stem five or six feet high, with numerous globose white fragrant flowers. The column in the center of the flower resembles a dove; -- called also Holy Spirit plant..
Form :: Form (v. i.) To take a form, definite shape, or arrangement; as, the infantry should form in column..
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