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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Diastyle :: Diastyle (n.) See under Intercolumniation.
Pygostyle :: Pygostyle (n.) The plate of bone which forms the posterior end of the vertebral column in most birds; the plowshare bone; the vomer. It is formed by the union of a number of the last caudal vertebrae, and supports the uropigium..
Head :: Head (n.) The place or honor, or of command; the most important or foremost position; the front; as, the head of the table; the head of a column of soldiers..
Pycnostyle :: Pycnostyle (a.) See under Intercolumniation.
Hornet :: Hornet (n.) A large, strong wasp. The European species (Vespa crabro) is of a dark brown and yellow color. It is very pugnacious, and its sting is very severe. Its nest is constructed of a paperlike material, and the layers of comb are hung together by columns. The American white-faced hornet (V. maculata) is larger and has similar habits..
Rachis :: Rachis (n.) The spine; the vertebral column.
Impose :: Impose (v. t.) To arrange in proper order on a table of stone or metal and lock up in a chase for printing; -- said of columns or pages of type, forms, etc..
Van :: Van (n.) The front of an army; the first line or leading column; also, the front line or foremost division of a fleet, either in sailing or in battle..
Paragraph :: Paragraph (n.) A brief composition complete in one typographical section or paragraph; an item, remark, or quotation comprised in a few lines forming one paragraph; as, a column of news paragraphs; an editorial paragraph..
Summer :: Summer (n.) A large stone or beam placed horizontally on columns, piers, posts, or the like, serving for various uses. Specifically: (a) The lintel of a door or window. (b) The commencement of a cross vault. (c) A central floor timber, as a girder, or a piece reaching from a wall to a girder. Called also summertree..
Spinal :: Spinal (a.) Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the backbone, or vertebral column; rachidian; vertebral..
Ployment :: Ployment (n.) The act or movement of forming a column from a line of troops on some designated subdivision; -- the opposite of deployment.
Dildo :: Dildo (n.) A columnar cactaceous plant of the West Indies (Cereus Swartzii).
Plerome :: Plerome (n.) The central column of parenchyma in a growing stem or root.
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..
Hemadynamometer :: Hemadynamometer (n.) An instrument by which the pressure of the blood in the arteries, or veins, is measured by the height to which it will raise a column of mercury; -- called also a haemomanometer..
Re-formation :: Re-formation (n.) The act of forming anew; a second forming in order; as, the reformation of a column of troops into a hollow square..
Line :: Line (n.) A row of letters, words, etc., written or printed; esp., a row of words extending across a page or column..
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.
Octostyle :: Octostyle (a.) Having eight columns in the front; -- said of a temple or portico. The Parthenon is octostyle, but most large Greek temples are hexastele. See Hexastyle..
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