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Columnar

Formed in columns; having the form of a column or columns; like the shaft of a column.

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Columned 84% connected

Having columns.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Columned 84% connected

Having columns.

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Column 74% connected

A kind of pillar; a cylindrical or polygonal support for a roof, ceiling, statue, etc., somewhat ornamented, and usually composed of base, shaft, and…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Column 74% connected

A kind of pillar; a cylindrical or polygonal support for a roof, ceiling, statue, etc., somewhat ornamented, and usually composed of base, shaft, and…

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Apophyge noun · 78% connection

The small hollow curvature given to the top or bottom of the shaft of a column where it expands to meet the edge of the fillet; -- cal…

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Apteral adjective · 78% connection

Without lateral columns; -- applied to buildings which have no series of columns along their sides, but are either prostyle or amphipr…

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Bague noun · 78% connection

The annular molding or group of moldings dividing a long shaft or clustered column into two or more parts.

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Cable noun · 78% connection

A molding, shaft of a column, or any other member of convex, rounded section, made to resemble the spiral twist of a rope; -- called a…

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Cabling noun · 78% connection

The decoration of a fluted shaft of a column or of a pilaster with reeds, or rounded moldings, which seem to be laid in the hollows of…

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Cathetometer noun · 78% connection

An instrument for the accurate measurement of small differences of height; esp. of the differences in the height of the upper surfaces…

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Cimbia noun · 78% connection

A fillet or band placed around the shaft of a column as if to strengthen it.

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Cincture noun · 78% connection

The fillet, listel, or band next to the apophyge at the extremity of the shaft of a column.

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Collar noun · 78% connection

A ring or round flange upon, surrounding, or against an object, and used for restraining motion within given limits, or for holding so…

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Columniation noun · 78% connection

(architecture) the arrangement of columns (especially freestanding columns) in a structure

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Countershaft noun · 78% connection

An intermediate shaft; esp., one which receives motion from a line shaft in a factory and transmits it to a machine.

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Crank noun · 78% connection

A bent portion of an axle, or shaft, or an arm keyed at right angles to the end of a shaft, by which motion is imparted to or received…

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Diameter noun · 78% connection

The distance through the lower part of the shaft of a column, used as a standard measure for all parts of the order. See Module.

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Drift noun · 78% connection

A passage driven or cut between shaft and shaft; a driftway; a small subterranean gallery; an adit or tunnel.

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Drum noun · 78% connection

One of the cylindrical, or nearly cylindrical, blocks, of which the shaft of a column is composed; also, a vertical wall, whether circ…

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Eccentric noun · 78% connection

A disk or wheel so arranged upon a shaft that the center of the wheel and that of the shaft do not coincide. It is used for operating…

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Entablature noun · 78% connection

The superstructure which lies horizontally upon the columns. See Illust. of Column, Cornice.

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Entasis noun · 78% connection

A slight convex swelling of the shaft of a column.

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