Socle: alternatives and connections

unmistakably (‘plain’ is often used informally for ‘plainly’); "the answer is obviously wrong"; "she was in bed and evidently in great…

Morally low. Hence: Low-minded; unworthy; without dignity of sentiment; ignoble; mean; illiberal; menial; as, a base fellow; base moti…

A combining form, especially in anatomical and botanical words, to indicate the base or position at or near a base; forming a base; as…

The pedestal of a column, pillar, or statue.

A piece of wood more or less bulky; a solid mass of wood, stone, etc., usually with one or more plane, or approximately plane, faces;…

To cut, pare, gouge, or engrave with a chisel; as, to chisel a block of marble into a statue.

Anything resembling, in form or position, a column in architecture; an upright body or mass; a shaft or obelisk; as, a column of air,…

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

An iron block, usually bolted to a ship's deck, for controlling the running out of a chain cable. The links of the cable tend to drop…

That part of a pedestal included between the base and the cornice (or surbase); the die. See Illust. of Column.

Originally, a double song; a melody or counterpoint sung above the plain song of the tenor; a variation of an air; a variation by orna…

That part of a pedestal included between base and cornice; the dado.

A tackle or purchase used to raise the flukes of the anchor up to the gunwale. The block used is called the fish-block.

The lowest and supporting part or member of a wall, including the base course (see Base course (a), under Base, n.) and footing course…

unmistakably (‘plain’ is often used informally for ‘plainly’); "the answer is obviously wrong"; "she was in bed and evidently in great…

Any statue of the goddess Pallas; esp., the famous statue on the preservation of which depended the safety of ancient Troy.

A pedestal of small size, used to support small objects, as busts, vases, and the like.

Practicing plain dealing; artless. See Plain dealing, under Dealing.