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COLUMNS |
Pillars |
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PIERS |
Load-bearing pillars |
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DIGNITARIES |
Pillars of society |
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STELAE |
Upright inscribed pillars |
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WICKET |
The space between the pillars, in postand-stall working. |
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DECASTYLE |
A portico having ten pillars or columns in front. |
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FLORIATED |
Having floral ornaments; as, floriated capitals of
Gothic pillars. |
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STELOGRAPHY |
The art of writing or inscribing characters on
pillars. |
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KIOSK |
A Turkish open summer house or pavilion, supported by
pillars. |
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PILLARED |
Supported or ornamented by pillars; resembling a pillar,
or pillars. |
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STALL |
The space left by excavation between pillars. See Post
and stall, under Post. |
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INTERCOLUMNAR |
Between columns or pillars; as, the intercolumnar
fibers of Poupart's ligament; an intercolumnar statue. |
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CANOPY |
Also, a rooflike covering, supported on pillars over an
altar, a statue, a fountain, etc. |
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THURST |
The ruins of the fallen roof resulting from the removal of
the pillars and stalls. |
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BAND |
In Gothic architecture, the molding, or suite of moldings,
which encircles the pillars and small shafts. |
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COG |
One of the rough pillars of stone or coal left to support the
roof of a mine. |
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PANEL |
One of the districts divided by pillars of extra size, into
which a mine is laid off in one system of extracting coal. |
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PILLAR |
Figuratively, that which resembles such a pillar in
appearance, character, or office; a supporter or mainstay; as, the
Pillars of Hercules; a pillar of the state. |
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CREEP |
A slow rising of the floor of a gallery, occasioned by the
pressure of incumbent strata upon the pillars or sides; a gradual
movement of mining ground. |
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STYLITE |
One of a sect of anchorites in the early church, who lived
on the tops of pillars for the exercise of their patience; -- called
also pillarist and pillar saint. |
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INSCRIPTION |
...lic inspection; as, inscriptions on
monuments, pillars, coins, medals, etc. ... |
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BALLOTADE |
A leap of a horse, as between two pillars, or upon a
straight line, so that when his four feet are in the air, he shows only
the shoes of his hind feet, without jerking out. |
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FAUCES |
...f the passage two
membranous folds, called the pillars of the fauces, inclose the
tonsils. ... |