"Column" is a word in ENGLISH
A number of ships so arranged as to follow one another in
single or double file or in squadrons; -- in distinction from \"line\",
where they are side by side.
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.
A kind of pillar; a cylindrical or polygonal support for a
roof, ceiling, statue, etc., somewhat ornamented, and usually composed
of base, shaft, and capital. See Order.
A body of troops formed in ranks, one behind the other; --
contradistinguished from line. Compare Ploy, and Deploy.
A small army.
A perpendicular line of figures.
The body formed by the union of the stamens in the Mallow
family, or of the stamens and pistil in the orchids.
A perpendicular set of lines, not extending across the
page, and separated from other matter by a rule or blank space; as, a
column in a newspaper.
Maxim 29: The enemy of my enemy is my enemy's enemy. No more. No less.-The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries
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The uppermost member or division of the capital of a column, immediately under the architrave. See Column.
Read the complete definitionThe vertebral column; the spinous process of a vertebra.
Read the complete definitionád v [A; ac] add up. Ádun (adun) nátù ni, Lets add this up. Iád ang kwatru ári, Add the …
Read the complete definitionTo join or unite, as one thing to another, or as several particulars, so as to increase the number, augment …
Read the complete definitionA lateral division of a building, separated from the middle part, called the nave, by a row of columns or …
Read the complete definitionDoubly prostyle; having columns at each end, but not at the sides.
Read the complete definitionA support or column on which stamens are raised.
Read the complete definitionA small, flat fillet, encircling a column, etc., used by itself, or with other moldings. It is used, several times …
Read the complete definitionanyil sa lubut n a patch of blue skin found at the tip of the vertebral column of infants.
Read the complete definitionThe small hollow curvature given to the top or bottom of the shaft of a column where it expands to …
Read the complete definitionTo hang or attach to, as by a string, so that the thing is suspended; as, a seal appended to …
Read the complete definitionWithout lateral columns; -- applied to buildings which have no series of columns along their sides, but are either prostyle …
Read the complete definitionA series of arches with the columns or piers which support them, the spandrels above, and other necessary appurtenances; sometimes …
Read the complete definitionThe lower division of an entablature, or that part which rests immediately on the column, esp. in classical architecture. See …
Read the complete definitionIron bars or framing employed for the consolidation of a building, as in sustaining slender columns, holding up canopies, etc.
Read the complete definitionThe sharp edge or salient angle formed by two surfaces meeting each other, whether plane or curved; -- applied particularly …
Read the complete definitionWithout columns or pilasters.
Read the complete definitionFigures or half figures of men, used as columns to support an entablature; -- called also telamones. See Caryatides.
Read the complete definitionThe column of bones in the back which sustains and gives firmness to the frame; the spine; the vertebral or …
Read the complete definitionThe annular molding or group of moldings dividing a long shaft or clustered column into two or more parts.
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