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  • 1Fluted — Flut ed, a. 1. Thin; fine; clear and mellow; flutelike; as, fluted notes. Busby. [1913 Webster] 2. Decorated with flutes; channeled; grooved; as, a fluted column; a fluted ruffle; a fluted spectrum. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 2fluted — /flooh tid/, adj. 1. fine, clear, and mellow; flutelike: fluted notes. 2. having flutes, grooves, or the like: a fluted column; fluted material; fluted stone tools. [1605 15; FLUTE + ED3] * * * …

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  • 3fluted — flut•ed [[t]ˈflu tɪd[/t]] adj. having grooves: a fluted column[/ex] …

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  • 4Column — • Architectural term for a supporting pillar Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Column     Column     † …

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  • 5Column — For other uses, see Column (disambiguation). National Capitol Columns at the United States National Arboretum in Washington, D.C …

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  • 6column — noun 1 tall stone post ADJECTIVE ▪ huge, tall ▪ fluted ▪ colonnades of fluted Doric columns ▪ classical ▪ concrete …

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  • 7Column of Phocas — The Column of Phocas, against the backdrop of the Arch of Septimius Severus. The Column of Phocas (Italian: Colonna di Foca), is a Roman monumental column in the Roman Forum of Rome, Italy. Erected before the Rostra and dedicated or rededicated… …

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  • 8column — columned /kol euhmd/, columnated /kol euhm nay tid/, adj. /kol euhm/, n. 1. Archit. a. a rigid, relatively slender, upright support, composed of relatively few pieces. b. a decorative pillar, most often composed of stone and typically having a… …

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  • 9COLUMN —    Columns developed as ornate, cylindrical posts that functioned as part of the post and lintel structural system. These pillars were originally modeled after trees or other forms of upright vegetation. A column is typically divided into three… …

    Historical Dictionary of Architecture

  • 10column — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. pillar, shaft; formation (of troops, figures, etc.); article, byline. See continuity, rotundity, support, combatant, news, height. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A post] Syn. pillar, support, prop, shaft,… …

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