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  • 31From pillar to post — Post Post, n. [AS., fr. L. postis, akin to ponere, positum, to place. See {Position}, and cf. 4th {Post}.] 1. A piece of timber, metal, or other solid substance, fixed, or to be fixed, firmly in an upright position, especially when intended as a… …

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  • 32vaulting shaft — noun or vaulting pillar : an upright member (as a pilaster or column) from which springs a rib of a vault and that is commonly one of a cluster or forms part of a larger pier …

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  • 33vaulting pillar — noun see vaulting shaft …

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  • 34runaround — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun ( s) Etymology: from run around, v. 1. : a whitlow encircling the fingernail 2. : a track, way, or channel provided for bypassing an obstacle or tie up 3. : the distance that a scrap …

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  • 35Esperite — Infobox mineral name = Esperite category = Silicate mineral boxwidth = boxbgcolor = caption = Esperite under ultraviolet light formula = PbCa3Zn4(SiO4)4 color = White habit = Typically massive system = Monoclinic Prismatic (2/m) twinning =… …

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  • 36headstone — n gravestone, tombstone, stone, slab, tablet, marker; obelisk, column, shaft, pillar; monu 495 ment, memorial …

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  • 37prop — v 1. support, hold up, uphold, truss, truss up, bear, bear up; brace, bolster, buttress, gird; underprop, underpin, underbrace, bed, base, form the foundation of, underlie; reinforce, restrengthen, crutch, shore up; cradle, pillow, buoy, buoy up …

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  • 38Pillars of the fauces — Pillar Pil lar, n. [OE. pilerF. pilier, LL. pilare, pilarium, pilarius, fr. L. pila a pillar. See {Pile} a heap.] 1. The general and popular term for a firm, upright, insulated support for a superstructure; a pier, column, or post; also, a column …

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  • 39cora humming bird — Shaft Shaft, n. [OE. shaft, schaft, AS. sceaft; akin to D. schacht, OHG. scaft, G. schaft, Dan. & Sw. skaft handle, haft, Icel. skapt, and probably to L. scapus, Gr. ????, ????, a staff. Probably originally, a shaven or smoothed rod. Cf. {Scape} …

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  • 40line — Shaft Shaft, n. [OE. shaft, schaft, AS. sceaft; akin to D. schacht, OHG. scaft, G. schaft, Dan. & Sw. skaft handle, haft, Icel. skapt, and probably to L. scapus, Gr. ????, ????, a staff. Probably originally, a shaven or smoothed rod. Cf. {Scape} …

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