| Column (column) |
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| n. | (?) |
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| Col"umn |
| [L. columna,
fr. columen, culmen, fr. cellere (used only
in comp. |
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.
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 Vendôme; the spinal
column.
A
body of troops formed in ranks, one behind the other; --
contradistinguished from line. Compare Ploy, and
Deploy.
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.
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.
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.
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