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Entomology. a ring, usually colored, around or on the surface of an organ.
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Heraldry. a ring, represented as a voided roundel, used especially as the cadence mark of a fifth son.
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| —n | |
| 1. | architect a moulding in the form of a ring, as at the top of a column adjoining the capital |
| 2. | heraldry a ring-shaped device on a shield; hollow roundel |
| 3. | a little ring |
| [C16: from Latin ānulus ring + | |
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Annulet
is always a great word to know.
So is capital. Does it mean:
| a building of exceptional height completely supported by a framework, as of girders, from which the walls are suspended, as opposed to a building supported by load-bearing walls |
| the distinctively treated upper end of a column |
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