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scotia

[skoh-shuh]

noun Architecture.

a deep concave molding between two fillets, as in the Attic base.

Also called trochilus.

Origin:
1555–65; < Latin < Greek skotía darkness (from its shadow)

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a rigid, relatively slender, upright support, composed of relatively few pieces

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noun Literary.

Scotland.

Origin:
< Latin: Scotland. See Scot, -ia

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scotia (ˈskəʊʃə)

—n
	a deep concave moulding, esp one used on the base of an Ionic column between the two torus mouldings

[C16: via Latin from Greek skotia, from skotos darkness (from the shadow in the cavity)]

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