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sco⋅tia

  [skoh-shuh]
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–noun Architecture.
a deep concave molding between two fillets, as in the Attic base.
Also called trochilus.

Origin:
1555–65; < L < Gk skotía darkness (from its shadow)
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Sco⋅tia

  [skoh-shuh]
–noun Literary.
Scotland.
Origin:
< L: Scotland. See Scot, -ia
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sco·tia   (skō'shə)   
n.  A hollow concave molding at or near the base of a column.

[Latin, from Greek skotiā, from feminine of skotios, dark, shadowy (from the shadow it casts), from skotos, darkness.]
Sco·tia   (skō'shə)   
A medieval and poetic name for Scotland.
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