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verb (used with object)
1.
to spread out, expand, or extend.
2.
to form with an oblique angle; make slanting; bevel.
3.
to make with a splay or splays.
4.
to disjoin; dislocate.
verb (used without object)
5.
to have an oblique or slanting direction.
6.
to spread or flare.
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Splay
is always a great word to know.
So is column. Does it mean:
| a rigid, relatively slender, upright support, composed of relatively few pieces |
| a vault with a circular plan and usually in the form of a portion of a sphere |
noun
7.
Architecture. a surface that makes an oblique angle with another, as where the opening through a wall for a window or door widens from the window or door proper toward the face of the wall.
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Word Origin & History
splay
"to spread out," early 14c., shortened form of desplayen (see display). Pp. adj. splayed "spread out" is attested from 1540s.
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