Shaft+of+a+column
71Ionic order — The Ionic order column forms one of the three orders or organizational systems of classical architecture, the other two canonic orders being the Doric and the Corinthian. (There are two lesser orders, the stocky Tuscan order and the rich variant… …
72Capital (architecture) — Ionic capital, from the temple of Athena Polias, Priene, Ionia, in a 19th century engraving In architecture the capital (from the Latin caput, head ) forms the topmost member of a column (or pilaster). It mediates between the column and the load… …
73SKYSCRAPER — The skyscraper first developed in the United States as urban property became more expensive and cities were increasingly crowded. A skyscraper does not have a specific style or height requirement but is generally considered taller than what is …
74Éolienne Bollée — was turned to face the wind and second, an improvement which increased the flow of wind through the turbine was added. The turbines built according to the 1885 patent that were commercially successful. The Eolienne Bollée (book)] The windpump… …
75apophyge — /euh pof i jee /, n. Archit. 1. a small, concave, outward curve joining the shaft of a column, esp. a classical column, to its base. 2. Also called hypophyge. a similar curve joining the shaft of a column to its capital. Also, apophysis. [1555… …
76obelisk — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. monolith, needle, shaft; dagger, obelus. See height, record, indication. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. pillar, needle, shaft, monolith; see column 1 , tower . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. monolith,… …
77verge — verge1 /verrj/, n., v., verged, verging. n. 1. the edge, rim, or margin of something: the verge of a desert; to operate on the verge of fraud. 2. the limit or point beyond which something begins or occurs; brink: on the verge of a nervous… …
78neck|ing — «NEHK ihng», noun. 1. a) a molding or series of moldings separating the capital and shaft of a column. b) the space between such moldings. 2. the part of a column between the capital and shaft; gorgerin. 3. U.S. Slang. the act of caressing and… …
79Scape — Scape, n. [L. scapus shaft, stem, stalk; cf. Gr. ? a staff: cf. F. scape. Cf. {Scepter}.] 1. (Bot.) A peduncle rising from the ground or from a subterranean stem, as in the stemless violets, the bloodroot, and the like. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zo[ o]l …
80scape — scape1 [skāp] n. [L scapus: see SHAFT] 1. a leafless flower stalk growing from the crown of the root, as that of the narcissus or dandelion 2. something like a stalk, as the shaft of a feather or of an insect s antenna 3. a) the shaft of a column …
