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A kind of pillar; a cylindrical or polygonal support for a
roof, ceiling, statue, etc., somewhat ornamented, and usually composed
of base, shaft, and capital. See Order. |
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Anything resembling, in form or position, a column in
architecture; an upright body or mass; a shaft or obelisk; as, a column
of air, of water, of mercury, etc.; the Column Vendome; the spinal
column. |
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A body of troops formed in ranks, one behind the other; --
contradistinguished from line. Compare Ploy, and Deploy. |
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A small army. |
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A number of ships so arranged as to follow one another in
single or double file or in squadrons; -- in distinction from "line",
where they are side by side. |
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A perpendicular set of lines, not extending across the
page, and separated from other matter by a rule or blank space; as, a
column in a newspaper. |
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A perpendicular line of figures. |
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The body formed by the union of the stamens in the Mallow
family, or of the stamens and pistil in the orchids. |
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