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A caulicule or little volute under the abacus of the Corinthian capital.
v. t.
To put (a vessel) on the other tack by veering her short round on her heel; -- so called from the circumstance of bracing the head yards abox (i. e., sharp aback, on the wind).
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A molding, the convexity of which is one fourth of a circle, being a member just below the abacus in the Tuscan and Roman Doric capital; a torus; an ovolo.
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One who uses an abacus in casting accounts; a calculator.
v. t.
To bring (a vessel) so close to the wind that half her upper sails are laid aback.
n.
An abacus.
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A harmless snake (Farancia abacura), found in the Southern United States. The color is bluish black above, red below.
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Belonging to, or resembling, the oldest and simplest of the three orders of architecture used by the Greeks, but ranked as second of the five orders adopted by the Romans. See Abacus, Capital, Order.
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Chinese abacus.
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of Abaculus
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The Chinese abacus; a schwanpan.
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The head or uppermost member of a column, pilaster, etc. It consists generally of three parts, abacus, bell (or vase), and necking. See these terms, and Column.
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A massive piece of stone or wood laid immediately on the abacus of the capital of a column or pillar; -- now called architrave.
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That part of the Ionic capital between the abacus and quarter round, which forms the volute.
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Of or pertaining to a style of architecture with pointed arches, steep roofs, windows large in proportion to the wall spaces, and, generally, great height in proportion to the other dimensions -- prevalent in Western Europe from about 1200 to 1475 a. d. See Illust. of Abacus, and Capital.
v. t.
To cause (a ship taken aback in a light breeze) so to turn or make a circuit as to recover, without bracing the yards, the same tack on which she had been sailing.
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The act of abacinating.
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One of the tiles or squares of a tessellated pavement; an abaculus.
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of Abacus
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