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Webster 1913 Edition


Scotia

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Sco′ti-a

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Noun.
[L., fr. Gr.
σκοτία
darkness, a sunken molding in the base of a pillar, so called from the dark shadow it casts, from
σκότοσ
darkness.]
(Arch.)
A concave molding used especially in classical architecture.

Sco′ti-a

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Noun.
[L.]
Scotland
[Poetic]
O
Scotia
! my dear, my native soil!
Burns.

Webster 1828 Edition


Scotia

SCO'TIA

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Noun.
In architecture, a semicircular cavity or channel between the tores in the bases of columns.