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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun See cuadra.
  • noun In architecture, etc.: A square frame or border in closing a bas-relief; also, any frame or border.
  • noun The plinth of a podium.
  • noun Any small molding of plain or square section, as one of the fillets above and below the scotia of the Ionic base.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The plinth, or lowest member, of any pedestal, podium, water table, or the like.
  • noun A fillet, or listel.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun architecture The plinth, or lowest member, of any pedestal, podium, water table, or the like.
  • noun A fillet, or listel.

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