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Webster 1913 Edition
Scamillus
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Sca-mil′lus
,Noun.
pl.
Scamilli
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. [L., originally, a little bench, dim. of
scamnum
bench, stool.] (Arch.)
A sort of second plinth or block, below the bases of Ionic and Corinthian columns, generally without moldings, and of smaller size horizontally than the pedestal.
Definition 2024
scamillus
scamillus
English
Noun
scamillus (plural scamilli)
- (architecture) A sort of second plinth or block, below the bases of Ionic and Corinthian columns, generally without mouldings and of smaller size horizontally than the pedestal.