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Having five columns in front; -- said of a temple or portico in classical architecture. -- n.

An arbor or trellis treated architecturally, as with stone columns or similar massive structure.

Around the notochord; as, a perichordal column. See Epichordal.

The space between the columns and the wall of the cella, in a Greek or a Roman temple.

Having columns on all sides; -- said of an edifice. See Apteral.

A range of columns with their entablature, etc.; specifically, a complete system of columns, whether on all sides of a court, or surrounding a building, such as the cella of a temple. Used in the former sense, it gives name to the larger and inner court of a Roman dwelling, the peristyle. See Colonnade.…

ly from Trebizond. -- Persian cat. (Zoöl.) Same as Angora cat, under Angora. -- Persian columns (Arch.), columns of which the shaft represents a Persian slave; -- called also Persians. See Atlantes. -- Persian drill (Mech.), a drill which is turned by pushing a nut back and forth along a spirally grooved drill holde…

n plan, constructionally a pier (See Pier, 1 (b)), but architecturally corresponding to a column, having capital, shaft, and base to agree with those of the columns of the same order. In most cases the projection from the wall is one third of its width, or less.

ral and popular term for a firm, upright, insulated support for a superstructure; a pier, column, or post; also, a column or shaft not supporting a superstructure, as one erected for a monument or an ornament. Jacob set a pillar upon her grave. Gen. xxxv. 20. The place . . . vast and proud, Supported by a hundred pilla…

A list or fillet between the flutings of a column.

The central column of parenchyma in a growing stem or root.

lassical architecture, a vertically faced member immediately below the circular base of a column; also, the lowest member of a pedestal; hence, in general, the lowest member of a base; a sub-base; a block upon which the moldings of an architrave or trim are stopped at the bottom. See Illust. of Column.…

To form a column from a line of troops on some designated subdivision; -- the opposite of deploy. Wilhelm.

The act or movement of forming a column from a line of troops on some designated subdivision; -- the opposite of deployment.

e of a temple, sometimes a mere foundation, sometimes containing chambers. See Illust. of Column.

Having many columns; -- said of a building, especially of an interior part or court; as, a polystyle hall. -- n.

f the back; immediately in front, or on the ventral side the dorsal part of the vertebral column.

Situated immediately in front, or on the ventral side, of the vertebral column; prespinal.

on. -- Proof load (Engin.), the greatest load than can be applied to a piece, as a beam, column, etc., without straining the piece beyond the elastic limit. -- Proof sheet. See Proof, n., 5. -- Proof spirit (Chem.), a strong distilled liquor, or mixture of alcohol and water, containing not less than a standard amoun…

Having columns in front. -- n.