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Having two columns in front; -- said of a temple, portico, or the like. Distyle in antis, having columns between two antæ. See Anta.

Having twelve columns in front. -- n.

A small truck with a single wide roller used for moving heavy beams, columns, etc., in bridge building.

ng a flower stem five or six feet high, with numerous globose white fragrant flowers. The column in the center of the flower resembles a dove; -- called also Holy Spirit plant.

One of the cylindrical, or nearly cylindrical, blocks, of which the shaft of a column is composed; also, a vertical wall, whether circular or polygonal in plan, carrying a cupola or dome. (e) (Mach.)

The tough, fibrous membrane, which lines the cavity of the skull and spinal column, and surrounds the brain and spinal cord; -- frequently abbreviated to dura.

The quarter-round molding (ovolo) of the Roman Doric style. See Illust. of Column

esp., involved in a hostile encounter; as, the engaged ships continued the fight. Engaged column. (Arch.) Same as Attached column. See under Attach, v. t.

The superstructure which lies horizontally upon the columns. See Illust. of Column, Cornice.

A slight convex swelling of the shaft of a column.

Upon or above the notochord; -- applied esp. to a vertebral column which develops upon the dorsal side of the notochord, as distinguished from a perichordal column, which develops around it.

A mineral, commonly of a yellowish green (pistachio) color, occurring granular, massive, columnar, and in monoclinic crystals. It is a silicate of alumina, lime, and oxide of iron, or manganese.

A massive piece of stone or wood laid immediately on the abacus of the capital of a column or pillar; -- now called architrave.

Being of the same weight. A column of air . . . equiponderant to a column of quicksilver. Locke.

. Milton. Among the Greek colonies and churches of Asia, Philadelphia is still erect -- a column of ruins. Gibbon.

See Intercolumnlation.

The narrow plane surface between flutings of a column.

, one of the three bands which make up the architrave, in the Ionic order. See Illust. of Column.

strengthened by a core or foundation skeleton of iron or steel bars, strips, etc. Floors, columns, piles, water pipes, etc., have been successfully made of it. Called also armored concrete steel, and reënforced concrete.

A silicate of alumina, of fibrous or columnar structure. It is like andalusite in composition; -- called also sillimanite, and bucholizite.