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, the die or dado, and the cornice or surbase molding. See Illust. of Column. Build him a pedestal, and say, "Stand there!" Cowper.

Placed on, or supported by, a pedestal; figuratively, exalted. Hawthorne. Pedestaled haply in a palace court. Keats.

One of the small pedestals, for statues or other ornaments, placed on the apex and at the basal angles of a pediment. Acroteria are also sometimes placed upon the gables in Gothic architecture. J. H. Parker.

The pedestal of a column, pillar, or statue. [Obs.] If no basis bear my rising name. Pope.

on which crowns or finishes the part to which it is affixed; as, the cornice of an order, pedestal, door, window, or house. Gwilt. Cornice ring, the ring on a cannon next behind the muzzle ring.

That part of a pedestal included between the base and the cornice (or surbase); the die. See Illust. of Column. Hence:

That part of a pedestal included between base and cornice; the dado.

erent objects. Prior. Grouped columns (Arch.), three or moro columns placed upon the same pedestal.

A closed vessel of nearly spherical form on a high stem or pedestal. Fairholt.

ed chiefly in the plural. "Thicker than a cuckold's horn." Shak. Horn block, the frame or pedestal in which a railway car axle box slides up and down; -- also called horn plate. -- Horn of a dilemma. See under Dilemma. -- Horn distemper, a disease of cattle, affecting the internal substance of the horn. -- Horn drum…

on, hydraulic press, or any simple combination of mechanical powers, working in a compact pedestal or support and operated by a lever, crank, capstan bar, etc. The name is often given to a jackscrew, which is a kind of jack.

ched or forked part, adapted for holding an object in place; as, the jaw of a railway-car pedestal. See Axle guard.

A pedestal of small size, used to support small objects, as busts, vases, and the like.

See Pedestal. [Obs.]

aced 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.

The plinth, or lowest member, of any pedestal, podium, water table, or the like.

To stand firm; to be fixed; to be supported; as, a column rests on its pedestal.

Corinthian columns, generally without moldings, and of smaller size horizontally than the pedestal.

A plain block or plinth forming a low pedestal; any base; especially, the base of a statue, column, or the like. See Plinth.

The lower part or basement of a building or pedestal; -- used loosely for several different forms of basement.