scotia
noun
a deep concave molding between two fillets, as in the Attic base.
scotia
1 American
[skoh-shuh]
/ ˈskoʊ ʃə /
noun
Architecture.
Scotia
2
American
[skoh-shuh]
/ ˈskoʊ ʃə /
noun
Literary.
scotia
British
/ ˈskəʊʃə /
noun
Etymology
Origin of scotia1
1555–65; < Latin < Greek skotía darkness (from its shadow)
Origin of Scotia2
Example Sentences
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The latter is a true cornice, composed of a small torus or bead, a scotia, and a fillet.
From A History of Art in Chaldæa & Assyria, v. 1 by Sir Walter Armstrong
Just at the edge of the corona a line should be cut in, called the scotia.
From The Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius Pollio
If properly taught the beauty in the orders of architecture can be brought out in the making of the bead, fillet, scotia, cove, etc.
From A Course In Wood Turning by Archie S. Milton
In section this moulding may be compared to a large scotia divided into two cavettos by a torus.
From A History of Art in Chaldæa & Assyria, v. 1 by Sir Walter Armstrong
Set in a fictional trailer park in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, Trailer Park Boys follows the adventures of three longtime friends and petty criminals.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
Third-quarter earnings for Canada’s Big Six lenders are set to be released over three days this week, beginning with numbers Tuesday from Bank of Montreal and Bank of Nova Scotia.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
Some agreed, like the leader of the Atlantic province of Nova Scotia, Tim Houston.
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026
Because he couldn’t skate growing up in tiny Port Williams, Nova Scotia — population 1,100 — Shaffelburg turned first to running, winning the province championship at 3,000 meters in middle school.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
One day, a packet-ship arriving from Nova Scotia with meat, thus alleviating the city’s starvation, I purchased a salted ham-hock with Sally, and, by her side, stripped it for cooking.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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