scamillus
Americannoun
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a slight bevel at an arris of a stone, as in the necking of a Greek Doric column.
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a plain stone beneath the plinth of a column.
Etymology
Origin of scamillus
< Latin, diminutive of scamnum stool, bench
Example Sentences
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The word scamillus is a diminutive of scamnum, a mounting-block or bench.
From The Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius Pollio
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