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The walls are decorated by unfluted pilasters, with capitals scarcely conformable to any one order of architecture.

From A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume Two by Dibdin, Thomas Frognall

A portion of its western front, adorned with monolith unfluted Corinthian columns, is still standing—the familiar “Stoa of Hadrian”; another well-preserved portion, with six pilasters, runs parallel to the west side of Aeolus Street.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" by Various

Their unfluted part is painted yellow, the rest is coated with white stucco.

From Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life by Haines, T. L. (Thomas Louis)

Tuscan, tus′kan, adj. of or belonging to Tuscany in Italy: denoting the simplest of the five classic orders of architecture, being a Roman modification of the Doric style, with unfluted columns, and without triglyphs.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various