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A kind of pillar; a cylindrical or polygonal support for a roof, ceiling, statue, etc., somewhat ornamented, and usually composed of base, shaft, and capital. See Order. |
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Anything resembling, in form or position, a column in architecture; an upright body or mass; a shaft or obelisk; as, a column of air, of water, of mercury, etc.; the Column Vendome; the spinal column. |
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A body of troops formed in ranks, one behind the other; -- contradistinguished from line. Compare Ploy, and Deploy. |
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A small army. |
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A number of ships so arranged as to follow one another in single or double file or in squadrons; -- in distinction from "line", where they are side by side. |
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