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, in Architecture, a square depressure or sinking, in each interval between the modillions of the Corinthian cornice; usually filled up with a rose; sometimes with a pomegranate, or other enrichment.

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Entry taken from A Mathematical and Philosophical Dictionary, by Charles Hutton, 1796.

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CLOUTS
CLUVIER
COASTING
COCHLEA
COEFFICIENTS
* COFFER
COFFER
COHESION
COLD
COLLIMATION
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