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apophyge
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Apophyge
A·poph'y·ge noun [ Greek 'apofygh` escape, in arch. the curve with which the shaft escapes into its base or capital, from 'apofey`gein to flee away; 'apo` from + fey`gein to flee: confer French apo... Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/A/104
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Apophyge
• (n.) The small hollow curvature given to the top or bottom of the shaft of a column where it expands to meet the edge of the fillet; -- called also the scape. Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/apophyge/
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apophyge
(from the article `molding`) ...(5) A torus, a convex molding, approximates a semicircle or semiellipse. (6) A roll, or bowtell, molding is convex, approximating three-quarters ... Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/a/89
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Apophyge
In architecture an apophyge, escape or scape is a small hollow curvature given to the top or bottom of the shaft of a column where it expands to meet the edge of the fillet. Found op http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/TA.HTM
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Apophyge
An apophyge (Greek αποφυγη, a flying off), in architecture, is the lowest part of the shaft of an Ionic or Corinthian column, or the highest member of its base if the column be considered as a whole. The apophyge is the inverted cavetto or concave sweep, on the upper edge of which the dimini... Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apophyge
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