1) Ancient Greek city 2) City in ancient Epirus 3) City in ancient Greece 4) Ovolo 5) Quarter round 6) Sea urchin 7) Thessalian city-state 8) Thumb 9) Tower in Greece
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[sea urchin] Echinus is a genus of sea urchins. Species in this genus include: ...
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• (n.) A hedgehog. • (n.) A genus of echinoderms, including the common edible sea urchin of Europe. • (n.) The rounded molding forming the bell of the capital of the Grecian Doric style, which is of a peculiar elastic curve. See Entablature. • (n.) The quarter-round molding (ovolo) of the Roman Doric style. See Illust. of Column...
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(from the article `order`) ...form (the Doric), the capital consists (in ascending order) of three parts; the necking, which is a continuation of the shaft but which is set off ...
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Decorative moulding. Used on columns in classical architecture, the echinus sits below the abacus and above the necking
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a convex moulding forming part of the capital in doric and ionic orders, below the abacus. See Classic Architecture
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Origin: L, a hedgehog, sea urchin, Gr. ... 1. <zoology> A hedgehog. ... 2. <zoology> A genus of echinoderms, including the common edible sea urchin of Europe. ... 3. The rounded molding forming the bell of the capital of the Grecian Doric style, which is of a peculiar elastic curve. See Entablature. The quarter-round molding (ovolo) of ...
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E·chi'nus noun ;
plural Echini . [ Latin , a hedgehog, sea urchin, Greek
'echi^nos .]
1. (Zoology) A hedgehog.
2. (Zoology) A genus of echinoderms, including the common edible sea urchin of Europe.
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The Echinus (Sea-Urchins or Sea-Eggs) are a genus of marine animals, the type of an order (Echinoidea) of the class Phylum Echinodermata. The body is more or less globular and covered with a test or shell, often beset with movable spines. Locomotion is effected by a singular system of ainbulacra or 'tube-feet', which are distended with water, protr...
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In architecture, echinus refers to the rounded moulding forming the bell of the capital of the Grecian Doric style, which is of a peculiar elastic curve. The term is also applied to the quarter- round moulding (ovolo) of the Roman Doric style and sometimes to the egg and anchor or egg and dart moulding, because that ornament is often identified wit...
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[
n] - ovolo molding between the shaft and the abacus of a Doric column
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noun ovolo molding between the shaft and the abacus of a Doric column
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