1) Apophysis
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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 diminishing shaft rests. It is, in effect, a curved join...
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• (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.
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(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 ...
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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
apophyge .]
(Architecture) The small holl...
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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.
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a small, concave, outward curve joining the shaft of a column, esp. a classical column, to its base. · Also calleda similar curve joining the shaft of a column to its capital.
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