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echinus
echinus. Plain circular cushion-like convex moulding between the abacus and annulets of the Greek Doric capital, between the abacus and hypotrachelium of the Tuscan and Roman Doric Orders, and beneath the pulvinus joining the volutes of the Ionic capital where it is enriched with egg-and-dart (so occurs in the upper part of a Composite capital, always enriched).
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JAMES STEVENS CURL. "echinus." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JAMES STEVENS CURL. "echinus." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O1-echinus.html JAMES STEVENS CURL. "echinus." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O1-echinus.html |
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echinus
echinus (zool.) sea-urchin XIV; (archit.) ovolo moulding next below the abacus XVI. — L. — Gr. ekhînos hedgehog, sea-urchin.
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T. F. HOAD. "echinus." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "echinus." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-echinus.html T. F. HOAD. "echinus." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-echinus.html |
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echinus
•pandanus
•badness, madness, sadness
•Magnus • aptness
•fatness, patness
•redness • wetness
•anus, Coriolanus, heinous, Janus, Punta Arenas, Silvanus
•genus, intravenous, Maecenas, Malvinas, Salinas, venous, Venus
•Cygnus • proteinous • ruinous
•libidinous
•multitudinous, platitudinous, pulchritudinous, vicissitudinous
•cartilaginous, farraginous, oleaginous
•fuliginous, indigenous, oxygenous, polygynous, rubiginous, vertiginous
•androgynous, autogenous, endogenous, erogenous, exogenous, homogenous, hydrogenous, misogynous
•ferruginous • ominous
•bituminous, leguminous, luminous, numinous, voluminous
•conterminous, coterminous, terminus, verminous
•larcenous • gelatinous • cretinous
•mountainous
•glutinous, mutinous
•resinous
•Aquinas, Delphinus, echinus, Linus, Longinus, minus, Plotinus, sinus, vinous
•oddness • wanness • hotness
•Faunus, rawness
•Kaunas
•bonus, Cronus, Jonas, lowness, onus, Tithonus
•oldness
•newness, twoness
•fulness
•alumnus, rumness
•oneness • Oceanus • Eridanus
•diaphanous • polyphonous
•cacophonous, homophonous
•porcellanous • villainous
•membranous • tyrannous
•synchronous • Uranus • tetanus
•monotonous • gluttonous
•cavernous, ravenous
•treasonous • poisonous • Avernus
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"echinus." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "echinus." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-echinus.html "echinus." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-echinus.html |
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