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PLINTH (Gr. ir)^fvOos, a square tile)

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Originally appearing in Volume V21, Page 841 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PLINTH (Gr. ir)^fvOos, a square tile) , the
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term in architecture given to the
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lower
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mouldings of a podium, pedestal or skirting, also to any rectangular block on which a statue or vase is placed, and in the Classic Orders to the square block of moderate height, under the
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base mouldings of the column or pedestal .

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