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