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See also:SCOTIA (Gr. o'Karca, See also:shadow or darkness)
, in See also:architecture, a See also:concave moulding most commonly used in bases, which projects a deep See also:shadow on itself, and is thereby a most effective moulding under the See also:eye, as in a See also:base
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(See MOULDING.)
In the former See also:case the derivation seems to be from the O
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Fr
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Escoute, and that from the Latin ausculiare, but in the latter from the Dutch Koet, which is said to be of See also:Celtic extraction—cwtiar
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The Fr. macreuse, possibly from See also:Lat. mater, indicating a See also:bird that may be eaten in See also:Lent or on the fast days of the See also:Roman See also: |
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