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columel rare.|ˈkɒljʊmɛl|
[ad. L. columella (see next). Cf. F. columelle (‘mot didactique’ Littré).]
1. A small column or pillar. Also attrib.
a1661Fuller Worthies ii. 279 A Majestick Western Front of Columel work. 1829Landor Imag. Conv. (1846) II. 255 No man can..enter his hall or portico, and see the countenances of his ancestors from their marble columels, without a..sense of obligation.
†2. A column of writing or printing. Obs.
a1661Fuller Worthies (1840) I. xv. 64 We have, in a distinct columel, assigned the places of their habitation.
†3. Anat.
1610Markham Masterpiece ii. iii. 217 The great columell or flat bone of the hippes or huckell.
†4. Bot. = columella 3 a. Obs.
1828Webster cites Martyn. |