Word Meanings - PEDESTAL - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like; the part on which an upright work stands. It consists of three parts, the base, the die or dado, and the cornice or surbase molding. See Illust. of Column.

• Moldiness
  Alt. of Mouldiness
• Three-decker
  A vessel of war carrying guns on three decks.
• Three-score
  Thrice twenty; sixty.
• MOLDERYMOULDERY
  Covered or filled with mold; consisting of, or resembling, mold.
• THREEPLY
  Consisting of three distinct webs inwrought together in weaving, as cloth or carpeting; having three strands; threefold.
• Illustratively
  By way of illustration or elucidation.
• Moldwarp
  Alt. of Mouldwarp
• Three-flowered
  Bearing three flowers together, or only three flowers.
• Three-sided
  Having three sides, especially three plane sides; as, a three-sided stem, leaf, petiole, peduncle, scape, or pericarp.
• MOLDINESSMOULDINESS
  The state of being moldy.
• THREEPOINTED
  Having three acute or setigerous points; tricuspidate.
• Illustrator
  One who illustrates.
• Illustratory
  Serving to illustrate.
• Threefold
  Consisting of three, or thrice repeated; triple; as, threefold justice.
• Three-square
  Having a cross section in the form of an equilateral triangle; -- said especially of a kind of file.
• MOLDINGMOULDING
  A plane, or curved, narrow surface, either sunk or projecting, used for decoration by means of the lights and shades upon its surface. Moldings vary greatly in pattern, and are generally used in groups, the different members of each group projecting or
• THREEPORT
  Having three ports; specif.: Designating a type of two-cycle internal-combustion engine in which the mixture enters the crank case through a port uncovered by the piston near the end of its stroke.
• Illustrious
  Possessing luster or brightness; brilliant; luminous; splendid.

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