Fusarole

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Fusarole \Fu"sa*role\, n. [F. fusarolle, fr. It. fusaruolo, fr.
     fuso spindle, shaft of a column. See {Fusee} a conical
     wheel.] (Arch.)
     A molding generally placed under the echinus or quarter round
     of capitals in the Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian orders of
     architecture.


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