scamillus

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: sca=mil=lus

CIDE DICTIONARY

scamillus, n. [L., originally, a little bench, dim. of scamnum bench, stool.].

 A sort of second plinth or block, below the bases of Ionic and Corinthian columns, generally without moldings, and of smaller size horizontally than the pedestal.  [1913 Webster]