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scamillus
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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]
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