bowtel

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bowtel - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Bowtel \Bow"tel\, n.
     See Boultel.
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  Boultel \Boul"tel\, Boultin \Boul"tin\, n. (Arch.)
     (a) A molding, the convexity of which is one fourth of a
         circle, being a member just below the abacus in the
         Tuscan and Roman Doric capital; a torus; an ovolo.
     (b) One of the shafts of a clustered column. [Written also
         bowtel, boltel, boultell, etc.]
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