scamilli

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scamilli - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Scamillus \Sca*mil"lus\, n.; pl. Scamilli. [L., originally, a
     little bench, dim. of scamnum bench, stool.] (Arch.)
     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]