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To: "S. L. Hower" <howersl@ttown.apci.com>
Subject: RE: Silly Part Name...
From: "Patrick M. Clawson" <pclawson@mail.orion.org>
Date: Fri, 29 Sep 1995 13:43:03 -0500 (CDT)
On Thu, 28 Sep 1995, S. L. Hower wrote:

>       
>  My personal favorite has to be: plinth
>  (and I have no earthly idea what it is...)
> 
>  --slh
> 
>    Scott Hower  --> howersl@ttown.apci.com      
>    Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.             'Managing programmers
>    7201 Hamilton Blvd Trexlertown, PA      is like trying to herd cats'
>    (610) 481-2646                                      --Anonymous
> 
> 
A plinth is a flat member at the bottom of an architrave.
Come on, everybody knows that!

Another definition is that it's the square pedestal, upon which a pillar 
stands.

pclawson@mail.orion.org


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