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• A hollow moulding in the base of a column.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

• A poetic name for Scotland.

• The hollow moulding in the base of a column-so called from the shadow formed by it.

1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.