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Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: ECG-EMS |
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ECHINUS (Gr. for " hedge-hog " or " sea-urchin ") , in architecture , the convex
abacus of the Doric column
term
capital , especially when curved with the egg-and-tongue enrichment. The origin of this use of the word in architecture , which comes down from ancient
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