What is the pedestal of a column, pillar, or statue. [Obs.] If no basis bear my rising name. Pope called?
basis — The pedestal of a column, pillar, or statue. [Obs.] If no basis bear my rising name. Pope. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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