What is an ornament in the Corinthian capital resembling the stalk of a plant, from which the volutes and helices spring called?
stalk — (Arch.) An ornament in the Corinthian capital resembling the stalk of a plant, from which the volutes and helices spring. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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