echini
/EH1 K IY1 N IY0/noun
- 1
A sea urchin.
- 2
(architecture) The rounded moulding forming the bell of the capital of the Grecian Doric style, which is of a peculiar elastic curve.
- 3
(architecture) The quarter-round moulding (ovolo) of the Roman Doric style.
- 4
(architecture) The egg-and-anchor or egg-and-dart moulding, because often identified with the Roman Doric capital.
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