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orlo

American  
[awr-loh] / ˈɔr loʊ /

noun

Architecture.

plural

orlos

  1. a plinth supporting the base of a column.

  2. orle.

Etymology

Origin of orlo

1605–15; < Italian: border, derivative of orlare to hem < Vulgar Latin; see orle

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De acido e cibis orlo, et de magnesia, reprinted at Edinburgh, 1854.

From A History of Science, Volume 5(of 5) Aspects Of Recent Science by Williams, Henry Smith

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