Scotia
[skәuʃә]
Definition
(n.) A concave molding used especially in classical architecture.
(n.) Scotland
Typist: Naomi
Definition
n. a concave moulding as the base of a pillar.
Checker: McDonald
Examples
- The Loyalist movement that took to Nova Scotia so many Americans after the War of Independence carried with it John, the son of this stalwart Continental. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- This Vinland was either Nova Scotia or, what is more probable, New England. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Messages have been sent to enormous distances, far surpassing the width of the Atlantic, as from Nova Scotia and Ireland to Argentina, a distance of 5,600 miles. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The island of Antigua, the two Carolinas, Pennsylvania, Georgia, and Nova Scotia, were not planted. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Thus it came about that Samuel Edison, son of John, was born at Digby, Nova Scotia, in 1804. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
Checker: McDonald