Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Column (-s)
column (-s), n. [OFr < L. columen, elevated object, pillar, column < celsus, high, lofty.]
- Pole; pillar; support for a dome; [fig.] way; aisle; passage upward; spiral staircase.
- Row; [fig.] military troops; soldiers organized in lines; [metaphor] sunset clouds.
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