Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for OC'TO-STYLE
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OC'TO-STYLE, n. [Gr. οκτω, eight, and στυλος, style.]
In ancient architecture, the face of an edifice adorned with eight columns, or a range of eight columns. Encyc.
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