Emily Dickinson Lexicon

CON'GE, n.²

In architecture, a mold in form of a quarter round, or a cavetto, which serves to separate two members from one another; such as that which joins the shaft of the column to the cincture, called also apophyge. Also, a ring or ferule, formerly used on the extremities of columns to keep them from splitting; afterward imitated in stonework. – Encyc.