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(1):

(n.) A small army.

(2):

(n.) A perpendicular line of figures.

(3):

(n.) A kind of pillar; a cylindrical or polygonal support for a roof, ceiling, statue, etc., somewhat ornamented, and usually composed of base, shaft, and capital. See Order.

(4):

(n.) Anything resembling, in form or position, a column in architecture; an upright body or mass; a shaft or obelisk; as, a column of air, of water, of mercury, etc.; the Column Vendome; the spinal column.

(5):

(n.) A body of troops formed in ranks, one behind the other; - contradistinguished from line. Compare Ploy, and Deploy.

(6):

(n.) A number of ships so arranged as to follow one another in single or double file or in squadrons; - in distinction from "line", where they are side by side.

(7):

(n.) A perpendicular set of lines, not extending across the page, and separated from other matter by a rule or blank space; as, a column in a newspaper.

(8):

(n.) The body formed by the union of the stamens in the Mallow family, or of the stamens and pistil in the orchids.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Column'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​c/column.html. 1828.
 
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