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sca•mil•lus
(skə mil′əs),USA pronunciation n. [Archit.]
- Architecturea slight bevel at an arris of a stone, as in the necking of a Greek Doric column.
- Architecturea plain stone beneath the plinth of a column.
- Latin, diminutive of scamnum stool, bench