Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In architecture, a diminutive of abacus in its various senses. Also called
abaculus .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Arch.) One of the tiles or squares of a tessellated pavement; an abaculus.
Etymologies
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From New Latin, from Ancient Greek ἀβακίσκος (abakiskos, "a coloured stone for laying mosaic"), diminutive of ἄβαξ (abaks, "board"). See abacus.
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