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mutule
CIDE DICTIONARY
mutule, n. [F., fr. L. mutulus.].
A projecting block worked under the corona of the Doric corice, in the same situation as the modillion of the Corinthian and Composite orders. See Illust. of Gutta. Oxf. Gloss. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
mutule, n. Archit. a block derived from the ends of wooden beams projecting under a Doric cornice.
Etymology
F f. L mutulus
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