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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PYCNOSTYLE

n.[Gr. thick, and column. ] In ancient architecture, a building where the columns stand very close to each other; only one diameter and a half of the column being allowed to each intercolumniation.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PYCNOSTYLE

Pyc "no *style, a. Etym: [Gr. pycnostyle. ] (Anc. Arch. )

 

Defn: See under Intercolumniation. -n.

 

Defn: A pycnostyle colonnade.