dictionary definitions for "scotia"


From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Scotia \Sco"ti*a\, n. [L.]
     Scotland [Poetic]
     [1913 Webster]
  
           O Scotia! my dear, my native soil!       --Burns.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Scotia \Sco"ti*a\, n. [L., fr. Gr. skoti`a darkness, a sunken
     molding in the base of a pillar, so called from the dark
     shadow it casts, from sko`tos darkness.] (Arch.)
     A concave molding used especially in classical architecture.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Trochilus \Troch"i*lus\, n.; pl. Trochili. [L. trochilus a
     kind of small bird. Gr. ?, fr. ? to run.]
     1. (Zool.)
        (a) A genus of humming birds. It Formerly included all the
            known species.
        (b) Any one of several species of wrens and kinglets.
            [Obs.]
        (c) The crocodile bird.
            [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Arch.) An annular molding whose section is concave, like
        the edge of a pulley; -- called also scotia.
        [1913 Webster]


online dictionary by shmop.net