From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Scotia \Sco"ti*a\, n. [L.]
Scotland [Poetic]
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O Scotia! my dear, my native soil! --Burns.
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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.
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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.
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2. (Arch.) An annular molding whose section is concave, like
the edge of a pulley; -- called also scotia.
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