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  • Gorgerin \Gor`ge*rin"\, n. [F., fr. gorge neck.] (Arch.) In some columns, that part of the capital between the termination of the shaft and the annulet of the echinus, or the space between two neck moldings; -- called also {neck of the capital}, and hypotrachelium. See Illust. of Column. [1913 Webster]

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