Column \Col"umn\, n. [L. columna, fr. columen, culmen, fr.
   cellere (used only in comp.), akin to E. excel, and prob. to
   holm. See Holm, and cf. Colonel.]
   1. (Arch.) A kind of pillar; a cylindrical or polygonal
      support for a roof, ceiling, statue, etc., somewhat
      ornamented, and usually composed of base, shaft, and
      capital. See Order.
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   2. Anything resembling, in form or position, a column in
      architecture; an upright body or mass; a shaft or obelisk;
      as, a column of air, of water, of mercury, etc.; the
      Column Vend[^o]me; the spinal column.
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   3. (Mil.)
      (a) A body of troops formed in ranks, one behind the
          other; -- contradistinguished from line. Compare
          Ploy, and Deploy.
      (b) A small army.
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   4. (Naut.) A number of ships so arranged as to follow one
      another in single or double file or in squadrons; -- in
      distinction from "line", where they are side by side.
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   5. (Print.) A perpendicular set of lines, not extending
      across the page, and separated from other matter by a rule
      or blank space; as, a column in a newspaper.
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   6. (Arith.) A perpendicular line of figures.
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   7. (Bot.) The body formed by the union of the stamens in the
      Mallow family, or of the stamens and pistil in the
      orchids.
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   8. (Print.) one of a series of articles written in a
      periodical, usually under the same title and at regular
      intervals; it may be written and signed by one or more
      authors, or may appear pseudonymously or anonymously, as
      an editorial column. "Safire's weekly column On Language
      in the New York Times is usually more interesting (and
      probably more accurate) than his political column." --P.
      Cassidy
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   Attached column. See under Attach, v. t.

   Clustered column. See under Cluster, v. t.

   Column rule, a thin strip of brass separating columns of
      type in the form, and making a line between them in
      printing.
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Attach \At*tach"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Attached; p. pr. & vb.
   n. Attaching.] [OF. atachier, F. attacher, to tie or
   fasten: cf. Celt. tac, tach, nail, E. tack a small nail, tack
   to fasten. Cf. Attack, and see Tack.]
   1. To bind, fasten, tie, or connect; to make fast or join;
      as, to attach one thing to another by a string, by glue,
      or the like.
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            The shoulder blade is . . . attached only to the
            muscles.                              --Paley.
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            A huge stone to which the cable was attached.
                                                  --Macaulay.
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   2. To connect; to place so as to belong; to assign by
      authority; to appoint; as, an officer is attached to a
      certain regiment, company, or ship.
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   3. To win the heart of; to connect by ties of love or
      self-interest; to attract; to fasten or bind by moral
      influence; -- with to; as, attached to a friend; attaching
      others to us by wealth or flattery.
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            Incapable of attaching a sensible man. --Miss
                                                  Austen.
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            God . . . by various ties attaches man to man.
                                                  --Cowper.
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   4. To connect, in a figurative sense; to ascribe or
      attribute; to affix; -- with to; as, to attach great
      importance to a particular circumstance.
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            Top this treasure a curse is attached. --Bayard
                                                  Taylor.
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   5. To take, seize, or lay hold of. [Obs.] --Shak.
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   6. To take by legal authority:
      (a) To arrest by writ, and bring before a court, as to
          answer for a debt, or a contempt; -- applied to a
          taking of the person by a civil process; being now
          rarely used for the arrest of a criminal.
      (b) To seize or take (goods or real estate) by virtue of a
          writ or precept to hold the same to satisfy a judgment
          which may be rendered in the suit. See Attachment,
          4.
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                The earl marshal attached Gloucester for high
                treason.                          --Miss Yonge.
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   Attached column (Arch.), a column engaged in a wall, so
      that only a part of its circumference projects from it.
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   Syn: To affix; bind; tie; fasten; connect; conjoin; subjoin;
        annex; append; win; gain over; conciliate.
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