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Definition of Scotia
1. n. A concave molding used especially in classical architecture.
2. n. Scotland
Definition of Scotia
1. Noun. (architecture) A concave molding with a lower edge projecting beyond the top. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Scotia
1. a concave molding [n -S]
Medical Definition of Scotia
1. A concave molding used especially in classical architecture. Origin: L, fr. Gr. Skotia darkness, a sunken molding in the base of a pillar, so called from the dark shadow it casts, from skotos darkness. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Scotia
Literary usage of Scotia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Biographical Sketches of Loyalists of the American Revolution: With an by Lorenzo Sabine (1864)
"DAVID, accompanied by his family of three persons, went from New York to Shelburne,
Nova scotia, in 1783. Of Georgia. JOSEPH, attainted, and property ..."
2. The American Historical Review by American Historical Association (1905)
"Yet writers dealing with the period frequently assume that Nova scotia was from
... The attitude of Nova scotia during the contest has therefore more than a ..."
3. Biographical Sketches of Loyalists of the American Revolution: With an by Lorenzo Sabine (1864)
"A Loyalist of the latter Christian name was at Shelburne, Nova scotia, in 1784,
... Four of this surname went to Shelburne, Nova scotia, in 1783, ..."
4. Report of the ... Annual Meeting of the Canadian Forestry Association by Canadian Forestry Association (1900)
"The quantity of land available for lumbering purposes in Nova scotia has never been,
... The larger number of the large lumbering concerns of Nova scotia, ..."
5. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1920)
"In 1910 the 3rd edition of the AOU 'Check-List' said of the Willet: "Breeds from
Virginia (formerly Nova scotia) south to Florida and the ..."
6. Report by Public Archives of Canada (1893)
"26 Remonstrance by Massachusetts against the surrender of Nova scotia for St.
Christophers; the value of the latter bears no proportion to that of the ..."
7. The History of the Reformation of the Church of England by Gilbert Burnet, Edward Nares (1843)
"In scotia non sunt res rant, »des evers.is atq ; ipsum in ... Domino scotia jam
in novos motus incidit. ..."
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