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3. (Zoöl.) (a)
The upright pillar in the axis of most univalve
shells. (b) The central pillar or axis
of the calicles of certain corals.

Col`u*mel"li*form (?), a.
[Columella + -form.] Shaped like a little
column, or columella.

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.

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 Vendôme; the spinal
column.

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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