MODILLION, noun modil'yun. [Latin modiolus, from modus.]
In architecture, an ornament in the cornice of the Ionic, Corinthian and composite columns; a sort of bracket serving to support the projecture of the larmier or drip; a dental.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.