‖An″ta (�), n.; pl.Antæ (�). (Arch.) A species of pier produced by thickening a wall at its termination, treated architecturally as a pilaster, with capital and base.
☞ Porches, when columns stand between two antæ, are called in Latin in antis.
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Webster's Dictionary 1913
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.