[a. F. colonnette, dim. of colonne COLUMN.]

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  1.  Arch. A small column.

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1879.  Sir G. Scott, Lect. Archit., I. 155. The delicate colonettes which decorate the mullions of windows.

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1885.  Athenæum, 6 June, 731/3. Colonnettes of ruddy porphyry.

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  2.  Anat. A slender column of bone, etc.

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1872.  Cohen, Dis. Throat, 183. This network consists of colonnettes of greater or lesser size.

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