Baluster
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“Popularly, banister or ballaster, the name given to small shafts or pillars set in a line at short equal distances, and supporting a cornice or coping. These miniature pillars have generally either a pear-shaped swelling at the lower end, or consist of two pear-shaped pieces, places above each other, a ring of moulding being set between them.” — Chambers’ Encyclopedia, 1875
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Chambers's Encyclopedia (Philadelphia, PA: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1875)
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