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patten

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patten, patand, patin
1. The base of a column or pillar.
2. A base or a groundsill which supports a column, post, or pillar.
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He was an ingenious workman, and made excellent pattens; nay, the very patten with which he was knocked down was his own workmanship.
The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Fielding, Henry View in context
In doing which she lost her temper, or mislaid it for an instant; for, the water being uncomfortably cold, and in that slippy, slushy, sleety sort of state wherein it seems to penetrate through every kind of substance, patten rings included-- had laid hold of Mrs.
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