Crossword clues for frusta
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Frustum \Frus"tum\, n.; pl. L. Frusta, E. Frustums. [L. fruslum piece, bit.]
(Geom.) The part of a solid next the base, formed by cutting off the, top; or the part of any solid, as of a cone, pyramid, etc., between two planes, which may be either parallel or inclined to each other.
(Arch.) One of the drums of the shaft of a column.
Wiktionary
n. (plural of frustum English)
WordNet
n. a truncated cone or pyramid; the part that is left when a cone or pyramid is cut by a plane parallel to the base and the apical part is removed
[also: frusta (pl)]
See frustum
Usage examples of "frusta".
I heard that there is to be a frusta at the pillars this very afternoon.
She was again unveiled, the better to watch the frusta, and again I feasted my eyes on her beauty.
I assumed that he was murmurously applauding the performance of the frusta, which, after one last loud and piercing screech, was just then ending.
I did not do that to save myself from the frusta, and I will not do it for both of us.
Some of the enthusiasts seeking to meet me were seeking to meet what they properly considered a Far Journeyer, but a great many wished to meet a man they mistakenly considered Un Grand Romancier, author of an imaginative and entertaining fiction, and others clearly wished only to ogle a Prodigious Liar, as they might have flocked to watch the frusta of some eminent criminal at the piazzetta pillars.