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UTTARA—A rectangular moulding, a fillet. (For its synonyms, *see M.*, XVI, 56–58 below.) It is used sometimes to signify the whole architrave or the beam, i.e. the lowest division of the entablature, which extends from column to column ; also applied to the moulded frame which bounds the sides and head of a door or window opening. It also denotes a particular member of the pedestal and entablature and resembles the corona or the square projection of the upper part of the cornice, having a broad and vertical face generally plain.