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interior of a vast shell, and painted. Models of towns and ancient buildings in wood, plaster, and cork have excited much attention and interest, and are common in museums. Mod′el-ing-board. A board used in loammolding to give shape to the mold. Mod′el-ing-plane. A short plane used in planing rounding surfaces. It has a length of from 1 to 5 inches, a width of from 1/4 to 2 inches. The irons are from 3/16 to 1 1/2 inches wide. Mod′er-ator. （Optics.) A device, known as Rainey's, consisting of an opal glass or ground glass to moderate and diffuse the light passing from a lamp to an object on the stand of the microscope. Mo-dil′lion. （Architecture.) a. An ornamental console beneath the corona in some orders. b. One of the large flowers in a soffit or coved ceiling. Mod′ule. 1. A measure of proportion. See Modulus. 2. The lower diameter of the shaft of a column. Mod′u-lus. In mechanics, a coefficient of some specified force or p