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folly
In architecture, an eccentric, generally nonfunctional (and often deliberately unfinished) structure erected to enhance a romantic landscape. Follies were particularly in vogue in England in the 18th and early 19th cent. They might resemble medieval towers, ruined castles overgrown with vines, or crumbling Classical temples complete with fallen, eroded columns. In the U.S., the term has been applied to ornate gazebos. It may also be applied to any unusual building that is extravagant or whimsical in style.


holly
Any of approximately 400 species of red- or black-berried ornamental shrubs and trees that make up the genus Ilex (family Aquifoliaceae), incl. the popular Christmas hollies. English holly (I. aquifolium) bears shiny, spiny, dark, evergreen leaves; Amer. holly (I. opaca) has oblong, prickly leaves; both have usually red fruits. There are spineless and yellow-fruited forms of both species.


toll
Sum levied on users of certain roads, canals, bridges, tunnels, and other such travel and transportation infrastructure, primarily to pay for construction and maintenance. Tolls were known in the ancient world and were widely used in medieval Europe as a means of supporting bridge construction. Canal building, which became extensive in Europe in the 18th-19th cent., was financed chiefly by tolls, and many major roads were built by private companies with the right to collect tolls. The National Road, built in the U.S. beginning in 1806, was financed through the sale of public land, but maintenance problems soon caused Congress to authorize tolls. Toll roads passed out of fashion in the later 19th cent., but the idea was revived with the Pennsylvania Turnpike in the 1930s, and after World War II many states built toll expressways. In the U.S. tolls are also used to finance long-span bridges and major tunnels. Canal tolls are still charged in some parts of the world, notably on the Suez and Panama canals.


collage
(from French, coller: "to glue") Pictorial technique of applying printed or found materials (e.g., newspaper, fabric, wallpaper) to a flat surface, often in combination with painting. Long popular as a pastime for children and amateurs, it was first given serious attention as an art technique by P. Picasso and G. Braque in 1912-13. Many other 20th-cent. artists have produced collages, incl. J. Gris, H. Matisse, J. Cornell, and M. Ernst. In the 1960s collage was employed as a major form of Pop art, exemplified in the work of R. Rauschenberg.


collard
Headless form of cabbage (Brassica oleracea 'acephala'), in the mustard family. It bears the same botanical name as kale, differing only in that collard leaves are much broader, are not frilled, and resemble the rosette leaves of head cabbage. The main stem has a rosette of leaves at the top. Lower leaves commonly are harvested progressively; sometimes the entire young rosette is harvested. The ...

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