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Definition of: baluster
(bal′əs·tər) noun
1. One of a set of small pillars that support a hand rail and form with the hand rail a balustrade.
2. One of the small columns forming a chair back. [<F balustre <Ital. balaustro baluster <balaustra pomegranate flower; so called from the resemblance in form]
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