DYE, in architecture, any square body, as the trunk or notched part of a pedestal: or it is the middle of the pedestal, or that part included between the base and the cornice; so called because it is often made in the form of a cube or dye*.
* See Architecture, p. 66.
Dyer. DYER, a person who professes the art of dyeing all manner of colours. See DYEING.