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- Cornice - n. - Any horizontal, molded or otherwise decorated projection which crowns or finishes the part to which it is affixed; as, the cornice of an order, pedestal, door, window, or house.
- Corniced - a. - Having a cornice.
- Cornice - n. - Any horizontal, molded or otherwise decorated projection which crowns or finishes the part to which it is affixed; as, the cornice of an order, pedestal, door, window, or house.
- Weathered - a. - Made sloping, so as to throw off water; as, a weathered cornice or window sill.
- Bed-moulding - n. - The molding of a cornice immediately below the corona.
- Dado - n. - That part of a pedestal included between the base and the cornice (or surbase); the die. See Illust. of Column.
- Project - v. i. - To shoot forward; to extend beyond something else; to be prominent; to jut; as, the cornice projects; branches project from the tree.
- Epitithides - n. - The uppermost member of the cornice of an entablature.
- Gable - n. - The vertical triangular portion of the end of a building, from the level of the cornice or eaves to the ridge of the roof. Also, a similar end when not triangular in shape, as of a gambrel roof and the like.
- Pedestal - n. - The base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like; the part on which an upright work stands. It consists of three parts, the base, the die or dado, and the cornice or surbase molding. See Illust. of Column.
- Modillion - n. - The enriched block or horizontal bracket generally found under the cornice of the Corinthian and Composite entablature, and sometimes, less ornamented, in the Ionic and other orders; -- so called because of its arrangement at regulated distances.