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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.

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  1. 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.
  2. n. a decorative framework to conceal curtain fixtures at the top of a window casing
  3. n. a molding at the corner between the ceiling and the top of a wall
  4. n. the topmost projecting part of an entablature
  5. v. furnish with a cornice
  6. 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. Gwilt. Cornice ring, the ring on a cannon next behind the muzzle ring.
  7. Any horizontal, molded or otherwise decorated projection whichcrowns or finishes the part to which it is affixed; as, the corniceof an order, pedestal, door, window, or house. Gwilt. Cornice ring,the ring on a cannon next behind the muzzle ring.
  8. n:100 n. a decorative framework to conceal curtain fixtures at the top of a window casing n. a molding at the corner between the ceiling and the top of a wall n. the topmost projecting part of an entablature