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Pertaining to, derived from, or resembling, the dogwood (Cornus florida).

se 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.

Having a cornice.

A little horn. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

A secretary or clerk. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Horned; having horns. Dr. H. More.

A small hornlike part or process.

A bracket supporting a cornice; a console.

An ornament of the cymatium of a classic cornice, sometimes pierced for the escape of water.

The molding of a cornice immediately below the corona. Oxf. Gloss.

e point. Bird's-foot trefoil. (Bot.) (a) A genus of plants (Lotus) with clawlike pods. L. corniculatas, with yellow flowers, is very common in Great Britain.

The finishing course of a wall showing above a cornice.

A bracket to support a balcony, a cornice, or the like.

A hollow molding, chiefly in cornices.

of resin, whiting, and glue, used instead of plaster of Paris for ornamenting walls and cornices.

obtained from dogwood (Cornus florida), as a white crystalline substance; -- called also cornic acid.

The projecting part of a Classic cornice, the under side of which is cut with a recess or channel so as to form a drip. See Illust. of Column.

The Lotus corniculatus. Dr. Prior.

A member or molding of the cornice, the profile of which is wavelike in form.

That part of a pedestal included between the base and the cornice (or surbase); the die. See Illust. of Column. Hence: