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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 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.

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.

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.

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:

A small square block or projection in cornices, a number of which are ranged in an ornamental band; -- used particularly in the Ionic, Corinthian, and Composite orders.

That part of a pedestal included between base and cornice; the dado.

That part of a cornice, sill course, or other horizontal member, which projects beyond the rest, and is of such section as to throw off the rain water. Right of drip (Law), an easement or servitude by which a man has the right to have the water flowing from his house fall on the land of his neighbor.…

The superstructure which lies horizontally upon the columns. See Illust. of Column, Cornice.

The uppermost member of the cornice of an entablature.

hough not of arch construction. -- False attic, an architectural erection above the main cornice, concealing a roof, but not having windows or inclosing rooms. -- False bearing, any bearing which is not directly upon a vertical support; thus, the weight carried by a corbel has a false bearing. -- False cadence, an i…

That part of the entablature of an order which is between the architrave and cornice. It is a flat member or face, either uniform or broken by triglyphs, and often enriched with figures and other ornaments of sculpture.

A picture of fruit; decoration by representation of fruit. The cornices consist of frutages and festoons. Evelyn.