 | George Crabb - 1830 - 380 Seiten
...the lily. CORNFLOWER. A plant that grows wild among the corn. CORN ICE. Any moulded projection that crowns or finishes the part to which it is affixed, as the cornice of a room, a door, &c. CORNISH CHOUGH. In England, a sort of crow, of a fine blue or purple black colour,... | |
 | George Crabb - 1831 - 434 Seiten
...It builds on the highes cliff« hanging over the sea. COR 11» CORNICE. Any moulded projection that crowns or finishes the part to which it is affixed, as the cornice of a room, a door, Ac. CORNISH CHOUGH. A sort of crow, of a fine blue or purple black colour, with red... | |
 | Samuel Maunder - 1843 - 914 Seiten
...architecture, the uppermost member of the entablature of a column ; or any moulded projection that crowns or finishes the part to which it is affixed, as the cornice of a room, a door, &c. CORNIC'ULATE, in botany, bearing a little spur or horn. spur or horn. CORNUCOTIA,... | |
 | Robert Griffith Hatfield - 1845 - 326 Seiten
...weather. Corbels. — Stones or timbers fixed in a wall to sustain the timbers of a floor or roof. Cornice. — Any moulded projection which crowns or finishes the part to which it is affixed. Corona. — That part of a cornice which is between the crownmoulding and the bed-mouldings. ( Cornucopia.... | |
 | W. M. Buchanan - 1846 - 768 Seiten
...COR'NET-A-FISTON, FT., a brass wind musical instrument. Coa'NicE.from xofwr,, a summit; any moulded projection that crowns or finishes the part to which it is affixed, as the cornice of a room. COR'MBH CHOUGH, a sort of crow of a fine blue or purple-black colour, with red beak and legs,... | |
 | John Craig (F.G.S.) - 1848 - 1134 Seiten
...'flow-nr, s. The Centaurea Cyanna, or Blue-buttle. CORNICE, kawr'nis, ». (Italian.) In Architecture, any moulded projection which crowns or finishes the part to which it is affixed, as the uppermost member of the entablature of a column, pier, window, &C. Conoce ring of a cannon, the nezt... | |
 | Minard Lafever - 1849 - 306 Seiten
...parapet or superior part of the wall, which projects beyond the inferior part. Cornice; a crowning; any moulded projection which crowns or finishes the part to which it is attached. The Cornice of an order is a secondary member of the order itself, or ,a primary member of... | |
 | Edward Spon - 1870 - 402 Seiten
...running over a small pulley W. CORNICE. FB., Corniche ; GEB., Knrniess ; ITAL., Cornice ; SPAN., Cornisa. Any moulded projection which crowns or finishes the part to which it is affixed is termed a cornice ; iis the cornice of an order, of a pedestal, of a door, window, or house. CORNISH... | |
 | Robert Griffith Hatfield - 1874 - 452 Seiten
...weather. Corbels. — Stones or timbers fixed in a wall to sustain the timbers of a floor or roof. Cornice. — Any moulded projection which crowns or finishes the part to which it is affixed. Corona. — That part of a cornice which is between the crownmoulding and the bed-mouldings. Conuim/iiu.... | |
 | C. Bankes Brookes - 1879 - 264 Seiten
...between two stones. Coping1. — The highest and covering course of masonry or brickwork in a wall. Cor'nice. — Any moulded projection which crowns or finishes the part to which it is affixed. Cor'ridor. — A gallery or passage-way leading to apartments independent of each other. Cous'sinet.... | |
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Cornice. — Any moulded projection which crowns or finishes the part to which it is affixed, as the cornice of an order, of a pediment, of a door, window, or house. 
