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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CORNETTER, CORNETER, CORNICE, n. One who blows a cornet.
1. In architecture, the uppermost member of the entablature of a column, or the highest projecture; that which crowns and order.
2. A little projecture in joinery or masonry; as the cornice of a chimney.
Cornice-ring of a cannon, is the ring next from the muzzle-ring backward.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a decorative framework to conceal curtain fixtures at the top of a window casing [syn: cornice, valance, valance board, pelmet]
2: a molding at the corner between the ceiling and the top of a wall
3: the topmost projecting part of an entablature v
1: furnish with a cornice

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: Middle French, from Italian, frame, cornice, from Latin cornic-, cornix crow; akin to Greek korax raven — more at raven Date: 1563 1. a. the molded and projecting horizontal member that crowns an architectural composition — see column illustration b. a top course that crowns a wall 2. a decorative band of metal or wood used to conceal curtain fixtures 3. an overhanging mass of windblown snow or ice usually on a ridge II. transitive verb (corniced; cornicing) Date: 1744 to furnish or crown with a cornice

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 Archit. a an ornamental moulding round the wall of a room just below the ceiling. b a horizontal moulded projection crowning a building or structure, esp. the uppermost member of the entablature of an order, surmounting the frieze. 2 Mountaineering an overhanging mass of hardened snow at the edge of a precipice. Derivatives: corniced adj. Etymology: F corniche etc. f. It. cornice, perh. f. L cornix -icis crow

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Cornice Cor"nice (k?r"n?s), n. [F. corniche, It. cornice, LL. coronix, cornix, fr. L. coronis a curved line, a flourish with the pen at the end of a book or chapter, Gr. ???; akin to L. corona crown. sEE Crown, and cf. Coronis.] (Arch.) 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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(cornices) A cornice is a strip of plaster, wood, or stone which goes along the top of a wall or building. N-COUNT