Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having a cornice.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Having a cornice.
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- adjective With a
cornice .
Etymologies
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Examples
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On the Ohio River there is a group of these shaped like segments of a truncated cone, and "corniced" with another piece reversed, like this:
Memoirs Charles Godfrey Leland 1863
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Waking up the next morning, looking up at the grandiose corniced ceilings, marble mantlepiece and antique dressing table, I felt like a slightly less evil Marie Antoinette.
Louise Roe: Playing Princess In Paris: My 24 Hours At The Plaza Athenee Louise Roe 2012
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Now bathed in full light of day there was no escaping the gut-tightening exposure as we descended past broken rock and corniced overhangs.
Count Your Blessings Jack Canfield 2009
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Now bathed in full light of day there was no escaping the gut-tightening exposure as we descended past broken rock and corniced overhangs.
Count Your Blessings Jack Canfield 2009
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Now bathed in full light of day there was no escaping the gut-tightening exposure as we descended past broken rock and corniced overhangs.
Count Your Blessings Jack Canfield 2009
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Now bathed in full light of day there was no escaping the gut-tightening exposure as we descended past broken rock and corniced overhangs.
Count Your Blessings Jack Canfield 2009
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Now bathed in full light of day there was no escaping the gut-tightening exposure as we descended past broken rock and corniced overhangs.
Count Your Blessings Jack Canfield 2009
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Now bathed in full light of day there was no escaping the gut-tightening exposure as we descended past broken rock and corniced overhangs.
Count Your Blessings Jack Canfield 2009
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Now bathed in full light of day there was no escaping the gut-tightening exposure as we descended past broken rock and corniced overhangs.
Count Your Blessings Jack Canfield 2009
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Now bathed in full light of day there was no escaping the gut-tightening exposure as we descended past broken rock and corniced overhangs.
Count Your Blessings Jack Canfield 2009
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