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Corniced

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cor·nice  (kôrns)
n.
1.
a. A horizontal molded projection that crowns or completes a building or wall.
b. The uppermost part of an entablature.
2. The molding at the top of the walls of a room, between the walls and ceiling.
3. An ornamental horizontal molding or frame used to conceal rods, picture hooks, or other devices.
tr.v. cor·niced, cor·nic·ing, cor·nic·es
To supply, decorate, or finish with or as if with a cornice.

[Obsolete French, from Italian, possibly from Latin cornx, cornc-, crow, from its resemblance to a crow's beak (influenced by Greek kornis, curved line, flourish).]

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Above was a wreath-work of blazonry, extending up to the carved and corniced oaken roof; while on either side stood the high canopied chairs placed for the master of the house and for his most honored guest.
 
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