A carved cornice runs around the high-ceilinged room. From LearnThat.org. [www.ldoceonline.com]
Running under the cornice was a faint carved inscription. From Wordnik.com. [Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine]
The cornice is a decorative stone molding that runs around the top perimeter of the courthouse. From Wordnik.com. [JSOnline.com] Reference
Above the cornice is another monolith, the lower part squared and the upper shaped into a pyramid. From Wordnik.com. [History of Phoenicia] Reference
The cornice is a decorative molding made of limestone that borders the upper perimeter of the courthouse. From Wordnik.com. [JSOnline.com] Reference
Over the middle of the cornice is a seated deity with hands extended, the right over the Eye of Horus, and the left over a pool. From Wordnik.com. [Egyptian Ideas of the Future Life] Reference
Turn your eyes in this direction, and you'll see the 'cornice' road, that leads to La. From Wordnik.com. [Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, July, 1851] Reference
Roman manner, and forming a kind of cornice round the top of the great rectangular stone stand. From Wordnik.com. [The Ashiel mystery A Detective Story] Reference
At the end of the room was the same kind of cornice and curtains, but no glass. From Wordnik.com. [A Little Girl in Old New York] Reference
The term "cornice" describes one-piece molding installed along the top if the wall or above the window. From Wordnik.com. [MyLinkVault Newest Links] Reference
A section of the balustrade and cornice is shown by Fig. 302. From Wordnik.com. [Concrete Construction Methods and Costs] Reference
Under the eaves runs a deep cornice with bold projecting soffits. From Wordnik.com. [The South of France—East Half] Reference
Outside the third gallery commences the cornice gallery of the dome. From Wordnik.com. [The South of France—East Half] Reference
Street, the building which has an interesting cornice and roof is where. From Wordnik.com. [A Portrait of Old George Town] Reference
The canopy was square, with a raised and variegated gold cornice round. From Wordnik.com. [Coronation Anecdotes] Reference
On the cornice of the roof above her a glowing ember was smoldering dangerously. From Wordnik.com. [Southern Stories Retold from St. Nicholas] Reference
This border or cornice of gold remained there down to the time of the Spaniards. From Wordnik.com. [History of the Incas] Reference
Branch from moss-grown fir-tree "a cornice wreathed with purple-starred tapestry". From Wordnik.com. [The Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52] Reference
The cornice at the top is modern, and the hands and nose of the figure are restorations. From Wordnik.com. [Bell's Cathedrals: Southwark Cathedral Formerly the Collegiate Church of St. Saviour, Otherwise St. Mary Overie. A Short History and Description of the Fabric, with Some Account of the College and the See] Reference
Returning to Plate LXII, the symbols of the roof and cornice refer to these two divinities. From Wordnik.com. [Studies in Central American Picture-Writing First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1879-80, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1881, pages 205-245] Reference
This cornice indicates a former sea-level, showing that the berg has risen or changed position. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 87, January, 1865] Reference
The space below the windows is occupied by a rich cornice, an elegant arcade, and a stone seat. From Wordnik.com. [The New Guide to Peterborough Cathedral] Reference
A ponderous cornice richly ornamented, which is now almost gone, runs over this series of sculptures. From Wordnik.com. [Travels in the Far East] Reference
The marble gods and goddesses, the lovely fragments of frieze or cornice from the excavations at Rome. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
On the angles are shallow grooved foliated pilasters, and under the eaves a projecting dentil cornice. From Wordnik.com. [The South of France—East Half] Reference
The faces at the ends of the cornice, with the double lines for eye and mouth, are unmistakable TLALOC signs. From Wordnik.com. [Studies in Central American Picture-Writing First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1879-80, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1881, pages 205-245] Reference
To illustrate by an assumed example, supposing it is required to mold the wall and cornice shown by Fig. 294. From Wordnik.com. [Concrete Construction Methods and Costs] Reference
Figure 293, shows the face form for the arch ring, spandrel wall and cornice or coping course of the Big Muddy. From Wordnik.com. [Concrete Construction Methods and Costs] Reference
A delicate dentil cornice runs round the building, bending over the round-headed windows and across the buttresses. From Wordnik.com. [The South of France—East Half] Reference
We paused before a house that seemedA swelling of the ground; The roof was scarcely visible, The cornice but a mound. From Wordnik.com. [The Child Who Loved Emily Dickinson] Reference
It is painted inside with a wall of quadrangular pieces of marble of various colors, terminated at top with a cornice. From Wordnik.com. [Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life] Reference
At each of the four corners is a grooved Corinthian pilaster surmounted by a frieze and a projecting dentilled cornice. From Wordnik.com. [The South of France—East Half] Reference
The next morning, a roped-together trio led by Spooner fell while climbing over an icy cornice 1,000 feet below the summit. From Wordnik.com. [Dangling At 19,000 Feet] Reference
He bent over to examine them, noting the wonderful detail of arch and architrave, of keystone, cornice and foundation course. From Wordnik.com. [Flamsted quarries] Reference
Two years ago an extreme skier was killed at the world championships in Alaska after a cornice gave way as he scouted his route. From Wordnik.com. [Outer Limits] Reference
Egyptian marble mantels, gilt cornice and centre-piece in parlor, and bath-room, with several wash-bowls set in different rooms. From Wordnik.com. [Letters from Port Royal Written at the Time of the Civil War (1862-1868)] Reference
In the power house, the ornamental work consisted of molded courses, cornice work; and particularly of heavy capitals for pilasters. From Wordnik.com. [Concrete Construction Methods and Costs] Reference
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