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Cyma :: Cyma (n.) A member or molding of the cornice, the profile of which is wavelike in form..

Plancher :: Plancher (n.) The under side of a cornice; a soffit.

Cornice :: Cornice (n.) 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..

Surbase :: Surbase (n.) A cornice, or series of moldings, on the top of the base of a pedestal, podium, etc. See Illust. of Column..

Die :: Die (n.) That part of a pedestal included between base and cornice; the dado.

Casemate :: Casemate (n.) A hollow molding, chiefly in cornices..

Antefix :: Antefix (n.) An ornament of the cymatium of a classic cornice, sometimes pierced for the escape of water..

Cantalever :: Cantalever (n.) A bracket to support a balcony, a cornice, or the like..

Weathered :: Weathered (a.) Made sloping, so as to throw off water; as, a weathered cornice or window sill..

Cap :: Cap (n.) The uppermost of any assemblage of parts; as, the cap of column, door, etc.; a capital, coping, cornice, lintel, or plate..

Blocking Course :: Blocking course () The finishing course of a wall showing above a cornice.

Frieze :: Frieze (n.) That part of the entablature of an order which is between the architrave and cornice. It is a flat member or face, either uniform or broken by triglyphs, and often enriched with figures and other ornaments of sculpture..

Entablature :: Entablature (n.) The superstructure which lies horizontally upon the columns. See Illust. of Column, Cornice..

Jutting :: "Jutting (a.) Projecting, as corbels, cornices, etc..

Corona :: Corona (n.) The projecting part of a Classic cornice, the under side of which is cut with a recess or channel so as to form a drip. See Illust. of Column..

Soffit :: Soffit (n.) The under side of the subordinate parts and members of buildings, such as staircases, entablatures, archways, cornices, or the like. See Illust. of Lintel..

Zoophorous :: Zoophorous (n.) The part between the architrave and cornice; the frieze; -- so called from the figures of animals carved upon it.

Ancone :: Ancone (n.) A bracket supporting a cornice; a console.

Bed-moulding :: Bed-moulding (n.) The molding of a cornice immediately below the corona.

Epitithides :: Epitithides (n.) The uppermost member of the cornice of an entablature.

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