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corniced, ppl. a.|ˈkɔːnɪst|
Also cornished.
[f. prec. n. or vb. + -ed.]
1. Having a cornice, adorned with a cornice.
1821Keats Lamia 360 In the corniced shade Of some arch'd temple door. 1870Disraeli Lothair lxix. 369 The proud palaces of Rome, their corniced and balconied fronts.
2. Having a cornice (sense 3 b above).
1950tr. Mountaineering Handbk. vii. 77 If you have to descend to a face from a corniced ridge, choose again the place with the smallest cornice and the least overhang. 1959S. Clark Puma's Claw v. 63 From its corniced edge cascades of sparkling seracs..fell like the pleats and folds of a curtain. |