CORNETTER, CORNETER, CORNICE, n. One who blows a cornet. 1. In architecture, the uppermost member of the entablature of a column, or the highest projecture; that which crowns and order.2. A little projecture in joinery or masonry; as the cornice of a chimney.Cornice-ring of a cannon, is the ring next from the muzzle-ring backward.
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