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a decorative border along the top of a building's exterior wall
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a decorative molding between the ceiling and the top of a wall
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hardened snow that hangs over a ridge or precipice
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a decorative molding between the ceiling and the top of a wall
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hardened snow that hangs over a ridge or precipice
- The rooms upstairs had great high wooden chimney-pieces and large doors, with panelled walls and cornices to the ceiling; which, although they were black with neglect and dust, were ornamented in various ways.Chapter 18 — How Oliver Passed His Time in the Improving Society of.... (20% in)
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