cornice vs starling

cornice

noun
  • A horizontal architectural element of a building, projecting forward from the main walls, originally used as a means of directing rainwater away from the building's walls. 

  • A decorative element at the topmost portion of certain pieces of furniture, as with a highboy. 

  • A decorative element applied at the topmost part of the wall of a room, as with a crown molding. 

  • An overhanging edge of snow on a ridge or the crest of a mountain and along the sides of gullies. 

verb
  • To furnish or decorate with a cornice. 

starling

noun
  • A structure of pilings that protects the piers of a bridge. 

  • A California fish, the rock trout (Hexagrammos), especially, Hexagrammos decagrammus, the boregat or bodieron. 

  • A family, Sturnidae, of passerine birds. 

  • The common starling, Sturnus vulgaris, which has dark, iridescent plumage. 

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