the cornice of the pedestal
1Pedestal — (from French piedestal , Italian piedistallo , foot of a stall) is a term generally applied to the support of a statue or a vase. Although in Syria, Asia Minor and Tunisia the Romans occasionally raised the columns of their temples or propylaea… …
2pedestal — /ped euh stl/, n., v., pedestaled, pedestaling or (esp. Brit.) pedestalled, pedestalling. n. 1. an architectural support for a column, statue, vase, or the like. See diag. under column. 2. a supporting structure or piece; base. 3. Furniture. a. a …
3Cornice — Cor nice (k?r n?s), n. [F. corniche, It. cornice, LL. coronix, cornix, fr. L. coronis a curved line, a flourish with the pen at the end of a book or chapter, Gr. ???; akin to L. corona crown. sEE {Crown}, and cf. {Coronis}.] (Arch.) Any… …
4Cornice ring — Cornice Cor nice (k?r n?s), n. [F. corniche, It. cornice, LL. coronix, cornix, fr. L. coronis a curved line, a flourish with the pen at the end of a book or chapter, Gr. ???; akin to L. corona crown. sEE {Crown}, and cf. {Coronis}.] (Arch.) Any… …
5Pedestal — Ped es*tal, n. [Sp. pedestal; cf. F. pi[ e]destal, It. piedestallo; fr. L. es, pedis, foot + OHG. stal standing place, station, place, akin to E. stall. See {Foot}, and {Stall}, and {Footstall}.] 1. (Arch.) The base or foot of a column, statue,… …
6Pedestal coil — Pedestal Ped es*tal, n. [Sp. pedestal; cf. F. pi[ e]destal, It. piedestallo; fr. L. es, pedis, foot + OHG. stal standing place, station, place, akin to E. stall. See {Foot}, and {Stall}, and {Footstall}.] 1. (Arch.) The base or foot of a column,… …
7Cornice — Not to be confused with Corniche. This article is about the architectural feature. For the overhanging snow form, see Snow cornice. Cornice molding is generally any horizontal decorative molding that crowns any building or furniture element: the… …
8pedestal — 1. noun a) The base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like; the part on which an upright work stands. It consists of three parts, the base, the die or dado, and the cornice or surbase molding. See Illust. of . b) (Railroad Cars) A… …
9The die is cast — Die Die, n.; pl. in 1 and (usually) in 2, {Dice} (d[=i]s); in 4 & 5, {Dies} (d[=i]z). [OE. dee, die, F. d[ e], fr. L. datus given, thrown, p. p. of dare to give, throw. See {Date} a point of time.] 1. A small cube, marked on its faces with spots… …
10Monument to the Tsar Liberator — The Monument to the Tsar Liberator in front of the Radisson SAS hotel. The National Assembly of Bulgaria is located just opposite the hotel. The Monument to the Tsar Liberator (Bulgarian: Паметник на Цар Освободител, Pametnik na Tsar Osvoboditel) …
