Corn exchange

( Com.) A building devoted to the a embling of factors and dealers in corn; a mart where busine in grain is carried on, and sales are effected by means of exposed samples. Corn'-flag, n. ( Bot .) See GLADIOLUS. Corn'-floor, n. The floor where corn is stored. Corn'-flower, n. A wild flower found amongst grow- ing corn, as the wild poppy, . Corn Grove, in Alabama , a P. O. of Calhoun co. Corn Hill, in Texas , a post-office of Williams on co. Corn House, in Alabama , a P. O. of Randolph co. Cornice, ( kor'nis ,) n. [It.; Fr. corniche , from Lat. corona , a crown, a bordering, a cornice; Gr. kōrone , anything hooked or curved, from koraz , a raven or crow, which has a curved beak.] ( Arch .) The upper part of the entablature which comes immediately above the frieze. It is divided into two principal parts, the up- per of which projects con- siderably be- yond the low- A Fig . 691.- CORNICE. er, being supported by modillions or mutales. The fillet, which composes the lower part, with an echinus moulding and smaller fillet above it, from which the modillions project, and an ogee, or bed-mould below it, which separates it from the frieze, - is generally enriched with dentils, especially in the Corinthian and Composite orders. (For the names of the different parts of a C., see fig. 650.) The term C. is also generally used to signify any horizontal projection terminating a building, or the component parts of a building; as, the C. of a room, of a window, .