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A corner; angle; niche.
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A niche for a statue.
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One of a succession of niches or platforms, one above another, to hold ore which is thrown successively from platform to platform, and thus raised to a higher level.
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A vessel similar to that described in the first definition above, or the representation of one in a solid block of stone, or the like, used for an ornament, as on a terrace or in a garden. See Illust. of Niche.
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An ornamental projection, over a door, window, niche, etc.
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Placed in a niche.
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In churches, a kind of closet, niche, cupboard, or locker for utensils, vestments, etc.
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A cavity, hollow, or recess, generally within the thickness of a wall, for a statue, bust, or other erect ornament. hence, any similar position, literal or figurative.
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A niche near the altar in a church, containing a small basin for rinsing altar vessels.
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A sepulchral chamber with niches for holding cinerary urns.
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The space between the cusps in Gothic architecture; a rounded or leaflike ornament, in windows, niches, etc. A group of foils is called trefoil, quatrefoil, quinquefoil, etc., according to the number of arcs of which it is composed.
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A roof or ceiling covering a semicircular room or recess, or one of nearly that shape, as the apse of a church, a niche, or the like. It is approximately the quarter of a hollow sphere.
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Part of a room formed by the receding of the wall, as an alcove, niche, etc.
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A niche, cupboard, or sideboard for plate, china, glass, etc.; a buffet.
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A small gable, or gable-shaped canopy, formed over a tabernacle, niche, etc.
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To place in a niche.
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A niche in the side of an adit or shaft, for an air course.
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A niche for the image of a saint, or for any sacred painting or sculpture.
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