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cove lighting

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noun

indirect lighting directed upward from an interior cornice or the like toward a cove at the edge of the ceiling.

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One or two of the buffalo-hunters exchanged words with us while Mac was building his cigarette and lighting it.
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The purpose of these larger windows is the effectual lighting of the Boardroom, which is of the height of two storeys.
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Indirect lighting gave a pretty gleam to the metal gadgets on the tables.
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The mainland of the great northern cove and the eastern side of the Islands were thick with trees: oaks, buckeye, willows, madroo.
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The hills that formed a cove of the great valley were bright with their houses and gardens, but very quiet.
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