Decoration: alternatives and connections

A ceremony formerly used in conferring knighthood, consisting am embrace, and a slight blow on the shoulders with the flat blade of a sword.

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a man-made object taken as a whole

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a man-made object taken as a whole

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To give by sentence or judicial determination; to assign or apportion, after careful regard to the nature of the case; to adjudge; as, the arbitrator…

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Esteem due or paid to worth; high estimation; respect; consideration; reverence; veneration; manifestation of respect or reverence.

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a woman's virtue or chastity

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An adorning; an ornament; a decoration.

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A style of ornamentation either painted, inlaid, or carved in low relief. It consists of a pattern in which plants, fruits, foliage, etc., as well as…

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of Bead

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Ornamental work in beads.

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To cause to deviate from straightness; to bend; to inflect; to make crooked or curved.

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An alloy (usually yellow) of copper and zinc, in variable proportion, but often containing two parts of copper to one part of zinc. It sometimes cont…

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Alt. of Centrepiece

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An ornament to be placed in the center, as of a table, ceiling, atc.; a central article or figure.

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A badge, usually in the form of a rosette, or knot, and generally worn upon the hat; -- used as an indication of military or naval service, or party…

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To draw preliminary outline or main features of; to sketch for a pattern or model; to delineate; to trace out; to draw.

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The act of adorning, or the state of being adorned; adornment.

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The act of giving figure or determinate form; determination to a certain form.

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The form of anything; shape; outline; appearance.

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To carve or cut up, as a chub.

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The knot or bunch of foliage, or foliated ornament, that forms the upper extremity of a pinnacle in Gothic architecture; sometimes, the pinnacle itse…

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To shake or shiver as with cold; as, the hawk frills.

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A spout projecting from the roof gutter of a building, often carved grotesquely.

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To decorate with ornamental appendages; to set off; to adorn; to embellish.

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A trivial mechanism; a device; a toy; a pretty thing.

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Inscriptions, figure drawings, etc., found on the walls of ancient sepulchers or ruins, as in the Catacombs, or at Pompeii.

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of Hang

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The act of incrusting, or the state of being incrusted.

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To lay within; hence, to insert, as pieces of pearl, iviry, choice woods, or the like, in a groundwork of some other material; to form an ornamental…

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A hard protuberance; a hard swelling or rising; a bunch; a lump; as, a knob in the flesh, or on a bone.

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Same as Lunule.

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of Mark

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of Mould

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of Mould

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A necklace.

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That which is not sense, or has no sense; words, or language, which have no meaning, or which convey no intelligible ideas; absurdity.

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The act or art of ornamenting, or the state of being ornamented.

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To lay, or spread, something over or across; hence, to cover; to overwhelm; to press excessively upon.

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Anything proposed for imitation; an archetype; an exemplar; that which is to be, or is worthy to be, copied or imitated; as, a pattern of a machine.

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A knob or ball; an object resembling a ball in form

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A metallic pin with a head, used for uniting two plates or pieces of material together, by passing it through them and then beating or pressing down…

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Scratched; -- said of decorative painting of a certain style, in which a white overland surface is cut or scratched through, so as to form the design…

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Winding or circling round a center or pole and gradually receding from it; as, the spiral curve of a watch spring.

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A small shoot or twig of a tree or other plant; a spray; as, a sprig of laurel or of parsley.

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A collection of breeding horses and mares, or the place where they are kept; also, a number of horses kept for a racing, riding, etc.

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A beat of drum, or sound of a trumpet or bugle, at night, giving notice to soldiers to retreat, or to repair to their quarters in garrison, or to the…

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The act of tessellating; also, the mosaic work so formed.

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A shining material used for ornamental purposes; especially, a very thin, gauzelike cloth with much gold or silver woven into it; also, very thin met…

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of Trim

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Deceit; fraud.

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A spiral scroll which forms the chief feature of the Ionic capital, and which, on a much smaller scale, is a feature in the Corinthian and Composite…

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To deck with that which is becoming, ornamental, or honorary; to adorn; to beautify; to embellish; as, to decorate the person; to decorate an edifice…

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To deck with that which is becoming, ornamental, or honorary; to adorn; to beautify; to embellish; as, to decorate the person; to decorate an edifice…

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To direct; to put right or straight; to regulate; to order.

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To direct; to put right or straight; to regulate; to order.

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The exercise of love, kindness, mercy, favor; disposition to benefit or serve another; favor bestowed or privilege conferred.

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The exercise of love, kindness, mercy, favor; disposition to benefit or serve another; favor bestowed or privilege conferred.

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A piece of metal in the form of a coin, struck with a device, and intended to preserve the remembrance of a notable event or an illustrious person, o…

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A large medal or memorial coin.

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That which embellishes or adorns; that which adds grace or beauty; embellishment; decoration; adornment.

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The act or art of ornamenting, or the state of being ornamented.

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The inner and somewhat concave part of the hand between the bases of the fingers and the wrist.

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A fillet or narrow woven fabric, commonly of silk, used for trimming some part of a woman's attire, for badges, and other decorative purposes.

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