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Delicately carved ornamental work; intaglio. [Obs.] "A work of rich entail." Spenser.

A shoulder ornament or badge worn by military and naval officers, differences of rank being marked by some peculiar form or device, as a star, eagle, etc.; a shoulder knot.

lly consisting of several dishes or receptacles of different sizes grouped together in an ornamental design.

Furniture or outfit, whether useful or ornamental; especially, the furniture and supplies of a vessel, fitting her for a voyage or for warlike purposes, or the furniture and necessaries of an army, a body of troops, or a single soldier, including whatever is necessary for efficient service; equipments; accouterments; h…

The fur of the ermine, as prepared for ornamenting garments of royalty, etc., by having the tips of the tails, which are black, arranged at regular intervals throughout the white.

A thin metal plate or shield to protect wood, or for ornament, as the shield around a keyhole.

sary; indispensable; -- said of those tones which constitute a chord, in distinction from ornamental or passing tones.

An excrescence or appendage; an outgrowth. [Obs.] "Ornamental excrements." Fuller. Living creatures put forth (after their period of growth) nothing that is young but hair and nails, which are excrements and no parts. Bacon.

Ornament; decoration; embellishment. [Obs.] Hyperbolical exornations . . . many much affect. Burton.

manifests an exquisite attention to external appearance; one who is overnice in dress or ornament; a fop; a dandy.

A large ornamental letter used, esp. by the early printers, at the commencement of the chapters and other divisions of a book. Brande & C.

To cover in front, for ornament, protection, etc.; to put a facing upon; as, a building faced with marble.

A covering in front, for ornament or other purpose; an exterior covering or sheathing; as, the facing of an earthen slope, sea wall, etc. , to strengthen it or to protect or adorn the exposed surface.

Gay ornaments; frippery; gewgaws. [Colloq.] Thackeray.

Adapted to please the fancy or taste; ornamental; as, fancy goods.

Ornamental work with a needle or hook, as embroidery, crocheting, netting, etc.

Something new-fashioned; a foolish innovation; a gewgaw; a trifling ornament.

Furnished with anything featherlike; ornamented; fringed; as, land feathered with trees.

orating of an architectural composition by means of the window (and door) openings, their ornaments, and proportions.

A carved ornament consisting of flowers, and leaves, intermixed or twisted together, wound with a ribbon, and hanging or depending in a natural curve. See Illust. of Bucranium.