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Ornamented with a large number of buttons. "The buttony boy." Thackeray. "My coat so blue and buttony." W. S. Gilbert.

A projecting mass of masonry, used for resisting the thrust of an arch, or for ornament and symmetry.

Byssuslike; consisting of fine fibers or threads, as some very delicate filamentous algæ.

A tuft of long, tough filaments which are formed in a groove of the foot, and issue from between the valves of certain bivalve mollusks, as the Pinna and Mytilus, by which they attach themselves to rocks, etc.

To ornament with cabling. See Cabling.

An ornamental casing for a flowerpot, of porcelain, metal, paper, etc.

A parenthetic flourish or flight of ornament in the course of a piece, commonly just before the final cadence.

A plan proposed to the Pope in 1891 by P. P. Cahensly, a member of the German parliament, to divide the foreign-born population of the United States, for ecclesiastical purposes, according to European nationalities, and to appoint bishops and priests of like race and speaking the same language as the majority of the me…

ll's weight from its diameter, and conversely. -- A ship's caliber, the weight of her armament.

ummon; as, to call a meeting of the Board of Aldermen. Now call we our high court of Parliament. Shak.

A summoning or convocation, as of Parliament. The frequent calling and meeting of Parlaiment. Macaulay.

tobacco. The bowl is usually made of soft red stone, and the tube is a long reed often ornamented with feathers. Smoked the calumet, the Peace pipe, As a signal to the nations. Lowgfellow.

Having the petals and stamens adnate to the calyx; -- applied to a subclass of dicotyledonous plants in the system of the French botanist Candolle.

, often with shining leaves and showy flowers. Camelia Japonica is much cultivated for ornament, and C. Sassanqua and C. Oleifera are grown in China for the oil which is pressed from their seeds. The tea plant is now referred to this genus under the name of Camellia Thea.

A highly ornamented stand of marble or other ponderous material, usually having three feet, -- frequently a votive offering to a temple.

An East Indian resin, of a pellucid white color, from which small ornaments and toys are sometimes made.

An ornamental projection, over a door, window, niche, etc.

The Song of Songs or Song of Solomon, one of the books of the Old Testament.

Something covering the top or end of a thing for protection or ornament.

An ornamental covering or housing for a horse; the harness or trappings of a horse, taken collectively, esp. when decorative. Their horses clothed with rich caparison. Drylen.