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CONCORDAT n. 3 definitions

nt for the regulation of ecclesiastical matters with which both are concerned; as, the concordat between Pope Pius VIL and Bonaparte in

The compiler of a concordance.

CONCORPORATE v. 2 definitions

To unite in one mass or body; to incorporate. [Archaic.] Jer. Taylor.

CONCORPORATION n.

Union of things in one mass or body. [R.] Dr. H. More.

A large, white, South American duck, of the genus Cascoroba, resembling a swan.

Ornament. [Obs.] Bailey.

which is becoming, ornamental, or honorary; to adorn; to beautify; to embellish; as, to decorate the person; to decorate an edifice; to decorate a lawn with flowers; to decorate the mind with moral beauties; to decorate a hero with honors. Her fat neck was ornamented with jewels, rich bracelets decorated her arms. Thac…

DECORATION n. 3 definitions

y way of embellishment; ornament. The hall was celebrated for . . . the richness of its decoration. Motley.

DECORATION DAY n.

= Memorial Day. [U. S.]

Suited to decorate or embellish; adorning. -- Dec"o*ra*tive*ness, n. Decorative art, fine art which has for its end ornamentation, rather than the representation of objects or events.

One who decorates, adorns, or embellishes; specifically, an artisan whose business is the decoration of houses, esp. their interior decoration.

To decorate; to beautify. [Obs.] To decore and beautify the house of God. E. Hall.

Ornament. [Obs.]

Suitable to a character, or to the time, place, and occasion; marked with decorum; becoming; proper; seemly; befitting; as, a decorous speech; decorous behavior; a decorous dress for a judge. A decorous pretext the war. Motley. -- De*co"rous*ly, adv. -- De*co"rous*ness, n.

the bark, husk, or exterior coating; to husk; to peel; to hull. "Great barley dried and decorticated." Arbuthnot.

DECORTICATION n.

The act of stripping off the bark, rind, hull, or outer coat.

DECORTICATOR n.

A machine for decorticating wood, hulling grain, etc.; also, an instrument for removing surplus bark or moss from fruit trees.

y of conduct; seemliness; that which is seemly or suitable. Negligent of the duties and decorums of his station. Hallam. If your master Would have a queen his beggar, you must tell him, That majesty, to keep decorum, must No less beg than a kingdom. Shak.

To bring to shame; to disgrace. [Obs.] Bailey.

DEDECORATION n.

Disgrace; dishonor. [Obs.] Bailey.