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A sort of silken purse formerly tied about men's hair behind, by way of ornament. [Obs.]

Destitute of ornament; unadorned; bare; literal. In the preface to his own bald translation. Dryden.

A broad belt, sometimes richly ornamented, worn over one shoulder, across the breast, and under the opposite arm; less properly, any belt. [Also spelt bawdrick.] A radiant baldric o'er his shoulder tied Sustained the sword that glittered at his side. Pope.

An ornament resembling a ball placed in a circular flower, the petals of which form a cup round it, -- usually inserted in a hollow molding.

An ornamental covering, as of carpet or leather, for a bench or form.

A continuous tablet, stripe, or series of ornaments, as of carved foliage, of color, or of brickwork, etc.

An ornamental circlet, of glass, gold, silver, or other material, worn by women in India and Africa, and in some other countries, upon the wrist or ankle; a ring bracelet. Bangle ear, a loose hanging ear of a horse, like that of a spaniel.

t erroneously used for baton, a mark of illegitimacy. See Baton. -- Bar tracery (Arch.), ornamental stonework resembling bars of iron twisted into the forms required. -- Blank bar (Law). See Blank. -- Case at bar (Law), a case presently before the court; a case under argument. -- In bar of, as a sufficient reason a…

A piece of defensive (or, sometimes, ornamental) armor for a horse's neck, breast, and flanks; a barb. [Often in the pl.]

pier, or column, when treated as a separate feature, usually in projection, or especially ornamented.

The fool's club. [Obs.] "A fool's bauble was a short stick with a head ornamented with an ass's ears fantastically carved upon it." Nares.

A little perforated ball, to be strung on a thread, and worn for ornament; or used in a rosary for counting prayers, as by Roman Catholics and Mohammedans, whence the phrases to tell beads, to at one's beads, to bid beads, etc., meaning, to be at prayer.

Ornamental work in beads.

Covered or ornamented with, or as with, beads.

An ornament used in rich Norman doorways, resembling a head with a beak. Parker.

plant. The seeds are washed up on the Florida shore, and are often polished and made into ornaments. -- Ignatius bean, or St. Ignatius's bean (Bot.), a species of Strychnos. -- Navy bean, the common dried white bean of commerce; probably so called because an important article of food in the navy. -- Pea bean, a very…

A large bivalve shell of the East Indies (Hippopus maculatus), often used as an ornament.

A transient grace note, struck immediately before the one it is intended to ornament.

A particular grace, feature, ornament, or excellence; anything beautiful; as, the beauties of nature.

To deck, ornament, or adorn; to grace. Bedecked with boughs, flowers, and garlands. Pennant.