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An impression on paper taken from an ancient incised decoration or metal plate.

That which embellishes or adorns; that which adds grace or beauty; embellishment; decoration; adornment. The ornament of a meek and quiet spirit. 1 Pet. iii. 4. Like that long-buried body of the king Found lying with his urns and ornaments. Tennyson.

Decoration; ornamentation. [R.] Holinshed.

. (b) Suitable for applying upon the glaze; -- said of vitrifiable colors used in ceramic decoration.

Ornament; decoration. Beau. & Fl.

ive plasterwork in raised ornamental figures, formerly used for the internal and external decoration of houses. (b) In modern architecture, the plastering of the inside of flues, intended to give a smooth surface and help the draught.

An ornament or decoration for the person; esp., a decoration consisting of a set of ornaments to be used together; as, a parure of rubies or of embroideries.

Figure or style of decoration; design; as, wall paper of a beautiful pattern.

the triangular space forming the gable of a simple roof; hence, a similar form used as a decoration over porticoes, doors, windows, etc.; also, a rounded or broken frontal having a similar position and use. See Temple.

e act or method of decorating fabrics or garments with a pinking iron; also, the style of decoration; scallops made with a pinking iron. Pinking iron. (a) An instrument for scalloping the edges of ribbons, flounces, etc. (b) A sword. [Colloq.]

ing pictures upon, as a slab, plate, dish, or the like, hung upon a wall; also, a smaller decoration worn on the person, as a brooch.

ey tend to, and sometimes reach, a condition in which both representation and traditional decoration are entirely abolished and a work of art becomes a purely subjective expression in an arbitrary and personal language.

e Illust. (i) of Molding); one of several set close together to decorate a surface; also, decoration by means of reedings; -- the reverse of fluting.

Hence, decorations or insignia of an office or order, as of Freemasons, Odd Fellows,etc.

An ornament in the form of a rose or roundel, -much used in decoration.

n animal, or the beak of a ship; resembling a rostrum, esp., the rostra at Rome, or their decorations. [Monuments] adorned with rostral crowns and naval ornaments. Addison.

ay is exhibited; the part of a theater in which the acting is done, with its adjuncts and decorations; the stage.

To cover thinly with something scattered; to ornament with seedlike decorations. A sable mantle seeded with waking eyes. B. Jonson. To seed down, to sow with grass seed.

That which is used to improve the appearance of anything; a decoration; an ornament.

An adornment; a decoration; -- with off. [Obs.] They come as . . . setters off of thy graces. Whitlock.