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A genus of plants, mostly of tropical America, many species of which are grown as ornamental plants. The leaves are curiously one- sided, and often exhibit brilliant colors.

To ornament with a jewel or with jewels; to spangle. "Bejeweled hands." Thackeray.

To set or stud (anything) with ornaments or prominent objects. A robe of azure beset with drops of gold. Spectator. The garden is so beset with all manner of sweet shrubs that it perfumes the air. Evelyn.

tallic ware made in India. The material is a composition of zinc, tin, and lead, in which ornaments of gold and silver are inlaid or damascened. [Spelt also bidry, bidree, bedery, beder.]

A woman's ornament; habiliment. [Obs.]

An ornament in Norman work, resembling a billet of wood either square or round.

A name given to fluor spar in Derbyshire, where it is used for ornamental purposes.

p from peat bogs. It is of a shining black or ebony color, and is largely used for making ornaments.

A strip or stripe arranged along or near the edge of something, as an ornament or finish.

A protuberant ornament on any work, either of different material from that of the work or of the same, as upon a buckler or bridle; a stud; a knob; the central projection of a shield. See Umbilicus.

Ornamented with bosses; studded.

An ornamental knot, with projecting lops, formed by doubling a ribbon or string.

An ornamental band or ring, for the wrist or the arm; in modern times, an ornament encircling the wrist, worn by women or girls.

An architectural member, plain or ornamental, projecting from a wall or pier, to support weight falling outside of the same; also, a decorative feature seeming to discharge such an office.

intends to do. Conceit, more rich in matter than in words, Brags of his substance, not of ornament. Shak.

A narrow fabric, as of wool, silk, or linen, used for binding, trimming, or ornamenting dresses, etc.

Utensils, ornaments, or other articles of brass. The very scullion who cleans the brasses. Hopkinson.

To cover or ornament with brass. Chapman.

A pin worn of the breast for a fastening, or for ornament; a brooch.

A pin worn on the breast for a fastening, or for ornament; a brooch.