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A British ray; the thornback.

etc. Also, a stout figured linen manufactured in Scotland. [Formerly written also darnex, dornic, dorneck, etc.] Halliwell. Jamieson.

nts; to embellish; to set off to advantage; to render pleasing or attractive. As a bride adorneth herself with her jewels. Isa. lxi. 10. At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks adorned the venerable place. Goldsmith.

Adornment. [Obs.]

He who, or that which, adorns; a beautifier.

By adorning; decoratively.

An adorning; an ornament; a decoration.

To deprive of ornaments. Congreve.

To adorn again or anew.

To adorn. [Obs.] Congealed little drops which do the morn adore. Spenser.

To dress; to attire; to adorn. [Obs.] Above all knights ye goodly seem aguised. Spenser.

To adorn. [Obs.] Bp. Watson.

Adorned with eagles' heads.

To deck or dress; to adorn with dress; to cloth to envelop; -- applied esp. to dress of a splendid kind. Pharaoh . . . arrayed him in vestures of fine linen. Gen. xli. In gelid caves with horrid gloom arrayed. Trumbull.

To dress; to array; to adorn; esp., to clothe with elegant or splendid garments. Finely attired in a robe of white. Shak. With the linen miter shall he be attired. Lev. xvi. 4.

Attire; adornment.

To adorn with trapping; to array. [Obs.] Shall your horse be attrapped . . . more richly Holland.

Unadorned; unembellished; severely simple.

Plainness; freedom from adornment; severe simplicity. Partly owing to the studied austerity of her dress, and partly to the lack of demonstration in her manners. Hawthorne.

Set or adorned with pearls. [Obs.]