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To ornament; to adorn. [Obs.] Joye.

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.

Serving to ornament; characterized by ornament; beautifying; embellishing. Some think it most ornamental to wear their bracelets on their wrists; others, about their ankles. Sir T. Browne.

By way of ornament.

The act or art of ornamenting, or the state of being ornamented.

One who ornaments; a decorator.

Adorned; decorated; beautiful. "So bedecked, ornate, and gay." Milton.

In an ornate manner. Sir T. More.

The quality of being ornate.

Decoration; ornamentation. [R.] Holinshed.

Of or pertaining to birds; as, ornithic fossils. Owen.

The footmark of a bird occurring in strata of stone. Hitchcock.

The branch of science which treats of ornithichnites. Hitchcock.

A combining form fr. Gr.

Same as Monotremata. -- Or`ni*tho*del"phid, a.

A fossil track resembling that of a bird. Hitchcock.

The fossil remains of a bird.

Of or pertaining to ornithology.

One skilled in ornithology; a student of ornithology; one who describes birds.

That branch of zoölogy which treats of the natural history of birds and their classification.