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ver need an American look beyond his own country for the sublime and beautiful of natural scenery. W. Irving.

Of or pertaining to Arcadia; pastoral; ideally rural; as, Arcadian simplicity or scenery.

shed by various forms, or by a variety of aspects or objects; variegated; as, diversified scenery or landscape.

A person employed to shift scenery in a theater.

One who is fond of forest or forest scenery; a haunter of the woods. [R.]

Fondness for forest scenery; love of the woods. [R.]

A railway passenger car made so as to facilitate seeing the scenery en route; a car open, or with glass sides, or with a kind of open balcony at the rear.

h orchestral accompaniment, preludes, and interludes, together with appropriate costumes, scenery, and action; a lyric drama.

s, grand choruses, etc., to be sung with an orchestral accompaniment, but without action, scenery, or costume, although the oratorio grew out of the Mysteries and the Miracle and Passion plays, which were acted.

All the adjuncts of a play except the scenery and the dresses of the actors; stage requisites. I will draw a bill of properties. Shak.

Abounding in beauty; gorgeous; as, a rich landscape; rich scenery.

or variety; suggestive of adventure; suited to romance; wild; picturesque; -- applied to scenery; as, a romantic landscape.

Scenery. [Obs.] Dryden.

A landscape, or part of a landscape; scenery. A sylvan scene with various greens was drawn, Shades on the sides, and in the midst a lawn. Dryden.

Having much scenery. [R.]

Of or pertaining to scenery; of the nature of scenery; theatrical. All these situations communicate a scenical animation to the wild romance, if treated dramatically. De Quincey.

nature, of an action, of a discourse, of a work of art, of a spectacle, etc.; as, sublime scenery; a sublime deed. Easy in words thy style, in sense sublime. Prior. Know how sublime a thing it is To suffer and be strong. Longfellow.

Deficient in spirit or animation; spiritless; dull; flat; insipid; as, a tame poem; tame scenery.

ng to Temple, a valley in Thessaly, celebrated by Greek poets on account of its beautiful scenery; resembling Temple; hence, beautiful; delightful; charming.

Changed; altered; various; diversified; as, a varied experience; varied interests; varied scenery. -- Va"ried*ly, adv. The varied fields of science, ever new. Cowper.