ornament (ornament)

t. [F. ornamenter, OF. ornementer = Sp. Pg. ornamentar; from the noun.] To adorn; deck; embellish: as, to or nament a building with sculpture or painting. = Syn. Adorn, Ornament, Decorate, etc. See adorn. ornamental (ôr-na-men'tal), a. and n. [= F. It. ornament ale; as ornament + IMG:content-1858.png:[blocks in formation] ming, or nature of the same [the English tongue). Holinshed, Descrip. of Britain, vi. 2. That which is added or used for embellish- ment; ornament; decoration. A mushroom for all your other or natures! B. Jonson, Poetaster, iii. 1. orndernt, orndornt, n . pl. See undern. or neo scop i cst (ôr" nē - ō-skop'iks), n. [Also, improperly, orniscopics ; ὄρνεον , a bird, bird, + σκοπία , σκοπεῖν , view. Cf. ornithoscopy.] Divination by observation of the flight of birds: same as ornithoscopy. Bailey , 1727. orneoscopistt (ôr'nē-ō-skō-pist), n. [Also or- niscopist ; orneoscop - ics + -ist .] vines by observing the flight of birds: same as ornithoscopist. Bailey , 1727. orningt, n. [ orning ; verbal n. of orn , v.] Adornment. Wyclif , 1 Pet. iii. 3. ornis (or'nis), n . [A strained use of Gr. ὄρνις , a bird.] An avifauna; the fauna of a region in so far as it is composed of birds: as, the or- nis of South America; a rich and varied ornis . P. L. Sclater . IMG:content-1859.png:[blocks in formation] structure.