That which is illuminated, as a house; also, an ornamented book or manuscript.
Its head is ornamented by two tufts of bright colored feathers, fiery crimson at the base and greenish yellow at the tip.
The head is ornamented with a long, pointed crest.
Defn: Supported or ornamented by pillars; resembling a pillar, or pillars.
Defn: Any one of many species of marine gastropods belonging to Triton and allied genera, having a stout spiral shell, often handsomely colored and ornamented with prominent varices.
That end of a compass needle which should point to the north; -- so called as often ornamented with the figure of a lily or fleur-de- lis.
Ornamented with patterns in relief made by pressing or hammering on the reverse side; -- said of thin metal, or of a vessel made of thin metal.
Defn: Provided or ornamentedwith frogs; as, a frogged coat.
Seal ring, a ring having a seal engraved on it, or ornamented with a device resembling a seal; a signet ring.
Defn: An ornamentedcake distributed among friends or visitors on the festival of Twelfth-night.
They are brilliantly colored with a variety of tints, the back and breast are usually covered with white or buff ocelli, and the head is ornamented with two bright-colored, fleshy wattles.
Defn: An ornamented or painted ball or boss fastened at each end of the stick on which manuscripts were rolled.
Defn: A turban ornamentedwith an imitation of gold or silver embroidery.
They are often bright green, with a metallic luster, and are ornamented on the sides of the back with markings of yellow, like epaulets or shoulder straps.
Matted glass, glass ornamentedwith figures on a dull ground.
It is as if in some vast Dravidian temple one wandered through two corridors differently ornamented and assigned to the priests of different rites but both leading to the same image.
The sides were ornamented with stucco figures of the Buddha and according to the Chinese pilgrims the super-structure was crowned with an iron pillar on which were set twenty-five gilded disks.
The roof was ornamentedwith Runic characters and other grotesque and half-effaced inscriptions, while the sides were embellished with Gothic tracery, amid which the letters I.
He had the enormous trunk hose, heretofore mentioned as the distinguishing peculiarity of the costume of the period, and wore black velvet shoes, ornamented with white roses.
The title is ornamented in an unusual but splendid manner.
Towards the end the pages are elaborately ornamented in the arabesque manner.
Her cheek has a fresh tint; and the missal, upon which her eyes are bent, displays highly ornamented art.
This taste consists principally in a love of ornamented MSS.
The latter stone is ornamented with the arms of the Spencers, and on the back is inscribed, "Up and bee doing, and God will prosper.
Mr Carker the Manager, standing on the hearth-rug before the empty fireplace, which was ornamented with a castellated sheet of brown paper, looked at the Captain as he came in, with no very special encouragement.
It was a room of middling size, furnished by the keeper himself at the period of his marriage, and ornamented with a few marine engravings.
Not that a rectangularly-ornamented gable-end is the quintessence of architectural beauty, or that a basement front of low iron-barred windows suggests an agreeable or hospitable interior.
Opposite the gates by which the bull is admitted is an elaborately ornamented box for the “autoridad” and the person who presides over the spectacle.
The car was richly ornamented with gold and velvet, and bore on its top rail several elegant and fancifully shaped lanterns in which candles were burning.
On the outside it looks like a miscellaneous pile of buildings, with here and there a semicircular chapel projecting into the area, and richly ornamented with various devices.
The simpler forms have either a rose or a Medusa on their front panels, the more elaborate are ornamented with subjects from the Greek mythology, which seem to clash at times with the conventional figures on their lids.
The palace was entered by a large and richly-ornamented hall, hung with beautiful pictures.
And to-day at the Albani a sarcophagus was ornamented with the nuptials of Peleus and Thetis.
One side of the walk looks upon an enclosed green space with a fountain or a tomb (I forget which) in the centre; the other side is ornamented all along with a succession of ancient frescos, representing subjects of Scripture history.
They are, in fact, pulpits, and are ornamented with mediaeval bas-reliefs, representing scenes in the life of our Saviour.
The front is richly ornamented with bas-reliefs, and statues in niches; as if it were a place for pleasure and enjoyment, and therefore ought to be beautiful.
It isornamented with a great fresco in the centre of the vaulted ceiling, and others covering the sides of the apartment, and surrounded with arabesque frameworks, where Cupids gambol and chase one another.
The grounds immediately around the house are laid out in gravel-walks, and ornamented with shrubbery, and with what ought to be a grassy lawn; but the Italian sun is quite as little favorable to beauty of that kind as our own.
He showed us a very old Bible in parchment, a specimen of the earliest printing, beautifully ornamented with pictures, and some monkish illuminations of indescribable delicacy and elaboration.
We went down also into another tomb close by, the walls of which were ornamentedwith medallions in stucco.
On the side opposite the palace is an antique fountain of marble, ornamented with two statues and a series of bas-reliefs; and it was so much admired in its day that its sculptor received the name "Del Fonte.
When I came close to the houses, I could not but regret a want of loveliness correspondent with the beauty of the situation and the appearance of the village at a little distance; not a single ornamented garden.
The larger of the canoes was ornamented with the figures of a bear in the bow and a man in the stern, both nearly as large as life, both made of painted wood, and very neatly fastened to the boat.
The grounds are ornamented with the luxuriant, lofty, and graceful trees of the tropics; these are tolerably well kept.
The face of the shield was ornamented according to the rank and taste of the bearer; that of a noble was generally covered with thin plates of gold, with a heavy boss in the centre.
They were then seated upon an ornamented and painted mat spread close to the fireplace, the woman being placed on the left of the man.
The maxtli was about twenty-four feet long and nine inches wide, and was generally more or less ornamented at the ends with colored fringes and tassels, the latter sometimes nine inches long.
A kind of perforated and ornamented censer, shaped like a large spoon.
It was usually colored or painted, frequently richly embroidered or ornamented with feathers and furs.
These pillars were either round or square, and were generally monoliths; they were without base or capital, though ornamented with figures cut in low relief.
Original sides of brown leather have been laid down on modern binding; ornamented in blind with rectangular panel formed by two roll stamps, enclosing another panel formed by the same stamps.
It is ornamented by two columns with capitals, from which springs a pointed arch closely resembling those in the south facade[407].
On the right hand we find, on entering, a small chapel richly ornamented with marble and inlaid work, where the supposed spot of the Saint's martyrdom is shewn.
Close to the Mekhemeh is the principal entrance into the Haram, which has two doorways, and is ornamented with groups of spiral columns supporting elegant capitals carved in leaf patterns, the work of Saladin.
Besides this were two porticoes on each side, with upper and lower ranges of pillars, corresponding in length with the church itself; and these also had their roofs ornamented with gold.
On quitting the mosque by the south door, we find, opposite to us, a minbar or pulpit, ornamented with small columns, and marbles of different colours.
This is the most richly ornamented of all, and is remarkable for its architecture, of which I shall presently speak at greater length.
The transept is divided from the nave by a large pointed arch, and at their intersection is a dome, rising from a cylindrical drum supported by four pillars ornamented with shafts of verd antique with Corinthian capitals.
Some piers which were formerly ornamented with wood-carvings and gilding (of which some slight traces still remain) sustain the roof of these subterranean chambers, many parts of which threaten to fall down.
Some of the women, whose bodies areornamented in the same fashion, have lines round their eyes, which look as if they were intended to represent a pair of spectacles.
No animal surpasses in beauty the young fawn, the fur of which is of a ruddy brown tint, ornamented with white spots arranged in irregular lines, merging occasionally into wide stripes.
The walls are, like the others, ornamented with rich and intricate carving, presenting a scene of strange magnificence.
The most tastefully ornamented edifice is know as the "House of the Dwarf.
His costume is a hunting-shirt of dressed buckskin, ornamented with long fringes; pantaloons of the same material, decorated with porcupine quills and long fringes down the outside of the leg.
Unlike the greater number of birds, the female humming-birds are generally as richly ornamented as the male.
The men wore no clothes, but ornamented their heads with a crown formed of feathers; whilst the women wore a small cotton garment, only partially covering the person.
The upper part is ornamented with sculpture in great profusion, of rich and curious workmanship.
This specimen also has strongly-marked Asiatic features; the red and yellow colour with which it isornamented still retaining great brilliancy.
He ascended the steps, which were ornamented with sculptures, till he reached a broad terrace, one hundred feet in height, overlooking the river.
Amid the huts may be seen human figures with dull copper or reddish-brown complexions, clothed in rudely-tanned skins of a yellowish or white hue, and ornamented with the teeth of animals and coloured grasses, or worsted and beads.
The back is of a dark brown, the edges being ornamented with scarlet marks, like some Eastern alphabet in form.
The throat is ornamented with a gorget of deep fiery red, and below it is a crescent-shaped band of light buff, while the under part is of a deeper buff, changing to green at the sides.
Many of the halls are ornamentedwith the most magnificent stalactites.
The numerous terraces and pyramids are also walled with cut stone, and ornamented with carved heads of gigantic proportions, and colossal idols of solid stone from ten to fifteen feet in height.
It is ornamented within with the dried heads of their enemies.
Madame Caraman followed courageously, and then they stopped in the midst of the vestibule, ornamented with exotic plants, candelabra, and various hangings of the richest and rarest description.
And yet what he saw was after all not so terrible, for an exquisitely beautiful young lady sat gracefully on the four-footed intruder, and a pair of provocative eyes shone brightly under a riding hat ornamented with rich feathers.
A diadem of sparkling emeralds ornamented the finely shaped head, and on her neck and arms diamonds of the purest water shone.
Belts, and turbans too, are often ornamented with fanciful devices wrought out of silver.
Occasionally a very narrow cape, attached, I think, to the shirt, and much ornamented with braids or stripes, hangs just over the shoulders and back.
The pieces of money are pounded quite thin, made concave, pierced with holes, and ornamented by a groove lying just inside the circumference.
I saw, however, one pair of leggins made of a bright red flannel, and ornamented along the outer seams with a blue and white cross striped braid.
The body is ornamented with tortoiseshell, with mythological figures in ivory and precious stones.
They are sometimes seen ornamented round the purfling with ebony, diamond and lozenge shape.
In the possession of Mr. George Donaldson is a Guitar of this maker, signed, and dated 1592, which is considered to be the most artistic and highly ornamented work known by Joachim Tielke.
The vans in front and in the rear were ornamented with large yellow flags with suitable mottoes, such as "Rety for ever!
Upon this, Mr. Kenihazy burst into a laugh so long, so loud, and so uproarious, that it outdid the very chiefs whose portraits ornamented the walls.
In a corner of this room, which was ornamented with Rety's family portraits, and which still retained a faint smell of the dinner, there were three men of note standing together.
Over the chimney there is a hand in relief, by Michael Angelo, equal to his most celebrated work; and the walls are ornamented by thirty-six pictures, painted at Florence.
The metopes on the front, and part of the sides, areornamented with basso relievo, representing the battle of the Centaurs.
The floors, in general, are paved with mosaic of the common kind; and the sides of the rooms were all ornamented with paintings on the bare plaster, which we call in distemper.
Besides fashioning portable articles, such as figures of men and elephants, or ornamented boxes, wood-carvers show their skill and taste in elaborate designs on monasteries and other public buildings.
