orn 
AndIIoonnaih!li<'h<Hilintri>.lc rusiilein neweemnynge 
iii, mi fni IIIMIIW niiuld red! nf Hod us a wyf niirm-il I" liir 
linslioiide. Wiiflif, llev. xxi. 2. 
(iiid stercd vj> lni)|ilietes, :ui.l nrnnl Iiis chirrlie \villi 
great glory. Joye, Kxpus. nl lianifl, Argument, ii. 
Ornament (or'na-mrnt), ;/. [< MK. until in ,i I. 
unit mi lit, <iurii< mi -lit, )1'\ iiriu-nn-iil, V.nnu im nl 
= Sp. Pg. It.onniiHi'iiln. < 1 1. uriin n/i-nliiin, equip- 
ment, apimrntiis, furniture, trappings, adorn- 
m<'iit,eiubellisli me lit. (.nriKin; equip, a< lorn: see 
oi-ii.] 1. Any accessory, adjunct, or (rapping 
that serves for use or for both use and adorn- 
ment, or such accessories, adjuncts or trap- 
pings collectively; hcnee, equipment, vesture, 
dress, attire, etc. Thus, in the ratlmlicon Anglicum 
(HS.'i), the unmme.ntt nftln- iinl runiamuiita lecti) are enu- 
merated as the pillow, holster, bedclothes, etc.; and in ec- 
clesiastical usage all accessories used in divine worship, as 
the holy vessels, the fittings of the altar and chancel, the 
vestments of the clergy und choir, the font, corona;, etc., 
are called ornament*. 
There in was a Vessel of Gold, fulle of Manna, and 
Clothfnges and Ournementu and the Tabernacle of Aaron. 
Mandeville, Travels, p. 85. 
Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? 
Jer. ii. 32. 
The golden ornaments that were before the temple. 
1 Mac. i. 22. 
Come, tailor, let us see these ornaments; 
Lay forth the gown. Shak., T. of the 8., iv. 3. 61. 
2. Something added as an embellishment; that 
which embellishes or adorns; whatever lends 
or is intended to lend grace or beauty to that 
to which it is added or belongs, as a jewel, a 
rhetorical embellishment, etc. 
The <, fun mi-Hi of a meek and <iuiet spirit, 1 Pet. iii. 4. 
God bless my ladies ! are they all in love, 
That every one her own hath garnished 
With such bedecking ornaments of praise? 
Shak., L. L. L.,ii. 1. 78. 
3. An honorary distinction; a decoration; a 
mark of honor. 
Approved oft in perils manifold, 
Which he atchiev'd to his great wmament. 
Spenser, F. Q., IV. 11. 39. 
Then Judge, great lords, if I have done amiss; 
Or whether that such cowards ought to wear 
This ornament of knighthood (the garter], yea, or no. 
Shale., IHen. VI., iv. 1. 29. 
4. One who adds luster to one's sphere or sur- 
roundings: as, he is an ornament of his profes- 
sion. 
Gracious Lavinia, Rome's rich ornament. 
Shak., Tit. And., i. 1. 62. 
5. Embellishment or adornments collectively 
or in the abstract ; adornment ; ornamentation ; 
decoration: as, a thing suitable for either use 
or ornament. 
So it is not with me as with that Muse, 
Stirr'd by a painted beauty to his verse, 
Who heaven itself for ornament doth use. 
Shak., Sonnets, xxl. 
Six wings he wore, to shade 
His lineaments divine ; the pair that clad 
Each shoulder broad came mantling o'er his breast 
With regal ornament. Milton, P. L., v. 280. 
6. Outward appearance ; mere display. 
The world is still deceived with ornament. 
Shalt., M. of V., HI. 2. 74. 
Key ornament. Same as frets, 2. Kimmeruige-coal 
ornaments, Jewelry for the person, necklaces, etc., often 
found in tumuli in the north of England, composed of 
the material known as Kimmeridge shale, associated 
with pieces of bone and similar materials, and often very 
delicately formed. They vary in epoch from a purely 
Celtic to a Roman-British period. Ornaments rubric, 
the rubric immediately preceding Morning Prayer in the 
present English Book of Common Prayer (16tH). It directs 
that "such Ornaments of the Church, and the Ministers 
thereof, at all times of their Ministrations, shall be re- 
tained and be in use, as were in this Church of England, 
by the Authority of Parliament, in the Second Year of the 
Reign of King Edward the Sixth." Controversy as to the 
lawful ritual of the Church of England has centered for 
many years around the question whether the ornaments 
rubric is still in force. The decisions of the ecclesiastical 
and law courts on the subject have varied, and have not 
succeeded in putting an end to the controversy or in en- 
forcing uniformity of usage. =Syn. Embellishment, adorn- 
ment. See adorn. 
Ornament (or'na-ment), r. t. [< F. ornamenter, 
OF. ornemciihT = Sp. Pg. urnann'iiliir; from the 
noun.] To adorn; deck; embellish: as, to > or- 
nament a building with sculpture or painting. 
= Syn. Aditrn, Ornament, Decorate, etc. See adorn. 
ornamental (6r-ua-men'tal), a. and n. [= F. 
ornamental = It. oriii/ii/i'iitnlt! ; as ornament + 
-al.] I. a. Of the nature of an ornament; 
serving as an ornament; of or pertaining to 
ornament or decoration; adding or lending 
beauty, grace, or attractiveness: as, ornamen- 
tal appendages; neither useful nor ornamental. 
Ornamental counterpoint, in music, counterpoint of 
a florid or irregular character : opposed to st. net or simple 
counterpoint. Ornamental note, in music. See acces- 
sory note, under notel. 
-II r,7 
Il.t An accessory; an embellishment; an 
adornment. 
In the time of the aforesaid William Hciwurtli, the 
C:itlie<lnil "f l.ii-htlcld was in (In- vertical! height tin in. I, 
ln-iriK (llliiiigh IK it augmented in ItMeuenttcU) h'-:nitilled 
ill the uriMim-iiitilf ih'Tenf. Puller, Oh. Hist., IV. ii. It, 
ornamentalist (or-na-men'tal-ist), n. [< /- 
iiiiiuciiliil + -int.] One who is versed in orna- 
mentatinn ; an artist who devotes himself es- 
pecially to executing details of ornament. 
The few Mantuan sculptors known after his day were 
ortiaiiu'iitalixt* in marble or stucco. 
C. C. Per/dm, Italian Sculpture, p. 223. 
ornamentally (6r-na-men'tal-i), adv. In an 
ornamental manner';' by way of ornament or 
embellishment; as regards omamentation. 
ornamentation (5r"na-raen-ta'shon), H. [< or- 
nament + -ation.] 1'.' The act or process of 
ornamenting or of producing ornament. 2. 
Ornament in general; the whole mass of orna- 
ment applied to an object or used in combi- 
nation: as, the ornamentation of a building. 
3. In zool., the colors, markings, hairs, spines, 
etc., on the surface of an animal. It is some- 
times distinguished from Kulpture, but properly includes 
it. The characters of the ornamentation are generally 
only of specific value (though they may aid in distinguish- 
ing groups), owing to the fact that similar ornaments are 
often found in related species. See cut under Mil,., in. 
ornamenter (6r'na-raen-ter), n. [< ornament 
+ -eri.] One who" ornaments or decorates; a 
decorator. 
ornamentist (6r'na-men-tist), n. [< ornament 
+ -ist.'] An ornamenter; a decorator. Encye. 
Brit., X. 668. 
ornatet (dr-naf), * [< L. ornattw, pp. of or- 
nare (> It. ornare = Sp. Pg. ornar = F. orner), 
equip, adorn: seeorn.] To adorn; ornament. 
To ornate our langage with vsing wordes in their propre 
signiflcation. Sir T. Elyot, The Goveniour, iii. 22. 
ornate (6r-naf), a. [< L. ornatus, pp. : see the 
verb.] 1. Ornamented; artistically finished; 
ornamental; of an ornamental character: es- 
pecially applied to an elaborate literary style. 
For lak of ornat speche I wold woo. Court o/ Lone, 1. 34. 
Bis less ornate and less mechanical poems. 
Whipple, Ess. and Rev., I. 45. 
Dionysius . . . admits that Demosthenes does at times 
depart from simplicity that his style is sometimes elab- 
orately ornate and remote from the ordinary usage. 
Encye. Brit., VII. 72. 
2. Adorned; decorated. 
But who is this, what thing of sea or land? 
Female of sex it seems. 
That so bedeck'd, ornate, and gay, 
Comes this way sailing 
Like a stately ship 
Of Tarsus. Milton, S. A., 1. 712. 
ornately (dr-nat'li), adv. In an ornate man- 
ner. 
ornateness (6r-nat'nes), n. The state of being 
ornate or adorned. 
ornaturet (dr'na-tur), . [< OF. ornature = 
It. ornatura, < LL. ornatura, ornament, trim- 
ming, < L. ornare, adorn: see orn, ornate.] 
1. The act of ornamenting; ornamentation; 
adornment ; the process of rendering more pol- 
ished or bringing to perfection ; refinement. 
Wherein (the time of Queen Elizabeth] John Jewell, B. 
of Sarum, John Fox, and sundrie learned and excellent 
writers, haue fullie accomplished the ornature 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 ornatures! 
B. Jomon, Poetaster, Iii. 1. 
orndernt, orndornt, n. pi. See undern. 
orneoscopicst(6r*ne-o-skop'iks), n. [Also, 
improperly, orniscopics; < Gr. opveocno7riic6f.<op- 
veotjKoma, divination by observation of the flight 
of birds, < bpvtov, a bird, + onoma, < moiretv, view. 
Cf. ornithoscopy.] Divination by observation 
of the flight of birds: same as ornithoscopy. 
Bailey, 1727. 
orneoscopistt (or'ne-o-sko-pist), n. [Also or- 
ii i *n>i>ist ; < orneoscop-ics + -ist.] One who di- 
vines by observing the flight of birds : same as 
ornithoscopist. Bailey, 1727. 
orningt, [< ME. anting; verbal n. of orn, t>.] 
Adornment. Wyclif, \ Pet. iii. 3. 
ornis (or'nis), n. [A strained use of Gr. opvie, 
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. 
orniscopicst (6r-ni-skop'iks), n. See orneoscop- 
ics. 
orniscopistt (or'ni-sko-pist), n. See orneosco- 
pist. 
Ornithog'aean 
ornisCOpyt (<'ir'ni-sko-pi), ii. Same as m iiil/m- 
teopy. 
ornith. An abbreviation tit <>riiiUinl<niy. 
ornithic (or-nitli'ik), </. [< r. nfiviDiKor, of or 
lielonging to birds. < /". (</<""-. sometimes 
",'''"-), a bird; akin to AS. i-urn, K. inr, >''-. an 
eagle: see earn 3 .] Of or pertaining to birds ; 
characteristic of birds; avian; bird-like; or- 
nithological: as, an ornithic character; ornilliic 
structure. 
ornithichnite (<">r-ni-thik'nit), n. [< NL. iii-ni- 
tliii-linili'x, < Gr. opvit (bpvit)-), a bird, 4- lxC, 
track, + -ite 2 .] In geol., one of the footmarks, 
at first supposed to be those of gigantic birds, 
or of bird-like reptiles (omithosaurs),oceurring 
abundantly in the Triassic sandstone of Connec- 
ticut and elsewhere. They are now believed 
to have been made by dinosaurian reptiles. 
Ornithichnites (dr'ni-thik-ui'tez), n. [NL.: 
see ornithichnite.] A hypothetical genus, based 
by Hitchcock upon tracks called ornithichnitea 
occurring in the sandstone of Connecticut. The 
supposititious species of the genus were divided into two 
groups called I'achydactyli. with 3 species, and Leptodac- 
tyli, with 6 species. Hitchcock, Amer. Jour. Sci., XXIX. 
315 (1836). 
Ornithichnology (dr'ni-thik-nol'o-ji), n. [< 
Gr. oavtf (bpvin-), a bird, + Ixvof. a track, + -^o- 
joa,< Hytcv, speak: see -ology.] The study of 
ornithichnites or supposed fossil bird-tracks. 
Since this is a department of oryctology hitherto unex- 
plored, ... I should call it arnithieltnoloyy. 
Hitchcock, Amer. Jour. Bel., XXIX. 315. 
Ornithion, Ornithium (6r-nith'i-on, -um), . 
[NL., < Gr. bpviSiov, dim. of bpvif, a bird : see or- 
nithic.] A notable genus of Tyrannida;, having 
the bill of parine shape without rictal vibrissee ; 
the beardless flycatchers. There are several species, 
as 0. imberbe, a very diminutive flycatcher found In Texas 
and Mexico, of a dull-grayish color and about 4J inches 
ithobiographical(6r*ni-tho-bi-o-graf'i-kal), 
a. [< ornithohiograjih-y + -ic-al.] Of or per- 
taining to ornithological biography, or to the 
life-history of birds: as, a mass of ornithobio- 
graphical material. Cones. 
ornithobiography (or'ni-tho-bi-og'ra-fi), n. [< 
Gr. bpvif (opmff-), a bird, + E. biography.] Or- 
nithological biography ; the life-history of birds. 
ornithocephalous (dr'ni-tho-sef'a-lus), a. [< 
Gr. o/jwc (bpvtd-), a bird, + netyaMi, head.] 
Shaped like a bird's head: applied to parts of 
certain shells. 
ornithocoprolite (dr'ni-tho-kop'ro-lit), n. [< 
Gr. opwc (opfiff-), a bird, + tiatpat. dung, -f /Ifttof, 
stone: see coprolite.] Fossil bird-dung; an 
avian coprolite. 
ornithocopros (6r*ni-tho-kop'ros), n. [< Gr. 
bpvif (opviO-), bird, + n6irpof, dung: see copro- 
lite.] Bird-dung; guano. 
Ornithodelphia (6r*ui-tho-derfi-a), n. pi. 
[NL.,<Gr. o/3wj(6pv(0-),abird, -t- fatyfc, womb.] 
The lowest one of three subclasses of the class 
Mammalia, represented by the monotremes or 
oviparous mammals, and conterminous with the 
order Monotremata : so called from the ornithic 
character of the reproductive or urogenital or- 
gans. These mammals lay eggs, like birds ; the separate 
oviducts open into a cloaca common to the genital, urinary, 
and digestive organs ; the vasa deferentia of the male open 
also into the cloaca ; and the testes are abdominal. The 
mammary glands are nippleless. The sternum has a pe- 
culiar tau-bone or T-shaped interclavicle (see cut under 
interclancle), and the coracoids articulate with the ster- 
num. The superior transverse commissure of the brain 
has no well-defined psalterial fibers, and the septum Is 
much reduced in size. The Ornithodelphia are also called 
Prototheria. 
ornithodelphian (or'ni-tho-del'fi-an), a. and n. 
[< (trnitliodelphia + -an.] I. a. Ornithodelphic 
or ornithodelphous ; prototherian. 
II. n. A member of the Ornithodelphia; a 
monotreme or protothere. 
Ornithodelphic (6r*ni-tho-del'fik), a. [< Orni- 
thodelphia + -!<.] Same as ornithodelphous. 
ornithodelphous (6r*ni-tho-del'fus), a. [< Or- 
nithodelphia + -ous.] Of or pertaining to the 
iirn,i.. New Zealand, as a zoological division of 
the earth's land-surface, corresponding to the 
New Zealand subregion of Wallace. It is char- 
acterized by the lack of Indigenous mammals, excepting 
two species of bats, the former presence of the gigantic 
struthious birds of the families Dinurniitndce and Palap- 
teryyida, and the existence of Apterygidar and many other 
peculiar birds. 
Ornithogaean (6r*ni-tho-je'an), a. [< Ornitho- 
flii'ti + -.] Of or pertaining to Ornithogsea. 
'Ornithogaean realm. Same as Oniithogaa. 
