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decoration|dɛkəˈreɪʃən|
[ad. late L. decorātiōn-em, n. of action from decorāre to decorate: perh. a. F. décoration (1393 in Hatzf.).]
1. a. The action of decorating; embellishment, adornment, ornamentation. (See also quot. 1957.)
Decoration Day (U.S.): the day (now May 30th) kept in memory of those who fell in the civil war of 1861–65, on which their graves are decorated with flowers.
1585Jas. I Ess. Poesie (Arb.) 65 It is also meit, for the better decoratioun of the verse to vse sumtyme the figure of Repetitioun. 1589― in Ellis Orig. Lett. i. III. 29 Ornamentes requisit for decoration of our mariage. 1611Cotgr., Decoration, a decoration, beautifying, bedecking, adorning, garnishing, trimming, gracing. 1752Johnson Rambler 189 ⁋12 She..applied all her care to the decoration of her person. 1844Emerson Lect. Yng. Amer. Wks. (Bohn) II. 295 To facilitate the decoration of land and dwellings. 1871Michigan Gen. Statutes (1882) I. 455 The thirtieth day of May, commonly called decoration day. 1877Independent 24 May 25/1 Decoration Day dawned bright and beautiful. 1886Century Mag. XXXII. 475/1 On Decoration day he met them on their way to a neighbouring cemetery. 1957Encycl. Brit. VII. 126/1 Decoration day, a holiday..observed in the northern states..on May 30, originally in honour of soldiers killed in the U.S. Civil War, but subsequently also in honour of those who fell in later wars.
b. The fact or condition of being decorated.
c. † The quality of being decorated; ornateness.
1633J. Done Hist. Septuagint 68 Amazement..for the manner and decoration of one thing and another. Ibid. 43 The beauty and Decoration of the things we found in Hierusalem. 1838Lytton Leila i. iv, The fashion of its ornament and decoration was foreign to that adopted by the Moors of Granada.
2. That which decorates or adorns; an ornament, embellishment; esp. an ornament temporarily put up on some special occasion; formerly used (after the French) of scenery on the stage.
a1678Marvell Wks. II. 208 (R.) Our church did even then exceed the Romish in ceremonies and decorations. 1706Phillips (ed. Kersey), Decoration, an Ornament, Imbellishment, or Set-off; as The Decorations of the Stage. 1716Lady M. W. Montagu Let. to Pope 14 Sept., No [opera] house could hold such large decorations. 1760tr. Juan & Ulloa's Voy. (1772) I. 63 Mariposas or butterflies..differing visibly in figure, colours, and decorations. 1769Mrs. Raffald Eng. Housekpr. (1778) 199 A pretty decoration for a grand table. 1845M. Pattison Ess. (1889) I. 17 Basilicas..more remarkable for the richness of their decorations than for beauty of architectural proportions. 1864Burton Scot Abr. I. i. 2 When its history is stripped of the remote antiquity and other fabulous decorations.
3. A star, cross, medal, or other badge conferred and worn as a mark of honour.
1816J. Scott Vis. Paris (ed. 5) p. xiii, To sport the decoration of the Legion of Honour. Ibid. 294 All the young men who had not military decorations. 1882Cussans Her. 252 The Royal Order of Victoria and Albert..The Decoration of the Order consists of an onyx cameo, bearing a profile likeness of the late Prince Consort.
4. The composition placed in the head of a rocket firework which makes the display when the case explodes.
1873–4W. H. Browne Art of Pyrotechny (1874) 23 The rocket is now ready for its cap or pot which is to contain the stars or other decorations that are to be used. Ibid. 30 We have another exceedingly beautiful decoration for our rocket heads, which is called golden rain. |