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A garland or wreath hanging in a depending curve, used in decoration for festivals, etc.; anything arranged in this way.

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  1. n. A garland or wreath hanging in a depending curve, used in decoration for festivals, etc.; anything arranged in this way.
  2. n. A carved ornament consisting of flowers, and leaves, intermixed or twisted together, wound with a ribbon, and hanging or depending in a natural curve. See Illust. of Bucranium.
  3. v. t. To form in festoons, or to adorn with festoons.
  4. n. a curtain of fabric draped and bound at intervals to form graceful curves
  5. n. an embellishment consisting of a decorative representation of a string of flowers suspended between two points; used on pottery or in architectural work
  6. n. flower chains suspended in curves between points as a decoration
  7. v. decorate with strings of flowers
  8. 1. A garland or wreath hanging in a depending curve, used in decoration for festivals, etc.; anything arranged in this way. 2. (Arch. & Sculp.) A carved ornament consisting of flowers, and leaves, intermixed or twisted together, wound with a ribbon, and hanging or depending in a natural curve. See Illust. of Bucranium. To form in festoons, or to adorn with festoons.
  9. A carved ornament consisting of flowers, and leaves, intermixedor twisted together, wound with a ribbon, and hanging or depending ina natural curve. See Illust. of Bucranium.
  10. n:11/v:89 n. a curtain of fabric draped and bound at intervals to form graceful curves n. an embellishment consisting of a decorative representation of a string of flowers suspended between two points; used on pottery or in architectural work n. flower chains suspended in curves between points as a decoration v. decorate with strings of flowers