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Definition of Festooned
1. festoon [v] - See also: festoon
Lexicographical Neighbors of Festooned
Literary usage of Festooned
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Weather: A Popular Exposition of the Nature of Weather Changes from Day to Day by Ralph Abercromby (1887)
"12, suddenly become festooned at the base, and diminished at the top, as marked
a 2 in the diagram. A few minutes later the whole cloud evaporated, ..."
2. Medical Lexicon: A Dictionary of Medical Science : Containing a Concise by Robley Dunglison (1868)
"... around the edge of the crys- alline; because it appears plaited or festooned,
as it were. GOETHE, (from guttur, ' throat,' [?] ) Broncho- cele. ..."
3. The Diary of a Lady-in-waiting by Charlotte Campbell Bury, Archibald Francis Steuart (1908)
"I never saw him there before, and I could not discover who he is, or anything
else about him, except that he has very white teeth and very festooned lips. ..."
4. Hispano-Moresque Pottery in the Collection of the Hispanic Society of America by Edwin Atlee Barber (1915)
"Three circles of Christian inscriptions—"DOMINE SURGE,'' repeated (and "DOMINE
ADM SURGE")—alternating with bands of simple festooned ornaments. ..."
5. New York in Slices: By an Experienced Carver, Being the Original Slices by George G. [Foster (1849)
"... a long row of mirrored arcades, festooned- with costly blue and crimson silk
and wreathed with golden carved work, the interior lined with plate glass, ..."
6. Catching's Compendium of Practical Dentistry (1897)
"FLASK PARTING OIL. Dr. WS Elliott, Sag Harbor, NY, says the best material for
parting flasks is the oil used in the Edison battery. Festooned GUMS. DR. II. ..."
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