ornamentations

However, we soon reached the summit, and, when our eyes had adjusted themselves to the light, we discovered – guided by an encouraging voice – a nice old man sitting cross-legged on the floor, very much as nature made him, but for a coating of ashes and white paint laid on in ornamentations and tattooings.

Love and Life Behind the Purdah 1901

Usually the "ornamentations" are prescribed for all members of a tribe of the same sex, and their acceptance is rigidly enforced.

Primitive Love and Love-Stories Henry Theophilus Finck 1890

Wide vocal ranges, intricate ornamentations and phrase lengths requiring immense breath control attest to the virtuosity of medieval choristers.

Songs From the Old City on the Seine Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim 2011

There are also a lot of vocal style ornamentations in popular guitar music bends, slides, mutes, etc that are hard or impossible to describe in "real music."

More on Music Steve Perry 2010

You can find Christmas trees, flakes, hollies, Christmas wreaths and many more aims on these ornamentations.

Figure Kirk | SciFi, Fantasy & Horror Collectibles 2009

As the sheer variety of jean styles has exploded in the last year into dozens of new washes, cuts and ornamentations, Mr. Filandro said, "at the vertically integrated companies, the denim has become stale."

Teen Idols: Aeropostale, Buckle Post Big Gains as Rivals Swoon 2009

Among its basic elements are frequent melismatic passages, heavy use of the augmented second, melodic ornamentations and embellishments within the quarter tone and semitone, and instrumental accompaniment generally using electronic instruments (synthesizers) together with electric guitar, bass guitar and percussion instruments.

Hebrew Song, 1880-2000. 2009

One of my favorite building ornamentations in New York can be found lining the iron fence surrounding the Dakota:

Nick Carr: Halloween in NY: Rosemary's Baby 2009

They decided to give The Nature Conservancy an ornate version of Requiem outfitted with swashes -- decorative swooshes and ornamentations that evoke Arrighi.

Typeface designers mix art, engineering 2007

In conclusion I must not forget to notice that the Arabic ornamentations of these volumes were designed by my excellent friend Yacoub Artin Pasha, of the Ministry of Instruction, Cairo, with the aid of the well-known writing artist, Shayth Mohammed

The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006