EMBELLISHMENT
Em*bel"lish*ment, n. Etym: [Cf. F. embellissement.]
1. The act of adorning, or the state of being adorned; adornment. In the selection of their ground, as well as in the embellishment of it. Prescott.
2. That which adds beauty or elegance; ornament; decoration; as, pictorial embellishments. The graces and embellishments of the exterior man. I. Taylor.
EMBER
Em"ber, n. Etym: [OE. emmeres, emeres, AS. ; akin to Icel. eimyrja,
Dan. emmer, MHG. eimere; cf. Icel. eimr vapor, smoke.]
Defn: A lighted coal, smoldering amid ashes; — used chiefly in the plural, to signify mingled coals and ashes; the smoldering remains of a fire. "He rakes hot embers." Dryden. He takes a lighted ember out of the covered vessel. Colebrooke.
EMBER
Em"ber, a. Etym: [OE. ymber, AS. ymbren, ymbryne, prop., running
around, circuit; ymbe around + ryne a running, fr. rinnan to run. See
Amb-, and Run.]
Defn: Making a circuit of the year of the seasons; recurring in each quarter of the year; as, ember fasts.
Ember days (R. C. & Eng. Ch.), days set apart for fasting and prayer in each of the four seasons of the year. The Council of Placentia [A. D. 1095] appointed for ember days the Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday after the first Sunday in Lent, Whitsuntide, the 14th of September, and the 13th of December. The weeks in which these days fall are called ember weeks.
EMBER-GOOSE Em"ber-goose`, n. Etym: [Cf. Norw. ember, hav-imber, hav-immer, Icel. himbrin, himbrimi.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: The loon or great northern diver. See Loon. [Written also emmer-goose and imber-goose.]