a woman's ornament

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• Woman — • The position of woman in society has given rise to a discussion which, is known under the name of the woman question Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Woman     Woman      …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Woman — Wom an, n.; pl. {Women}. [OE. woman, womman, wumman, wimman, wifmon, AS. w[=i]fmann, w[=i]mmann; w[=i]f woman, wife + mann a man. See {Wife}, and {Man}.] [1913 Webster] 1. An adult female person; a grown up female person, as distinguished from a… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Woman hater — Woman Wom an, n.; pl. {Women}. [OE. woman, womman, wumman, wimman, wifmon, AS. w[=i]fmann, w[=i]mmann; w[=i]f woman, wife + mann a man. See {Wife}, and {Man}.] [1913 Webster] 1. An adult female person; a grown up female person, as distinguished… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• silence is a woman’s best garment — Cf. SOPHOCLES Ajax 1. 293 γυναιξὶ κόσμον ἡ σιγὴ φέρει, silence is a woman’s ornament. The passage of St. Paul alluded to in quot. 1539 is I CORINTHIANS xiv. 34 (AV) Let your women keep silence in the churches, for it is not permitted unto them to …   Proverbs new dictionary

• Biliment — Bil i*ment, n. A woman s ornament; habiliment. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Bugle — Bu gle, n. [LL. bugulus a woman s ornament: cf. G. b[ u]gel a bent piece of metal or wood, fr. the same root as G. biegen to bend, E. bow to bend.] An elongated glass bead, of various colors, though commonly black. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• σισάριον — a woman s ornament of gold neut nom/voc/acc sg …   Greek morphological index (Ελληνική μορφολογικούς δείκτες)

• Women — Woman Wom an, n.; pl. {Women}. [OE. woman, womman, wumman, wimman, wifmon, AS. w[=i]fmann, w[=i]mmann; w[=i]f woman, wife + mann a man. See {Wife}, and {Man}.] [1913 Webster] 1. An adult female person; a grown up female person, as distinguished… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Nipple shield (jewelry) — Woman with nipple shield and body paint on her breast A nipple shield is a piece of body jewelry worn on the nipple, partially or fully covering the areola. The shield encircles the nipple,[1] and ca …   Wikipedia

• South Asian arts — Literary, performing, and visual arts of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka. Myths of the popular gods, Vishnu and Shiva, in the Puranas (ancient tales) and the Mahabharata and Ramayana epics, supply material for representational and… …   Universalium

• Western sculpture — ▪ art Introduction       three dimensional artistic forms produced in what is now Europe and later in non European areas dominated by European culture (such as North America) from the Metal Ages (Europe, history of) to the present.       Like… …   Universalium