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floreated

British  
/ ˈflɔːrɪˌeɪtɪd /

adjective

  1. a variant spelling of floriated

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Contrasting pleasingly with this fret and on opposite sides of it are a plain molded ovolo outlining the panel and a small floreated torus supplemented by a molded cymatium within.

From The Colonial Architecture of Philadelphia by Cousins, Frank

The house silence, broken only by the solemn pacing of the great seven-foot Proven�al clock, ventrose, aldermanic, profusely gilded as to its body and floreated as to its face, presently grew too much for Claire.

From The White Plumes of Navarre A Romance of the Wars of Religion by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)

Skulls, tears, and fleurs-de-lys are thrown about in profusion; the motto, "Memento mori," looks out at you from among floreated ornaments; Jesus and Marie are placed on a level.

From Book Collecting: A Guide for Amateurs by Slater, J. Herbert (John Herbert)

It was all floreated and meandering design; the motive reminding one of the pine-apple and the acanthus, or of vine stems meeting or parting, but never anything naturalistic for a moment.

From Needlework As Art by Alford, Marianne Margaret Compton Cust, Viscountess

One notices with admiration the beautiful brass andirons and fire set, and with interest the floreated cast-iron fireback.

From The Colonial Architecture of Philadelphia by Cousins, Frank

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