In one of the instances that came under my personal observation a little unhulled rice was placed upon a log for the regalement of the omen bird, and a tame pet omen bird in an adjoining house was petted and fed and asked to summon its wild mates of the encircling forest to sing the song of victory. From Wordnik.com. [The Manóbos of Mindanáo Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir] Reference
Vials full of odors, and that means pure regalement of the senses. From Wordnik.com. [New Tabernacle Sermons] Reference
Rivers of rich regalement! feas of blifs I Seas without ihore 1 infinity of fweets!. From Wordnik.com. [The works of the English poets; with prefaces, biographical and critical] Reference
Yes, I'd really take it as a pastime and regalement if you boys would go along too. '. From Wordnik.com. [The Gentle Grafter] Reference
Two of the less wilted pumpkins being reserved for the cabin table, the residue were minced up on the spot for the general regalement. From Wordnik.com. [The Piazza Tales] Reference
The tea-things were laid on the table, and substantial refreshment in the shape of cold meat, and a plate of muffins ready for toasting, all for the clerk's regalement. From Wordnik.com. [Elster's Folly] Reference
After a successful hunt -- with the pit or poisoned arrows -- they remove the entrails of the slain animal and wear them like coronals for present ornament and future regalement. From Wordnik.com. [Field and Hedgerow Being the Last Essays of Richard Jefferies] Reference
Every poem which we persecuted defenders of the faith have been bulldozed into weaving for the regalement of our persecutors shall be sung again when the other shore is reached, and when the horse and the rider are thrown into the sea. From Wordnik.com. [Eugene Field A Study In Heredity And Contradictions]
I am indeed blissfully intoxicated with the heady aroma of these long past days of young love! the sound of her approaching footsteps in the morning, the rustling of her gown before I beheld her, as she came to bring me some dainty which she had concocted for my regalement. From Wordnik.com. [The Bride of Dreams] Reference
The girl, unconscious of his stealthy regalement, was letting her clear eyes rest, in turn, on each figure that passed, on the movements of birds and dogs, watching the sunlight glisten on the grass, burnish the copper beeches, the lime-trees, and those tall poplars down there by the water. From Wordnik.com. [Beyond] Reference
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