block ornament

Definitions

1. 1

   A small fragment of cheap meat offered for sale by a butcher, particularly one of poor…

   A small fragment of cheap meat offered for sale by a butcher, particularly one of poor quality.

   • I ought to add, that the “single fellows,” instead of living on “block ornaments” and the like, live, when doing well, on the best fare, at the “spiciest” cook-shops on their rounds, or in the neighbourhood of their residence.
   • It is certain that in the Chinese meat stores you see a number of scraps of meat of the "block ornament" order, the dubious hue of which–usually a dingy greyish purple, with streaks of drab fat–[…]
2. 2

   Used other than figuratively or idiomatically

   Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see block, ornament.

   • a presents the elevation, b the section to the block ornament to A, and c shows a vertical section of the block ornament to B[…]
   • The wall plate is finely moulded, and the wooden columns supporting the principals have a curious diamond block ornament.

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