Hypertext Webster Gateway: "accessories"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Accessory \Ac*ces"so*ry\, n.; pl. {Accessories}.
1. That which belongs to something else deemed the principal;
something additional and subordinate. ``The aspect and
accessories of a den of banditti.'' --Carlyle.

2. (Law) Same as {Accessary}, n.

3. (Fine Arts) Anything that enters into a work of art
without being indispensably necessary, as mere ornamental
parts. --Elmes.

Syn: Abettor; accomplice; ally; coadjutor. See {Abettor}.


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