Hypertext Webster Gateway: "decked"

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

Deck \Deck\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Decked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Decking}.] [D. dekken to cover; akin to E. thatch. See
{Thatch}.]
1. To cover; to overspread.

To deck with clouds the uncolored sky. --Milton.

2. To dress, as the person; to clothe; especially, to clothe
with more than ordinary elegance; to array; to adorn; to
embellish.

Deck thyself now with majesty and excellency. --Job
xl. 10.

And deck my body in gay ornaments. --Shak.

The dew with spangles decked the ground. --Dryden.

3. To furnish with a deck, as a vessel.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

decked
adj : clothed or adorned with finery [syn: {adorned(p)}, {bedecked(p)},
{decked(p)}, {decked out(p)}]

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