[f. as prec. + -ATION.] a. A floral decoration. b. A musical flourish.
1868. Cussans, Her., iv. 60. The Cross Recercelé resembles a Cross Moline with its floriations more expanded.
1895. G. W. Edwards, The Rivalries of Long and Short Codiac, in Cent. Mag., Aug., 575/2. He drew out the bellows of his concertina to its full length, and with the familiar stamp of his foot, but somewhat feebly, and with many flourishes, played the air to the end, at which he continued the tune, with his accustomed floriations.
