EMBROIDERY

n.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

Needlework used to enrich textile fabrics, leather, etc.; also, the art of embroidering.

2.
n.

Diversified ornaments, especially by contrasted figures and colors; variegated decoration. Fields in spring's embroidery are dressed. Addison. A mere rhetorical embroidery of phrases. J. A. Symonds.


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