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Tufted cord, of silk or worsted, for the trimimg of ladies' dresses, for embroidery and fringes, and for the weft of chenille rugs.

Embroidering by laying the materials upon the surface of the foundation, instead of drawing them through.

r for a bed, often stitched or broken into squares; a counterpane. See 1st Counterpane. Embroidered coverlets or counterpoints of purple silk. Sir T. North.

- Coventry blue, blue thread of a superior dye, made at Coventry, England, and used for embroidery.

Worsted yarn,, slackly twisted, used for embroidery.

Embroidery in crewels, commonly done upon some plain material, such as linen.

An ancient term for embroidery, esp. applied to the earliest form of lace, or to that early embroidery on linen and the like, from which the manufacture of lace was developed.

A long gown or surcoat (cut off in front), worn in the Middle Ages. It was sometimes embroidered or interwoven with gold. Also, a rich stuff from which the gown was made.

To embroider; to adorn. [Obs.] Embrowded was he, as it were a mead All full of fresshe flowers, white and red. Chaucer.

phod. The ephod for the priests was of plain linen; that for the high priest was richly embroidered in colors. The breastplate of the high priest was worn upon the ephod in front. Exodus xxviii. 6-12.

he ground or varnish in etching. -- Etching stitch (Needlework), a stitch used outline embroidery.

Ornamental work with a needle or hook, as embroidery, crocheting, netting, etc.

In a fantastic manner. the letter A, in scarlet, fantastically embroidered with gold thread, upon her bosom. Hawthorne.

Fantastic designs. Embroidered with fantasies and flourishes of gold thread. Hawthorne.

A kind of embroidery stitch producing a branching zigzag line.

The representation of any form, as by drawing, painting, modeling, carving, embroidering, etc.; especially, a representation of the human body; as, a figure in bronze; a figure cut in marble. A coin that bears the figure of an angel. Shak.

silk thread less glossy than floss, and spun from coarser material. It is much used in embroidery instead of floss.

Untwisted filaments of silk, used in embroidering. Floss silk, silk that has been twisted, and which retains its loose and downy character. It is much used in embroidery. Called also floxed silk. -- Floss thread, a kind of soft flaxen yarn or thread, used for embroidery; -- called also linen floss, and floss yarn. McE…

ture of four bars, adjustable in size, on which cloth, etc., is stretched for quilting, embroidery, etc.

A movable, decorative member in metal, carved wood, or, commonly, in rich stuff or in embroidery, covering the front of the altar. Frontals are usually changed according to the different ceremonies.