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Webster 1913 Edition

Embroidery

Em-broid′er-y

,
Noun.
;
pl.
Embroideries
.
1.
Needlework used to enrich textile fabrics, leather, etc.; also, the art of embroidering.
2.
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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Embroidery

EMBROID'ERY

,
Noun.
Work in gold, silver or silk thread, formed by the needle on cloth, stuffs and muslin, into various figures; variegated needle-work.
1.
Variegation or diversity of figures and colors; as the natural embroidery of meadows.

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