Em*broid"er*y (?), n.; 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.

 

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