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embroideries |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Embroidery \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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