Dictionary entry

Embroidery

Webster's Dictionary 1913

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.