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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