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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