Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for EM-BROID'ER-Y
EM-BROID'ER-Y, n.
- Work in gold, silver or silk thread, formed by the needle on cloth, stuffs and muslin, into various figures; variegated needle-work. Pope. Encyc.
- Variegation or diversity of figures and colors; as, the natural embroidery of meadows. Spectator.
- Artificial ornaments; as, the embroidery of words. Hosack.
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