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embroidered, ppl. a.|ɛmˈbrɔɪdərd|
[f. embroider v. +-ed1.]
1. Of textile fabrics, leather, etc.: Adorned or variegated with figures of needlework. Also of the needlework itself.
1591Florio 2nd Fruites 9 That [girdle] of blew veluet, embrothered. 1593Shakes. 3 Hen. VI, ii. v. 44 A rich Imbroider'd Canopie. 1609Bible (Douay) Lev. viii. comm., A girdle..of twisted silke and gold, embrodered worke. 1665Boyle Occas. Refl. v. v. (1675) 314 A Lac'd, or an Imbroider'd suit. 1703Maundrell Journ. Jerus. (1732) 29 His embroyder'd Sacerdotal Robe. 1853Kingsley Hypatia vii. 86 An embroidered shoe.
2. transf. and fig.
1612Drayton Poly-olb. A, Through delicate embrodered meadowes. 1657W. Coles Adam in Eden To Rdr., The pleasant Aspects of Nature..and..her severall imbroidered Beds. 1672Evelyn French Gardiner ii. §1 (1675) 136 Melons..white, wrought or Embroidered, Ribb'd, and others. 1868Helps Realmah xv. (1876) 394 In the embroidered language of the Sheviri. |