† broidv.
Obsolete.
transitive. To plait, intertwine, interweave.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > beautify (the hair) [verb (transitive)] > braid
tress?a1366
browd1386
broidc1405
braid1530
border1585
entrammel1598
snake1653
queue1754
cue1774
club1779
trace1832
weave1884
c1405 (c1385) G. Chaucer Knight's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 91 Hir yelow heer was broyded [So 4 MSS., 1 breided, 2 browded] in a tresse.
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 53 Broydyn [1499 broyded] laqueatus.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 471/1 I broyde heare, or a lace, or suche like, je tortille.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Judith x. 3 She..broyded and plated hir hayre.
1559 J. Heywood tr. Seneca Troas iv. sig. E.iiiv Forget henceforth thy captiue state, and semely broyde thy heare.
1609 R. Cawdrey Table Alphabet. (ed. 2) at Tresses Lockes of hayre broyded vp.
Derivatives
ˈbroided adj.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > styles of hair > [adjective] > braided or plaited
tressedc1386
plaited1582
broided1603
trammelled1609
entrammelled1611
pigtailed1725
Madonna-wise1830
Madonna-braided1849
French-braided1956
braided-
1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 172 A plaited and broided coronet of flowers.
ˈbroiding n.
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the world > space > relative position > intertwining or interweaving > [noun] > plaiting
plattingc1400
broiding1601
plaiting1681
pladdinga1711
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 80 Plaiting and broiding of herbes and floures.
1624 F. Bacon New Atlantis (1677) 253 Curiously wrought with Silver and Silk of divers colours, broyding or binding in the Ivy.
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