† brawdstern.
Obsolete.
A woman (or man) who embroiders.
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c1450 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 692 Hec palmaria, a brawdster.
1483 Cath. Angl. 41 A Brawdestere, epigramator, epigramatrix.
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