embroider

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A modern writer, Francis North, asserts that the Italians learned embroidery from the Saracens, as Spaniards learned the same art from the Moors, and, in proof of his theory, states that the word embroider is derived from the Arabic, and does not belong to any European language.

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  1. transitive verb To ornament with needlework: embroider a pillow cover.
  2. transitive verb To make by means of needlework: embroider a design on a bedspread.
  3. transitive verb To add embellishments or fanciful details to: embroider the truth.
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  • Simply pick the letter you want to embroider, then select where you want the embroidery to be positioned in the hoop (the design will automatically be centered for you), bring the embroidery foot down, and press the start button. —  xml's Blinklist.com
  • Perry Ellis will also embroider, embellish and warehouse products for Callaway. —  sdbj.com
  • Wittenberg has had to cajole better prices from her suppliers - the companies that actually print, embroider or etch logos and company names on virtually anything. —  Vail Daily - Top Stories
  • She tried to embroider, as she sat alone and waited for something to happen, but her nerveless fingers would not hold the needle. —  Mary Louise Solves a Mystery
  • A modern writer, Francis North, asserts that the Italians learned embroidery from the Saracens, as Spaniards learned the same art from the Moors, and, in proof of his theory, states that the word embroider is derived from the Arabic, and does not belong to any European language. —  The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 107, September, 1866
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  1. Middle English embrouderen, partly from embrouden (from brouden, broiden, braided, embroidered, from Old English brogden, past participle of bregdan, to weave; see braid) and partly from Old French embroder (en-, intensive pref.; see en-1 + broder, brosder, to embroider of Germanic origin).

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  1. Formerly also imbroider, embroder, imbroder; extended with -er, as in broider, q. v., after broidery, embroidery, from earlier embroid.
 

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