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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The act or art of embroidering.
  • noun Ornamentation of fabric with needlework.
  • noun A piece of embroidered fabric.
  • noun Embellishment with fanciful details.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The art of working with the needle raised and ornamental designs in threads of silk, cotton, gold, silver, or other material, upon any woven fabric, leather, paper, etc.
  • noun A design produced or worked according to this art.
  • noun Variegated or diversified ornamentation, especially by the contrasts of figures and colors; ornamental decoration.
  • noun In heraldry, a hill or mount with several copings or rises and falls.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun Needlework used to enrich textile fabrics, leather, etc.; also, the art of embroidering.
  • noun Diversified ornaments, especially by contrasted figures and colors; variegated decoration.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun The ornamentation of fabric using needlework.
  • noun A piece of embroidered fabric.
  • noun The elaboration of an account etc. with details, especially when fictitious.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun decorative needlework
  • noun elaboration of an interpretation by the use of decorative (sometimes fictitious) detail

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  • "4. In heraldry, a hill or mount with several copings or rises and falls." --CD&C

    October 5, 2011

  • Awesome!

    October 5, 2011