broider
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
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Etymology
Origin of broider
1400–50; late Middle English, variant of browder, Middle English broide ( n ), browde ( n ) (past participle, taken as infinitive of braid ( def. ) ) + -er 6
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The notion that flowers broider or ornament the ground is common in poetry: comp.
From Milton's Comus by William Bell
The young queen took up a piece of tapestry, and began to broider with an affectation of tranquillity her trembling fingers contradicted.
From Louise de la Valliere by Alexandre Dumas père
She would have followed Bacon to the death, and sat up all night to broider herself a kerchief.
From The Heart's Highway by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman
I will broider in thy saddle colors fair to see, Sleep, my child, my little darling, sleep, I sing to thee.
From The Haskalah Movement in Russia by Jacob S. Raisin
Her lily fingers that so well Could paint a scene—in aquarelle— Or broider plush with leaves and vines, No more of real labor knew Than waxen petals of the dew On native eglantines.
From Poems Vol. IV by Hattie Howard
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