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broider

American  
[broi-der] / ˈbrɔɪ dər /

verb (used with object)

  1. to embroider.


broider British  
/ ˈbrɔɪdə /

verb

  1. (tr) an archaic word for embroider

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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 beautiful velvet and silk closes, broider by silver and gold!

From The Splendid Idle Forties Stories of Old California by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton

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

“But I am sure the woman who can broider like this, is clever enough to make a row of harebells and ferns!”

From Earl Hubert's Daughter The Polishing of the Pearl - A Tale of the 13th Century by Emily Sarah Holt

I have tried to broider it with gold, I have tried to hang silver-bells upon the drooping corners thereof.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 61, November, 1862 by Various

“To broider for my Lady,” said Belasez, in a low, clear, musical voice.

From Earl Hubert's Daughter The Polishing of the Pearl - A Tale of the 13th Century by Emily Sarah Holt

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