BROIDER

embroider, broider

(verb) decorate with needlework

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

broider (third-person singular simple present broiders, present participle broidering, simple past and past participle broidered)

(archaic) To embroider.

Anagrams

• borried

Source: Wiktionary


Broid"er, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Broidered.] Etym: [OE. broiden, brouden, F. broder, confused with E. braid; F. broder is either the same word as border to border (see Border), or perh. of Celtic origin; cf. W. brathu to sting, stab, Ir. & Gael. brod goad, prickle, OE. brod a goad; and also Icel. broddr a spike, a sting, AS. brord a point.]

Definition: To embroider. [Archaic] They shall make a broidered coat. Ex. xxviii. 4.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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