EMBRAID

Etymology

Verb

embraid (third-person singular simple present embraids, present participle embraiding, simple past and past participle embraided)

(obsolete, transitive) To braid up, as hair.

(obsolete, transitive) To upbraid.

Anagrams

• biarmed, demibra

Source: Wiktionary


Em*braid", v. t. Etym: [Pref. em- (L. in) + 1st braid.]

1. To braid up, as hair. [Obs.] Spenser.

2. To upbraid. [Obs.] Sir T. Elyot.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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