Word Meanings - EMBROIDER - Book Publishers vocabulary database

To ornament with needlework; as, to embroider a scarf. Thou shalt embroider the coat of fine linen. Ex. xxviii. 39.

Related words: (words related to EMBROIDER)

• SCARF
  A cormorant.
• ORNAMENTAL
  Serving to ornament; characterized by ornament; beautifying; embellishing. Some think it most ornamental to wear their bracelets on their wrists; others, about their ankles. Sir T. Browne.
• EMBROIDER
  To ornament with needlework; as, to embroider a scarf. Thou shalt embroider the coat of fine linen. Ex. xxviii. 39.
• LINENER
  A dealer in linen; a linen draper.
• EMBROIDERY
  1. Needlework used to enrich textile fabrics, leather, etc.; also, the art of embroidering. 2. Diversified ornaments, especially by contrasted figures and colors; variegated decoration. Fields in spring's embroidery are dressed. Addison. A mere
• ORNAMENTER
  One who ornaments; a decorator.
• SHALT
  2d per. sing. of Shall.
• ORNAMENTALLY
  By way of ornament.
• NEEDLEWORK
  1. Work executed with a needle; sewed work; sewing; embroidery; also, the business of a seamstress. 2. The combination of timber and plaster making the outside framework of some houses.
• ORNAMENT
  That which embellishes or adorns; that which adds grace or beauty; embellishment; decoration; adornment. The ornament of a meek and quiet spirit. 1 Pet. iii. 4. Like that long-buried body of the king Found lying with his urns and ornaments.
• SCARFSKIN
  See EPIDERMIS
• ORNAMENTATION
  1. The act or art of ornamenting, or the state of being ornamented. 2. That which ornaments; ornament. C. Kingsley.
• EMBROIDERER
  One who embroiders.
• SALINENESS
  The quality or state of being salt; saltness.
• COUNTERSCARF
  The exterior slope or wall of the ditch; -- sometimes, the whole covered way, beyond the ditch, with its parapet and glacis; as, the enemy have lodged themselves on the counterscarp.