Embroideries

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Embroidery \Em*broid"er*y\, n.; pl. {Embroideries}.
     1. Needlework used to enrich textile fabrics, leather, etc.;
        also, the art of embroidering.
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     2. Diversified ornaments, especially by contrasted figures


        and colors; variegated decoration.
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              Fields in spring's embroidery are dressed.
                                                    --Addison.
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              A mere rhetorical embroidery of phrases. --J. A.
                                                    Symonds.
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