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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