Hypertext Webster Gateway: "embroidery"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Embroidery \Em*broid"er*y\, n.; pl. {Embroideries}.
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 rhetorical embroidery of phrases. --J. A.
Symonds.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
embroidery
n 1: elaboration of an interpretation by the use of decorative
(sometimes fictitious) detail; "the mystery has been
heightened by many embellishments in subsequent
retellings" [syn: {embellishment}]
2: decorative needlework [syn: {fancywork}]
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