EMBROIDERY

EMBROIDERY. → In blue and purple and scarlet on the curtains of the tabernacle Ex 26:1,36; 27:16 → On the girdle and coat of the high priest, intermingled with gold Ex 28:4,39 → On the garments of Sisera Jud 5:30 → On the garments of princes Eze 26:16 → On the garments of women Ps 45:14; Eze 16:10,13,18 → Bezaleel and Aholiab divinely inspired for, in the work of the tabernacle Ex 35:30-35; 38:22,23 → See TAPESTRY

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embroidery. Embroidery, n. a sort of variegated needlework

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Em‐broid″er‐y (?), n.; pl. Embroideries (�). 1. 1. Needlework used to enrich textile fabrics, leather, etc.; also, the art of embroidering.
2. 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.