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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Broider  \Broid"er\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Broidered}.]  [OE. 
  broiden,  brouden,  F.  broder,  confused  with  E.  braid;  F. 
  broder  is  either  the  same  word  as  border  to  border  (see 
  {Border}),  or  perh.  of  Celtic  origin;  cf  W.  brathu  to  sting, 
  stab,  Ir  &  Gael.  brod  goad,  prickle,  OE  brod  a  goad;  and 
  also  Icel.  broddr  a  spike,  a  sting,  AS  brord  a  point.] 
  To  embroider.  [Archaic] 
 
  They  shall  make  a  broidered  coat.  --Ex.  xxviii. 
  4. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  broider 
  v  :  decorate  with  needlework  [syn:  {embroider}] 




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