embroid 
This woful lady ylcrncd hail in youth* 1 
So tllilt she Werken ami rtnl>r<nc<t, u eoiithc. 
C/i'i ">'>, lir.od Women, 1. 'J.'l.VJ. 
embroider (eiu-brot'der), r. /. [Formerly also 
imbroitter, i ntlirmlir, iiiibfinli-r; extended with 
-er, as in braider, q. v., after broidi-ry. cnibrui- 
il' ni, from earlier rmbroiit.} 1. To decorate 
with oruaiiu-iital needlework. See embroidery. 
His -an. icnt was dUuuysed wry vayne, 
Ami IIH fiiiliriKlfffil lionet sat awry. 
.S/K'iiwr, F. Q., III. Xil. 9. 
Thou shall embroider the coat of flue linen. 
Ex. xxviil. 3D. 
Some iiiibriiilrrnl with white beads, acme with Copper, 
other painted after lln-ir manner. 
Capt. John Smith, True Travels, I. 130. 
2. To work with the needle tipon a ground; 
produce or form in needlework, as a flower, a 
cipher, etc.: as, to embroider silver stars on 
velvet. 
The whole Chappell covered on the outside with cloth 
of Tissue : the gift, as appeareth by the arms imbroiidered 
thert'on, of the Florentine. Xinitltm, Ti-availes, p. 132. 
3. Figuratively, to embellish ; decorate with 
verbal or literary ornament: hence, to falsify 
or exaggerate : as, the story has been consider- 
ably embroidered. 
None of his writings are so agreeable to us as his Let- 
ters, particularly those which are written with earnest- 
ness, and are not embroidered with verses. 
Macaulay, Frederic the Great. 
embroiderer (em-broi'der-er), . One who em- 
broiders, in any sense of the word. 
Their embrodererswe very singular workemen, who work 
much in gold and silver. Coryat, Crudities, I. 122. 
I am ashamed thus to employ my pen in correcting this 
embroiderer, who has stuffed his writings with so many 
lies that those who hear him the least ill-will are forced 
to blush at his fopperies and toyes. 
North, Lite of Qvonlambec. 
embroidery (em-broi'der-i), . ; pi. embroider- 
ies (-iz). [< embroider, after broidery.'] 1. 
The art of working with the needle raised and 
ornamental designs in threads of silk, cotton, 
gold, silver, or other material, upon any woven 
fabric, leather, paper, etc. Embroidery has been 
used In all ages for the decoration of hangings and gar- 
ments used for statues of divinities or in religious cere- 
monials; but its use In ordinary dress was especially de- 
veloped during the middle ages in Europe, when garments 
entirely ornamented with the needle were worn by those 
who could alford them, and heraldry offered an oppor- 
tunity for embroidery upon the surcoats and tabards of 
men-at-arms. The nations of Persia and the extreme East 
are the greatest masters of embroidery in modern times. 
'I'm example most familiar to the West is the India shawl, 
for which see cashmere and chndder. 
2. A design produced or worked according to 
this art. 
Next these a youthful train their vows express'd, 
With feathers crown'd, with gay embroidery dress'd. 
Pope, Temple of Fame. 
They wore cloaks of the rlcffest material, covered with 
lace ami embroitlery ; corked shoes, pantofies, or slippers, 
ornamented to the utmost of their means ; and this ex- 
travagance was anxiously followed by men of all classes. 
Fairholt, I. 250. 
3. Variegated or diversified ornamentation, 
especially by the contrasts of figures and col- 
ors ; ornamental decoration. 
As if she contended to have the embroidenr of the earth 
richer than the cope of the sky. B. Jarumi, The Penates. 
If the natural embroidery of the meadows were helpt 
and improved by art, a man might make a pretty land- 
skip of his own possessions. Spectator, No. 414. 
4. In her., a hill or mount with several copings 
or rises and falls. Canadian, chain-stitch, che- 
nille, cloth, cordovan embroidery, see tin- qualify- 
ini; words. Cut-cloth embroidery, a kind of embroi- 
il TV in which pieces of cloth cut in the shape of leaves, 
flowers, etc., are sewed upon a foundation, the whole be- 
ing assisted by decorative cd^'in^-lines and the like in 
lien lie work. See <i /'[ili'i u<\ ami I'luth nj'ftli'jui', under cloth. 
- Danish embroidery, see Danish. Darned embroi- 
dery, a kind of embroidery in whirl] a backurminil of a 
somewhat open textile fabric is filled in by the needle with 
new threads, so as to make a solid and opaque surface in 
the form of the design. This is especially used for wash- 
able materials, such as muslin for curtains. Etching- 
embroidery. See etrhina. 
embroidery-frame (om-liroi'der-i-fram), n. A 
frame on which material to be embroidered is 
fastened and stretched, so that it may not bo 
drawn in the working. 
embroidery-needle (om-broi'der-i-ne'dl), n. 
Any one of various large needles or implements 
of like character used in ornamental needle- 
work and similar processes. The chenille em- 
broidery-needle has a larne open eye and a sharp point ; 
the worsted- or wool-work needle, for use with canvas. Is 
usually blunt, and has the eye nearly as large as in the 
former. For embroiil, n "ii ^"H<1 materials the needle is 
thin and sharp, and has a Ion:; narrow eye; for ev.trhet- 
nd Uunlxuir-work the so-called needle is in reality a 
hook. 
1895 
embroidery-paste (em-broi'der-i-past), n. An 
adhesive mixture used in embroidery to make 
materials adhere together, and also to stiffen 
the embroidery at the back. Diet, of \eedlc- 
llni'l, . 
embroil't (em-broil'), v. t. [< em- 1 + broil 1 . 
Appar. confused with embroil?.] To broil; 
burn. 
h'icry diseases, seated in the spirit, embroils the whole 
frame of the body. X. Hard, Simple Colder, p. 7. 
That knowledge for which we boldly attempt to riile 
God's cabinet should, like the coal from the altar, serve 
only to embroil and consume the sacrilegious invaders. 
Decay oj Chrutian /'..//. 
embroil 2 (em-broil'), r. t. [< OF. embroillir, 
eiibrmllir, embrouillir, become troubled, con- 
fused, or soiled, later and mod. F. embrouillcr 
(= Sp. cmbrollar = Pg. embrulhar = It. imbro- 
gliure ), entangle, confuse, embroil, < en-+br<ntit- 
ler, confuse, jumble: see broil?.] 1. To mix 
up or entangle ; intermix confusedly; involve. 
[Rare in this literal use.] 
Omitted paragraphs embroil'd the sense, 
With vain traditions stopp d the gaping fence. 
Dryden, Rellgio Laici, 1. 266. 
The Christian antiquities at Rome . . . are embroiled. 
with fable and legend. Addimn. 
2. To involve in contention or trouble by dis- 
cord; disturb; distract. 
I had no design to embroil my kingdom in civil war. 
Kikun Banliltf. 
It pleas'd Ood not to embroile and put to confusion his 
whole people for the perversness of a few. 
Milton, Eikonoklastes, xxvi. 
I verily believe it is the sad inequality of intellect that 
prevails that cmbroilit communities more than any thing 
else. Irviny, Knickerbocker, p. 181. 
embrpil-t (em-broil'), n. [< embroil 2 , v.] Per- 
plexity; confusion; embarrassment. Shaftes- 
bury. 
What an embroil it had made in Parliament is not easy 
to conjecture. Roger North, Examen, p. 568. 
embroilment (eru-broil'ment), n. [< OF. (and 
F.) embrouillement (= Pg. embrulhamento = It. 
imbrogliamento), < embrouiller, embroil : see em- 
broil? and -meat.] The act of embroiling, or 
the state of being embroiled; a state of con- 
tention, perplexity, or confusion ; disturbance ; 
entanglement. 
He [the Prince of Orange] was not apprehensive of a 
new embroilment, but rather wished It. 
Bp. Burnet, Hist. Own Times, an. 1678. 
As minister to England during the war lie [Adams] had 
largely contributed by his firmness and discretion to save 
the country from a foreign embroilment. 
0. S. Mem'am, 8. Bowles, II. 180. 
embronzet (em-bronz'), r. t. [< em- 1 + bronze.] 
To form or represent in bronze, as a statue. 
Will you In largesses exhaust your store, 
That you may proudly stalk the Circus o'er, 
Or In the Capitol embronz'd may stand, 
Spofl'd of your fortune an. I paternal land ? 
Franeii, tr. of Horace s Satires, il. 
embrothelt (em -broth 'el), r. t. [< em- 1 + 
brotheft.] To inclose or harbor in a brothel. 
[Rare.] 
Men which choose 
I aw practice for mere gain, boldly repute 
Worse than emhrothel'd strumpets prostitute. 
Donne. 
embroudet. embrowdet, . t. Middle English 
variants or embroid. 
embrown (em-broun'), v. [Formerly also im- 
brown; < em- 1 + brown. Cf. OF. cmbrunir, 
darken, make brown or blackish, < en- + brim, 
brown.] I. trans. 1. To make brown ; darken. 
Whence summer suns embrotrn the labouring swains. 
Fenton, To Mr. Southern. 
2. To make dark or obscure. 
Where the unpierced shade 
Imbroipu'd the noontide bowers. 
Milton, P. L, iv. 246. 
II. in trans. To grow or become brown; ac- 
quire a brownish hue. 
In the fields and woods, meanwhile, there were . . . signs 
and signals of the Summer : the darkening foliage ; the 
emtrrawnina. grain. Longfellow, Kavanagh, xviii. 
embruet (em-bro'), r. t. An obsolete spelling 
of imbrue. 
embrnte (em-brof), r. ; pret. and pp. embrutnl, 
ppr. embmting. [Formerly also imbrute; < rm- 1 
+ brute.] I. trans. To degrade to the condi- 
tion of a brute ; make brutal or like a brute ; 
brutalize. 
All the man embmted in the swine. 
<'<iuthrnf. Regulation of the Passions. 
\li\ il with Itestial slime, 
This essence to incarnate and imbmte, 
That to the highth of deity aspired ' 
Milton. P. L., ix. 166. 
embryo 
II. intrans. To fall or sink to tho condition 
of a brute. 
The soul grows clotted by contagion, 
Imbodics, and imbrute*, till she quite loe 
The divine projH-rty of her first being. 
Milton, I'omus, 1. 468. 
embryo (em'bri-o), 71. and a. [Formerly also 
t-mbno (also cmbryon, formerly also cmbrion); 
< F. embryon = 8p. embrion = Pg. cmbrySo = 
It. embrionf, < XL. i-iitbrynn, erroneously taken, 
appar. at first by French writers, as imbryo(n-), 
as if from a Or. 'c/ippi<&v, but properly > ;- 
bryon (reg. L. 'embryum), < Gr. i/ifipvov (stem 
lltfipv-), the embryo, fetus, also applied to a 
newly born animal, neut. of iuUpwc, growingin, 
< iv, in, + lipi'iiv, swell, be full.] I. H. 1. The 
fecundated germ of an animal in its earlier 
stages of development, and before it hat as- 
sumed the distinctive form and structure of the 
Early Human Embryo, giving diagratnmatically the principal vessels 
antecedent to the establishment of the regular letal circulation. 
H. heart ; P. lumjs ; 1., liver ; TM. the aortic trunk orcardiac aorta ; 
e. f'.f", common, external, and Internal carotids; J, subclavian arte- 
ry ; v. vertebra! artery : I, a. 3, 4. 5. the aortic aiches ( the persistent 
left aortic arch hidden); A, subvertchral aorta; o, o. omphalo- 
mescraic artery and vein, to and from V, Uic umbilical vesicle with its 
vitelline duct, rff; it, u, the two hypoeastric or umbilical arteries, 
with the ramifications, u ', u", in the placenti ; it , umbilical vein: 
t'A, hepatic vein ; cv, inferior vena cava ; vit, iliac veins ; a*, an azy- 
gous vein ; ff. a posterior cardinal vein ; vt, innominate vtn ; vp. 
portal vein ; Dv, the ductus vcnosus ; PC. a ductus Cuvierl. The 
anterior cardinal vein is seen beginning in the head and running down 
to the tluctus Cuvicri, on the under side of the numbers I, a, 3. 4, 5. 
parent; a germ; a rudiment; in a more ex- 
tended sense, a rudimentary animal during its 
whole antenatal existence, in the later stages of 
development, especially in man and the mammals gener- 
ally, the name/eft/ commonly takes the place of embryo. 
In the cases of oviparous animals, the term embryo prop- 
erly covers the whole course of development of the fe- 
cundated germ in the egg (which see, and see cut under 
dorsal) : as, the hen's egg contained an embryo ready to 
hatch. By a late and loose, though now common, extension 
of the term, it is applied to various larval stages of some 
Invertebrates, which In the course of their transformation 
are frequently so different from the parent as to be de- 
scribed as distinct species or genera : as, the embryo (first 
larval stage) of a cestoid worm. 
The emuriiot of a man, dog, seal, bat, reptile, etc. , can at 
first hardly be distinguished from each other. 
Dartrin, Descent of Man, I. 31. 
2. In oot., the rudimentary plant contained in 
the seed, the result of the action of pollen upon 
the ovule. It may l>e so rudimentary 1 as to have appa- 
rently no distinction of parts ; hut even in its simplest form 
it consists virtually of a single internode of an axis, which 
upon germination develops at one extremity a leaf or leaves 
with atenninal bud. and a root at theother. In more de- 
veloped embryos this initial intemode or caulicle (often 
incorrectly called rndiele) l>ears at one end one, two, or 
more rudimentary leaves called cotyledons, and often an 
Initial bud or plumule. Also called tjerm. By recent au- 
thors the term is also applied to the developed oos|K>re in 
vascular cryptogams. See cuts under albumen and cotyle- 
don. 
3. The beginning or first state of anything, 
while yet in a rude and undeveloped condition ; 
the condition of anything which has been con- 
ceived but is not yet developed or executed : 
rudimentary state : chiefly in the phrase IH em- 
bryo. 
There were Items of snch a Treaty being in Emlnrio. 
Congreve, Way of the World, i. n. 
The company little suspected what a noble work I had 
then I'll embryo. Strift. 
A little bench of heedless bishops here, 
And there n chancellor in embryo. 
Shenttone, Schoolmistress. 
Eplspermlc embryo. See epitpmnie. = Syn. Fettu 
Germ, Rudiment. The flretof these words is mainly applied 
to the embryos of viviparous vertebrates in the later stage* 
of their development, when they are more subject to ob- 
servation. Germ means especially the seed or fecundated 
