The Collaborative International Dictionary
Embroideries
Embroidery \Em*broid"er*y\, n.; pl. Embroideries.
Needlework used to enrich textile fabrics, leather, etc.; also, the art of embroidering.
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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.
Wiktionary
embroideries
n. (plural of embroidery English)