2. To color in imitation of bronze. See Bronze, v. t.

Em*broth"el (?), v. t. To inclose in a brothel. [Obs.] Donne.

{ Em*broud"e (?), Em*browd"e, Em*broyd"e (?) }, v. t. To embroider; to adorn. [Obs.]

Embrowded was he, as it were a mead

All full of fresshe flowers, white and red.

Chaucer.

Em*brown" (?), v. t. [Pref. em- (L. in) + brown.] To give a brown color to; to imbrown.

Summer suns embrown the laboring swain.

Fenton.

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