EMBROIDER, em-broid'[.e]r, _v.t._ to ornament with designs in needlework,
originally on the border.--_ns._ EMBROID'ERER; EMBROID'ERY, the art of
producing ornamental patterns by means of needlework on textile fabrics,
&c.: ornamental needlework: variegation or diversity: artificial ornaments.
[M. E. _embrouderie_--O. Fr. _embroder_, _em_, and _broder_, prob. Celt.,
acc. to Skeat. Bret. _brouda_, to pierce; confused with Fr. _border_, to
border.]
EMBROIL, em-broil', _v.t._ to involve in a broil, or in perplexity
(_with_): to entangle: to distract: to throw into confusion.--_n._
EMBROIL'MENT, a state of perplexity or confusion: disturbance. [Fr.
_embrouiller_--_em_, in, _brouiller_, to break out.]
EMBRONZE, em-bronz', _v.t._ to form in bronze.
EMBROWN, em-brown', IMBROWN, im-, _v.t._ to make brown: to darken,
obscure.--_p.adj._ EMBROWN'ING.
EMBRUE, em-br[=oo]', _v.t._ Same as IMBRUE.
EMBRYO, em'bri-[=o], EMBRYON, em'bri-on, _n._ the young of an animal in its
earliest stages of development: the part of a seed which forms the future
plant: the beginning of anything:--_pl._ EM'BRYOS, EM'BRYONS.--_ns._
EMBRYOC'TOMY, destruction of the fetus in the uterus; EMBRYOG'ENY, the
formation and development of the embryo; EMBRYOG'RAPHY, description of the
embryo.--_adjs._ EMBRYOLOG'IC, -AL, of or pertaining to embryology.--_ns._
EMBRYOL'OGIST; EMBRYOL'OGY, science of the embryo or fetus of
animals.--_adjs._ EM'BRYONATE, -D, in the state of an embryo; EMBRYON'IC,
EMBRYOT'IC, of or relating to anything in an imperfect state:
rudimentary.--_ns._ EMBRYOT'OMY, the division of a fetus to effect
delivery; EMBRYUL'CIA, forcible extraction of a fetus. [Low L.,--Gr.
_embryon_--_em_ (=_en_), in, _bryein_, to swell.]