v. t. To braid. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

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 ] [ 1913 Webster ]

They shall make a broidered coat. Ex. xxviii. 4. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who embroiders. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Embroidery. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The golden broidery tender Milkah wove. Tickell. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To be subjected to the action of heat, as meat over the fire; to be greatly heated, or to be made uncomfortable with heat. [ 1913 Webster ]

The planets and comets had been broiling in the sun. Cheyne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. brouiller to disorder, from LL. brogilus, broilus, brolium, thicket, wood, park; of uncertain origin; cf. W. brog a swelling out, OHG. prōil marsh, G. brühl, MHG. brogen to rise. The meaning tumult, confusion, comes apparently from tangled undergrowth, thicket, and this possibly from the meaning to grow, rise, sprout. ] A tumult; a noisy quarrel; a disturbance; a brawl; contention; discord, either between individuals or in the state. [ 1913 Webster ]

I will own that there is a haughtiness and fierceness in human nature which will which will cause innumerable broils, place men in what situation you please. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Contention; fray; affray; tumult; altercation; dissension; discord; contest; conflict; brawl; uproar. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Broiled p. pr. & vb. n. Broiling. ] [ OE. broilen, OF. bruillir, fr. bruir to broil, burn; of Ger. origin; cf. MHG. brüejen, G. brühen, to scald, akin to E. brood. ] 1. To cook by direct exposure to heat over a fire, esp. upon a gridiron over coals. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To subject to great (commonly direct) heat. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. cooked by direct exposure to radiant heat. baked fried bolied
Syn. -- grilled. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. One who excites broils; one who engages in or promotes noisy quarrels. [ 1913 Webster ]

What doth he but turn broiler, . . . make new libels against the church? Hammond. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who broils, or cooks by broiling. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A gridiron or other utensil used in broiling, or the compartment in a stove where such a utensil is located. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A chicken or other bird fit for broiling. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Excessively hot; as, a broiling sun. -- n. The act of causing anything to broil. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cerebrum + -oid. ] Resembling, or analogous to, the cerebrum or brain. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Disembroiled p. pr. & vb. n. Disembroiling. ] [ Pref. dis- + embroil. ] To disentangle; to free from perplexity; to extricate from confusion. [ 1913 Webster ]

Vaillant has disembroiled a history that was lost to the world before his time. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Embroidered p. pr. & vb. n. Embroidering. ] [ OE. embrouden. See Broider. ] To ornament with needlework; as, to embroider a scarf. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thou shalt embroider the coat of fine linen. Ex. xxviii. 39. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. decorated with embroidery. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. One who embroiders. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a woman who embroiders; a woman embroiderer. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n.; pl. Embroideries 1. Needlework used to enrich textile fabrics, leather, etc.; also, the art of embroidering. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Diversified ornaments, especially by contrasted figures and colors; variegated decoration. [ 1913 Webster ]

Fields in spring's embroidery are dressed. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

A mere rhetorical embroidery of phrases. J. A. Symonds. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Embroiled p. pr. & vb. n. Embroiling. ] [ F. embrouiller; pref. em- (L. in) + brouiller. See 1st Broil, and cf. Imbroglio. ] 1. To throw into confusion or commotion by contention or discord; to entangle in a broil or quarrel; to make confused; to distract; to involve in difficulties by dissension or strife. [ 1913 Webster ]

The royal house embroiled in civil war. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To implicate in confusion; to complicate; to jumble. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Christian antiquities at Rome . . . are so embroiled with &unr_;able and legend. Addison.

Syn. -- To perplex; entangle; distract; disturb; disorder; trouble; implicate; commingle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Embroilment. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who embroils. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. embrouillement. ] The act of embroiling, or the condition of being embroiled; entanglement in a broil. Bp. Burnet. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. fibra a fiber + -oid. ] (Med.) Resembling or forming fibrous tissue; made up of fibers; as, fibroid tumors. -- n. A fibroid tumor; a fibroma. [ 1913 Webster ]

Fibroid degeneration, a form of degeneration in which organs or tissues are converted into fibroid tissue. --
Fibroid phthists, a form of pulmonary consumption associated with the formation of fibrous tissue in the lungs, and the gradual atrophy of the lungs, from the pressure due to the contraction of this tissue. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. fibra a fiber. ] (Chem.) A variety of gelatin; the chief ingredient of raw silk, extracted as a white amorphous mass. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Labrus + -oid. ] (Zool.) Like the genus Labrus; belonging to the family Labridæ, an extensive family of marine fishes, often brilliantly colored, which are very abundant in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. The tautog and cunner are American examples. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Scomber + -oid. ] (Zool.) Like or pertaining to the Mackerel family. -- n. Any fish of the family Scombridae, of which the mackerel (Scomber) is the type, and including the tuna (Thunnus and related genera). [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]