noun.
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.
noun.
A design produced or worked according to this art.
noun.
Variegated or diversified ornamentation, especially by the contrasts of figures and colors; ornamental decoration.
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In heraldry, a hill or mount with several copings or rises and falls.