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Braid   /breɪd/   Listen
Braid

noun
1.
A hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair.  Synonyms: plait, tress, twist.
2.
Trimming used to decorate clothes or curtains.  Synonyms: braiding, gold braid.
verb
(past & past part. braided; pres. part. braiding)
1.
Make by braiding or interlacing.  Synonyms: lace, plait.
2.
Decorate with braids or ribbons.
3.
Form or weave into a braid or braids.  Synonym: pleach.



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"Braid" Quotes from Famous Books



... body so," Margaret put in. "You would lead us to think you never met a woman befo'. Why, thar air lots o' women up here—can't talk silk and braid and plush, but they know how to ...
— The Starbucks • Opie Percival Read
... dismal we were, the more delighted the company were. Once (when we paddled i' the burn) the captain took a little cruise round the compass on his own account, touching at the Canadian Boat Song,[3] and taking in supplies at Jubilate, 'Seas between us braid ha' ...
— Charles Dickens and Music • James T. Lightwood
... were multitude, while at the same time he uses me with the distinction due the last of his guests. Twenty times in as many hours he wishes me good-day, putting his hand to his cap for the purpose; and to oblige me he wears silver braid instead of gilt on his cap and coat. I apologized yesterday for troubling him so often for stamps, and said that I supposed he was much ...
— Henry James, Jr. • William Dean Howells
... her raven hair Whose curls forbade the plait and braid, The bride slid down the oaken stair, And mantled like a bashful maid, As, seated in the ...
— The Mistress of the Manse • J. G. Holland
... whose head was a fig, his body a potato, and his legs and arms bunches of raisins. He wore a red fez with a feather in it, and a red tunic tied with gold braid. ...
— Marjorie's Busy Days • Carolyn Wells


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