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Braid   /breɪd/   Listen
noun
Braid  n.  
1.
A plait, band, or narrow fabric formed by intertwining or weaving together different strands. "A braid of hair composed of two different colors twined together."
2.
A narrow fabric, as of wool, silk, or linen, used for binding, trimming, or ornamenting dresses, etc.


Braid  n.  
1.
A quick motion; a start. (Obs.)
2.
A fancy; freak; caprice. (Obs.)


verb
Braid  v. t.  (past & past part. braided; pres. part. braiding)  
1.
To weave, interlace, or entwine together, as three or more strands or threads; to form into a braid; to plait. "Braid your locks with rosy twine."
2.
To mingle, or to bring to a uniformly soft consistence, by beating, rubbing, or straining, as in some culinary operations.
3.
To reproach. (Obs.) See Upbraid.


Braid  v. i.  To start; to awake. (Obs.)


adjective
Braid  adj.  Deceitful. (Obs.) "Since Frenchmen are so braid, Marry that will, I live and die a maid."





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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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