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Braiding   /brˈeɪdɪŋ/   Listen
noun
Braiding  n.  
1.
The act of making or using braids.
2.
Braids, collectively; trimming. "A gentleman enveloped in mustachios, whiskers, fur collars, and braiding."


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.)





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"Braiding" Quotes from Famous Books



... her mind she sought Anne's room at once. Anne, in a cheap cotton kimono, was braiding her hair for the night. The sleeves of the kimono were short and showed her thin white arms. Amy had on a blanket wrapper. Her hair was in metal curlers. She looked old and tired, and now and then ...
— The Gay Cockade • Temple Bailey
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... from Nature's fairest bowers; On her brow, from moor and heath, Bright green leaves and flowers did cluster, Borrowing resplendent lustre From the eyes that shone beneath. Rose the whisper, "She is crazy," When she plucked the blooming daisy, Braiding it within her hair; But they knew not, what of gladness Mingled with her notes of sadness, As she laid it gently there. For her loved one, ere he started, While she still was happy-hearted, Clipped a daisy from its stem, Placed it in her hair, and told her, Till again he should behold ...
— Town and Country, or, Life at Home and Abroad • John S. Adams
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... laughing boy, "on heroes poor looks cold, If thou art wise as well as brave, return with store of gold." "Perchance thou'rt right!" and now he turned to his sister young and fair, Braiding with skill a glossy tress of his own ...
— The Poetical Works of Mrs. Leprohon (Mrs. R.E. Mullins) • Rosanna Eleanor Leprohon
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... took a survey of the field. The cattle were all quiet. Chicken Little was braiding little baskets with a handful of cat tail leaves she had brought from the slough. Ernest reached over and patted ...
— Chicken Little Jane on the Big John • Lily Munsell Ritchie
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... county newspaper, and gave the sheet to her valiant comrade, who glanced over it with the air of a connoisseur, and, after declaring aloud that he quite grasped its meaning, folded it neatly up, and stuck it in the braiding of his cap. ...
— The Day of Wrath • Maurus Jokai
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