Lexic.us

Definition of Braid

1. Verb. Make by braiding or interlacing. "Lace a tablecloth"

2. Noun. A hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair.

3. Verb. Decorate with braids or ribbons. "Braid a collar"

4. Noun. Trimming used to decorate clothes or curtains.

5. Verb. Form or weave into a braid or braids. "They braid their hair "; "Braid hair"

Definition of Braid

1. v. t. To weave, interlace, or entwine together, as three or more strands or threads; to form into a braid; to plait.

2. n. A plait, band, or narrow fabric formed by intertwining or weaving together different strands.

3. n. A quick motion; a start.

4. v. i. To start; to awake.

5. a. Deceitful.

Definition of Braid

1. Verb. (obsolete) (transitive) To make a sudden movement with, to jerk. ¹

2. Verb. (archaic) (intransitive) To start into motion. ¹

3. Verb. (transitive) To weave together, intertwine (strands of fibers, ribbons, etc.); to arrange (hair) in braids. ¹

4. Noun. (obsolete) A sudden movement; a jerk, a wrench. (defdate 11th-17th c.) ¹

5. Noun. A weave of three or more strands of fibers, ribbons, cords or hair often for decoration. (defdate from 16th c.) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Braid

1. to weave together [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Braid

bragworthy brah brahma brahmadanda brahmadandas brahmaness brahmanesses brahmani brahmans brahmas

brahmin brahminic brahminical brahmo-somaj brahmoism braid (current term) braide braided braider braiders

braidest braiding braidings braidlike braids braies brail brailed brailing braille

Literary usage of Braid

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The English Poets: Selections with Critical Introductions by Thomas Humphry Ward (1921)
"Or to the Meadow or the Park, In gude braid Claith. ... air1* In gude braid Claith. 1 cover. J possess or deserve. * sloe-black. ..."

2. Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A History, Critical and Biographical, of by Robert Chambers (1844)
"The King's Birthday, The Sitting of the Session, Leith Haces, &c., are all excellent Still better is his feeling description of the importance of Guid braid ..."

3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"In fact, as Dr. Durand de Gros has justly remarked, braid was an ... From braid to our own days hypnotism has grown and developed without interruption. ..."

4. Chambers's Cyclopædia of English Literature: A History, Critical and by Robert Chambers (1876)
"guid braid claith. On Sabbath-days the barber spark, When he has done wi' ... seen Before he sheath 1 lis body in a scabbard clean O' guid braid claith. ..."

5. The Miscellaneous Prose Works of Sir Walter Scott...: in twenty-eight by Walter Scott (1848)
"The Hills of braid, from which the view is taken, are rocky eminences, ... They are divided by a small brook, called the braid Burn; and the more northern ..."

6. History of the Commonwealth and Protectorate, 1649-1660 by Samuel Rawson Gardiner (1894)
"well's tents were pitched on braid Hill, where he was safe from attack, whilst his outposts were stationed on Blackford Hill.1 If on the following morning ..."

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