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a. 1. Woven or worked, as brocade, with gold and silver, or with raised flowers, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

Brocaded flowers o'er the gay mantua shine. Gay. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Dressed in brocade. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Brokkerage. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Perh. fr. Brocardica, Brocardicorum opus, a collection of ecclesiastical canons by Burkhard, Bishop of Worms, called, by the Italians and French, Brocard. ] An elementary principle or maximum; a short, proverbial rule, in law, ethics, or metaphysics. [ 1913 Webster ]

The legal brocard, “Falsus in uno, falsus in omnibus, ” is a rule not more applicable to other witness than to consciousness. Sir W. Hamilton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. brocatelle, fr. It. brocatello: cf. Sp. brocatel. See Brocade. ] 1. A kind of coarse brocade, or figured fabric, used chiefly for tapestry, linings for carriages, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A marble, clouded and veined with white, gray, yellow, and red, in which the yellow usually prevails. It is also called Siena marble, from its locality. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Brocatel. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Embrocated p. pr. & vb. n. Embrocating. ] [ NL. embrocatus, p. p. of embrocare; cf. Gr. &unr_; lotion, fomentation, fr. &unr_; to foment; &unr_; in + &unr_; to wet. ] (Med.) To moisten and rub (a diseased part) with a liquid substance, as with spirit, oil, etc., by means of a cloth or sponge. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL. embrocatio: cf. F. embrocation. ] (Med.) (a) The act of moistening and rubbing a diseased part with spirit, oil, etc. (b) The liquid or lotion with which an affected part is rubbed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. fibra a fiber + E. cartilage. ] (Anat.) A kind of cartilage with a fibrous matrix and approaching fibrous connective tissue in structure. -- Fi`bro*car`ti*lag"i*nous a. [1913 Webster]

n.; pl. Imbrocadoes [ See Brocade. ] Cloth of silver or of gold. [ R. ]