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Braid [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Deceitful.

2. Chaucer used the Saxon word brede, to deceive. This is the figurative sense of braid

Braid [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. A string, cord or other texture, formed by weaving together different strands.

2. A start.

Braid [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. To weave or infold three or more strands to form one.

2. To reproach. [ See Upbraid .]

Braid [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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

2. A narrow fabric, as of wool, silk, or linen, used for binding, trimming, or ornamenting dresses, etc.

3. A quick motion; a start.

4. A fancy; freak; caprice.

Braid [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To start; to awake.

Braid [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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

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.

4. Deceitful.

Braided [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Braid

Braiding [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. The act of making or using braids.

2. Braids, collectively; trimming.

Braiding [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Braid

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Exodus 28:14

And two chains of pure gold at the ends; of wreathen work shalt thou make them, and fasten the wreathen chains to the ouches.

and two chains of pure gold, made of braided cord work; and attach these chains to the settings.

Exodus 28:22

And thou shalt make upon the breastplate chains at the ends of wreathen work of pure gold.

For the breastpiece, make braided chains like cords of pure gold.

Exodus 39:15

And they made upon the breastplate chains at the ends, of wreathen work of pure gold.

For the breastpiece they made braided chains like cords of pure gold.

Judges 16:13

And Delilah said unto Samson, Hitherto thou hast mocked me, and told me lies: tell me wherewith thou mightest be bound. And he said unto her, If thou weavest the seven locks of my head with the web.

Then Delilah said to Samson, “You have mocked me and lied to me all along! Tell me how you can be tied up.” He told her, “If you weave the seven braids of my head into the web of a loom and tighten it with a pin, I will become as weak as any other man.”

Judges 16:14

And she fastened it with the pin, and said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he awaked out of his sleep, and went away with the pin of the beam, and with the web.

So while he slept, Delilah took the seven braids of his hair and wove them into the web.Then she tightened it with a pin and called to him, “Samson, the Philistines are here!” But he awoke from his sleep and pulled out the pin with the loom and the web.

Judges 16:19

And she made him sleep upon her knees; and she called for a man, and she caused him to shave off the seven locks of his head; and she began to afflict him, and his strength went from him.

And having lulled him to sleep on her lap, she called a man to shave off the seven braids of his head. In this way she began to subdue him, and his strength left him.

1 Timothy 2:9

In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array;

Likewise, I want the women to adorn themselves with respectable apparel, with modesty, and with self-control, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or expensive clothes,

1 Peter 3:3

Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel;

Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as braided hair or gold jewelry or fine clothes,

Judith 10:3

And pulled off the sackcloth which she had on, and put off the garments of her widowhood, and washed her body all over with water, and anointed herself with precious ointment, and braided the hair of her head, and put on a tire upon it, and put on her garments of gladness, wherewith she was clad during the life of Manasses her husband.