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orphrey
or·phrey [ áwrfree ] or or·fray [ áwr frày ]


noun 
Definition:
 
elaborate embroidery: elaborate embroidery, often done in gold
[13th century. Via Old French orfreis< medieval Latin aurifrigium "Phrygian gold"]
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