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צִיּוּר   v.n.D  embroidery


  embroidery, i.e. decoration on textiles  JLAtg, PTA, Sam, LJLA.

  decoration, image  JLAtg, Sam, LJLA.

In JLA "embroidery" is usually in the plural whereas "decoration" is in the singular, but the variants are many, especially in the frequent expression עובד צייור/צייר where "embroiderer" is almost certainly the original intent.
  
Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 463a; Jastrow: 1275; Levy Ch-W: 2:322; Tal Sam: 729;

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