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1828 Definition

EMBOSS', v.t. [en, in, and boss.] In architecture and sculpture, to form bosses or protuberances; to fashion in relievo or raised work; to cut or form with prominent figures.

1. To form with bosses; to cover with protuberances.

2. To drive hard in hunting, till a deer foams, or a dog's knees swell.

EMBOSS', v.t. To inclose as in a box; to include; to cover. [Not used.]

EMBOSS', v.t. To inclose in a wood; to conceal in a thicket. [Not used.]

1913 Definition
Emboss (emboss)
v. t.(?; 115)
Em*boss"
[imp. *** p. p. Embossed (?] 115); p. pr. *** vb. n. Embossing.] [Pref. em- (L. in) + boss: cf. OF. embosser to swell in bunches.]
  1. To raise the surface of into bosses or protuberances] particularly, to ornament with raised work.

    Botches and blains must all his flesh emboss. Milton.

  2. To raise in relief from a surface, as an ornament, a head on a coin, or the like.

    Then o'er the lofty gate his art embossed
    Androgeo's death.
    Dryden.

    Exhibiting flowers in their natural color embossed upon a purple ground. Sir W. Scott.

  3. To make to foam at the mouth, like a hunted animal.
    [Obs.]
  4. To hide or conceal in a thicket] to imbosk; to inclose, shelter, or shroud in a wood.
    [Obs.]

    In the Arabian woods embossed. Milton.

  5. To surround; to ensheath; to immerse; to beset.

    A knight her met in mighty arms embossed. Spenser.

  6. To seek the bushy forest; to hide in the woods.
    [Obs.] S. Butler.

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