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Emboss
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 4
Part of speech: verb (v.)
1. To arise 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.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 4
Part of speech: verb (v.)
To make to foam at the mouth, like a hunted animal. [Obs.]
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 3 of 4
Part of speech: verb (v.)
1. To hide or conceal in a thicket; to imbosk; to inclose, shelter, or shroud in a wood. [Obs.] In the Arabian woods embossed. Milton.
2. To surround; to ensheath; to immerse; to beset. A knight her met in mighty arms embossed. Spenser.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 4 of 4
Part of speech: verb (v.)
To seek the bushy forest; to hide in the woods. [Obs.] S. Butler.