'Emboss' definitions:
Definition of 'emboss'
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Definition of 'Emboss'
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- Emboss \Em*boss"\, v. t. [Etymology uncertain.] To make to foam at the mouth, like a hunted animal. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Emboss'
From: GCIDE
- Emboss \Em*boss"\, v. t. [Cf. Pr. & Sp. emboscar, It. imboscare, F. embusquer, and E. imbosk.]
- 1. To hide or conceal in a thicket; to imbosk; to inclose, shelter, or shroud in a wood. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- In the Arabian woods embossed. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To surround; to ensheath; to immerse; to beset. [1913 Webster]
- A knight her met in mighty arms embossed. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Emboss'
From: GCIDE
- Emboss \Em*boss"\, v. i. To seek the bushy forest; to hide in the woods. [Obs.] --S. Butler. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Emboss'
From: GCIDE
- Emboss \Em*boss"\ (?; 115), v. t. [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. [1913 Webster]
- Botches and blains must all his flesh emboss. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To raise in relief from a surface, as an ornament, a head on a coin, or the like. [1913 Webster]
- Then o'er the lofty gate his art embossed Androgeo's death. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- Exhibiting flowers in their natural color embossed upon a purple ground. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]