'Embossed' definitions:
Definition of 'embossed'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Embossed'
From: GCIDE
- Embossed \Em*bossed"\ (?; 115), a.
- 1. Formed or covered with bosses or raised figures. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Having a part projecting like the boss of a shield. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Swollen; protuberant. [Obs.] "An embossed carbuncle." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Embossed'
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]
Synonyms of 'embossed'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- anaglyphic,
- anaglyptic,
- anastatic,
- bold,
- bossed,
- bossy,
- carved,
- ceroplastic,
- chased,
- confirmed,
- deep-dyed,
- deep-engraven,
- deep-fixed,
- deep-grounded,
- deep-laid,
- deep-rooted,
- deep-seated,
- deep-set,
- deep-settled,
- dyed-in-the-wool,
- embedded,
- engrafted,
- engraved,
- engraven,
- entrenched,
- established,
- etched,
- firmly established,
- glyphic,
- glyptic,
- graven,
- hammered,
- implanted,
- impressed,
- imprinted,
- in relief,
- indelibly impressed,
- infixed,
- ingrained,
- ingrown,
- inveterate,
- inwrought,
- long-established,
- modeled,
- molded,
- old-line,
- on a rock,
- on bedrock,
- raised,
- rooted,
- sculpted,
- sculptile,
- sculptured,
- set,
- settled,
- stabilized,
- toreutic,
- vested,
- well-established,
- well-founded,
- well-grounded,
- well-set,
- well-settled