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Webster 1913 Edition

Emboss

Em-boss′

(?; 115)
,
Verb.
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.
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.

Em-boss′

,
Verb.
T.
[Etymology uncertain.]
To make to foam at the mouth, like a hunted animal.
[Obs.]

Em-boss′

,
Verb.
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.]
In the Arabian woods
embossed
.
Milton.
2.
To surround; to ensheath; to immerse; to beset.
A knight her met in mighty arms
embossed
.
Spenser.

Em-boss′

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

Webster 1828 Edition

Emboss

EMBOSS'

,
Verb.
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'

,
Verb.
T.
To inclose as in a box; to include; to cover. [Not used.]

EMBOSS'

,
Verb.
T.
To inclose in a wood; to conceal in a thicket. [Not used.]

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