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Emboss v. t. (past & past part. embossed; pres. part. embossing)

To raise the surface of into bosses or protuberances; particularly, to ornament with raised work. "Botches and blains must all his flesh emboss."

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." "Exhibiting flowers in their natural color embossed upon a purple ground."

Emboss v. t. To make to foam at the mouth, like a hunted animal. (Obs.)

Emboss v. t.

To hide or conceal in a thicket; to imbosk; to inclose, shelter, or shroud in a wood. (Obs.) "In the Arabian woods embossed."

To surround; to ensheath; to immerse; to beset. "A knight her met in mighty arms embossed."

Emboss v. i. To seek the bushy forest; to hide in the woods. (Obs.)

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"Emboss" Quotes from Famous Books

... Clad all from head to foot, in gaudy Summer's green, Her mantle richly wrought with sundry flow'rs and weeds; Her moistful temples bound with wreaths of quiv'ring reeds; And on her loins a frock, with many a swelling plait, Emboss'd with well-spread horse, large sheep, and full-fed neat; With villages amongst, oft powthered here and there; And (that the same more like to landscape should appear) With lakes and lesser fords, to mitigate the heat In summer, when the fly ...

— A Week's Tramp in Dickens-Land • William R. Hughes

... little masters! like as ye gloss All the dull-tissued dark with your luminous darks that emboss The vague blackness of night into pattern and plan, So, (But would I could know, but would I could know,) With your question embroid'ring the dark of the question of man, — So, with your silences purfling this ...

— The Poems of Sidney Lanier • Sidney Lanier

... and contains in particular the grand people I just now spoke of. They live indeed on the third floor; but here they have suites of wonderful painted and gilded chambers, in which foreshortened frescoes also cover the vaulted ceilings and florid mouldings emboss the ample walls. These distinguished tenants bear the name of Vandyck, though they are members of the noble family of Brignole- Sale, one of whose children—the Duchess of Galliera—has lately given proof of nobleness ...

— Italian Hours • Henry James

... leaves, little masters! like as ye gloss All the dull-tissued dark with your luminous darks that emboss The vague blackness of night into pattern and plan, So, (But would I could know, but would I could know,) With your question embroid'ring the dark of the question of man, — So, with your silences purfling this silence of man While his cry to the dead for some knowledge ...

— The Poems of Sidney Lanier • Sidney Lanier

... gather from thy smiling, Sweet! The self-same cherub-faces which emboss The Vail, lean inward to ...

— The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Volume IV • Elizabeth Barrett Browning

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