emboss, boss, stamp
(verb) raise in a relief; “embossed stationery”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
emboss (third-person singular simple present embosses, present participle embossing, simple past and past participle embossed)
(transitive) To mark or decorate with a raised design or symbol.
(transitive) To raise in relief from a surface, as an ornament, a head on a coin, etc.
emboss (third-person singular simple present embosses, present participle embossing, simple past and past participle embossed)
(obsolete) Of a hunted animal: to take shelter in a wood or forest.
(obsolete) To drive (an animal) to extremity; to exhaust, to make foam at the mouth.
(obsolete) To hide or conceal in a thicket; to imbosk; to enclose, shelter, or shroud in a wood.
(obsolete) To surround; to ensheath; to immerse; to beset.
• besoms
Source: Wiktionary
Em*boss", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Embossed; p. pr. & vb. n. Embossing.] Etym: [Pref. em- (L. in) + boss: cf. OF. embosser to swell in bunches.]
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.
Em*boss", v. t. Etym: [Etymology uncertain.]
Definition: To make to foam at the mouth, like a hunted animal. [Obs.]
Em*boss", v. t. Etym: [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", v. i.
Definition: To seek the bushy forest; to hide in the woods. [Obs.] S. Butler.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 November 2024
(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”
According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by AlcaldĂa Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de BolĂvar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.