EMBOSS

emboss, boss, stamp

(verb) raise in a relief; “embossed stationery”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Verb

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.

Etymology 2

Verb

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.

Anagrams

• 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



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