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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