EMBOSSED
brocaded, embossed, raised
(adjective) embellished with a raised pattern created by pressure or embroidery; “brocaded silk”; “an embossed satin”; “embossed leather”; “raised needlework”; “raised metalwork”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
embossed
simple past tense and past participle of emboss
Adjective
embossed (comparative more embossed, superlative most embossed)
With raised letters or images on the surface.
Source: Wiktionary
Em*bossed", a.
1. Formed or covered with bosses or raised figures.
2. Having a part projecting like the boss of a shield.
3. Swollen; protuberant. [Obs.] "An embossed carbuncle." Shak.
EMBOSS
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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