In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
embost
(archaic) simple past tense and past participle of emboss
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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
29 April 2024
(noun) a geological process in which one edge of a crustal plate is forced sideways and downward into the mantle below another plate
In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.