Part 3690

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To fill or imbue with sweet odor; to perfume.</def>

<blockquote>With fresh dews <b>embalmed</b> the earth. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To preserve from decay or oblivion as if with balm; to perpetuate in remembrance.</def>

<blockquote>Those tears eternal that <b>embalm</b> the dead. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Embalmer</h1> <Xpage=482>

<hw>Em*balm"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who embalms.</def>

<h1>Embalmment</h1> <Xpage=482>

<hw>Em*balm"ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>embaumement</ets>.]</ety> <def>The act of embalming.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Malone.</i>

<h1>Embank</h1> <Xpage=482>

<hw>Em*bank"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Embanked</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Embanking</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Pref. <ets>em-</ets> + <ets>bank</ets>. Cf. <er>Imbank</er>.]</ety> <def>To throw up a bank so as to confine or to defend; to protect by a bank of earth or stone.</def>

<h1>Embankment</h1> <Xpage=482>

<hw>Em*bank"ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of surrounding or defending with a bank.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A structure of earth, gravel, etc., raised to prevent water from overflowing a level tract of country, to retain water in a reservoir, or to carry a roadway, etc.</def>

<h1>Embar</h1> <Xpage=482>

<hw>Em*bar"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Embarred</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Embanking</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Pref. <ets>em-</ets> + <ets>bar</ets>: cf. F. <ets>embarrer</ets>. Cf. <er>Embargo</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To bar or shut in; to inclose securely, as with bars.</def>

<blockquote>Where fast <b>embarred</b> in mighty brazen wall. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To stop; to hinder by prohibition; to block up.</def>

<blockquote>He <b>embarred</b> all further trade. <i>Bacon.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Embarcation</h1> <Xpage=482>

<hw>Em`bar*ca"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Embarkation</er>.</def>

<h1>Embarge</h1> <Xpage=482>

<hw>Em*barge"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To put in a barge.</def> <mark>[Poetic]</mark>

<i>Drayton.</i>

<h1>Embargo</h1> <Xpage=482>

<hw>Em*bar"go</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Embargoes</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[Sp., fr. <ets>embargar</ets> to arrest, restrain; pref. <ets>em-</ets> (L. <ets>in</ets>) + Sp. <ets>barra</ets> bar, akin to F. <ets>barre</ets> bar. See <er>Bar</er>.]</ety> <def>An edict or order of the government prohibiting the departure of ships of commerce from some or all of the ports within its dominions; a prohibition to sail.</def>