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<hw>Em*bed"ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act of embedding, or the state of being embedded.</def>

<h1>Embellish</h1> <Xpage=482>

<hw>Em*bel"lish</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Embellished</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Embellishing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>embelisen</ets>, <ets>embelisshen</ets>, F. <ets>embellir</ets>; pref. <ets>em-</ets> (L. <ets>in</ets>) + <ets>bel</ets>, <ets>beau</ets>, beautiful. See <er>Beauty</er>.]</ety> <def>To make beautiful or elegant by ornaments; to decorate; to adorn; <as>as, to <ex>embellish</ex> a book with pictures, a garden with shrubs and flowers, a narrative with striking anecdotes, or style with metaphors</as>.</def>

<syn>Syn. -- To adorn; beautify; deck; bedeck; decorate; garnish; enrich; ornament; illustrate. See <er>Adorn</er>.</syn>

<h1>Embellisher</h1> <Xpage=482>

<hw>Em*bel"lish*er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who embellishes.</def>

<h1>Embellishment</h1> <Xpage=482>

<hw>Em*bel"lish*ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>embellissement</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of adorning, or the state of being adorned; adornment.</def>

<blockquote>In the selection of their ground, as well as in the <b>embellishment</b> of it. <i>Prescott.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>That which adds beauty or elegance; ornament; decoration; <as>as, pictorial <ex>embellishments</ex></as>.</def>

<blockquote>The graces and <b>embellishments</b> of the exterior man. <i>I. Taylor.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Ember</h1> <Xpage=482>

<hw>Em"ber</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>emmeres</ets>, <ets>emeres</ets>, AS. <ets><?/myrie</ets>; akin to Icel. <ets>eimyrja</ets>, Dan. <ets>emmer</ets>, MHG. <ets>eimere</ets>; cf. Icel. <ets>eimr</ets> vapor, smoke.]</ety> <def>A lighted coal, smoldering amid ashes; -- used chiefly in the plural, to signify mingled coals and ashes; the smoldering remains of a fire.</def> "He rakes hot <i>embers</i>."

<i>Dryden.</i>

<blockquote>He takes a lighted <b>ember</b> out of the covered vessel. <i>Colebrooke.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Ember</h1> <Xpage=482>

<hw>Em"ber</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>ymber</ets>, AS. <ets>ymbren</ets>, <ets>ymbryne</ets>, prop., running around, circuit; <ets>ymbe</ets> around + <ets>ryne</ets> a running, fr. <ets>rinnan</ets> to run. See <er>Amb-</er>, and <er>Run</er>.]</ety> <def>Making a circuit of the year of the seasons; recurring in each quarter of the year; <as>as, <ex>ember</ex> fasts</as>.</def>

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<cs><col>Ember days</col> <fld>(R. C. & Eng. Ch.)</fld>, <cd>days set apart for fasting and prayer in each of the four seasons of the year. The Council of Placentia [<sc>A. D.</sc> 1095] appointed for <i>ember days<i> the Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday after the first Sunday in Lent, Whitsuntide, the 14th of September, and the 13th of December. The weeks in which these days fall are called <i>ember weeks<i>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Ember-goose</h1> <Xpage=483>

<hw>Em"ber-goose`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. Norw. <ets>ember<?/aas</ets>, <ets>hav-imber</ets>, <ets>hav-immer</ets>, Icel. <ets>himbrin</ets>, <ets>himbrimi</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The loon or great northern diver. See <er>Loon</er>.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>emmer-goose</asp> and <asp>imber-goose</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Emberings</h1> <Xpage=483>

<hw>Em"ber*ings</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <def>Ember days.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Embetter</h1> <Xpage=483>

<hw>Em*bet"ter</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To make better.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Embezzle</h1> <Xpage=483>

<hw>Em*bez"zle</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Embezzled</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Embezzling</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Norm. F. <ets>embeseiller</ets> to destroy; cf. OF. <ets>besillier</ets> to ill treat, ravage, destroy. Cf. <er>Bezzle</er>.]</ety>