Part 3701

<blockquote>His house <b>embosomed</b> in the grove. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Some tender flower . . . . <b>Embosomed</b> in the greenest glade. <i>Keble.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Em*boss"</hw> <tt>(?; 115)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Embossed</er> <tt>(?; 115)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Embossing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Pref. <ets>em-</ets> (L. <ets>in</ets>) + <ets>boss</ets>: cf. OF. <ets>embosser</ets> to swell in bunches.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To arise the surface of into bosses or protuberances; particularly, to ornament with raised work.</def>

<blockquote>Botches and blains must all his flesh <b>emboss</b>. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To raise in relief from a surface, as an ornament, a head on a coin, or the like.</def>

<blockquote>Then o'er the lofty gate his art <b>embossed</b> Androgeo's death. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Exhibiting flowers in their natural color <b>embossed</b> upon a purple ground. <i>Sir W. Scott.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Em*boss"</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[Etymology uncertain.]</ety> <def>To make to foam at the mouth, like a hunted animal.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

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<hw>Em*boss"</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[Cf. Pr. & Sp. <ets>emboscar</ets>, It. <ets>imboscare</ets>, F. <ets>embusquer</ets>, and E. <ets>imbosk</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To hide or conceal in a thicket; to imbosk; to inclose, shelter, or shroud in a wood.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>In the Arabian woods <b>embossed</b>. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To surround; to ensheath; to immerse; to beset.</def>

<blockquote>A knight her met in mighty arms <b>embossed</b>. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Em*boss"</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To seek the bushy forest; to hide in the woods.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>S. Butler.</i>

<h1>Embossed</h1> <Xpage=483>

<hw>Em*bossed"</hw> <tt>(?; 115)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Formed or covered with bosses or raised figures.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Having a part projecting like the boss of a shield.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Swollen; protuberant.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "An <i>embossed</i> carbuncle."

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Embosser</h1> <Xpage=483>

<hw>Em*boss"er</hw> <tt>(?; 115)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who embosses.</def>

<h1>Embossment</h1> <Xpage=483>