Part 3702

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

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of forming bosses or raised figures, or the state of being so formed.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A bosslike prominence; figure in relief; raised work; jut; protuberance; esp., a combination of raised surfaces having a decorative effect.</def> "The <i>embossment</i> of the figure."

<i>Addison.</i>

<h1>Embottle</h1> <Xpage=483>

<hw>Em*bot"tle</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To bottle.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Phillips.</i>

<h1>Embouchure</h1> <Xpage=483>

<hw>Em`bou`chure"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F., fr. <ets>emboucher</ets> to put to the mouth; pref. <ets>em-</ets> (L. <ets>in</ets>) + <ets>bouche</ets> the mouth. Cf. <er>Embouge</er>, <er>Debouch</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The mouth of a river; also, the mouth of a cannon.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The mouthpiece of a wind instrument.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The shaping of the lips to the mouthpiece; <as>as, a flute player has a good <ex>embouchure</ex></as>.</def>

<h1>Embow</h1> <Xpage=483>

<hw>Em*bow"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To bend like a bow; to curve.</def> "<i>Embowed</i> arches." <mark>[Obs. or R.]</mark>

<i>Sir W. Scott.</i>

<blockquote>With gilded horns <b>embowed</b> like the moon. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Embowel</h1> <Xpage=483>

<hw>Em*bow"el</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Emboweled</er> <tt>(?)</tt> or <er>Embowelled</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Emboweling</er> or <er>Embowelling</er>.]</wordforms>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To disembowel.</def>

<blockquote>The barbarous practice of <b>emboweling</b>. <i>Hallam.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The boar . . . makes his trough In your <b>emboweled</b> bosoms. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<note>&hand; <i>Disembowel</i> is the preferable word in this sense.</note>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To imbed; to hide in the inward parts; to bury.</def>

<blockquote>Or deep <b>emboweled</b> in the earth entire. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Emboweler</h1> <Xpage=483>

<hw>Em*bow"el*er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who takes out the bowels.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>emboweller</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Embowelment</h1> <Xpage=483>

<hw>Em*bow"el*ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Disembowelment.</def>

<h1>Embower</h1> <Xpage=483>