emboss Meaning, Definition & Usage

Em*boss" transitive verb

Etymology

Pref. em- (L. in) + boss: cf. OF. embosser to swell in bunches.

Wordforms

imperfect & past participle Embossed present participle & verbal noun Embossing

Definitions

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" transitive verb

Etymology

Etymology uncertain.

Definitions

1. To make to foam at the mouth, like a hunted animal. Obs.

Em*boss" transitive verb

Etymology

Cf. Pr. & Sp. emboscar, It. imboscare, F. embusquer, and E. imbosk.

Definitions

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" intransitive verb

Definitions

1. To seek the bushy forest; to hide in the woods. Obs. S. Butler.