3 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Embossed \Em*bossed"\ (?; 115), a.
1. Formed or covered with bosses or raised figures.
2. Having a part projecting like the boss of a shield.
3. Swollen; protuberant. [Obs.] ``An embossed carbuncle.''
--Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Emboss \Em*boss"\ (?; 115), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Embossed} (?;
115); p. pr & vb n. {Embossing}.] [Pref. em- (L. in) +
boss: cf OF embosser to swell in bunches.]
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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
embossed
adj : embellished with a raised pattern created by pressure or
embroidery; "brocaded silk"; "an embossed satin";
"embossed leather"; "raised needlework"; "raised
metalwork" [syn: {brocaded}, {raised}]
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