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  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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