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5 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Emboss \Em*boss"\, v. t. [Etymology uncertain.] To make to foam at the mouth, like a hunted animal. [Obs.] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Emboss \Em*boss"\, v. t. [Cf. Pr & Sp emboscar It imboscare F. embusquer and E. imbosk.] 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Emboss \Em*boss"\, v. i. To seek the bushy forest; to hide in the woods. [Obs.] --S. Butler. 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]: emboss v : raise in a relief; "embossed stationary" [syn: {boss}, {stamp}]
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