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the same seasons and times of the solar 

 year, or near it, chronologists added a 

 whole month to the lunar year every 

 third year, and so made it consist of 13 

 months ; this year they called the ernbo- 

 lismic year, and the additional month the 

 embolismic. or emholimeun, or interca- 

 lary month This form of the year is 

 called the fixed lunar year, and it was 

 used by the Greeks and Romans till the 

 time of Julius Caesar. 



EMBOSSING, or IMBOSSIXG, in archi- 

 tecture and sculpture, the forming or 

 fashioning works in relievo, whether cut 

 with a chizzel or otherwise. Embossing 

 is a kind of sculpture, wherein the fi- 

 gures stick out from the plane whereon 

 it is cut ; and according as the figures are 

 more or less prominent, they are said to 

 be in alto, mezzo, or basso relievo ; or 

 high, mean, or low relief. 



EMBOTHRIUM, in botany, a genus of 

 the Tetrandria Monogynia class and or- 

 der. Natural order of Protex, Jussieu. 

 Essential character: corolla four-petalled; 

 anthers sessile, sitting on the tips of the 

 petals ; follicle round. There are four 

 species. 



EMBRACERY, is an attempt to cor- 

 rupt or influence a jury, or any way in- 

 cline them to be more favourable to the 

 one side than the other, by money, pro- 

 mises, letters, threats, or persuasions, 

 whether the juror, on whom such attempt 

 is made, give verdict or not, or whether 

 the verdict given be true or false, which 

 is punished by fine and imprisonment ; 

 and the juror taking money, perpetual 

 infamy, imprisonment for a year, and for- 

 feiture of tenfold the value. 



EMBRASURE, in fortification, a hole 

 or aperture in a parapet, through which 

 the cannon are pointed, to fire into the 

 moat or field. Embrasures are generally 

 twelve feet distant from one another, eve- 

 ry one of them being from six to seven 

 feet wide without, and about three within ; 

 their height above the platform is three 

 feet on that side towards the town, and a 

 foot and a half on the other side towards 

 the field ; so that the muzzle may be sunk 

 on occasion, and the piece brought to 

 shoot low r . 



EMBROCATION, in surgery, an ex- 

 ternal kind of remedy, which consists in 

 an irrigation of the part affected with 

 some proper liquor, as oils, spirits, &c. 

 by means of a woollen or linen cloth, or 

 a sponge, dipped in the same. The use 

 of embrocation is either to attenuate and 

 dislodge something obstructed uncler- 

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neath the skin, to ease pains, or to irri- 

 tate the part into more warmth and a 

 quicker sense of feeling. The pumping 

 used in natural baths is properly an em- 

 brocation. 



EMBROIDERY, a work in gold, or stf- 

 ver, or silk thread, wrought by the needle 

 upon cloth, stuff, or muslin, into various 

 figures. In embroidering stuff's, the work 

 is performed in a kind of loom, be- 

 cause the more the piece is stretched, the 

 easier it is worked As to muslin, they 

 spread it upon a pattern ready designed ; 

 and sometimes, before it is stretch" :d up- 

 on the pattern, it is starched, to make it 

 more easy to handle. Embroidery on 

 the loom is less tedious than the other, in 

 which, while they work flowers, all the 

 threads of the muslin, both lengthwise 

 and breadthwise, must be continually 

 counted ; but, on the other hand, this last 

 ism"ch richer in points, and susceptible 

 of greater variety. Cloths too much mill- 

 ed are scarce susceptible of this orna- 

 ment, and in effect we seldom see them 

 embroidered. The thinnest muslins are 

 left for this purpose, and they are em- 

 broidered to the greatest perfection in 

 Saxony ; in other parts of Europe, how- 

 ever, they embroider very prettily, and 

 especially in France. 



There are several kinds of embroidery ; 

 as, 1. Embroidery on the stamp, where 

 the figures are raised and rounded, hav- 

 ing cotton or parchment put under them, 

 to support them. 2. Low embroidery, 

 where the gold and silver lie low upon the 

 sketch, and are stiched with silk of the 

 same colour. 3. Guimped embroidery : 

 this is performed either in gold or silver : 

 they first make a sketch upon the cloth, 

 then put on cut vellum, and afterwards 

 sew on the gold and silver with silk 

 thread ; in this kind of embroidery they 

 often put gold and silver cord, tinsel, and 

 spangles. 4. Embroidery on both sides ; 

 that which appears on both skies of the 

 stuff. 5. Plain embroidery, where the fi- 

 gures are flat and even, without cords, 

 spangles, or other ornaments. 



ExHKoiDEnr, no foreign embroidery, 

 on gold or silver brocade, is permitted to 

 be imported into this kingdom, on pa n of 

 being seized and burned, and a penalty 

 of 1007. for each piece . 



EMBRYO, in physiology, the first ru- 

 diments of an animal in the womb, before 

 the several members are distinctly form- 

 ed ; after which period it is denominat- 

 ed a foetus. See FOETUS and MIJDWWE- 



