embattlement 
an battlement, with superfluous prefix ewi- 1 .] An 
indented parapet, ; a battlement. 
embay 1 (em-bo'), r. t. [Formerly also inibmj ; 
< cm- 1 + 6rt// 2 .] To inclose in a bay or inlet; 
inclose between capos or promontories ; land- 
lock : as, the ship or iloet is embayed. 
We were so imbiti/r<l with ice that we were constrained 
to ciniic out a -i in' unit in. UaUuyfi Voyage*, I. 447. 
.ships before whose keels, full IOMK embayed 
III polar ice. pnipillciiis winds have, made 
Unlooked-for nutlet to tin "pen sea. 
H'unlmriirtli, Kccles. Sonnets, ii. 23. 
To escape the continual shoals in which ho found himself 
embayed, ne stood out to sea. Bancroft, Hist. U. S., 1. 90. 
embay 2 t (om-ba'), v. t. [One of Spenser's man- 
ufactured forms ; intended for embathe, as bay 10 , 
q. v., for bttthe.} To bathe; steep. 
Others did themselves embay in liquid joyes. 
Spetuei; F. Q., II. xil. 60. 
Then, when ho hath both plnid and fed his (111, 
In til-- wunne sunne he doth himselfe embay. 
Spenser, Miliopotmos, 1. 206. 
embayed (em-bad'), p. a. [Pp. of embayl, r.] 
Forming, or formed in, a bay or recess. Also 
spelled imbiti/ed. 
A superh embayed window. 
Lathrop, Spanish Vistas, p. 140. 
embaylet, v. t. An obsolete spelling of embale. 
ombayiiient (em-ba'ment), n. K embay^ + 
-went.] A part of the sea closed in and shel- 
tered by capes or promontories. 
The embayment which Is terminated by the land of 
North Berwick. Scott. 
embeamt (em-bem'), v. t. [< em- 1 + beam."] 
To beam upon ; make brilliant, as with beams 
of light. A). Fletcher. 
embed, imbed (era-, im-bed'), v. t.; pret. and 
pp. embedded, inibeddftl. ppr. embedding, imbed- 
ding. K CHI-*, ini-1, + oe</X] To lay in or as in 
abed; lay in surrounding matter: as, to embed 
a thing in clay or sand. 
In the absence of n vascular system, or in the absence 
of one that is well marked off from the imbettdiny tissues, 
the . . . crude blood gets what small aeration it can only 
by coming near the creature's outer surface. 
//. Spencer, Prill, of Biol., 307. 
The imbedding material is to be slowly poured in, until 
the imbedded substance is entirely covered. 
W. B. Carpenter, Micros., ISO. 
Embedded crystal. See crystal. 
embelift, a. [ME., a word of uncertain origin, 
found only in Chaucer's " Treatise on the As- 
trolabe"; prob. an extreme corruption (the 
form being appar. accom. initially to ME. embe-, 
timbe-. urn-, around (see urn-), and terminally 
to OF. -if, E. -/<) of a word not otherwise 
found in ME., namely, "oblik, mod. E. oblique, 
< L. obliquus, oblicus, slanting, oblique: see 
oblique.'] Oblique; slanting. 
Nota that this forseid rihte orisoute that is clepid orison 
rectum, diuldeth the equinoxial Into rlht angles, and the 
embelif orisonte, wher as the pol is enhawsed vpon thu 
orisonte, ouerkeruyth the ci|iiinoxlal in embelif angles. 
Chaucer, Astrolabe (ed. Skeat), p. 37. 
embeliset, v. t. A Middle English form of em- 
bellish. 
embellish (em-bel'ish), v. t. [Formerly also 
imbellish ; < ME. embclisshen, embelisen, enbcli- 
sen, < OF. (and F.) embelliss-, stem of certain 
parts of embellir = Pr. embcllir, embellezir = Sp. 
Pg. embellecer = It. imbellire, < L. in- + bellus 
(> OP. bel, etc.), fair, beautiful: see beau, belle, 
beauty.'] To set off with ornamentation ; make 
beautiful, pleasing, or attractive to the eye or 
the mind ; adorn ; decorate ; deck : as, to cm- 
lii-lli.th the person with rich apparel; to embel- 
lish a garden with shrubs and flowers; a style 
embellished by metaphors; a book embellished 
by engravings. 
Bay leaves betweene, 
And primroses greene, 
EmbfllM the sweete violet. 
S^-niier, Shep. Cal., April. 
The sloping field . . . was embellished with blue-bells 
and centaury. Goldsmith, Vicar, v. 
And so we must suppose this ignorant Diomedes, though 
emlM-Uixhiny the story according to his slender means, still 
to have built upon old traditions. l)i- <,'"""v.v. Homer, ii. 
All that . . . i 'ic instinct of an artistic people could do 
to emhfllith the fairest cities of the fair Italian land was 
dime, and dune lavishly. 
E. Dicey, Victor Emmanuel, p. 231. 
= Syn. Ornament, Decorate, etc. (see adorn). See list 
under itfcnratf. 
embellisher (em-bel'ish-er), . One who or 
that which embellishes. 
These therefore have only certain heads, which they are 
us eloquent upon as they e.-in, and may be called embel- 
i'tiitttr, No. 121. 
embellishingly (em-bel'ish-ing-li), adv. So as 
to embellish ; with embellishments. Imn. Diet. 
119 
1889 
embellishment (em-bel'ish-ment), n. [= OF. 
(and F.) emliellisscment ; as embellish + -went.] 
1. The act of embellishing, or the state of be- 
ing embellished. 
Endeavour u little at the KmMliihinent of your Stile. 
Slrtt,, Tender Husband, ii. 1. 
The selection of their ground, and the eiuMlixhmfnt 
of it. /Y.',,'/,/r. 
2. Ornament; decoration; anything that adds 
beauty or elegance; that which renders any- 
thing tasteful or pleasing to the sense : as, rich 
dresses are embellishments of the person ; virtue 
is an embellishment of the mind. 
Indeed the critic deserves our pity who cannot Bee that 
the formal circumstance of sitting silent seven days was 
a dramatic embellishment in the Eastern manner. 
Warburtvn, Divine Legation, vi., notes. 
Painting and sculpture are such embellishment* as are 
not without their use. 
Pococke, Description of the East, II. II. 277. 
Wisdom, and discipline, and liberal arts, 
The embellishment* of life. Additan, Cito. 
Specifically 3. In music, an ornamental ad- 
dition to the essential tones of a melody, such 
as a trill, an appoggiatura, a turn, etc. ; a grace 
or decoration. = Syn. land 2. Adornment, enrichment. 
embencht (em-bench'), t'. (. [< cm- 1 + bench.] 
To bank np. 
Cerdicus was the first May-Lord or captaine of the 
M "iris ilauncc that on those embenched shelves stampt his 
footing. Naihe, Lenten Stuffe (Karl. Misc., VI. 150). 
ember 1 (em'ber), n. [Early mod. E. also im- 
ber,imbre,ymber; < ME. eymbre,cymery, usually 
in pi. emmeres, emeres, north, ammcris, ameris 
(mod. 8c. emmers, aumers), < AS. aimergean 
(Leechd, iii. 30, 18), Smyrian (Benson), pi., = 
MLG. dmere, emere, diner, LG. emern, aumern 
= OHG. eimurja, MHG. eimere, timer, G. dial. 
(Bav.) aimern, emmern = Icel. eimyrja = Norw. 
eimyrja, aamyrja (also, by popular etym., eld- 
myrja, as if < eld = Icel. eldr, fire (see elding), 
+ myrjtt, embers; but Norw. (eastern dial.) 
myrja = Sw. miirja, embers, is itself an abbr. 
of eimyrja) = Dan. cmmer, pi., embers. The ult. 
origin is unknown.] A small live coal, brand 
of wood, or the like ; in the plural, live cinders 
or ashes; the smouldering remains of a fire. 
O gracious God ! remove my great incumberg. 
Kindle again my faiths neer-dylng imbers. 
Sylvester, tr. of Du Bartas's Weeks, ii., The Ark. 
He takes a lighted ember out of the covered vessel. 
Colebroote. 
He rakes hot embers, and renews the fires. 
Dryden, .Km-icl. 
So long as our hearts preserve the feeblest spark of life, 
they preserve also, shivering near that pale ember, a 
starved, ghostly longing for appreciation and affection. 
Charlotte Bronte, Shirley, x. 
ember 2 (em'ber), . [In mod. E. and ME. 
only in comp. ; < ME. embyr-, umber-, vmbri- 
(see ember-days, ember-week), < AS. ymbren-, in 
comp. ymbren-dasg, ember-day, ymbren-tcice, 
ember- week, ymbren-fasten, ember-fast; also 
abbr. ymbren, dat. pi. ymbrenum, ember-days; < 
cmbryne, embrin, ymbren, ymbrene, ymbryne, a cir- 
cuit, course (gedres ymbryne, the year's course ; 
tenctenes ymbren, the vernal equinox, lit. the 
return of spring) ; < ymb, ymbe.embc, around (= 
OHG. umbi-, G. -, L. ambi-, Gr. afiQt-, around: 
see ambi-, amphi-, urn-), + ryne, a running, a 
course, < rinnan, run. The feel, imbru-dagar, 
OSw. ymberdagar, Norw. imbredagar, ember- 
days, Icel. imbrti-ndtt, ember-night, Icel. imbru- 
vika, Norw. imbrevika, ember-week, are in the 
first element from the E. ; while the equiv. Sw. 
tamper-dagar, Dan. tamj>er-dage,&lsokratembfr, 
D. quatertemper, quatemper, LG. tamper, quater- 
tamper, G. quatember, formerly kottember, kot- 
temer, etc., are corruptions of the ML. quatuor 
tetnpora, the four seasons, applied to the ember- 
days.] Literally, a circuit; a course; specifi- 
cally, a regular (annual, quarterly, etc.) course : 
the regular return of a given season: a word 
now used only in certain compounds, namely, 
ember-days, -eve, -fast, -tide, -week, and in the 
derivative cmbering. See the etymology. 
ember-days (em'ber-daz), n. ]>l. [Early mod. 
E. also amber-dai/es ; < ME. embyr-dayes, ymbcr- 
dayes, earlier umbri-daires, < AS. ymbren-da'g, 
pi. -dagas (also simply ymbren), ember-days: 
see ember% and dai/ 1 .] Days in each of the four 
seasons of the year set apart by the Roman 
Catholic and other western liturgical churches 
for prayer and fasting. They an- the Wednesday, 
Friday, mid Saturd;i> afti i the first Sunday in Lent, after 
Whit-: Sunday, after September 14th, and after December 
l:tth. The weeks in which ember-days fall are called ember- 
tree**. The Sundays immediately following theseseasons 
are still appointed by the canons of the Anglican Church 
for the ordination of priests and deacons. 
Erubernagra 
embered (em'berd), a. [< ember + -<xP.] 
Strewn with embers or ashes. 
< in the while rmlrr'd hearth 
Heap up fresh fuel. Southey, Joan of Arc, II. 
ember-eve (em'bcr-ev), w. The vigil of an 
ember-day. See ere 1 . 
It hath been sung, at festivals. 
On ember-even, and holy -ales. 
Shak., Pericles, Prol. to L 
ember-fast (em'bcr-fast), n. [< ME. (not 
found), < AS. ymbren-ftRiten : see emfter 2 and 
fasts.] The fast observed during the ember- 
days. 
ember-goose (om'ber-giis), n. [Also (dial.) em- 
///-, imlit'r-, intmer-, ammer-goose; ct.D.eniber- 
vogel (D. vogel = E. fowl), G. imber, < Dan. im- 
ber, Sw. imber, immer, Norw. imbre, var. ytnmer, 
hymber, liymbern, Faroic imbrim, Icel. himbrin, 
mod. himorimi, the ember-goose.] A name of 
the great northern diver or loon, Colymbwi tor- 
qiiatus or I'rinator immer. 
emberingt (em'ber-ing), n. [< ember 3 + -inj/ 1 .] 
An ember-day. 
Fasting days and emberings be 
Lent, Whitsun, Holyrood, and Lucle. Old rime. 
embering-dayst (em'ber-ing-daz), n. pi. The 
ember-days. 
Divers of the king's subjects have of late more than In 
times past broken and contemned such abstinence, which 
hath been used in this realm upon the Fridays and Sat- 
urdays, the emberiny-dayt, and other days commonly 
called vigils. Quoted by llallam. 
Emberiza (em-be -ri '/.a), n. [NL. (Linnse- 
us; earlier in Kilian, lS98), < G. dial. (Swiss) 
embritec, emmeritz, equiv. to MHG. amerinc, 
dmerinc, G. emmering, ammcring (= MD. emme- 
rinck), G. also emmerling, dmnierling (= MD. em- 
merlinclc), a bunting, dim. of OHG. amero, MHG. 
amer, G. ammer, a bunting, = AS. amore, E. 
"ammer, hammer, in yellowhamnier : see yellow- 
hammer.'] A genus of buntings, conirostral pas- 
serine birds of the family friiigillida;, such as 
the common corn-bunting of Europe (E. milt- 
aria), the yellow bunting (E. eitrinella), the 
cirl-bunting (E. cirlus), the ortolan (E. hortu- 
lana), etc. The limits of the genus are indefinite, and 
the term has no more exact meaning than bvntiny (which 
see). In a late restricted sense it includes more than 50 
species, confined to the Palicarctlc, Indian, and Ethiopian 
regions. None of the very many North and South Amer- 
ican buntings which have been called Kmberaa properly 
belong to this genus. See Emberizinoe, and cute under 
bunting and cin-tntnting. 
Emberizids (em-be-riz'i-de), . pi. [NL., < 
Emberiza + -irf<r.] The buntings rated as a 
family of conirostral passerine birds. 
Emberizinae (em'be-ri-zi'ne), . pi. [NL., < 
Emberiza + -inrc.] The true buntings rated 
as a subfamily of Fringillida;. The group is prob- 
ably insusceptible of zoological definition. It has of late 
been made one of three subfamilies of Frinffillida; (the 
others being Coccothraustintr and Fringillince), having 
the nasal bones short, not extended backward Iteyond 
the fore border of the orbits, the mandibulnr tomla not 
conterminous throughout, leaving a gape in the coni- 
mlssural line of the bill, and the gonydeol angle well 
marked. In such acceptation, the EnwerizintK include 
aln nit 50 genera, of most parts of the world, represented 
by many of the most common buntings, finches, and 
' sparrows ' of English-shaking countries, especially of 
the United States, as the chip-, snow-, and vesper-bird, 
lark-finch, lark-and towhee-buntfng, black-throated bunt- 
ing, white-throated and white-crowned sparrows, field-, 
fox-, song-, swamp-, and savannah-sparrows, the long- 
spurs, etc. See Emberiza. 
emberizine (em-be-ri'zin), a. [< NL. emberizi- 
nus : see Emberizin<r.~] Of or pertaining to the 
genus Emberiza; related to or resembling a 
bunting. Cones. 
Emberizoides (em'be-ri-zoi'dez), n. [NL. (C. 
J. Temminck, 1824), < Emberiza + Gr. clfoc, 
form.] A not- 
able genus of 
South Ameri- 
can frinjjil- 
line birds with 
long acumi- 
nate tail-fea- 
thers, typi- 
cal species of 
which are E. 
macrura and 
E. sphenura. 
Also called 
Tardirola. 
Embernagra 
(em-ber-na'- 
grii), . [NL. 
(R. P. Les- 
son, 1831), < 
Ember(iza) + 
(Ta)agra.] A Texas Spamnr (Emtfrnatm 
