emblem 
The emblems in use din in 1 - the sixteenth and seventeenth 
centuries are sometimes haul to discriminate from the 
devices; for I In sr. ;i^ adopted liy men of distinction, wi 1 1- 
commonly emblematic. See </.</.., 7. 
know ve lli- I. uid where the cypress and myrtle 
An; tmblemt of deeds that arc done in their clime'.' 
/;/)>.., llrideof Abydos.I. 1. 
A lit <-nil>l>'iii . both of tin- events in memory of which it 
is raised, and of the gratitude of those who have rear. d 
it. It. Weliiirr. speech, Hunker Hill, June 17, 1825. 
4. An example. [Rare.] 
(Lords Day) I'miies Mr. Herbert, Mr. Hontwood's man, 
nml dined with me a very hoinM, plain, and well-mean 
in man. I think him to lie; and, l>y Ilia discourse and 
manner of life, the true emUein of an old ordinary serv- 
iiiiciiian. J'ejnjt, Diary, II. 169. 
= Syn. 2 and 3. Emblem, Syml*>l, '/'.''/"' A'mW<-m and sym- 
li-il refer to tanjiiblc objects ; tii/n- may refer also to ail act, 
as when tint lifting up of the bra/en serpent(\uni. xxi. 8, 
9) is MI id to lie a type. of the crncillxioii. the serpent being 
a tyjie or emblem of Christ. A nyml>ol is generally an em- 
U'-in which has become recognized or standard among 
men; a volume proposing: new signs of this sort would 
be called ft "book of nMumt"; lint an emblem may lie a 
nifniffit, as the hread and wine at the Lord's supper arc 
more often called >'nti>','m* than niimimlnot Christ's death. 
Xiimbul is by this rule tin- appropriate word for the con- 
ventional si- n ^ in mathematies. Emblem is most often 
used of moral and religions matters, and fi/;>e chiefly of 
religious doctrines, institutions, historical facts, etc. Type 
in its religious application generally points forward to an 
Rose of the desert ! thoti art to me 
An emblem of stainless purity. 
D. if. Moir, The White Rose. 
All things are tnimbot* : the external shows 
Of nature have their linage in the mind. 
Longfellow, The Harvest Moon. 
Beauty was lent to Nature as the type 
Of heaven's unspeakable and holy joy. 
S. J. Hale, Beauty. 
emblem (em'blem), v. t. [< emblem, n.] To rep- 
resent or suggest by an emblem or symboli- 
cally; symbolize; emblematize. [Bare.] 
Why may he not be fiiibtem'd by the cozening fig-tree 
that our Saviour curs'd? Feltham, Hesolves, i. 80. 
emblema (em-blo'mfi), n. ; pi. emblemata (-ma- 
tii). [L. : see emblem.'] In archmol.: (a) An 
inlaid emblem or ornament; an ornament in 
mosaic. (6) An ornament in relief made of 
some precious metal, fastened upon the sur- 
face of a vessel or an article of furniture. 
In another class of jewels animals or the human figure 
were not relieved on a ground, but embossed and cut out 
in outline, like the emblemata of later Greek art. 
C. T. Xtmtim, Art and Arcliojol., p. 265. 
emblematic, emblematical (om-ble-mat'ik, -i- 
kal ), n. [= P. cmhlematique = Sp. cinblemdtico 
== Pg. It. emblematico (of. D. G. emblematise!* = 
Dan. Sw. emblematisk), < L. as if *emblematicus, 
< emblema, emblem : see emblem.'] 1. Pertain- 
ing to or constituting an emblem; using or 
dealing in emblems ; symbolic. 
And wet his brow with hallowed wine, 
And on his finger given to shine 
The emblematic gem. Scott, Marmion, Iv. 8. 
And so, because the name (like many names) can be 
made to yield a fanciful emblematic meaning, Homer must 
be a myth. DC tjttincey, Homer, i. 
2. Representative by some allusion or custom- 
ary association ; suggestive through similarity 
of qualities or conventional significance : as, a 
crown is emblematic of royalty; whiteness is em- 
blematic of purity. 
Glanced at the legendary Amazon 
As emblematic of a nobler age. 
Tennymn, Princess, ii. 
emblematically (em-ble-mat'i-kal-i), adv. In 
an emblematic way; by way or means of em- 
blems; in the manner of emblems; by way of 
allusive representation. 
Others have spoken emblematically and hieroglyphical- 
ly ; and so did the .Egyptians, unto whom the phoenix was 
the hieroglyphiek of the sun. 
Sir T. Browne, Vulg. Err., ill. 12. 
He took a great stone and put it up under the oak, em- 
lilematicallij joining the two great elements of masonry. 
Sirift. 
emblematicalness (em-ble-mat'i-kal-nes), 71. 
The character of being emblematical. Bailey, 
17-7. 
emblematicize (em-ble-mat'i-slz), v. t.; pret. 
and pp. cmhh'iniiticized, ppr. emblematicizing. 
[< cmblt-iiKitic 4- -/.-<.] To represent by or em- 
body in an emblem ; emblematize. [Bare.] 
He [(Jiaconio Amieoni] drew the queen and the three eld- 
est princesses, and prints were taken from his pictures, 
which he generally endeavoured to MnMmiaCMM l>> u'cnii 
and cupids. Walpole, Anecdotes of Paintim:'. n ::. 
emblematist (em'blem-a-tist), M. [< L. cm- 
lilema(t-), emblem, + -is/.] A writer or an in- 
vi'ntor of emblems. 
Thus lieuan the descriptions of ^fipllills, basilisks. Jill. e- 
nix, and many more : w hieb ,-int>l<'nmtixt* and heralds have 
entertained with ilgnlflcmtioni answerim: their institu- 
tions. .sVi- T. Urn (mi , Vulg. Err., v. 20. 
1891 
Alciato, the famous lawyer and emblematut. 
Loirell, Among my Books, 1st ser., p. 138. 
emblematize (fm'blem-a-tiz), v. t. ; pret. and 
pp. I'mlili miitized, ppr. emblematizing. [< L. em- 
olema(t-), emblem, -I- -ize.] To represent or 
express bymeans of an emblem: as, to emblem- 
atize a thought, a quality, or the like. 
Anciently the sun was einlit,-i,i,it,'~.-d by a starry figure. 
l: t i. Html, Marks of Imitation. 
emblement (i-m'lilc-ment), n. [< OF. emblae- 
miiil, finlilitii iiinit, i iiili/ni/iiiiriit, crop, harvest, 
< i milliter, embleer, emblaier, emblayer, also em- 
blader (also, without prefix, blacr, bleer, Mayer), 
F. embliircr (= It. imbiadare), < ML. imbiadare, 
sow with grain, < L. in, in, + ML. bladum (> OF. 
Me, blee, blef, bled, F. ble, bled = Pr. blat = It. 
biado, biada), grain (orig. crop, as that which is 
taken away), orig. "ablatum, neut. of L. abla- 
tus, pp. of auferre, carry away: see ablaticc.] 
1. ]>l. In law, those annual agricultural pro- 
ducts which demand culture, as distinguished 
from those which grow spontaneously; crops 
which require annual planting, or, like hops, 
annual training and culture. Emblements thus 
Include corn, potatoes, and most garden vegetables, but 
not fruits, and generally not grass. They are deemed per- 
sonal property, and pass as such to the executor or ad- 
ministrator of the occupier, instead of going with the 
land to his heir, if he die before he has cut, reaped, or 
harvested them ; they also belong to the tenant when his 
tenancy has been terminated by an unexpected event with- 
out his agency, as by his death or that of his landlord. 
If a tenant for his own life sows the lands, and dies be- 
fore harvest, his executors shall have the cmblements, or 
profits of the crop. Blackstone, Com., II. 8. 
2. The right to such crops Emblements Act, an 
English statute of 1851 (14 and 15 Viet., c. 2!>), which en- 
acted that, instead of having a right to entitlements, a ten- 
ant under a tenant for life, on the determination of the 
tenancy, shall hold until the expiration of the then current 
year ; that growing crops seized under execution shall be 
liable for accruing rent; that the tenant may remove his 
improvements unless the landlord elect to take them ; and 
that in ease a tithe-rent charge is unpaid the landlord may 
pay it and recover as on a simple contract. 
emblemize (em'ble-miz), v. t.; pret. and pp. 
emblemized, ppr. emblemizing. [< emblem + 
-ire.] Same as emblematize. Also spelled em- 
blcmise. 
The demon lovers who seduce women to their ruin at 
once embtemun and punish the evil thoughts and feelings 
of their victims. Fortnightly Ken., N. S., XLII. 662. 
embloom (em-bl6m'), v. t. [< cw-i + bloomi.] 
To cover or enrich with bloom. [Rare.] 
emblossom (em-blos'um), c. t. [< ci-i _+ blos- 
som.] To cover with blossoms. [Poetical.] 
Sweet, sweet, the warbling throng, 
On the white emblosmm'd spray ! 
Nature's universal song 
Echoes to the rising day. 
Cunningham, Day, A Pastoral. 
embodier (em-bod'i-er), n. One who or that 
which embodies ; one who gives form to any- 
thing. Formerly also imbodicr. 
He [Shakspere] must have been perfectly conscious of 
his genius, and of the great trust he imposed upon his 
native tongue as the embodier tmtl perpetuator of it. 
Lourell, Among my Books, 1st ser., p. 105. 
embodiment (em-bod'i-ment), n. [Formerly 
also imbodiment; < embody + -ment.] 1. In- 
vestment with or manifestation through an ani- 
mate body; incarnation; bodily presentation: 
as, metempsychosis is the supposed embodiment 
of previously existing souls in new forms; she 
is an embodiment of all the virtues. 
The theory of embodiment serves several highly impor- 
tant purposes in savage and barbarian philosophy. 
E. B. Tylor, Prim. Culture, II. 113. 
2. A bringing into or presentation in or 
through a form; formal expression or mani- 
festation; formulation: as, the embodiment of 
principles in a treatise. 
A visible memory of the post, and a sparkling embodi- 
jnent of the present Lathrop, Spanish Vistas, p. 104. 
Multiform embodiments of selfishness In unjust laws. 
H. Spencer, Social Statics, p. 451. 
He [the Sultan] has no rights, for wrong can have no 
rights, and his whole position is the emtrottiment of wrong. 
K. A. Freeman, Amcr. Lects., p. 4i:>. 
3. Collection or formation into an aggregate 
body; organization; an aggregate whole; in- 
corporation; concentration: us, the embodiment 
of troops into battalions, brigades, divisions, 
etc. ; the embodiment of a country's laws. 
Our own Common Law is mainly an embodiment of the 
"customs of the realm." 
//. Spencer, Prill, of Soclol., i 529. 
embody (em-bod'i), r. ; pret. and pp. embodied, 
ppr. rnilmdyinij. [Formerly also imbodi/ : < em- 1 
+ Inxly."] I. trans. 1. To invest with an ani- 
matebody; lodge in a physical form; incarnate; 
hence, to give form to ; formulate; coordinate 
emboldener 
the elements or principles of; express, arrange, 
or exemplify intelligibly or perceptibly : as, to 
i-iiiliiiilij thought in word's; legislation is einliil- 
ied in statutes ; architecture is embodied art. 
At this turn, sir, you may perceive that I have again 
made use of the 1'latonlck hyptlie*is, Unit .spirits are 
embodied. tHi. raft, t U- 
The soul while It \semlnidied can no more lie divided 
from sin, than the body iUelf can lie considered without 
llesh. SoucA, Sermons, XI. i. 
Morals can never be safely embodied in the constable. 
Lmrrtt, Fireside Travels, p. 56. 
Doctrines, we are afraid, must generally be embodied be- 
fore they can excite a strong public feeling. JMacavlay. 
Even among ourselves embodied righteousness some- 
times takes the same altstract form. 
K. A. Freeman, Venice, p. 388. 
2. To form or collect into a body or united 
mass; collect into a whole; incorporate; or- 
ganize; concentrate: as, to embody troops ; to 
embody scattered traditions or folk-lore. 
Recorded among the visits of kings and ambassadors In 
a precious chronicle that embodied the annals of all pub- 
lic events and copies of public documents. 
Stubbt, Medieval and Modern Hist, p. n.v 
We shall be able to fall back upon the Militia battal- 
ions, which will be at once embodied, and through whose 
ranks will lie poured into the fighting ranks of the active 
army a continual supply of drilled and disciplined re- 
cruits. Nineteenth Century, XIX. 289. 
= SyD, 2. To combine, compact, integrate, comprehend, 
comprise. 
II, intrans. To unite into a body, mass, or 
collection; coalesce. 
The idea of white, which snow yielded yesterday, and 
another idea of white from another snow to-day, put to- 
gether in your mind, embody and run into one. Locke, 
To embody against this court party and its practices. 
Burke, Present Discontents. 
embog (em-bog'), v. t. ; pret. and pp. emboggeri, 
ppr. cmbogging. [< on-i + bogi.} To plunge 
into or cause to stick in a bog ; mire. 
General Murray . . . got into a mistake and a morass, 
. . . was enclosed embogyed, and defeated. 
Walpole, Letters (1760), III. 392. 
It would lie calamitous for us, a propos of this matter, 
to get embogged in a metaphysical discussion atiout what 
real unity and continuity are. W. James, Mind, IX. 0. 
embogue (em-bog'), r. i.; pret. and pp. em- 
bogued, ppr. emboguing. [< Sp. embocar, enter 
by the mouth, or by a pass or narrow passage, 
= Pg. embocar, get into the mouth of a pas- 
sage, = It. imboccare, feed, instruct, disem- 
bogue, = F. cmbouclicr, put into the mouth, 
refl. disembogue, embogue (~>cmbouchure, q. v.), 
< L. in (> Sp. en, etc.), in, + bucca, the cheek 
(> Sp. boca, Pg. bocca, It. bocca, F. bouche, the 
mouth): see bucca, and cf. disembogue.] To dis- 
charge itself, as a river, at its mouth ; disem- 
bogue ; debouch. [Bare or unused.] 
eraboilt (em-boil'), v. [< em-l + boift.] I. 
trans. To heat ; cause to burn, as with fever. 
Faynt, wearie, sore, emboyletl, grieved, brent, 
With heat, toyle, wounds, armes, smart, and Inward Are, 
That never man such mlschlefes did torment. 
Spenter, F. Q., I. xl. 28. 
II. intrans. To boil violently; hence, to rage 
with pride or anger. 
The knight cmboyliny in his hanghtie hart, 
Knitt aU his forces. Spenser, K. Q., II. iv. 9. 
emboitement (oii-bwot'mon), n. [F., a joint- 
ing, a fitting in, etc. (see def.), < emboiter, joint, 
fit in, lock (step), OF. emboister, lit. inclose 
as in a box: see emboss 3 .] In Wo/., the doc- 
trine of generation promulgated by Bonnet, 
namely, the aggregation of living germs one 
within the other, and their detachment to pro- 
duce new existences, 
embola, . Plural of embolon. 
embolaemia, n. See embolemia. 
emboldt (em-bold'), t). t. [< em-l + bold.] To 
embolden. 
But now we dare not shew our selfe in place, 
Ne vs embold to dwel in company 
There as our hert would loue right faithfully. 
Court of Love. 
embolden (em-bol'dn), . t. [< n-i + bold + 
-en 1 .] To give boldness or courage to ; make 
bolder; encourage. 
With these Persuasions they [Richard and deoffery] pass 
over into N'ormandy, and join witli their Brother Henry, 
who, embotdned by their Assistance, grows now more In- 
solent than he was before. Baiter, Chronicles, p. 54. 
It Is generally seen among Privateers that nothing I'ui- 
boldrtu them sooner to mutiny than want. 
Dampier, Voyages, I. 148. 
Fame ... so gentle, so retiring, that it seemed no 
more than an assured and emboldened modesty. 
Lumll, Fireside Travels, p. 54. 
emboldener (em-bol'dn-er), n. One who or that 
which emboldens. 
