canits, about five 
al size. 
embolemia 
embolemia, embolaemia (em-bo-le'mi-a), . 
[NL. embola'mia, < Gr. e/ifio/Mf, thrown in (see 
embolism, embolus), + al/ia, blood.] The condi- 
tion of the blood accompanying the formation 
of metabolic abscesses in pyemia. 
Embolemus, . See Embolimus. 
emboli, . Plural of embolus. 
embolia 1 (em-bo'li-a), n.; pi. embolia! (-e). [NL., 
< Gr. Eu/JoAr/, insertion : see embolism.'] Same 
as embolism. 
embolia 2 , Plural of embolium. 
embolic (em-bol'ik), a. [< embolus, or embolv, + 
-tc.] 1. Inserted; intercalated; embolismic. 
2. In pathol., relating to embolism, or plugging 
of a blood-vessel. 3. Pertaining to emboly; 
characterized by or resulting from emboly. 
The two-layered gastrula is as a rule developed from 
the blastosphere by ... embolic invagination. 
Claus, Zoology (trans.), I. 114. 
embolimean, embolimic (em-bo-lim'e-an, -ik), 
a. [<LL. cmbolimcKus, inserted: see embolism.] 
Same as embolismic. 
Emboliminae (em-bol-i-mi'ne), n. pi. [NL., < 
Embolimus + -ince.'] A subfamily of Proctotry- 
pidw, having the hind wings lobed, the male 
antenu 10-jointed, the female 13-jointed. 
There are two genera, Embolimus and Pedinoni- 
ma. Forster, 1856. 
Embolimus (em-bori-mus), . [NL. (West- 
wood, 1833), al- 
so improp. Em- 
bolemus, < Gr. c/t- 
/36'Ai/toi;, insert- 
ed, interpolat- 
ed : see embo- 
lism.] A genus 
of parasitic hy- 
menopterous 
insects, of the 
family Procto- 
trypidiz, typical 
of the subfami- 
ly Emboliminie, 
characterized 
by the antennal 
scape, which is 
shorter than the 
first joint of the 
funiele. One North American and two Euro- 
pean species are known. Usually spelled Em- 
bolemus. 
embolism (em'bo-lizm), n. [= F. embolisme = 
Sp. Pg. It. embolismo, < LL. embolismus, inter- 
calation (also as adj. intercalary, an error for 
embolimus), as if < Gr. "efifioAtauof, < ///3o?.yrof 
(LGr. also iuftofaftaioi;, > LL. embolimceus), in- 
serted, intercalated (cf. i/iftotof, something 
thrown or thrust in: see embolus, 2), < ipfiaMziv, 
throw in, put in, insert: see embolus.] 1. In- 
tercalation ; the insertion of days, months, or 
years in an account of time. The Greeks made use 
of the lunar year of 854 days, and to adjust it to the solar 
year of 365 days they added a lunar month every second 
or third year, which they called eju/3dAijuos fiV. or W v V- 
^6AlMo?, intercalated month. 
2. Intercalated time. 3. In pathol. , the ob- 
struction of a vessel by a clot of fibrin or other 
substance abnormally present and brought into 
the current of the circulating medium from 
some more or less distant locality. Embolism 
commonly causes paralysis in the brain, with 
more or less of an apoplectic shock. 4. In 
liturgies, a prayer for deliverance from evil, in- 
serted in almost all liturgies after the Lord's 
Prayer, as an expansion of or addition to its 
closing petition, whence the name. Also embo- 
lismus. 
Also embolia. 
embolismal (em-bo-liz'mal), a. [< embolism + 
-al."] Pertaining to intercalation; intercalated; 
inserted : as, an embolismal month, 
embolismatic, embolismatical (em' ? bo-liz- 
mat'ik, -i-kal), a. [Irreg. < embolism + -at-ic, 
-al. The LGr. form e/i[16%u;ua(T-) means 'a 
patch.'] Embolismic. Scott. 
embolismic, embolismical(em-b6-liz'mik, -mi- 
kal), a. [< embolism + -ic, -ical] Pertaining 
to or formed by intercalation or insertion ; in- 
tercalated; inserted; embolic. 
Twelve lunations form a common year, and thirteen the 
embolismic year. Orosier, China (trans.). 
The [Hebrew] year is luni-solar, and, according as it is 
ordinary or embolixmic, consists of twelve or thirteen 
lunar months, each of which has 29 or 30 days. 
Eneye. Brit., IV. 677. 
embolismus (em-bo-liz'mus), n. [LL. enibolis- 
mus, insertion, intercalation : see embolism.] 
Same as embolism, 4. 
1892 
The Lord's Prayer is followed, in almost all Liturgies, 
by a short petition against temptation, . . . which . . . 
was anciently known by the name of the Embolismus. 
J. M. Seale, Eastern Church, i. 514. 
embolite (em'bo-lit), n. [< Gr. e^/JoA?, an in- 
sertion (< infiaAuv, throw in, insert), -r- -ite 2 .] 
A mineral consisting chiefly of the chlorid of 
silver and the bromide of silver, found in Chili 
and Mexico: so called because intermediate be- 
tween cerargyrite and bromyrite. 
embolium (em-bo'li-um), n. ; pi. embolia (-a). 
[NL., < Gr. iiiji&iuov, something thrown in, ( e/i- 
/3o/lof, thrown in: seeembolus.] Anouterormar- 
ginal part of the corium found in the hemelytra 
of certain heteropterous insects. It resembles 
the rest of the corium in consistence, and is separated 
from it only by a thickened rib or vein. 
embolize (em'bo-liz), v. t. ; pret. and pp. embo- 
lized, ppr. embotizing. [< embolus + -ize.] To 
cut off from the circulation by embolism. 
Embolomeri (em-bo-lom'e-ri), n.pl. [NL., pi. 
of *embolomens : seeembolomerous.] An order 
of extinct amphibians, having a set of vertebral 
centra interposed between the regular verte- 
bral bodies, so that each vertebral arch has two 
centra, whence the name. 
embolomerism (em-bo-lom'e-rizm), n. [< em- 
bolomer-ous + -ism.] ' Formation of the verte- 
bral column by means of intercentra between 
the centra; diplospondylism. 
embolomerous (em-bo-lom'e-rus), a. [< NL. 
embolomerus, < Gr. c/^o/iof, thrown in, + fttpof, 
part.] Thrown in, as intercalated centra or 
intercentra, between arch-bearing bodies of the 
vertebra of the spinal column; having inter- 
centra, as a spinal column ; diplospondylic. 
The caudal region is cinbolomermui. 
E. D. Cope, Geol. Mag., II. 5i7. 
embolon, embolum (em'bo-lon, -lum), n. ; pi. 
cmbo/a (-la). [L. embolum, < Gr. epfioAov, neut., 
, masc., the bronze beak or ram of a 
Embolon. Ulysses and the Sirens, from Greek red-figured hydria 
found at Vulci. ( From " Monument! dell' Institute." } 
ship: see embolus.] 1. The beak of aii ancient 
war-ship. It was made of metal, in various forms, and 
sharpened like the prow of a modern ram, so that it might 
pierce an enemy's vessel beneath the water-line. 
2. Same as embolus. 
embolophasia (em"bo-lo-fa'zi-a), n. [NL.,< Gr. 
( a/3o^c, thrown in, 4- 0aa<p, a saying, < ijiavat = 
L. fan, speak.] In rhet., the interjection into 
discourse of meaningless and usually more or 
less sonorous words. 
embolum, . See embolon. 
embolus (em'bo-lus), .; pi. emboli (-11). [L., 
the piston of a pump, < Gr. lufloXof, masc., lu- 
fio'Aov, neut., anything pointed so as to thrust in 
easily, a peg, stopper, etc., prop, an adj., thrown 
or thrust in, or that may be thrown or thrust 
in, < epflaUeiv, thrust in, throw in, < cv, in, + 
jiaUeiv, throw.] 1. Something inserted into 
or acting within something else; that which 
thrusts or drives, as a piston or wedge. 2. The 
clot of fibrin obstructing a blood-vessel, caus- 
ing embolism: as, capillary emboli. 3. The 
nucleus emboliformis of the cerebellum. 
Also embolon, embolum. 
emboly (em'bo-li), n. [< Gr. tfiftdkii, insertion, 
< i/iftaAAetv, throw in : see embolus.] In embryol., 
that mode of invagination by which a vesicu- 
lar morula or blastosphere becomes a gastrula. 
It may be illustrated by the process of tucking half of a 
hollow india-rubber ball into the other half, and is effected 
by the more or less complete inclusion of the hypoblastic 
blastomeres within the epiblastic blastomeres, with the 
result of the diminution or abolition of the original blasto- 
coele, the formation of an archenteron or primitive ali- 
mentary cavity with an orifice of invagination or blasto- 
pore, and thus the formation of a two-layered germ whose 
double walls consist of a hypoblastic endoderm and an 
epiblastic ectoderm, which is therefore a gastrnla. 
embondaget (em-bon'daj), r. t. [< em- 1 + bond- 
age.] To reduce to bondage ; enslave. 
emboss 
If the devill might have his free option, I believe he 
would ask nothing else but liberty to enfranchize all false 
Religions, and to emlmndaffe the true. 
N. Ward, Simple Cobler, p. 4. 
embonpoint (on-bon-pwan'), . [F., fullness, 
plumpness; orig. a phrase en bon point, in good 
condition: en, in; lion, good; point, point, 
degree, condition: see in 1 , bonus, and point.] 
Exaggerated plumpness; rotundity of figure; 
stoutness : a euphemism for fatness or fleshiness. 
A clearness of skin almost bloom, and a plumpness al- 
most embonpoint, softened the decided lines of her fea- 
tures. Charlotte Bronte, The Professor, xviii. 
The Queen [Victoria] was not very tall, but ... until 
embonpoint overtook her, her figure was exquisitely beau- 
tiful. Fortnightly Rev., N. S., XLII. 285. 
emborder (em-b6r'der), v. t. [Formerly also 
imborder; < em- 1 + border. Cf. OF. emborder, 
border, < en- + bord, border.] 1. To furnish, 
inclose, or adorn with a border. 2. To place 
as in a border ; arrange as a border. 
Thick-woven arborets and flowers 
Imborder'd on each bank. Milton, P. L., ix. 438. 
enibordered (em-bor'derd), p. a. [Formerly 
also imbordered (in heraldry also embordured) ; 
pp. of emborder, v.] Adorned with a border; 
specifically, in her., having a border: an epithet 
used only when the border is of the same tinc- 
ture as the field. 
embosom (em-buz'um), v. t. [Formerly also 
imbosom; < cm- 1 + bosom.] 1. To take into or 
hold in the bosom: hold in nearness or inti- 
macy; admit to the heart or affections ; cherish. 
This gracelesse man, for furtherance of his guile, 
Did court the handmayd of my Lady deare, 
Who, glad t' embosome his affection vile, 
Did all she might more pleasing to appeare. 
Spenser, F. Q., II. iv. 26. 
2. To inclose ; embrace ; encircle. 
His house embosomed in the grove. 
Pope, Imit. of Horace, IV. i. 21. 
The little kingdom of Navarre, embosomed within the 
Pyrenees. Prescott, Ferd. and Isa., Int. 
S&te-embosomed by the night. 
Bro-uming, Ring and Book, I. 26. 
emboss 1 (em-bos'), v. t. [Formerly also imboss; 
early mod. E. also enbosse; < ME. enbossen, en- 
bocen, < OF. embosser, enbocer, swell or arise in 
bunches, emboss, < en- + bosse, a boss : see 
boss 1 .] 1. To form bosses on; fashion relief 
or raised work upon ; ornament with bosses or 
raised work ; cover or stud with protuberances, 
as a shield. 
To enboce thy lowis [jaws] with mete is nat diewe [due]. 
Babees Book (E. E. T. 8.), p. 28. 
I le onely now emboss my Book with Brass, 
Dye 't with Vermilion, deck 't with Coperass. 
Sylvester, tr. of Du Bartas's Weeks, i. 3. 
Dead Corps imboss the Vale with little Hills. 
Cowley, Davideis, ii. 
All crowd in heaps, as at a night alarm 
The bees drive out upon each other's backs, 
To emboss their hives in clusters. 
Dryden, Don Sebastian. 
Hammer needs must widen out the round, 
And file emboss it fine with lily-flowers, 
Ere the stuff grow a ring-thing right to wear. 
Brou-ning, Ring and Book, I. 7. 
2. To represent in relief or raised work ; spe- 
cifically, in embroidery, to raise in relief by in- 
serting padding under the stitches. See emboss- 
ing. 
Exhibiting flowers in their natural colours, emlmssed 
upon a purple ground. Scott. 
Whitewashed arcade pillars, on which were embossed 
the royal arms of Castile. Lathmp, Spanish Vistas, p. 60. 
emboss 1 ! (em-bos'), n. [< emboss 1 , v. Cf.boss 1 , 
n.] A boss ; a protuberance. 
In this is afountaine out of which gushes a river rather 
than a streeme, which ascending a good height breakes 
upon a round embosse of marble into millions of pearles. 
Evelyn, Diary, Nov. 17, 1644. 
emboss 2 t (em-bos'), v. t. [Appar. only in the 
following passage, in pp. embost, which appears 
to stand for *emboskt, pp. of *cmbosk, var. ii- 
bosJc, in other senses ; the proper form would 
be *embosk, < OF. embosquer = Sp. Pg. embos- 
car = It. imboscare, ML. imboscare, hide in a 
wood, set in ambush. The older form, ME. 
enbussen, etc., appears in ambush, q. v.] To 
conceal in or as in a wood or thicket. 
Like that self-gotten bird 
In the Arabian woods embost, 
That no second knows nor third. 
Milton, S. A., 1. 1700. 
emboss 3 t (em-bos'), v. t. [Altered from reg. 
*emboist, < OF. emboister, inclose, insert, fas- 
ten, put or shut up, as within a box, < en, in, + 
boiste, mod. F. boite, a box : see boist 1 , bushel 1 , 
