emboss 
btufl. Of. i nihoiteniciit and cmboi.] To inclose 
as in u box ; incase ; sheathe. 
A knight her melt In mighty annes finluiiil. 
.S/.C/MCI-, K. Q., I. ill. 24. 
The knight his tlirilhmt s]u m imaine assayd 
111 his lit:ts-iI;ili'il lioily to ''IK'' 
,S>'.'/-, F. Q., I. Xi. 20. 
embossed (em-bost'), !> " [Formerly also im- 
iHtxsi'il, 1'iiilMHtt, imlni.it; < MK. embused (dcf. 6); 
pp. of milKUM 1 , v.] 1. Formed of or furnished 
with bosses or raised figures : as, embosxvd lea- 
ther; t'liilinmu-il writing. 2. In but., projecting 
in I lit- center like the boss or umbo of a round 
shield or target. 3. Swollen; puffed up. 
All the fmbotnted sores, and headed evils, 
That thuii with Uoanoeof trm foot hast caught, 
Wonldst thou disgorge into the general world. 
Slink., As you Like It, 11. 7. 
4. In entom., having several plane tracts of any 
shape elevated above the rest of the surface : 
said of the sculpture of insects. 5. In glans- 
(tecoration, grained. 6f. [The particular allu- 
sion in this use is uncertain ; perhaps to the 
bubbles of foam which "emboss," as it were, 
the animal's mouth, or else to its puffed cheeks. 
See the extract from the "Babees Book" under 
emboss 1 .] Foaming at the mouth and panting, 
as from exhaustion with running: a minting 
term formerly applied to dogs and beasts of the 
chase. 
Anone vppon as she these wordis saide, 
Ther come an hert in att the chaunber doro 
All embosed. Qenenjdcs (E. E. T. S,), 1. 80. 
Like dastard Cnrres that, having at a bay 
The salvage heast enibost in wearie chace, 
Han- nut adventure on the stnbborne pray, 
Ne byte before. Spenser, V. Q., III. i. 22. 
HuuUnmn, I charge thce, tender well my hounds : 
Urach Merriman, the poor cur is embosu'd. 
Shalt., T. of the 8., Ind., i. 
I am embont 
With trotting all the streets to find Pandoiro. 
J. Tomkins (?), Albumozar. 
Embossed velvet. Same as raised velvet (which see, un- 
der velvet). 
embosser (em-bos'er), n. One who or that 
which embosses ; something used for producing 
raised figures or impressions. 
The first form of Morse recorder was the Embosser. 
Preece and Sivetcright, Telegraphy, p. 67. 
embossing (em-bos'ing), . [Verbal n. of em- 
boss 1 , v.~\ 1. The art or process of producing 
raised or projecting figures or designs in relief 
upon surfaces. A common method of embossing upon 
a wooden surface is by driving a blunt tool into the wood 
according to the desired pattern, then planing the surface 
down to the level of the sunken design, and afterward 
wetting it. The moisture causes the compressed portions 
forming the design to rise to their original height, and thus 
to project from the planed surface. Embossing on leather, 
paper, or cloth, as for book-covers, books for the blind, 
and various kinds of ornamental work, and also on metal, 
is usually effected by stamping with dies by means of an 
embossing- or stamping-press, or the bookbinders' arm- 
ing-press. Embossing with the needle is done either by 
working over a pad made of cloth, sometimes in several 
thicknesses, or by stuffing with wool, hair, or the like, 
under the threads, as in couched work. See embossing- 
machine. 
2. A raised figure or design ; an embossment. 
[Rare.] 
For so letters, If they be so farre off as they cannot be 
discerned, shew but as a duskish paper; and all engrav- 
ings and fMftMtftvi appear plain. 
liacon, Nat Hist., {873. 
embossing-iron (em-bos'ing-i'ern), n. A tool 
employed to produce a grained surface on mar- 
ble. 
embossing-machine (em-bos'ing-ma-shen'), w. 
1. A system of heated rolls, the faces of which 
are cut with an ornamental design, used to im- 
press the design on figured velvets and other 
fabrics. 2. A machine for ornamenting wood- 
surfaces by pressing hot molds upon the wet 
wood and burning iu the pattern, the charcoal 
being; afterward removed. In some machines . u 
graved mils arc usi-il in place of stamps, and the wood is 
steamed and passed between the rolls wldle hot. 
8. A machine for embossing an ornamental de- 
sign on boot- and shoe-fronts. 
embossing-press (om-bos'ing-pres), n. An ap- 
paratus for stamping and embossing paper, 
cardboard, book-covers, leather, etc., and for 
erasing checks by destroying the toxture of the 
paper on which they are written. 
embossment (em-bos'ment), M. [< emboss 1 + 
-meat.] 1. The act of embossing or forming 
protuberances or knobs upon a surface; the 
si;ih> of being embossed or studded. 2. A 
prominence like a boss; a knob or jutting 
point. 
1893 
I wish, also, in the very middle, a fair mount, with 
three ascenta and alleys, . . . which I would have f<i l>< 
perfect circles, without any bulwarks or embossments. 
Bacon, Garden.* (ed. 1887). 
3. Relief; raised work. 
The gold embossment might Indeed have been dune- l.y 
another, lint not these heads, HO true to the life, and of an 
art so far beyond any ability of mine, that 1 am tcmpttM 
Holm I lines to think that he Is in league with Vulcan. 
'. Ware, Zenobia, I. K. 
The admission ticket for the City festival was a rich em- 
bossment from a specially cut die in tin- ohl Prrnch style 
of Louis XIV. First Year of a Silken Ileiyn, P- W, noli-. 
embottlet (em-bot'l), v. t. [< cm- 1 + bottle*.] 
To put in a bottle ; confine in a bottle ; bottle. 
Stlrom, firmest fruit, 
Embattled (long a Prlamelan Troy 
Withstood the Greeks) endures, ere Justly mild. 
J. Philip*, Cider, ii. 
embouchure (on-bO-shur'), n. [F., < emboucher, 
put into the mouth, refl. flow out, discharge: 
see cmbogue.] 1 . The mouth of a river, etc. ; 
the point of discharge of a flowing stream. 
We approached I'itea at sunset. The view over the 
broad embouchure of the river, studded with Islands, was 
quite picturesque. B, Taylor, Northern Travel, p. 180. 
At the entrance to Wolstenholme Sound, which, like 
most of these Inlets, forms the embouchure of a glacier- 
river. Schtey and Soley, Rescue of Greely, p. . 
2. Amouthpiece. Specifically (at)Themetalmount- 
Ing of the opening of a purse, (6) In music: (1) The 
mouthpiece of a wl nd-lnstrument, especially when of met- 
al. (2) The adjustment of the mouth of the player to 
such a mouthpiece. The intonation of certain instru- 
ments, such as the French honi, depends largely upon the 
player's embouchure. 
emboundt (em-bound'), v. t. [< em- 1 + bound 1 .] 
To shut in ; inclose. 
That sweet breath, 
Which was cmbotinded in this beauteous clay. 
Shale., K. John, Iv. 3. 
embow (em-bo'), v. t. [Formerly also imboic; 
< em- 1 + frotc 2 .] To form like a bow; arch; 
bend; bow. [Archaic.] 
I saw a bull as white as driven snowe, 
With gilded homes, embowed like the moone. 
Spenser, Visions of the World's Vanity. 
For embowed windows, I hold them of good use. 
Bacon, Building (ed. 1887). 
To walk the studious cloysters pale, 
And love the high-ew&oim/ roof, 
With antlck pillars massy proof. 
Milton, II Penseroso, 1. 157. 
Dejected embowed. See dejected. Embowed-con- 
trary, in her., same as counter-emboired. 
embowel (em-bou'el), r. t. ; pret. and pp. em- 
boweled or embowelled, ppr. emboweling or cm- 
bowelling. [Formerly also imboircl; < em- 1 + 
bowel.] 1. To inclose in another substance; 
embed; bury. 
Deepe embowcld In the earth entyre. 
Spenser, K Q., VI. vlli. 15. 
2. [Equiv. to disembowel, q. v.] To remove 
the bowels or internal parts of ; eviscerate. 
Fossils, and minerals, that th' embowel'd earth 
Displays. J. Philips, Cider, I. 
P. Hen. Death hath not struck so fat a deer to-day, 
Though many dearer, in this bloody fray ; 
EniboweU'd will I see thee by ami by ; 
Till then, in blood by noble Percy lie. 
t'ul'a f. [Rising slowly. I Embmeelled! if thou embowel 
me to-day, I'll give you leave to powder me and eat me 
to-morrow. Shak., 1 Hen. IV., v. 4. 
W. W. Known and approved for his Art of Embalming, 
having preserved the Corps of a Gentlewoman sweet and 
entire Thirteen Years, without embouvlling. 
Steele, Grief A-la-Mode, Pref. 
emboweler, emboweller (em-bou'el-er), n. 
[Formerly also imboweler, imboireller; < embow- 
el, v., + -er 1 .] One who disembowels. 
embowelment (em-bou'el-ment), n. [Former- 
ly also imboirelment ; < embowel + -ment.] 1. 
Evisceration. 2. pi. The bowels; viscera; in- 
ternal parts. 
What a dead thing is a clock, with its ponderous em- 
bmtvlments of lead and brass. Lamb, Old Benchers. 
embower, imbower (em-, im-bou'er), r. [< em- 1 , 
im-, + botcer 1 .] I. intrant. 1. To lodge or rest 
in or as in a bower. 
The small birds, in their wide boughs emboming, 
Chaunted their sundrie tunes with sweet consent. 
Spenser, tr. of Virgil's Gnat, I. 225. 
2f. To form a bower. Milton. 
II. trans. To cover with or as with a bower ; 
shelter with or as with foliage ; form a bower 
for. 
A shady bank. 
Thick over-head with verdant roof imootrer'd. 
Milton, P. L, Ix. 1088. 
A small Indian village, pleasantly embmrertd in a grove 
of spreading elms. Irring, Knickerbocker, p. 96. 
And the silent isle imbotcers 
The Lady of Shalott. 
Tennyson, Lady of Shalott. 
embrace 
The embowered lam -. and tin- primroses anil the haw- 
thmii. /'. <1. Mitchell, Bound Tuxi'ther, i. 
embowl (om-bol'), . t. [< cm- 1 + bowl 1 .] To 
form into or aa into a bowl ; give a globular 
form to. [Rare.] 
' r<- the earth, ewbiiul'd by thee, 
Heare the forme it now doth beare: 
\ at, thou art <iod for ever, free 
From all touch of age and year. 
.SV, /'. Xidnty, P. xc. 
embowmentt (em-bo'ment), n. [< embotc + 
-went.] Anarch; a vault. 
The roof all open, not so much u any embmnncnt near 
any of the walls left. liacmi, Nat Hist., I 249. 
embox (em-boks'), v. t. [< em- 1 + box*. Cf. 
embomfl.] To inclose in a box; box up; specifi- 
cally, to seat or ensconce in a box of a theater. 
[Rare.] 
Kiiil/oxrd, the ladles must have something smart. 
Churchill, Rosclad. 
emboyssementt, n. A Middle English form of 
ambu/ihiiicnt. 
Then shuln ye euermo countrewaite ewboj/tseinent*, and 
alle espiaile. Chaucer, Tale of Mellbeui. 
embrace 1 (em-bras'), . ; pret. and pp. embraced, 
ppr. embracing. [Formerly also imbrace; < 
ME. embracen, enbracen, eiibrttsen, < OF. em- 
bracer, F. embraxser = Pr. embrasnar = O8p. 
embrasar, embrasar (Sp. ubrazar), embrace, = 
Pg. embrapir, take on the arm, as a buckler, = 
It. imbracciare, embrace, < ML. imbrachiare, 
take in the arms, embrace, < L. in, in, + braclii- 
um, arm: see brace 1 .] I. trans. 1. To take, 
grasp, clasp, or infold in the arms; used abso- 
lutely, to press to the bosom, as in token of af- 
fection; hug; clip. 
And but as he enbrased his horse nekke he hadde fallen 
to the erthe all vp-right. Merlin (E. E. T. 8.), ii. 331. 
Sir, I think myself happy In your acquaintance ; and 
before we part, shall entreat leave to embrace you. 
Cotton, in Walton's Angler, U. 225. 
Strong Son of God Immortal Love, 
Whom we, that have not seen thy face, 
By faith, and faith alone, embrace. 
Tennyson, In Memorlam, Int. 
He took his place upon the double throne, 
She cast herself before him on her knees, 
Embracing his. 
William Morris, Earthly Paradise, I. 412. 
2. To inclose; encompass; contain; encircle. 
You'll see your Rome embrac'd with fire, before 
You'll speak with Coriolanus. Shak., Cor., v. 2. 
Low at his feet his spacious plain is placed. 
Between the mountain and the stream embraced. 
Sir J. Daiham. 
A river sweeping round, 
With gleaming curves the valley did embrace, 
And seemed to make an island of that place. 
William ilorru, Earthly Paradise, I. 238. 
3. Figuratively, to take, (n) To take or receive 
with willingness; accept as true, desirable, or advanta- 
geous; make one's own; take to one's self: as, to em- 
brace the Christian religion, a cause, or an opportunity. 
Witli shryfte of mouthe and pennaunce smerte 
They wene ther blis for to embrace. 
Political Poems, etc. (ed. Furnivall), p. 97. 
I thought he would have embraced this opportunity of 
speaking to me. Sheridan, School for Scandal, 11. i 
O lift your natures up ; 
Embrace our alms; work out your freedom. 
TennynoH, Princess, II. 
(M To receive or accept, though unwillingly ; accept u 
inevitable. 
I embrace thU fortune patiently, 
Since not to be avoided it falls on me. 
Shak., 1 Hen. IV., r. 6k 
Thurlo, give lck, or else embrace thy death ; 
Come not within the measure of my n rath. 
Shak., T. G. of V., v. 4. 
4. To comprehend; include or take in; com- 
prise: as, natural philosophy embraces many sci- 
ences. 5t. To hold; keep possession of; sway. 
Even such a passion doth embrace my bosom : 
lily heart beats thicker than a feverous pulse. 
Shak., T. and C., ill. 2. 
6f. To throw a protecting arm around ; shield. 
See how the heavens, of voluntary grace 
And soveralne favor towards chastity, 
Doe succor send to her distressed cace ; 
So much hitth God doth innocence embrace. 
Spenser, K. (J., III. vlli. 29. 
7. In bot., to clasp with the base: as, a leaf em- 
bracing the stem. 8. In sool., to lie closely 
in contact with (another part), imperfectly sur- 
rounding it. Thus, elytra are said to embrace the alxlo- 
men when their ed^es are turned over the abdominal 
margins ; wings in repose embrace the body when they 
are rlosely appressed to it, curving down over the sides. 
U. intrans. To join in an embrace. 
While we stood like fools 
Embracing, . . . out they came, 
Trustees and Aunts and Uncle*. 
Tennytvn. Edwin Morris. 
