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em·boss 
[em-baws, -bos] Pronunciation Key
[em-baws, -bos] Pronunciation Key –verb (used with object)
| 1. | to raise or represent (surface designs) in relief. |
| 2. | to decorate (a surface) with raised ornament. |
| 3. | Metalworking. to raise a design on (a blank) with dies of similar pattern, one the negative of the other. Compare coin (def. 10). |
| 4. | to cause to bulge out; make protuberant. |
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| em·boss
(ěm-bôs', -bŏs') Pronunciation Key
tr.v. em·bossed, em·boss·ing, em·boss·es
[Middle English embosen, from Old French embocer : en-, in; see en-1 + boce, knob.] em·boss'er n. |
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Emboss
Em*boss"\ (?; 115), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Embossed (?; 115); p. pr. & vb. n. Embossing.] [Pref. em- (L. in) + boss: cf. OF. embosser to swell in bunches.]1. To arise the surface of into bosses or protuberances; particularly, to ornament with raised work. Botches and blains must all his flesh emboss. --Milton. 2. To raise in relief from a surface, as an ornament, a head on a coin, or the like. Then o'er the lofty gate his art embossed Androgeo's death. --Dryden. Exhibiting flowers in their natural color embossed upon a purple ground. --Sir W. Scott.
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Emboss
Em*boss"\, v. t. [Etymology uncertain.] To make to foam at the mouth, like a hunted animal. [Obs.]
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Emboss
Em*boss"\, v. t. [Cf. Pr. & Sp. emboscar, It. imboscare, F. embusquer, and E. imbosk.]1. To hide or conceal in a thicket; to imbosk; to inclose, shelter, or shroud in a wood. [Obs.] In the Arabian woods embossed. --Milton. 2. To surround; to ensheath; to immerse; to beset. A knight her met in mighty arms embossed. --Spenser.
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Emboss
Em*boss"\, v. i. To seek the bushy forest; to hide in the woods. [Obs.] --S. Butler.
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