embosses

[em-baws, -bos]

em·boss

[em-baws, -bos]
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.

Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English embosen < Middle French embocer, equivalent to em- em-1 + boce boss2

em·boss·a·ble, adjective
em·boss·er, noun
em·boss·ment, noun
un·em·bossed, adjective
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