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What's The Definition Of 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.
\Em*boss"\, v. t. [Etymology uncertain.] To make to foam at the mouth, like a hunted animal. [Obs.]
\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.
\Em*boss"\, v. i. To seek the bushy forest; to hide in the woods. [Obs.] --S. Butler.