Embosom
(Em*bos"om) v. t. [Written also imbosom.]
1. To take into, or place in, the bosom; to cherish; to foster.
Glad to embosom his affection.
Spenser. 2. To inclose or surround; to shelter closely; to place in the midst of something.
His house embosomed in the grove.
Pope.
Some tender flower . . . .
Embosomed in the greenest glade.
Keble. Emboss
(Em*boss") 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 raise 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. Emboss
(Em*boss"), v. t. [Etymology uncertain.] To make to foam at the mouth, like a hunted animal.
[Obs.]
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. Emboss
(Em*boss"), v. i. To seek the bushy forest; to hide in the woods. [Obs.] S. Butler.
Embossed
(Em*bossed") a.
1. Formed or covered with bosses or raised figures.
2. Having a part projecting like the boss of a shield.
3. Swollen; protuberant. [Obs.] "An embossed carbuncle." Shak.
Embosser
(Em*boss"er) n. One who embosses.
Embossment
(Em*boss"ment) n.
1. The act of forming bosses or raised figures, or the state of being so formed.
2. A bosslike prominence; figure in relief; raised work; jut; protuberance; esp., a combination of raised surfaces
having a decorative effect. "The embossment of the figure." Addison.
Embottle
(Em*bot"tle) v. t. To bottle. [R.] Phillips.
