Emboss

Definition of Emboss

Em`boss´

v. t.	1.	To raise the surface of into bosses or protuberances; particularly, to ornament with raised work. [imp. & p. p. Embossed (?; 115); p. pr. & vb. n. Embossing.] 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.
	1.	To make to foam at the mouth, like a hunted animal.
	1.	To hide or conceal in a thicket; to imbosk; to inclose, shelter, or shroud in a wood. In the Arabian woods embossed. - Milton.
	2.	To surround; to ensheath; to immerse; to beset. A knight her met in mighty arms embossed. - Spenser.
v. i.	1.	To seek the bushy forest; to hide in the woods.

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