em·boss /ɪmˈbɑs, ˈbɔs/
(vt.)飾以浮雕花紋,加以浮飾,裝飾
Em·boss, v. t. To make to foam at the mouth, like a hunted animal. [Obs.]
Em·boss, v. t.
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. t. [imp. & p. p. Embossed p. pr. & vb. n. Embossing.]
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.
Em·boss, v. i. To seek the bushy forest; to hide in the woods. [Obs.]
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emboss
v : raise in a relief; "embossed stationary" [syn: boss, stamp]