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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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 raise the surface of into bosses or protuberances;
particularly, to ornament with raised work.
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Botches and blains must all his flesh emboss.
--Milton.
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2. To raise in relief from a surface, as an ornament, a head
on a coin, or the like.
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Then o'er the lofty gate his art embossed
Androgeo's death. --Dryden.
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Exhibiting flowers in their natural color embossed
upon a purple ground. --Sir W.
Scott.
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