Emboss /(?; 115)/

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.

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.

   Exhibiting flowers in their natural color embossed upon a purple ground.

1. To make to foam at the mouth, like a hunted animal. [Obs.]

1. To hide or conceal in a thicket; to imbosk; to inclose, shelter, or shroud in a wood. [Obs.]

   In the Arabian woods embossed.

2. To surround; to ensheath; to immerse; to beset.

   A knight her met in mighty arms embossed.

1. To seek the bushy forest; to hide in the woods. [Obs.]