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 arise 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.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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