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emboss 音标拼音: [ɪmb'ɔs] vt. 饰以浮雕花纹,加以浮饰,装饰 饰以浮雕花纹,加以浮饰,装饰 emboss v 1: raise in a relief; " embossed stationery" [ synonym: { emboss}, { boss}, { stamp}] 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. [ 1913 Webster] Botches and blains must all his flesh emboss. -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To raise in relief from a surface, as an ornament, a head on a coin, or the like. [ 1913 Webster] Then o' er the lofty gate his art embossed Androgeo' s death. -- Dryden. [ 1913 Webster] Exhibiting flowers in their natural color embossed upon a purple ground. -- Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster]
Emboss \ Em* boss"\, v. t. [ Etymology uncertain.] To make to foam at the mouth, like a hunted animal. [ Obs.] [ 1913 Webster]
Emboss \ Em* boss"\, v. t. [ Cf. Pr. & Sp. emboscar, It. imboscare, F. embusquer, and E. imbosk.] 1. To hide or conceal in a thicket; to imbosk; to inclose, shelter, or shroud in a wood. [ Obs.] [ 1913 Webster] In the Arabian woods embossed. -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To surround; to ensheath; to immerse; to beset. [ 1913 Webster] A knight her met in mighty arms embossed. -- Spenser. [ 1913 Webster]
Emboss \ Em* boss"\, v. i. To seek the bushy forest; to hide in the woods. [ Obs.] -- S. Butler. [ 1913 Webster]
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