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What does "emboss" mean?

Emboss: 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.

Additional senses

  1. 2.To make to foam at the mouth, like a hunted animal. [Obs.]
  2. 3.To hide or conceal in a thicket; to imbosk; to inclose, shelter, or shroud in a wood. [Obs.] In the Arabian woods embossed. Milton.
  3. 4.To surround; to ensheath; to immerse; to beset. A knight her met in mighty arms embossed. Spenser.
  4. 5.To seek the bushy forest; to hide in the woods. [Obs.] S. Butler.

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