Em·boss v. t. [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. --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.
Em·bossed a.
1. Formed or covered with bosses or raised figures.
2. Having a part projecting like the boss of a shield.
3. Swollen; protuberant. [Obs.] “An embossed carbuncle.”
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embossed
adj : embellished with a raised pattern created by pressure or
embroidery; "brocaded silk"; "an embossed satin";
"embossed leather"; "raised needlework"; "raised
metalwork" [syn: brocaded, raised]