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emˈbossment|ɛmˈbɒsmənt|
[f. emboss v.1 + -ment.]
†1. The action or process of embossing. Obs.
1801Ann. Reg. 1799 Chron. 399 A method of..ornamenting by..embossment..cloths or stuffs.
2. concr. A figure carved or moulded in relief; embossed ornament. Now rare. Also attrib., as in embossment-map, a map of which the surface is moulded in elevations and depressions.
1620Dekker Dreame iij. §1 There you see the golden embosments and curious enchasings. 1731Capt. Pownall in Bibl. Topogr. Brit. (1790) III. 166 An urn..of..clay..without any inscription or embossement. 1813Hogg Queen's Wake 46 Beneath rose an embossment proud,—A rose beneath a thistle bowed. 1881Nature XXIV. 149 All the necessary data for making an embossment-map.
3. gen. A bulging, protuberance.
1610J. Guillim Heraldry ii. vi. 63 With a swelling embossment. 1611Cotgr. s.v. Saillie, The imbossement of an enchaced pretious stone. 1625Bacon Ess. Gardens (Arb.) 560 Perfect circles without any..Imbosments. 1817R. Jameson Char. Min. 89 These embossments are not formed by the crystallization of that portion of the salt which has been dissolved. |