† embolsterv.
Obsolete. rare.
transitive. To bolster out, to pad (see bolster n.1 2d).
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the world > space > extension in space > expansion or enlargement > expand or enlarge [verb (transitive)] > distend > with fullness > stuff
stuffc1450
to bulk out?1529
bolster1530
bombase1573
embolster1631
1631 R. Brathwait Eng. Gentlewoman 56 That [woman]..embolsters her decayed brests, to purchase a sweethart.
1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. 466 Wherevpon my hunger~clungd bellie waxing great, grew Drum-like imbolstered.
Derivatives
emˈbolstering n.
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1593 T. Nashe Christs Teares f. 70v The weomen..adding more Bauines vnto it [sc. beauty] of lasciuious embolstrings.
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