embossingn.
/ɛmˈbɒsɪŋ/ a. The action of emboss v.1; also attributive, as in embossing-iron, embossing-machine, embossing-press.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > plastic art > [noun] > relief > execution
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embossing1580
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embossment1801
stamping1882
1580 C. Hollyband Treasurie French Tong La Bosse..the embossing of a Jewell.
b. concrete. Embossed ornamentation; formerly in wider sense, swelling, protuberance.
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the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > protuberance or rounded projection > [noun] > a protuberance or protuberant part
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c1430 J. Lydgate tr. Bochas Fall of Princes (1554) i. xx. 36 If their brestes up to high them dresse, They can..thenbosing doun represse.
?1541 R. Copland Guy de Chauliac's Questyonary Cyrurgyens ii. sig. Dijv Of them [bones] that haue enbossyng.
1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §878 All Engravings and Embossings (afar off) appear plain.
c1865 J. Wylde Circle of Sci. I. 272/1 The..embossings on the paper are made by the method of reverse currents.
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