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单词 imbost
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imbostn.

Etymology: compare imbost v.
Obsolete.
Foam (from the mouth of a beast).
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the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > disorders of animals generally > [noun] > foam at mouth
imbost1677
the world > animals > animal body > general parts > substance or secretion and excretion > [noun] > foam from mouth
imbost1677
1677 N. Cox Gentleman's Recreation (ed. 2) i. 78 Yet will that [Stream] with the help of the Wind, lodge part of the Stream and Imbost [printed Imbosh], that comes from him on the Banks.
1727 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Oeconomique (Dublin ed.) at Hart The Steam and Imbost.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

imbostv.

Etymology: < imbost, past participle of imboss , emboss v.2 (sense 3). Apparently the past participle or past tense was taken as the verb stem; whence a new past participle imbosted: compare graff, graft, grafted.
Obsolete. rare.
1. transitive. To drive (a hunted beast) to extremity; to cause to foam at the mouth: = emboss v.2 2.
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the world > food and drink > hunting > hunt [verb (transitive)] > drive to extremity
emboss1590
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1590 T. Cokayne Treat. Hunting D j He will close vp his mouth as though he had not been imbosted or hunted that day.
2. intransitive. To foam, as a result of hard running: = emboss v.2 3.
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the world > animals > animal body > general parts > substance or secretion and excretion > [verb (intransitive)] > produce foam from mouth
imbost1590
1590 T. Cokayne Treat. Hunting C iv Who so hunteth unbreathed hounds..in hot weather, causeth them to imbost and surbate greatly.

Derivatives

imˈbosted adj. (also imˈboasted) Obsolete foaming at the mouth (like a madman).
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the world > animals > animals hunted > [adjective] > foaming at mouth from exhaustion
imbosted1628
embossed1651
1628 O. Felltham Resolves: 2nd Cent. lxxxvi. sig. Z5 Sure, they borrow it..from the imboasted [1709 raging] Savage, and from tormenting spirits.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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