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資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Emboss \Em*boss"\ (?; 115), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Embossed} (?;
   115); p. pr. & vb. n. {Embossing}.] [Pref. em- (L. in) +
   boss: cf. OF. embosser to swell in bunches.]
   1. To arise 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.