\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.

\Em*boss"\, v. t. [Etymology uncertain.]
To make to foam at the mouth, like a hunted animal. [Obs.]

\Em*boss"\, v. t. [Cf. Pr. & Sp. emboscar, It. imboscare,
F. embusquer, and E. imbosk.]
1. To hide or conceal in a thicket; to imbosk; to inclose,
   shelter, or shroud in a wood. [Obs.]
         In the Arabian woods embossed.        --Milton.
2. To surround; to ensheath; to immerse; to beset.
         A knight her met in mighty arms embossed. --Spenser.

\Em*boss"\, v. i.
To seek the bushy forest; to hide in the woods. [Obs.] --S.
Butler.