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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Ĕm'bo-līte, n. p. 440(Min.) A mineral consisting chiefly of the chloride of silver and the bromide of silver.Ĕm’bo-lŭs, n. p. 440Something inserted or acting in another; that which thrusts or drives, as a piston or a wedge.Embonpoint, n. p. 440Plumpness of person; rotundity of figure; fleshiness.Em-bôrd'er, v. t. p. 440To adorn with a border; to imborder.Em-bos'om, v. t. p. 440To take into the bosom; to receive into the heart; to cherish. “Glad to embosom his affection.” Spenser. 2. To hide or half conceal; to overshadow. His house embosomed in the grove. Pope.Em-bŏss', v. t. p. 440To cover with bosses or protuberances; hence, to fashion the surface of with raised work; to ornament in relief. Botches and blains must all his flesh emboss. Milton. 2. To fashion relief or raised…Em-bŏssed', p. a. p. 440Formed or covered with bosses or raised figures. 2. (Bot.) Having the center projecting like the boss of a shield.Em-bōss'ment, n. p. 440The act of forming bosses or raised figures, or the state of being so formed. 2. A boss-like prominence; figure in relief; raised work; jut; protuberance. “The embossment of the figure.” Addison.Em-bŏt'tle, v. t. p. 440To put in a bottle; to bottle; to include or confine in a bottle. Phillips.Embouchure, n. p. 440A mouth, aperture, or opening, as of a river, cannon, and the like. 2. (Mus.) (a.) The mouth-piece of a wind-instrument. (b.) The shaping of the lips to the mouth-piece; as, a flute-player has a good…Em-bōw', v. t. p. 440To form like a bow; to arch; to curve. “Embowed arches.” W. Scott. With gilded horns embowed like the moon. Spencer.Em-bow'el, v. t. p. 440To remove the bowels of; to free from viscera; to eviscerate; hence, to prepare for embalming; to embalm. The boar . . . makes his trough In your emboweled bosoms. Shak. Embow(e)led [i. e., embalmed]…Em-bow'el-er, n. p. 440One who takes out the bowels.Em-bow'el-ment, n. p. 440Evisceration.Em-bow'er, v. i. p. 440To lodge or rest in a bower.Em-bow'er, v. t. p. 440To cover with a bower; to shelter with trees.Em-bōwl', v. t. p. 440To make globular or convex, like a bowl; to form into a bowl. [Obs.] Sidney.Em-bŏx', v. t. p. 440To inclose, as in a box; to imbox.Em-brā'ce, v. t. p. 440To clasp or inclose in the arms; to press to the bosom, in token of affection; to hug. Paul called to him the disciples and embraced them. Acts xx. 1. 2. To cling to with warmth or earnestness; to…Em-brāce’, v. i. p. 440To join in an embrace. Shak.Em-brāce’,, n. p. 440Intimate or close encircling with the arms; pressure to the bosom; clasp; hug. “Parting with a long embrace.” Tennyson. Syn.—Hug; clasp; lock; grapple; pressure.Em-brāce'ment, n. p. 440A clasp in the arms; a hug; embrace. “Dear though chaste embracements.” Sidney. 2. State of being contained; inclosure. [Obs.] In the embracement of parts hardly reparable, as bones. Bacon. 3.…Em-brāce'or, n. p. 440(Law.) One who attempts to influence a jury corruptly.Em-brā'cer, n. p. 440One who embraces.Em-brā'cer-y, n. p. 440(Law.) An attempt to influence a jury, court, &c., corruptly, by promises, persuasions, entreaties, money, entertainments, or the like. Blackstone.Em-brāid′, v. t. p. 440To upbraid. [Obs.] Sir T. Elyot. 2. To braid up, as hair. [Obs.] Spenser.Em-brānch'ment, n. p. 440The branching forth, as of trees.Em-brā’sure, n. p. 440An embrace. [Obs.] “Our locked embrasures.” Shak. 2. (Fort.) An opening in a wall or parapet, through which cannon are pointed and discharged. [See Illust. of Casemate.] Him shall no sunshine from…Em-brāve', v. t. p. 440To inspire with bravery. [Obs.] Behn. 2. To make conspicuous or showy; to embellish; to decorate. [Obs.] With sad cypress seemly it embraves. Spenser.Em-brēath'ment, n. p. 440The act of breathing in; inspiration. [Rare.] The special and immediate suggestion, embreathment, and dictation of the Holy Ghost. W. Lee.Em-brew′, v. t. p. 440To strain or distil.Em-bright'(-brit'), v. t. p. 440To make bright; to brighten. [Obs.] Cunningham.Em'bro-câte, v. t. p. 440(Med.) To moisten and rub, as a diseased part, with a liquid substance, as with spirit, oil, &c., by means of a cloth or sponge.Em-bro-cā'tion, n. p. 440(Med.) (a.) The act of moistening and rubbing a diseased part with some substance, as spirit, oil, &c. (b.) The liquid or lotion with which an affected part is rubbed or washed.Em-brō'glio, n. p. 440A noisy, confused quarrel; an affray; a broil. See IMBROGLIO.Em-broid'er, v. t. p. 440To cover with ornamental needle-work or figures; to adorn with raised figures of needle-work; as, to embroider muslin. “Embroidered purple clothes.” Pope. Thou shalt embroider the coat of fine linen.…Em-broid'er-er, n. p. 440One who embroiders.Em-broid'er-y, n. p. 440Work in gold, silver, silk, or other thread, formed by the needle on cloth, stuffs, and muslin, into various figures; variegated needle-work. “Silk and rich embroidery.” Cowley. 2. Diversified…Em-broil’, v. t. p. 440To throw into perplexity, contention, or trouble; to entangle; to distract; to bring into difficulties; to disturb. The Christian antiquities at Rome ... are embroiled with fable and legend. Addison.…Em-broil', n. p. 440The same as EMBROILMENT.Em-broil'ment, n. p. 440A state of contention, perplexity, or confusion; disturbance; imbroglio. Burnet.Em-brōnze′, v. t. p. 440To execute in bronze; as, to embronze a statue.Em-brōth'el, v. t. p. 440To inclose in a brothel. [Rare.] Donne.Em-brown', v. t. p. 440To give a brown color to; to make brown; to imbrown. See IMBROWN. Summer suns embrown the laboring swain. Fenton.Em-brue', v. t. p. 440See IMBRUE.Em-brute′, v. t. p. 440To reduce to the level of a brute; to brutify; to imbrute. “All the man embruted in the swine.” Cawthorne.Ĕm'br-y-o, n. p. 440The first rudiments of an organized being or thing, whether animal or plant, as, the young of an animal in the womb; or, more specifically, before its parts are developed and it becomes a fetus; or…Ĕm'brȳ-o, a. p. 440Pertaining to, or having the quality of, any thing in its first rudiments, or undeveloped state; as, an embryo bud.Ĕm'bry-o-gĕn'ic, a. p. 440Pertaining to the development of an embryo.Em'bry-ōg'e-ny, n. p. 440The science of the production and development of embryos.Ĕm'/bry-ŏg'/o-ny, n. p. 440(Anat.) The formation of an embryo.Em'bry-ōg'ra-phy, n. p. 440A general description of embryos.Ĕm'bry-o-lŏg'ie-al, a. p. 440Of, or belonging to, embryology.Em'bry-ōl'o-gist, n. p. 440One skilled in embryology.Ĕm'/bry-ŏl'o-gy, n. p. 440The doctrine of the development of the embryo and fetus of animals. Agassiz.Em’bry-on, n. p. 440The same as EMBRYO, q. v.Em'bry-on, a. p. 440Rudimental; embryo.Ĕm’bry-o-nal, a. p. 440Pertaining to an embryo, or the initial state of any organ; embryonary.Em'bry-o-na-ry, a. p. 440Pertaining to the production or development of an embryo.Ĕm'brȳ-o-nate or Ĕm'brȳ-o-nā'ted, a. p. 440In the state of, or having, an embryo; embryonal.