† emˈbail, v. Obs.
[f. en- + bail n.2 (? or n.3).]
trans. To enclose in a ring. Hence emˈbailing vbl. n.
| 1593 Nashe Christ's T. 276 A blacke inckie hood embayling her [the Moones] bright head. 1599 ― Lent. Stuffe (1871) 22 The procerous stature of it, so embailing and girdling in this mount. 1623 Cockeram Eng. Dict. ii, A Compassing about, circuition..Embayling. |