embossing, vbl. n.
(ɛmˈbɒsɪŋ)
[f. emboss v.1 + -ing1.]
a. The action of the verb emboss; also attrib., as in embossing-iron, embossing-machine, embossing-press. b. concr. Embossed ornamentation; formerly in wider sense, swelling, protuberance.
| c 1430 Lydg. Bochas i. xx. (1554) 36 If their brestes up to high them dresse, They can..thenbosing doun represse. 1541 R. Copland Guydon's Quest. Chirurg., Of them [bones] that haue enbossyng. 1580 Hollyband Treas. Fr. Tong, La Bosse..the embossing of a Jewell. 1626 Bacon Sylva §878 All Engravings and Embossings (afar off) appear plain. c 1865 J. Wylde in Circ. Sc. I. 272/1 The..embossings on the paper are made by the method of reverse currents. |