embossed

Adjective

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (1)

embellished with a raised pattern created by pressure or embroidery“brocaded silk”“an embossed satin”“embossed leather”“raised needlework”“raised metalwork”Synonyms: brocaded raised

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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 raise the surface of into bosses or protuberances; particularly, to ornament with raised work. [1913 Webster]

Botches and blains must all his flesh emboss.— Milton.[1913 Webster]

2.To raise in relief from a surface, as an ornament, a head on a coin, or the like. [1913 Webster]

Then o'er the lofty gate his art embossed Androgeo's death.— Dryden.[1913 Webster]

Exhibiting flowers in their natural color embossed upon a purple ground.— Sir W. Scott.[1913 Webster]

Embossed \Em*bossed"\ (?; 115), a.

1.Formed or covered with bosses or raised figures. [1913 Webster]

2.Having a part projecting like the boss of a shield. [1913 Webster]

3.Swollen; protuberant. [Obs.] "An embossed carbuncle." --Shak. [1913 Webster]