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emboss

1. em.boss \im-'ba:s, -'bo.s\ vt [ME embosen to become exhausted fr. being 
   hunted] obs  : to drive (as a hunted animal) to bay 
2. emboss \-m*nt\ vt [ME embosen, fr. MF embocer, fr. en- + boce boss] 1: 
   to raise the surface of into bosses; esp : to ornament with rai sed work 2: 
   to raise in relief from a surface  3: ADORN, EMBELLISH  - em.boss.er n