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