Definition of Embossments

1. embossment [n] - See also: embossment

Lexicographical Neighbors of Embossments

embosking
embosks
embosom
embosomed
embosoming
embosoms
emboss
embossable
embossed
embosser
embossers
embosses
embossing
embossings
embossment
embossments (current term)
embost
embottle
embottled
embottles
embottling
embouchement
embouchure
embouchures
embound
embounded
embounds
embow
embowed

Literary usage of Embossments

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Memoirs of the Connecticut Academy of Arts & Sciences by Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences, Yale University (1911)
"Within this field are five large embossments, each surrounded by a single row ... The large embossments are realistic representations of the female breast, ..."

2. Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Charles Knight (1843)
"Carapace without notable embossments, even on its anterior portion. £>***•(•. Latero-anterior borders delicate and deeply cut. Description. ..."

3. A Historical and Descriptive Catalogue of the European and Asiatic by Joseph Butterworth Bulmer Clarke, Adam Clarke (1835)
"... black, and blue, with richly illuminated titles, &c.; the paper is powdered with gold; original black binding, with gold embossments.— Large 8vo., pp. ..."

4. Bulletin by Geological Society of America (1893)
"Several excellent opportunities for observing the behavior of ice in passing over low embossments were offered. From the front of the embossment there ..."

5. The Journal of Geology by University of Chicago Department of Geology and Paleontology (1897)
"glacial lobe, the dirt bands are traced, many will be found disappearing at the cataracts, or the embossments of the bottom, or at the spurs on the sides. ..."

6. Works of the Camden Society by Camden Society (Great Britain), Royal Historical Society (Great Britain) (1880)
"That there would be several embossments to be made in Lead which could not be done in Copper. Answer, 'Tis surprizing that any Artist should urge, ..."

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