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Definition of Imbossing
1. imboss [v] - See also: imboss
Lexicographical Neighbors of Imbossing
Literary usage of Imbossing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Ecclesiologist by Ecclesiological Society (1859)
"... iiij" Chayre Organ ' the 2 greater pypes of the chayre organ . . i * ^ Item
to him for imbossing ... with byce the ^ Item payd to him for imbossing and ..."
2. An universal etymological English dictionaryby Nathan Bailey by Nathan Bailey (1724)
"... to raile imbossing, a fort of Carving or Engraving, when the Figures iland
out from the Plain on which it is made. ..."
3. The Life of Josiah Wedgwood: From His Private Correspondence and Family by Eliza Meteyard (1866)
"... who the year previously had taken out a patent for 'Making, Chasing, or
imbossing in Lead all sorts of Girandoles, Frames for Pier-Glasses, Tablets, ..."
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