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embossing

The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2011 | Copyright

embossing process of producing upon various materials designs or patterns in relief by mechanical means. The material is pressed between a pair of dies especially adapted to its hardness and the depth of the design needed. A felt counter or female die is employed for embossing fabrics, while metal, millboard, or cardboard is used for embossing metal, cardboard, or paper. Leather for bookbinding and wood for furniture ornamentation are die stamped while wet. Embossing differs from other relief design processes, such as repoussé, chasing, carving, and leather tooling, in being machine wrought.

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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

em·boss / emˈbôs; -ˈbäs/ • v. [tr.] [usu. as adj.] (embossed) carve or mold a design on (a surface) so that it stands out in relief: an embossed brass dish. ∎ decorate (a surface) with a raised design. DERIVATIVES: em·boss·er n. em·boss·ment n.

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A Dictionary of the Internet | 2001 | | Copyright

embossing A technique which when applied to a GRAPHIC IMAGE gives the impression that the image has been carved out of some base material such as stone.

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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

emboss mould in relief XIV; cover with protuberances XV. — OF. *embocer, f. EM-1 + boce, bosse BOSS1.

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Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

emboss •across, boss, Bros, cos, cross, crosse, doss, dross, emboss, en brosse, floss, fosse, gloss, Goss, joss, Kos, lacrosse, loss, moss, MS-DOS, Ross, toss •Laos •Áyios Nikólaos, chaos •Eos • Helios •Chios, Khíos •Lesbos • straw boss • Phobos • rooibos •extrados • kudos • reredos • intrados •Calvados • Argos • Lagos • logos •Marcos • telos •Delos, Melos •Byblos • candyfloss •tholos, Vólos •bugloss • omphalos • Pátmos •Amos, Deimos, Sámos •Demos • peatmoss • cosmos • Los Alamos • Lemnos • Hypnos • Minos •Mykonos • tripos • topos • Atropos •Ballesteros, pharos, Saros •Imbros • criss-cross • rallycross • Eros •albatross • monopteros • Dos Passos •Náxos • Hyksos • Knossos • Santos •benthos •bathos, pathos •ethos • Kórinthos

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