envelope machine

A machine for cutting out and folding envelopes for letters. ěn-věl-oped, pa. par. & a. [ENVELOP, v.] A. As pa . par .: (See the verb.) B. As adjective: 1. Ord. Lang .: Wrapped up, surrounded, covered, enwrapped. 2. Her .: Applied to charges around which serpents, or laurels or other plants, are entwined. ěn-věl-op-ment, s. [Eng. envelop ; -ment .] I. Literally : 1. The act of enveloping, wrapping up, or cover. ing. 2. That which envelopes or covers up; an envelope, a wrapper. *II. Anything which covers so as to hide or obscure; obscurity, perplexity. "They have found so many contrary senses in the same text, that it is become difficult to see any sense at all, through their envelopements." - Search: Freewill, . (1763), Pref.