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v. Fig . 936. EMBATTLED. Embay', v . a . [ En and bay .] To inclose in a bay or inlet; to land lock; to inclose between capes or promontories. Embden, or Emden, ( em'den ,) a seaport-town of Hanover, being the second in that former kingdom in respect of size and importance, prov. Aurich, on the N. bank of the æstuary of the Ems, or rather of the bay called Dollart, 15 m. S.W. of Aurich. There are ship-building docks. Pop . 15,827. Emb'den, in Maine , a post-township of Somerset co., on the Kennebec River, abt. 40 m. N. by W. of August a; pop . abt. 1,100. Emb'den Centre, in Maine , a post-village of Somerset co., on the Kennebec River, abt. 40 m. N. by W. of August a. Embeam', v. a. To clothe or cover with beams of light. Embed', or IMBED, v. a. [ En and bed .] To lay, as in a bed; to lay in surrounding matter. Embed'ment, n. Act of embedding. Embellish, v. a. [Fr. embellir -en, and belle ; Lat. bell us, pretty, handsome, fine, neat, contracted from benulus , from ben us bonus, good] To make beautiful or elegant by ornaments; to make graceful or elegant, as manners; to adorn; to deck; to decorate; to ornament; to beautify; to illustrate. Embellished, p . a . Adorned; decorated; beautiful. Embellisher, n. One who embellishes; one who IMG:content-0033.png:[blocks in formation] Embellishment, n. [Fr. embelli ement.] Act of embellishing or adorning; anything that adds beauty or elegance; ornament; decoration; grace; beauty; elegance. Ember-days, n . pl . [Sax. yml-ren, or ymb-ryne-ymb, about, around, and ryne, Goth. runs, a course, anniversary.) ( Eccl .) In the Roman Catholic Church, certain days, first appointed by Pope Calixtus A. D. 220, to be set apart for fasting and prayer, and for imploring the ble ing of God on the fruits of the earth, and on the ministers ordained at these times. The E.D. occur four times in the year, being the Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday after the first Sunday in Lent; after the Feast of Pentecost or Whit sunday; after the Festival of the Holy Cro , on the 14th of September; and after the Festival of St. Lucia, on the 13th of December. The weeks in which E. D. fall are called ember-weeks. The Sun days immediately following these seasons are still appointed by the canons of the Church of England for the ordination of priests and deacons. Derivation of the term is doubtful. By some it is derived from the Greek hemerai , days; by others from the Saxon ymbrea , a circle or revolution. Others still, connect the term with the A. Sax. amyrian, (Dan, emmer,) in the sense of ashes, which the primitive Christians strewed on their heads at these solemn festivals. Ember-goose, n. [Ger. imber.) (Zool.) The great northern diver, a species of Colymbus . See COLYMBIDE. Emberiza, n. A genus of birds in the cla ification of Gray, corresponding to the genus PLECTROPHANES, q.v. Embers, n. pl. [A. S. amyrian; Dan. emmer ; Icel. eymyria, hot ashes. Hot ashes or cinders; small coals of fire with ashes; the residuum of wood, coal, or other combustibles not extinguished. Ember-weeks, n . pl . The weeks on which the ember days fall. Embezzle, v. a. [Nor. embeasiler, to filch; O. Fr. bester, or beffler, to deceive, to gull; Sp. embauco, to impose upon, to cheat. Etymol. unknown.] To purloin; to appropriate fraudulently to one's own use what is intrusted to one's care and management; to waste; to di ipate in extravagance. Embezzlement, n . ( Law .) Act of embezzling, or fraudulently appropriating to one's own use the money or goods intrusted to one's care and management; the thing appropriated; larceny by clerks, servants, or agents. An E. is in substance, and e entially, a larceny, aggravated rather than palliated by the violation of a trust or contract, instead of being, like larceny, a trespa . Embezzler, n. One who embezzles. Embillow, v. a. To heave as the waves of the sea; to swell. Embit'ter, v. a. To imbitter. Embit'terment, n. The act of imbittering. (R.) Emblaze', v. a. [ En and blaze .] To set in a blaze; to kindle; to adorn with glittering embellishments. ( Her .) To point or adorn with figures armorial; to blazon. Emblazon, v. a. [Fr. blasoner. See BLAZON.] To display pompously; to adorn with figures of heraldry or ensigns armorial. Emblazoner, n. A blazoner; one who emblazons; a herald; one who publishes and displays with pomp. Emblaʼzonment, n. An emblazoning. Emblazonry, n. Pictures on shields; display of figures; heraldic ornaments. Emblem, n. [Fr. emblême; Gr. emblema, from emballo -en, and ballo , to throw or cast.] In the primary sense of the word, a piece of mosaic, or any work in which bits of one kind of material are inserted or set into another. In the general acceptation of the term, anything which, by a ociation of ideas, appears to be a visible and suitable representation of some abstract quality, or it has a similar meaning to that of the word derice, q. v. Thus the lamb is the emblem of meekne , humility, and docility; the lion, of courage and magnanimity; the dog, of fidelity; and the fox, of craft and cunning. The eagle is the emblem of imperial power, as it is reputed to be the king of birds, and often styled the royal bird. Other things have been taken as emblems of persons, as they are a ociated with them by historical recollections: thus the gridiron is the emblem of St. Lawrence, as the instrument of his martyrdom; the wheel, that of St. Catharine, for a similar reason. An angel bearing a pen is the emblem of St. Matthew; a lion, that of St. Mark; a bull, of St. Luke; and an eagle, of St. John. Flowers are supposed to be emblematic of various qualities, and are, in consequence, sometimes used in the East as a means of communication. Emblematic, or EMBLEMATICAL, a. Pertaining to, or comprising, an emblem; representing by some allusion or customary connection, or by similar qualities; using emblems. Emblematically, adv . By means of emblems; in the manner of emblems. Emblematicise, v . a. To emblematize. (R.) Emblem'atist, n. A writer or inventor of emblems. Emblem'atize, v. a. To represent by an emblem. Emblements, n . pl . [0. Fr. embler , to sow with corn, from blé , corn.] ( Law . ) The right of a tenant to take and carry away, after his tenancy has ended, such annual products of the land as have resulted from his own care and labor. Emblemize, v. a. To emblematize. (R.) Embloom', v. a . [ En , and bloom , q. v.] To cover or enrich with bloom. Emblo om, v. a. To cover with bloom or blo om. Embodied, p . a. Collected or formed into a body. Embod'ier, n. He that embodies. Embodiment, n. Act of embodying; the state of being embodied. Embod'y, v. a. [ En and body .] To form into a body; to invest with matter; to make corporeal. - To form into a collection or system. - To bring into a band, company, regiment, brigade, army, or other regular a emblage. To collect. Embrace', v. a. [Fr.embra er-en, and bras , the arm; Lat. brachium.] To take or hold within the arms; to pre to the bosom in token of affection; to hug; to clasp: to inclose; to seize eagerly or ardently; to lay hold on; to comprehend; to comprise; to encompa ; to encircle; to include; to contain; to receive; to admit; to accept. (Law.) To attempt to corrupt a jury. -v.n. To join in an embrace. Embogu'ing, n. [Fr. embouchure, from bouche, Lat. bucca, mouth. The mouth of a river. (R.) Embold'en, v. a. [ En , and bold .] To give boldne or courage to; to encourage. Embold'ener, n. One who emboldens. Em'bolism, n. [Fr. embolisme; Gr. embolism a , from emballo-en, and ballo , to throw or cast.] That which is thrown in, or inserted; intercalation; the insertion of days, months, or years in an account of time, to produce regularity; intercalated time. Embolis'mal, a . Pertaining to an embolism or intercalation; intercalated; inserted. Embolism a tic, or EMBOLISM A TICAL, a. Embolismic. Embolis'mic, or EMBOLIS'MICAL, a. Intercalated; inserted. Em'bolite, n. ( Min .) A chlorobromide of silver, color asparagus to olive-green, resembling horn-silver. It constitutes the principal silver ore of the mines of Chafñarsillo, Chili. Em'bolus, n. pl . EMBOLI. [Gr. embolos , from emballo , to put in.] An, thing inserted and acting in another, as a wedge, or the piston of a pump, or of a steam-engine. Embonpoint, ( ang bòng - pwâng , n. [Fr.] Plumpne . Emborder, v. a. O. Fr. emborder-en, and border .] To adorn with a border. Embo ', v. a. [ En , and bo .] To raise or form bo es or protuberances; to fashion in relievo or raised work; to cut or form with prominent figures; to cover, as with bo es or protuberances. Embo ed', p . a. Formed or covered with bo es or raised figures. ( Bot .) Projected in the centre like the bo of a shield. Embo 'ing, n. [Fr. embo er , from bo e , a stud.] ( Arts .) The art of obtaining patterns of any kind, or inscriptions, in relief, on cloth, leather, felt, metal, pasteboard, or paper. It is effected by subjecting the material on which it is desired to raise any pattern to very great pre ure, which may be applied vertically by the sharp blow of a die, or by a cylinder. For embo ing crests, or names, on paper and envelopes, a small stamping machine is used, and the device desired is cut in intaglio on the die. The paper is placed on a piece of soft metal stamped by the die, and therefore having the device in relief, and the impre ion is obtained by pre ing the die forcibly on it by means of a lever. For embo ing woollen goods, the cylinders which are used must have the pattern cut on them in intaglio; but for velvets, and embo ing paper of any size, the patterns must be in relief. The following is the proce adopted when cylinders are used. The engraved cylinder, or embo ing-roller, and another of the same diameter, called the bed-roller, are set closely together, and the material is pa ed between them. The bed-roller is made of paper (see CALENDERING), and covered with felt, to prevent it from receiving and retaining any impre ion from the embo ing-roller. The cylinder on which the pattern is cut is made hollow, to receive heated irons, or to be heated by steam. Leather may be embo ed by pre ure, or by rendering it supple by moisture, and then fashioning it into the desired shape on a mould cut for the purpose. Ornaments for picture frames and the interior decoration of apartments, which closely resemble carved oak, may be made in this manner. The cloth which is used for binding books is embo ed by pa ing the material between two steel rollers engraved with the required pattern, which are heated by gas jets from pipes pa ing through the centre of the rollers, which are hollow. When there is any peculiar device on the cover of a book bound in cloth, and there is much gilding about it, the cloth is first glued to the millboard covers, and subjected to great pre ure from the die engraved for the purpose, after it has been laid on an iron plate, which is heated from beneath by gas. Embo 'ment, n. A prominence like a bo ; a jut; relief; a figure in relievo; raised work. Embottle, u . a . [ En , and bottle .] To put in a bottle; to bottle; to include or confine in a bottle. Embouchure,' n . [Fr., from en, and bouche, mouth.] A mouth or aperture, as of a river, cannon, . (Mus.) The mouth-piece of a wind-instrument. Embow', v . a . [ En , and bow .] To form like a bow; to arch; to vault. Embowed', a. ( Her .) Applied to anything which is bent like a bow. Embow'el, v. a. En , and bowel .] To take out the bowels or entrails of an animal body; to eviscerate; to take out the internal parts of; to sink or inclose in another substance. Embow'eler, Embow'eller, n . One who takes out the bowels. Embow'elment, n. Act of taking out the bowels; evisceration. Embow'er, v. n. [ En , and bower .] To lodge or rest in a bower. -v. a. To inclose in or cover with a bower; to shelter with trees. Embox', v. a. [ En , and box , q. v.] See Embo . with the arms; a hug; a clasp; a grapple; reception of one thing into another; conjugal endearment. Embraceor, n . ( Law . ) One who practices embracery. Embrac'er, n . [Fr.] One who embraces. Embracery, n. ( Law .) An attempt to corrupt a jury in favor of one party in a trial, by promises, persuasion, entreaties, money, entertainment, and the like. The punishment for this misdemeanor, of the person embracing and the jurors embraced, is by fine and imprisonment. Embranch'ment, n. The act or the proce of forming a branch. Embra's ure, n. [Fr., from embraser , to fire, to set on fire- en , and braise , burning charcoal; root Teut. bras , or bras a , a bright fire.] ( Fort .) An opening in a wall or parapet to hold a bright fire; the indent of a battlement through which cannon are pointed and discharged. (Arch.) The enlargement of the aperture of a door or window on the inside of the wall, for giving greater play for the opening of the door or casement, or for admitting more light. (Gun.) A piece of iron which grasps the trunnions of a piece of ordnance, when raised to the boring-machine. Em'breeville, in Pennsylvania , a P. O. of Chester co Embright', v. a. To make bright; to brighten. Embro, a village of prov. of Ontario, co. of Oxford, abt. 100 m. S.W. of Toronto; pop . abt. 500. Embroca'do, n. A pa in fencing. Em'brocate, v. a. [L. Lat. embroco, embrocatum; Gr. embro - che , a fomentation, from embrecho , to fomenten, and brecho, to wet on the surface, akin to Lat. regare; Ger. regen; Eng. rain.] ( Med .) To foment or moisten and rub, as a diseased part of the body, with a liquid substance. Embroca'tion, n. [Fr., from L. Lat. embrocatio.] (Med.) Act of moistening and rubbing a diseased part with a cloth or sponge dipped in some liquid substance. The liquid with which an affected part is washed. Embroglio, (em-brol'yo,) n. See EMBROIL, and IM Embroider, v. a. [Fr. broder , from border , to border, by transposition of letters. See BORDER.] To surround with a border or edge; to border with ornamental needlework or figures; to adorn with raised figures of needlework. BROGLIO. IMG:content-0034.png:[blocks in formation] Embroiderer, n. One who embroiders. Embroidery, (em-broid'er-e,) n. [Fr. broderie.] The art of working ornamental figures with a needle and thread. The art of E. is one of the oldest, and has always been one of the most important, domestic occupations among Oriental nations. It was practised among the Hebrews in the time of Moses; and the women of Sidon were famous for their embroidery before the siege of Troy. In after years, the women of Greece were celebrated for their proficiency in the same art; and some of their productions are said to have equalled, if not surpa ed, many of the finest paintings then exist ing. The inhabitants of Peru, when discovered by the Spaniards, had in their po e ion elaborate embroideries of gold and silver on feathers, which they manufactured with great skill. In the Middle Ages, ecclesiastical tapestry, curtains, priests' vestments, ., were all embroidered with the needle; and screens, corridor linings, ., were the daily handiwork of some of the noblest ladies, a isted by their handmaidens. In the present day, all E. may be divided into two cla es, -E. on stuffs, and on muslin. The first cla includes all ornamental needle-work upon articles of furniture, standards, church vestments, .; the second is employed usually upon articles of female apparel, such as caps, collars, . Stuff E. is performed by means of a loom, and is executed with gold, silver, silk, cotton, and woollen threads. Muslin E. is generally accomplished by hand, the fabric being stretched upon a frame This kind of work has been very fashionable of late years; although at first looked upon only as an elegant accomplishment for ladies, it now forms an article of considerable traffic, and gives employment to a large number of persons. Berlin - wool - work is a sort of E. which has been in vogue for many years among ladies. The fabric worked upon is generally stretched upon a frame, and the design to be embroidered is drawn upon it; or oftener, an engraving, in which lines are drawn corresponding with the threads of the fabric, is used. The name is derived from the fact that a print-seller named Wittich, in Berlin, up to 1810, sold the best patterns for this kind of work. Machine E. has given a great impetus to the art, and some years ago a machine was invented by which one person could guide 80 to 140 needles, all working at the same time. Several kinds of sewing-machines can be used for embroidering. Embroil', v. a. [Fr. embrouiller-en, and brouiller, to jumble, mix, or blend together. See BROIL.] To confuse; to confound; to perplex; to mingle: to intermix in confusion; to involve in troubles or perplexities; to entangle; to encumber; to confound; to distract; to disturb; to disorder; to trouble. -v. n.