embolus

[Lat., from Gr. embolos =something running to a point; a wedge, a graft.] [EMBOLISM.] 1. Ord . Lang .: Something inserted in another and moving therein, as a wedge, a piston of a steam cylinder, the bucket or plunger of a pump. which a chemical liquor resembling engine, in "Our members make a sort of an hydraulic through elastic channels by an embolus , like the heart."Arbuthnot. 2. Bot .: A plug-like proce , projecting downward from the upper part of the cavity of the ovary in Armeria. embonpoint (an-bon-pwân), s . [Fr, from em = en =in; bon =good, and point =condition.] Plumpne of person or figure; stoutne , fleshine . ěm-bor-der, *im-bor-děr, v. t. [Prefix em; Eng, border (q. v.).] To adorn or furnish with a border. em-bordered, im-bor-dered, pa. par. or a. [EMBORDER.] A. As pa . par .: (See the verb.) B. As adjective : *1. Ordinary Lang.: Adorned or set off with a border; bordered. 2. Her .: Having a border of the same color, metal, or fur as the field. [EMBORDURED.] ěm-bor-düred, a. [Prefix em, and Fr.bordure =a border.] Her.: The same as EMBORDERED, a. (q. v.)