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▪ I. † emˈball, v.1 Obs. [a. F. emballe-r to pack up.] trans. To pack up, do up into packages.
1599Hakluyt Voy. II. i. 227 The marchandize..they emball it well with Oxe hides. ▪ II. emball, v.2|ɛmˈbɔːl| [f. en- + ball n.] 1. trans. To encompass with a sphere.
1580Sidney & Lady Pembroke in Farr S.P. Eliz. (1845) I. 84 Thou spheare, within whose bosom play The rest that earth emball. 1875Browning Aristoph. Apol. 129 As lark emballed by its own crystal song. 2. (See emballing vbl. n.) |