| 释义 |
embossing, vbl. n.|ɛmˈbɒsɪŋ|
[f. emboss v.1 + -ing1.]
a. The action of the verb emboss; also attrib., as in embossing-iron, embossing-machine, embossing-press.
b. concr. Embossed ornamentation; formerly in wider sense, swelling, protuberance.
c1430Lydg. Bochas i. xx. (1554) 36 If their brestes up to high them dresse, They can..thenbosing doun represse. 1541R. Copland Guydon's Quest. Chirurg., Of them [bones] that haue enbossyng. 1580Hollyband Treas. Fr. Tong, La Bosse..the embossing of a Jewell. 1626Bacon Sylva §878 All Engravings and Embossings (afar off) appear plain. c1865J. Wylde in Circ. Sc. I. 272/1 The..embossings on the paper are made by the method of reverse currents. |