† emballv.1
Obsolete.
transitive. To pack up, do up into packages.
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the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > gather together [verb (transitive)] > make into a pack or parcel
hamperc1400
packc1400
to pack up1530
mail1570
emball1588
fardel1594
packet1621
farla1640
to make up1709
embale1727
bale1762
parcel1775
empacket1825
make1849
package1917
1588 T. Hickock tr. C. Federici Voy. & Trauaile f. 17 v The marchandize..they emball it well with Oxe hides.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
emballv.2
/ɛmˈbɔːl/ 1. transitive. To encompass with a sphere.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > enclosing or enclosure > enclose [verb (transitive)] > enclose in a receptacle or surrounding mass > in a receptacle > in or as in a sphere
emball1580
embow1605
sphere1607
ensphere?1614
orba1644
englobe1797
inorb1847
1580 Sir P. Sidney & Countess of Pembroke in E. Farr Sel. Poetry Reign Elizabeth (1845) I. 84 Thou spheare, within whose bosom play The rest that earth emball.
1875 R. Browning Aristophanes' Apol. 129 As lark emballed by its own crystal song.
2. (See emballing n.)
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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