† emballingn.
(Probably used in indelicate sense; explained by commentators as ‘investing with the ball as the emblem of royalty’.)
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1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII ii. iii. 47 For little England You'ld venture an emballing . View more context for this quotation
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