单词 | embossment-map |
释义 | > as lemmasembossment-map 2. concrete. A figure carved or moulded in relief; embossed ornament. Now rare. Also attributive, as in embossment-map, a map of which the surface is moulded in elevations and depressions. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > plastic art > [noun] > relief > article executed in embossment1620 relievo1627 relief1675 stamping1862 tondo1877 1620 T. Dekker Dreame sig. A3 There you see the golden Embosments, and curious Enchacings. 1731 Capt. Pownall in Bibliotheca Topographica Britannica No. 2 (1781) ii. 166 An urn..of..clay..without any inscription or embossement. 1813 J. Hogg Queen's Wake i. i. 48 Beneath rose an embossment proud,—A rose beneath a thistle bowed. 1881 Nature 16 June 149/1 All the necessary data for making an embossment-map. < as lemmas |
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