Meaning of imboss | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Archaic form of emboss.
   alt-of, archaic
2. Alternative spelling of emboss.
   alt-of, alternative, archaic, obsolete

Examples

“[S]o glorious vvas her Throne, / In vvhich himſelfe to ſit great Neptune had been knovvn; / […] / No Fiſh in this vvide vvaſte but vvith exceeding coſt / VVas there in Antique vvorke moſt curiouſly imboſt.”

“His Cattel muſt of Rot and Murren die⟳, / Botches and blaines muſt all his fleſh imboſs, / And all his people; […]”

“This may alſo be obſerv'd in the beſt ſort of vvhat the Chymiſts call⟳ Regulus Martis Stellatus, vvhere the Figure⟳ of a Star, or a Figure⟳ ſomevvhat like⟳ that of the Decoction of the Soot lately mentioned, vvill frequently appear⟳ imboſt upon the upper Superficies of the Regulus; and ſuch a raiſed Figure⟳ I have⟳ ſeen on a Maſs of Regulus made of Antimony vvithout Mars.”

“I fed on ſcarlet hips and ſtoney havvs, / Or bluſhing crabs, or berries that imboſs / The bramble, black as jet, or ſloes auſtere.”

“I suppose⟳ (except I be moche deceiued) thou seest me nat stare⟳ with myn eyen, or my mouthe imbosed, or the colour of my face⟳ chaunged, or any other deformitie in my persone or gesture, or that my wordes be swyfte, or my voyce louder than modestie requyreth, or that I am unstable in my gesture or motion, whiche be the sygnes and euident tokens of wrathe and impacience.”

“But ſee, ah ſee, I ſee hovv Loue caſts off Deſire his Hound, / A fell fleet Dogge, that hunts my Heart by parſee each-vvheare found. / Svveet Cynthea rate the eger Curre, and ſo thy foe preuent, / For, loe, a farre my chaſed Heart imboſte and almoſt ſpent.”

“[W]e haue almoſt imboſt him, you ſhall ſee his fall⟳ to night; for indeede he is not for your Lordſhippes reſpect.”

[W]e have almost exhausted him; you shall see his fall tonight, for indeed he is not worthy of your Lordship's respect.

“VVhen like⟳ a Deere before the hounds imboſte, / VVhen him his ſtrength beginneth to forſake, / […] / Thus ſtill I ſhift me from the Princes face⟳, / VVhich hath me novv continually in chaſe.”

“[I]t is the nature of a Deare vvhen he is once imboſt, or vvearie, to ſeeke vvhere he may find⟳ another Deare, and to beate him vp and lay⟳ himſelfe dovvne in his place⟳.”

“For on the Shore the Hunters him [a stag] attend⟳; / And vvhilſt the Chace grevv vvarm as is the day / (VVhich novv from the hot Zenith does deſcend) / He is imbos'd, and vveary'd to a Bay.”

“Great God! my Time's but ſhort, and long my vvay, / My heart hath loſt her Path, and gone aſtray, / My ſpirit's faint, and fraile, my ſoule's imboſt, / If thou helpe not, I am for ever loſt; […]”

“An Elephant from one of thoſe / Tvvo mighty Armies is broke looſe, / […] / Look⟳ quickly, leſt the Sight of us / Should cauſe the ſtartled Beaſt t’imboſs.”

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