v. Obs. Also 5–6 enbolne. [f. EN- + BOLNE.] trans. To cause to swell or rise; fig. to puff up. Hence Embolning vbl. sb.
1430. Lydg., Chron. Troy, I. ix. With yrous herte enbolned all with pride.
c. 1525. Skelton, Replyc., Wks. 1862, II. 232. Yong scolers nowe a dayes enbolned with the flyblowen blast of the moche vayne glorious pipplyng wynde.
1598. Nashe, Christ’s T., 14 b. Embolning the billowes vppe to the ayre, with roring and howling [they] darte themselues on euery Rocke.
1692. in Coles.
1775. Ash, Embolned, swelled.
