Obs. [f. EMBOSS v.2 + -ED1.] Of a hunted animal: Driven to extremity; foaming at the mouth from exhaustion. Also transf. of persons.
1641. Bp. Hall, in Rem. Wks. (1660), 91. The enbossed heart panteth for the rivers.
1649. Selden, Laws Eng., II. xxvi. (1739), 117. Like an embossed Stag … he must run and out-run all.
a. 1658. Cleveland, Gen. Poems (1677), 100. Once more to single out my emboss’d Committee-man.
