vbl. sb. [f. EMBOSS v.1 + -ING1.] a. The action of the verb EMBOSS; also attrib., as in embossing-iron, -machine, -press. b. concr. Embossed ornamentation; formerly in wider sense, swelling, protuberance.
c. 1430. Lydg., Bochas, I. xx. (1554), 36. If their brestes up to high them dresse, They can … thenbosing doun represse.
1541. R. Copland, Guydon’s Quest. Chirurg. Of them [bones] that haue enbossyng.
1580. Hollyband, Treas. Fr. Tong, La Bosse … the embossing of a Jewell.
1626. Bacon, Sylva, § 878. All Engravings and Embossings (afar off) appear plain.
c. 1865. J. Wylde, in Circ. Sc., I. 272/1. The … embossings on the paper are made by the method of reverse currents.
