c. 1386. Chaucer, Pers. T., ¶ 870. To ben a clene widewe, and to eschiewe the embrasynges of men.
14[?]. Epiph. (Tundale’s Vis., 113). And all the enbrasyng of the goodly cheyne.
1474. Caxton, Chesse, II. ii. She shold sitte on the lift side of the kyng for the … enbrasynges of her husbond.
1555. W. Watreman, Fardle Facions, II. i. G vi b. Thei absteine fro the embrasinges neither of sister ne mother.
1563–87. Foxe, A. & M. (1596), 130/1. His nobles … he did allure to the imbrasing of good letters.
1566. Gascoigne, Supposes, Wks. (1587), 11. Farewell … the kind imbracings.
1643. Prynne, Sov. Power Parl., I. 7. The embracing of the Protestant Religion.
1719. De Foe, Crusoe (ed. 3), I. 222. Eager Embracings of the Object.
1827. Pollok, Course T., V. The kind embracings of the heart.
