a. [ad. Gr. ἐμπαιστική (τέχνη) the art of embossing, f. ἐμπαίειν to beat in, emboss.] In phrase Empæstic art: the art of embossing.
1850. Leitch, trans. C. O. Müller’s Anc. Art, § 173. 152. Embossed silver plates with ornaments of gold riveted on them (therefore works of the empæstic art).
