Embossed
[ɪm'bɔsd]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Emboss
(a.) Formed or covered with bosses or raised figures.
(a.) Having a part projecting like the boss of a shield.
(a.) Swollen; protuberant.
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Examples
- The first embossed metal plates were linked together in the form of an endless chain, similar to the rubber type plates. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The embossed letters were printed on a ribbon of paper which ran centrally through the machine. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Invents Embossed Metal Address Plate. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- If this disk was removed from the machine and put on a similar machine provided with a contact point, the embossed record would cause the signals to be repeated into another wire. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- A new addressograph was perfected for printing impressions from these embossed metal plates. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The younger man had added an improvement of his own; instead of the dots and dashes being indicated by the markings of a pen or pencil they were embossed on the paper with a metal stylus. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- To the beautiful effects produced by the use of modern embossing machines on paper and wood have been added many charming patterns in _embossed_ leather. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
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