Emily Dickinson Lexicon

EM-BOW'EL, v.t. [en, in, and bowel.]

1. To take out the entrails of an animal body; to eviscerate. Shak.
2. To take out the internal parts. Fossils and minerals that the emboweled earth / Displays. Philips.
3. To sink or inclose in another substance. Spenser.

EM-BOW'EL-ED, pp.

Deprived of intestines; eviscerated; buried.

EM-BOW'EL-ER, n.

One that takes out the bowels.

EM-BOW'EL-ING, ppr.

Depriving of entrails; eviscerating, burying.

EM-BOW'EL-MENT, n.

The act of taking out the bowels; evisceration. Lamb.

EM-BOW'ER, v.i. [from bower.]

To lodge or rest in a bower. Spenser.

EM-BOX'ED, a.

Inclosed, as in a box.

EM-BRACE', n.

1. Inclosure or clasp with the arms; pressure to the bosom with the arms.
2. Reception of one thing into another.
3. Sexual intercourse; conjugal endearment.

EM-BRACE', v.i.

To join in an embrace. Shak.

EM-BRACE', v.t. [Fr. embrasser, from en and bras, the arm; Sp. abrazar, from brazo, the arm; It. abbracciare, imbracciare, from braccio, the arm; Ir. umbracaim, from brac, the arm. See Brace.]

1. To take, clasp, or inclose in the arms; to press to the bosom, in token of affection. Paul called to him the disciples and embraced them. Acts xx.
2. To seize eagerly; to lay hold on; to receive or take with willingness that which is offered; as, to embrace the Christian religion; to embrace the opportunity of doing a favor.
3. To comprehend; to include or take in; as, natural philosophy embraces many sciences. Johnson.
4. To comprise; to inclose; to encompass; to contain; to encircle. Low at his feet a spacious plain is placed, Between the mountain and the stream embraced. Denham.
5. To receive; to admit. What is there that he may not embrace for truth? Locke.
6. To find; to take; to accept. Fleance – must embrace the fate / Of that dark hour. Shak.
7. To have carnal intercourse with.
8. To put on. Spenser.
9. To attempt to influence a jury corruptly. Blackstone.

EM-BRAC'ED, pp.

1. Inclosed in the arms; clasped to the bosom; seized: laid hold on; received; comprehended; included; contained; accepted.
2. Influenced corruptly; biased; as a juror. Blackstone.

EM-BRACE'MENT, n.

1. A clasp in the arms; a hug; embrace. Sidney.
2. Hostile hug; grapple. [Little used.] Sidney.
3. Comprehension; state of being contained; inclosure. [Little used.] Bacon.
4. Conjugal endearment; sexual commerce. Shak.
5. Willing acceptance. [Little used.]

EM-BRAC'ER, n.

1. The person who embraces. Howel.
2. One who attempts to influence a jury corruptly.

EM-BRAC'ER-Y, n.

In law, an attempt to influence a jury corruptly to one side, by promises, persuasions, entreaties, money, entertainments, or the like. Blackstone.

EM-BRAC'ING, ppr.

1. Clasping in the arms; pressing to the bosom; seizing and holding; comprehending; including; receiving; accepting; having conjugal intercourse.
2. Attempting to influence a jury corruptly. Blackstone.

EM-BRAID', v.t.

To upbraid. [Not in use.] Elyot.

EM-BRA'SURE, n. [s as z. Fr. from embraser, to widen. Lunier. If Lunier is right, this coincides with the Sp. abrasar, Port. abrazar, to burn, Sp. to squander or dissipate.]

1. An opening in a wall or parapet, through which cannon are pointed and discharged.
2. In architecture, the enlargement of the aperture of a door or window, on the inside of the wall, for giving greater play for the opening of the door or casement, or for admitting more light. Encyc.

EM-BRAVE', v.t. [See Brave.]

1. To embellish; to make showy. [Obs.] Spenser.
2. To inspire with bravery; to make bold. Beaum.

EM-BRAV'ED, pp.

Made showy; inspired with bravery.

EM'BRO-CATE, v.t. [Gr. εμβρεχω, βρεχω, to moisten, to rain; It. embroccare.]

In surgery and medicine, to moisten and rub a diseased of the body with a liquid substance, as with spirit, oil, &c., by means of a cloth or spunge. Coxe. Encyc.

EM'BRO-CA-TED, pp.

Moistened and rubbed with a wet cloth or spunge.

EM'BRO-CA-TING, ppr.

Moistening and rubbing a diseased part with a wet cloth or spunge.

EM-BRO-CA'TION, n.

1. The act of moistening and rubbing a diseased part, with a cloth or spunge, dipped in some liquid substance, as spirit, oil, &c. Coxe. Encyc.
2. The liquid or lotion with which an affected part is rubbed or washed.

EM-BROID'ER, v.t. [Fr. broder; Sp. and Port. bordar; W. brodiaw, to embroider, to make compact, to darn. Qu. border.]

To border with ornamental needle-work, or figures; to adorn with raised figures of needle-work; as cloth, stuffs, or muslin. Thou shalt embroider the coat of fine linen. Ex. xxviii.

EM-BROID'ER-ED, pp.

Adorned with figures of needlework.