Emily Dickinson Lexicon

EM-BAR-KA'TION, n.

1. The act of putting on board of a ship or other vessel, or the act of going aboard.
2. That which is embarked; as, an embarkation of Jesuits. Smollett.
3. [Sp. embarcacion.] A small vessel, or boat. [Unusual.] Anson's Voyage.