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ent, a head on a coin, or the like. Then o'er the lofty gate his art embossed Androgeo's death. Dryden. Exhibiting flowers in their natural color embossed upon a purple ground. Sir W. Scott.

Needlework used to enrich textile fabrics, leather, etc.; also, the art of embroidering.

To put to death by thrusting a sharpened stake through the body.

A putting to death by thrusting a sharpened stake through the body.

lt market town. Macaulay. It is pride . . . which fills our streets, our emporiums, our theathers. Knox.

A small wrenlike Australian bird (Stipiturus malachurus), having the tail feathers long and loosely barbed, like emu feathers.

To form a glossy surface like enamel upon; as, to enamel card paper; to enamel leather or cloth.

a sac, bladder, or vesicle; as, an encysted tumor. The encysted venom, or poison bag, beneath the adder's fang. Coleridge.

Termination of being; death; destruction; extermination; also, cause of death or destruction. Unblamed through life, lamented in thy end. Pope. Confound your hidden falsehood, and award Either of you to be the other's end. Shak. I shall see an end of him. Shak.

Termination; concluding part; result; conclusion; destruction; death.

Wrapped up within a leaf or sheath.

Having the radicle of the embryo sheathed by the cotyledon, through which the embryo bursts in germination, as in many monocotyledonous plants.

ortitude was most admirable in their patience and endurance of all evils, of pain and of death. Sir W. Temple.

yielding; as, metals endure a certain degree of heat without melting; to endure wind and weather. Both were of shining steel, and wrought so pure, As might the strokes of two such arms endure. Dryden.

The act of developing a new coat of hair, a new set of feathers, scales, etc.; -- opposed to ecdysis.

s produced; especially, an instrument or machine of war or torture. "Terrible engines of death." Sir W. Raleigh.

A hawk gradually changing the color of its feathers, commonly in the second year.

of royalty or of high authority; hence, to invest with sovereign authority or dignity. Beneath a sculptured arch he sits enthroned. Pope. It [mercy] is enthroned in the hearts of kings. Shak.

To twine, twist, or wreathe together or round. [Written also intwine.] Entwined in duskier wreaths her braided locks. Shelley. Thy glorious household stuff did me entwine. Herbert.

To twist or wreathe round; to intwine. Shak.