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Work chased or embossed relief.

Pertaining to the art of chasing or embossing in relief; anaglyptic; -- opposed to diaglyptic or sunk work.

Relating to the art of carving, enchasing, or embossing in low relief.

The art of carving in low relief, embossing, etc.

An instrument by which a correct engraving of any embossed object, such as a medal or cameo, can be executed. Brande & C.

The art of copying works in relief, or of engraving as to give the subject an embossed or raised appearance; -- used in representing coins, bas-reliefs, etc.

n the year in which the annual meetings of religious and benevolent societies are held in Boston and New York. [Eastern U. S.]

The spiral tubular proboscis of lepidopterous insects. See Lepidoptera.

The wild buffalo of India (Bos, or Bubalus, arni), larger than the domestic buffalo and having enormous horns.

arranged his men in the streets. Berners. [They] were beginning to arrange their hampers. Boswell. A mechanism previously arranged. Paley.

Any place of retreat and security. Earth has no other asylum for them than its own cold bosom. Southey.

The bully tree (Minusops globosa); also, its milky juice (balata gum), which when dried constitutes an elastic gum called chicle, or chicle gum.

The wild ox of Java (Bibos Banteng).

The lap or bosom. [Obs.] Chaucer.

An animal of the genus Bos, especially the common species, B. taurus, including the bull, cow, and ox, in their full grown state; esp., an ox or cow fattened for food.

To set or adorn, as with studs or bosses; to set thickly; to stud; as, to bestud with stars. Milton.

In the space which separates; betwixt; as, New York is between Boston and Philadelphia.

swelling or sore; a bulla, pustule, or blister. Blotches and blains must all his flesh emboss. Milton.

ead of ten nutlets. The commonest species are V. Pennsylvanicum and V. vacillans. V. corymbosum is the tall blueberry.

ion; a boil; an eruptive disease. [Obs. or Dial.] Botches and blains must all his flesh emboss. Milton.