Embay
(Em*bay") v. t. [Pref. em- + bay to bathe.] To bathe; to soothe or lull as by bathing. [Obs.]
Spenser.
Embay
(Em*bay"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Embayed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Embaying.] [Pref. em- + 1st bay.]
To shut in, or shelter, as in a bay.
If that the Turkish fleet
Be not ensheltered and embayed, they are drowned.
Shak. Embayment
(Em*bay"ment) n. A bay. [R.]
The embayment which is terminated by the land of North Berwick.
Sir W. Scott. Embeam
(Em*beam") v. t. To make brilliant with beams. [R.] G. Fletcher.
Embed
(Em*bed") v. t. [imp. & p. p. Embedded; p. pr. & vb. n. Embedding.] [Pref. em- + bed.
Cf. Imbed.] To lay as in a bed; to lay in surrounding matter; to bed; as, to embed a thing in clay, mortar,
or sand.
Embedment
(Em*bed"ment) n. The act of embedding, or the state of being embedded.
Embellish
(Em*bel"lish) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Embellished ; p. pr. & vb. n. Embellishing.] [OE. embelisen,
embelisshen, F. embellir; pref. em- (L. in) + bel, beau, beautiful. See Beauty.] To make beautiful
or elegant by ornaments; to decorate; to adorn; as, to embellish a book with pictures, a garden with shrubs
and flowers, a narrative with striking anecdotes, or style with metaphors.
Syn. — To adorn; beautify; deck; bedeck; decorate; garnish; enrich; ornament; illustrate. See Adorn.
Embellisher
(Em*bel"lish*er) n. One who embellishes.
Embellishment
(Em*bel"lish*ment) n. [Cf. F. embellissement.]
1. The act of adorning, or the state of being adorned; adornment.
In the selection of their ground, as well as in the embellishment of it.
Prescott. 2. That which adds beauty or elegance; ornament; decoration; as, pictorial embellishments.
The graces and embellishments of the exterior man.
I. Taylor. Ember
(Em"ber) n. [OE. emmeres, emeres, AS. myrie; akin to Icel. eimyrja, Dan. emmer, MHG.
eimere; cf. Icel. eimr vapor, smoke.] A lighted coal, smoldering amid ashes; — used chiefly in the plural,
to signify mingled coals and ashes; the smoldering remains of a fire. "He rakes hot embers." Dryden.
He takes a lighted ember out of the covered vessel.
Colebrooke. Ember
(Em"ber), a. [OE. ymber, AS. ymbren, ymbryne, prop., running around, circuit; ymbe around +
ryne a running, fr. rinnan to run. See Amb-, and Run.] Making a circuit of the year of the seasons; recurring
in each quarter of the year; as, ember fasts.
Ember days (R. C. & Eng. Ch.), days set apart for fasting and prayer in each of the four seasons of
the year. The Council of Placentia [a. d. 1095] appointed for ember days the Wednesday, Friday, and
Saturday after the first Sunday in Lent, Whitsuntide, the 14th of September, and the 13th of December.
The weeks in which these days fall are called ember weeks.
Ember-goose
(Em"ber-goose`) n. [Cf. Norw. embergaas, hav-imber, hav-immer, Icel. himbrin, himbrimi.]
(Zoöl.) The loon or great northern diver. See Loon. [Written also emmer-goose and imber-goose.]
