0 present participle of emboss --
1 to decorate an object, especially with letters, using special tools that make a raised mark on its surface: --
Most have a complex surface employing many techniques, including glazing, incision, embossing, and the use of photographic transfers, which requires several firings.
Numerous inscriptions placed by various methods (painting, engraving, embossing) on their original media survive just as they were except for the ravages of time.
It is possible also that it will be necessary to change the price of a canned commodity between the time of embossing the cans and the date of sale.
I hope that any firms which are considering changing their system of embossing and installing new machinery will consider the possibility of doing this.
I accept that those are all formidable difficulties, but it is important to consider the present position in regard to the embossing of tinned goods.
Embossing at the poll is considered to provide a safeguard also against the inadvertent issue of two ballot papers instead of one.
Each regimental pay office at home and the larger pay offices overseas are in possession of embossing and printing machines.
There is also the problem of cost of new machinery for embossing.
