0 past simple and past participle of emboss
1 to decorate an object, especially with letters, using special tools that make a raised mark on its surface:
On the other half of the tag the name and address of the butcher to whom the carcase is being sent is likewise embossed.
Flexibility is required in the indication of the open date, for example, edge marking and embossed systems should be acceptable.
On the other hand, one wonders whether there is any real safeguard against forgery in having the papers marked or embossed.
Anybody who has been connected with cases of forgery must remember the extreme difficulty of dealing with such cases in regard to these embossed stamps.
Secondly, the numerals on the banknotes will be 'feelable' : they will be embossed.
An embossed crest on plain crockery produced by the action of the mould is permitted.
In regard to the stamping of the papers with the embossed stamp, my experience is that it is not so effective as the perforated stamp.
On it are embossed the name and status of the holder, together with a reference number.
