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But on every one of them, in the centre or some other part of the embossment, appeared this image of the sun.

From The Virgin of the Sun by Haggard, Henry Rider

Imagine under the sea a tortoise shell as big as Hyde Park or the Champs Elysées, of which every striature is a shallow, and every embossment a reef.

From The Man Who Laughs by Hugo, Victor

Too unused to remonstrance to make it effective, Mrs. Carr had suffered the offending decoration in meekness, while Jimmy, having a taste for embossment, honestly regarded the peacocks as "handsome."

From Life and Gabriella The Story of a Woman's Courage by Glasgow, Ellen Anderson Gholson