Dictionary entry

Embar

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Em‐bar″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Embarred (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Embanking.] [Pref. em- + bar: cf. F. embarrer. Cf. Embargo.] 1. To bar or shut in; to inclose securely, as with bars.

Where fast embarred in mighty brazen wall. Spenser.

2. To stop; to hinder by prohibition; to block up.

He embarred all further trade. Bacon.