Embroglio
Em‐brogl″io (?), n. See Imbroglio.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Em‐brogl″io (?), n. See Imbroglio.
Em‐broid″er (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Embroidered (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Embroidering.] [OE. embrouden. See Broider.] To ornament with needlework; as, to embroider a scarf.Thou shalt...
Em‐broid″er‐er (?), n. One who embroiders.
Em‐broid″er‐y (?), n.; pl.Embroideries (�). 1. Needlework used to enrich textile fabrics, leather, etc.; also, the art of embroidering.2. Diversified ornaments, especially by co...
Em‐broil″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Embroiled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Embroiling.] [F. embrouiller; pref. em- (L. in) + brouiller. See 1st Broil, and cf. Imbroglio.] 1. To throw into ...
Em‐broil″, n. See Embroilment.
Em‐broil″er (?), n. One who embroils.
Em‐broil″ment (?), n. [Cf. F. embrouillement.] The act of embroiling, or the condition of being embroiled; entanglement in a broil. Bp. Burnet.
Em‐bronze″ (?), v. t. 1. To embody in bronze; to set up a bronze representation of, as of a person.2. To color in imitation of bronze. See Bronze, v. t.
Em‐broth″el (?), v. t. To inclose in a brothel. Donne.
{ Em‐broud″e (?), Em‐browd″e, Em‐broyd″e (?) }, v. t. To embroider; to adorn.Embrowded was he, as it were a meadAll full of fresshe flowers, white and red. Chaucer.
Em‐brown″ (?), v. t. [Pref. em- (L. in) + brown.] To give a brown color to; to imbrown.Summer suns embrown the laboring swain. Fenton.
Em‐brue″ (?), v. t. See Imbrue, Embrew.
Em‐brute″ (?), v. t. [Pref. em- (L. in) + brute. Cf. Imbrute.] To brutify; to imbrute.All the man embruted in the swine. Cawthorn.
Em″bry‐o (?), n.; pl.Embryos (#). [F. embryon, Gr. ἔμβρυον, perh. fr. � in (akin to L. � E. in) + � to be full of, swell with; perh. akin to E. brew.] (Biol.) The first rudiment...
Em″bry‐o, a. Pertaining to an embryo; rudimentary; undeveloped; as, an embryo bud.
Em″bry‐o sac′ (?). (Bot.) See under Embryonic.
Em′bry‐o‐gen″ic (?), a.(Biol.) Pertaining to the development of an embryo.
Em′bry‐og″e‐ny (?), n. [Gr. ἔμβρυον an embryo + root of � to produce: cf. F. embryogénie.] (Biol.) The production and development of an embryo.
Em′bry‐og″o‐ny (?), n. [Gr. ἔμβρυον an embryo + γονή generation.] (Biol.) The formation of an embryo.
Em′bry‐og″ra‐phy (?), n. [Gr. ἔμβρυον an embryo + -graphy.] (Biol.) The general description of embryos.
{ Em′bry‐o‐log″ic (?), Em′bry‐o‐log″ic‐al (?), } a.(Biol.) Of or pertaining to embryology.
Em′bry‐ol″o‐gist (?), n. One skilled in embryology.
Em′bry‐ol″o‐gy (?), n. [Gr. ἔμβρυον an embryo + -logy: cf. F. embryologie.] (Biol.) The science which relates to the formation and development of the embryo in animals and plant...
Em″bry‐on (?), n. & a. See Embryo.
Em″bry‐o‐nal (?), a.(Biol.) Pertaining to an embryo, or the initial state of any organ; embryonic.
Em″bry‐o‐na‐ry (?), a.(Biol.) Embryonic.