Em*bow"el*ment (?), n. Disembowelment.
Em*bow"er (?), v. t. To cover with a bower; to shelter with trees. [Written also imbower.] [Poetic] Milton. -- v. i. To lodge or rest in a bower. [Poetic] "In their wide boughs embow'ring. " Spenser.
Em*bowl" (?), v. t. To form like a bowl; to give a globular shape to. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney.
Em*box" (?), v. t. To inclose, as in a box; to imbox.
Em*boysse"ment (?), n. [See Embushment.] An ambush. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Em*brace" (m*brs"), v. t. [Pref. em- (intens.) + brace, v. t.] To fasten on, as armor. [Obs.] Spenser.
Em*brace", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Embraced (-brst"); p. pr. & vb. n. Embracing (-br"sng).] [OE. embracier, F. embrasser; pref. em- (L. in) + F. bras arm. See Brace, n.] 1. To clasp in the arms with affection; to take in the arms; to hug.
I will embrace him with a soldier's arm,
That he shall shrink under my courtesy.
Shak.
Paul called unto him the disciples, and embraced them.
Acts xx. 1.