Chapter 78

The graces and embellishments of the exterior man.

I. Taylor.

Em"ber (?), n. [OE. emmeres, emeres, AS. &?;myrie; akin to Icel. eimyrja, Dan. emmer, MHG. eimere; cf. Icel. eimr vapor, smoke.] A lighted coal, smoldering amid ashes; -- used chiefly in the plural, to signify mingled coals and ashes; the smoldering remains of a fire. "He rakes hot embers." Dryden.

He takes a lighted ember out of the covered vessel.

Colebrooke.

Em"ber, a. [OE. ymber, AS. ymbren, ymbryne, prop., running around, circuit; ymbe around + ryne a running, fr. rinnan to run. See Amb-, and Run.] Making a circuit of the year of the seasons; recurring in each quarter of the year; as, ember fasts.

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Ember days (R. C. & Eng. Ch.), days set apart for fasting and prayer in each of the four seasons of the year. The Council of Placentia [a. d. 1095] appointed for ember days the Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday after the first Sunday in Lent, Whitsuntide, the 14th of September, and the 13th of December. The weeks in which these days fall are called ember weeks.

Em"ber-goose` (?), n. [Cf. Norw. embergaas, hav-imber, hav-immer, Icel. himbrin, himbrimi.] (Zoöl.) The loon or great northern diver. See Loon. [Written also emmer-goose and imber-goose.]

Em"ber*ings (?), n. pl. Ember days. [Obs.]

Emberizidae n. a natural subfamily including buntings and some New World sparrows. Syn. -- subfamily Emberizidae, subfamily Emberizinae. [WordNet 1.5]

Em*bet"ter (?), v. t. To make better. [Obs.]

Em*bez"zle (m*bz"z'l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Embezzled (- z'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Embezzling (?).] [Norm. F. embeseiller to destroy; cf. OF. besillier to ill treat, ravage, destroy. Cf. Bezzle.] 1. To appropriate fraudulently to one's own use, as property intrusted to one's care; to apply to one's private uses by a breach of trust; as, to embezzle money held in trust.

2. To misappropriate; to waste; to dissipate in extravagance. [Obs.]

To embezzle our money in drinking or gaming.

Sharp.

Em*bez"zle*ment (?), n. The fraudulent appropriation of property by a person to whom it has been intrusted; as, the embezzlement by a clerk of his employer's money; embezzlement of public funds by the public officer having them in charge.

Larceny denotes a taking, by fraud or stealth, from another's possession; embezzlement denotes an appropriation, by fraud or stealth, of property already in the wrongdoer's possession. In England and in most of the United States embezzlement is made indictable by statute.

Em*bez"zler (?), n. One who embezzles.

Em*bil"low (?), v. i. To swell or heave like a wave of the sea. [R.] Lisle.

Em`bi*ot"o*coid (?), a. [NL. Embiotoca, the name of one genus + -oid.] (Zoöl.) Belonging to, or resembling, the Embiotocidæ. -- n. One of a family of fishes (Embiotocidæ) abundant on the coast of California, remarkable for being viviparous; -- also called surf fishes and viviparous fishes. See Illust. in Append.

Em*bit"ter (?), v. t. To make bitter or sad. See Imbitter.

Em*bit"ter*ment (?), n. The act of embittering; also, that which embitters.

Em*blanch" (?), v. t. [Pref. em- + 1st blanch.] To whiten. See Blanch. [Obs.] Heylin.

Em*blaze" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Emblazed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Emblazing.] [Pref. em- + 1st blaze.] 1. To adorn with glittering embellishments.

No weeping orphan saw his father's stores Our shrines irradiate, or emblaze the floors.

Pope.

2. To paint or adorn with armorial figures; to blazon, or emblazon. [Archaic]

The imperial ensign, . . . streaming to the wind, With gems and golden luster rich emblazed.

Milton.

Em*bla"zon (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Emblazoned (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Emblazoning.] [Pref. em- + blazon. Cf. Emblaze.] 1. To depict or represent; -- said of heraldic bearings. See Blazon.

2. To deck in glaring colors; to set off conspicuously; to display pompously; to decorate.

The walls were . . . emblazoned with legends in commemoration of the illustrious pair.

Prescott.

Em*bla"zon*er (?), n. One who emblazons; also, one who publishes and displays anything with pomp.

Em*bla"zon*ing, n. The act or art of heraldic decoration; delineation of armorial bearings.

Em*bla"zon*ment (?), n. An emblazoning.

Em*bla"zon*ry (?), n.; pl. Emblazonries (&?;). The act or art of an emblazoner; heraldic or ornamental decoration, as pictures or figures on shields, standards, etc.; emblazonment.

Thine ancient standard's rich emblazonry.

Trench.

Em"blem (?), n. [F. emblème, L. emblema, -atis, that which is put in or on, inlaid work, fr. Gr. &?; a thing put in or on, fr. &?; to throw, lay, put in; &?; in + &?; to throw. See In, and Parable.] 1. Inlay; inlaid or mosaic work; something ornamental inserted in a surface. [Obs.] Milton.

2. A visible sign of an idea; an object, or the figure of an object, symbolizing and suggesting another object, or an idea, by natural aptness or by association; a figurative representation; a typical designation; a symbol; as, a balance is an emblem of justice; a scepter, the emblem of sovereignty or power; a circle, the emblem of eternity. "His cicatrice, an emblem of war, here on his sinister cheek." Shak.

3. A picture accompanied with a motto, a set of verse, or the like, intended as a moral lesson or meditation.

Writers and artists of the 17th century gave much attention and study to the composition of such emblems, and many collections of them were published.

Syn. -- Sign; symbol; type; device; signal; token. -- Sign, Emblem, Symbol, Type. Sign is the generic word comprehending all significant representations. An emblem is a visible object representing another by a natural suggestion of characteristic qualities, or an habitual and recognized association; as, a circle, having no apparent beginning or end, is an emblem of eternity; a particular flag is the emblem of the country or ship which has adopted it for a sign and with which it is habitually associated. Between emblem and symbol the distinction is slight, and often one may be substituted for the other without impropriety. See Symbol. Thus, a circle is either an emblem or a symbol of eternity; a scepter, either an emblem or a symbol of authority; a lamb, either an emblem or a symbol of meekness. "An emblem is always of something simple; a symbol may be of something complex, as of a transaction . . . In consequence we do not speak of actions emblematic." C. J. Smith. A type is a representative example, or model, exhibiting the qualities common to all individuals of the class to which it belongs; as, the Monitor is a type of a class of war vessels.

Em"blem (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Emblemed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Embleming.] To represent by an emblem; to symbolize. [R.]

Emblemed by the cozening fig tree.

Feltham.

{ Em`blem*at"ic (?), Em`blem*at"ic*al (?), } a. [Cf. F. emblématique.] Pertaining to, containing, or consisting in, an emblem; symbolic; typically representative; representing as an emblem; as, emblematic language or ornaments; a crown is emblematic of royalty; white is emblematic of purity. -- Em`blem*at"ic*al*ly, adv.

Em`blem*at"ic*cize (?), v. t. To render emblematic; as, to emblematicize a picture. [R.] Walpole.

Em*blem"a*tist (?), n. A writer or inventor of emblems. Sir T. Browne.

Em*blem"a*tize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Emblematized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Emblematizing (?).] To represent by, or as by, an emblem; to symbolize.

Anciently the sun was commonly emblematized by a starry or radiate figure.

Bp. Hurd.

Em"ble*ment (?), n. [OF. embleer to sow with corn, F. emblaver, fr. LL. imbladare; pref. in- + LL. bladum grain, F. blé.] (Law) The growing crop, or profits of a crop which has been sown or planted; -- used especially in the plural. The produce of grass, trees, and the like, is not emblement. Wharton's Law Dict.

Em"blem*ize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Emblemized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Emblemizing (?).] To represent by an emblem; to emblematize. [R.]

Em*bloom" (?), v. t. To emblossom. Savage.

Em*blos"som (?), v. t. To cover or adorn with blossoms.

On the white emblossomed spray.

J. Cunningham.

Em*bod"i*er (?), n. One who embodies.

Em*bod"i*ment (?), n. 1. The act of embodying; the state of being embodied.

2. That which embodies or is embodied; representation in a physical body; a completely organized system, like the body; as, the embodiment of courage, or of courtesy; the embodiment of true piety.

Em*bod"y (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Embodied (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Embodying.] To form into a body; to invest with a body; to collect into a body, a united mass, or a whole; to incorporate; as, to embody one's ideas in a treatise. [Written also imbody.]

Devils embodied and disembodied.

Sir W. Scott.

The soul, while it is embodied, can no more be divided from sin.

South.

Em*bod"y, v. i. To unite in a body, a mass, or a collection; to coalesce. [Written also imbody.]

Firmly to embody against this court party.

Burke.

Em*bogue" (?), v. i. [See Disembogue.] To disembogue; to discharge, as a river, its waters into the sea or another river. [R.]

Em*bo"guing (?), n. The mouth of a river, or place where its waters are discharged. [R.]

Em*boil" (?), v. i. To boil with anger; to effervesce. [Obs.] Spenser.

Em*boil", v. t. To cause to boil with anger; to irritate; to chafe. [Obs.] Spenser.

||Em`boîte"ment` (?), n. [F., fr. emboîter to fit in, insert; en in + boîte box.] (Biol.) The hypothesis that all living things proceed from preëxisting germs, and that these encase the germs of all future living things, inclosed one within another. Buffon.

Em*bold"en (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Emboldened (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Emboldening (?).] To give boldness or courage to; to encourage. Shak.

The self-conceit which emboldened him to undertake this dangerous office.

Sir W. Scott.

Em*bold"en*er (?), n. One who emboldens.

Em*bol"ic (?), a. [Gr. &?; to throw in. See Embolism.] 1. Embolismic.

2. (Med.) Pertaining to an embolism; produced by an embolism; as, an embolic abscess.

3. (Biol.) Pushing or growing in; -- said of a kind of invagination. See under Invagination.

Em"bo*lism (?), n. [L. embolismus, from Gr. &?; to throw or put in, insert; cf. &?; intercalated: cf. F. embolisme. See Emblem.] 1. Intercalation; the insertion of days, months, or years, in an account of time, to produce regularity; as, the embolism of a lunar month in the Greek year.

2. Intercalated time. Johnson.

3. (Med.) The occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus. Embolism in the brain often produces sudden unconsciousness and paralysis.

Em`bo*lis"mal (?), a. Pertaining to embolism; intercalary; as, embolismal months.

{ Em`bo*lis*mat"ic (?), Em`bo*lis*mat"ic*al (?), } a. Embolismic.

{ Em`bo*lis"mic (?), Em`bo*lis"mic*al (?), } a. [Cf. F. embolismique.] Pertaining to embolism or intercalation; intercalated; as, an embolismic year, i. e., the year in which there is intercalation.

Em"bo*lite (?), n. [From Gr. &?; something thrown in between.] (Min.) A mineral consisting of both the chloride and the bromide of silver.

Em"bo*lus (?), n.; pl. Emboli (#). [L., fr. Gr. &?; pointed so as to be put or thrust in, fr. &?; to throw, thrust, or put in. See Emblem.] 1. Something inserted, as a wedge; the piston or sucker of a pump or syringe.

2. (Med.) A plug of some substance lodged in a blood vessel, being brought thither by the blood current. It consists most frequently of a clot of fibrin, a detached shred of a morbid growth, a globule of fat, or a microscopic organism.

Em"bo*ly (?), n. [Gr. &?; a putting into.] (Biol.) Embolic invagination. See under Invagination.

||Em`bon`point" (?), n. [F., fr. en bon point in good condition. See Bon, and Point.] Plumpness of person; -- said especially of persons somewhat corpulent.

Em*bor"der (?), v. t. [Pref. em- (L. in) + border: cf. OF. emborder.] To furnish or adorn with a border; to imborder.

Em*bos"om (?), v. t. [Written also imbosom.] 1. To take into, or place in, the bosom; to cherish; to foster.

Glad to embosom his affection.

Spenser.

2. To inclose or surround; to shelter closely; to place in the midst of something.

His house embosomed in the grove.

Pope.

Some tender flower . . . . Embosomed in the greenest glade.

Keble.

Em*boss" (?; 115), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Embossed (?; 115); p. pr. & vb. n. Embossing.] [Pref. em- (L. in) + boss: cf. OF. embosser to swell in bunches.] 1. To raise the surface of into bosses or protuberances; particularly, to ornament with raised work.

Botches and blains must all his flesh emboss.

Milton.

2. To raise in relief from a surface, as an ornament, a head on a coin, or the like.

Then o'er the lofty gate his art embossed Androgeo's death.

Dryden.

Exhibiting flowers in their natural color embossed upon a purple ground.

Sir W. Scott.

Em*boss", v. t. [Etymology uncertain.] To make to foam at the mouth, like a hunted animal. [Obs.]

Em*boss", v. t. [Cf. Pr. & Sp. emboscar, It. imboscare, F. embusquer, and E. imbosk.] 1. To hide or conceal in a thicket; to imbosk; to inclose, shelter, or shroud in a wood. [Obs.]

In the Arabian woods embossed.

Milton.

2. To surround; to ensheath; to immerse; to beset.

A knight her met in mighty arms embossed.

Spenser.

Em*boss", v. i. To seek the bushy forest; to hide in the woods. [Obs.] S. Butler.

Em*bossed" (?; 115), a. 1. Formed or covered with bosses or raised figures.

2. Having a part projecting like the boss of a shield.

3. Swollen; protuberant. [Obs.] "An embossed carbuncle." Shak.

Em*boss"er (?; 115), n. One who embosses.

Em*boss"ment (?), n. 1. The act of forming bosses or raised figures, or the state of being so formed.

2. A bosslike prominence; figure in relief; raised work; jut; protuberance; esp., a combination of raised surfaces having a decorative effect. "The embossment of the figure." Addison.

Em*bot"tle (?), v. t. To bottle. [R.] Phillips.

||Em`bou`chure" (?), n. [F., fr. emboucher to put to the mouth; pref. em- (L. in) + bouche the mouth. Cf. Embouge, Debouch.] 1. The mouth of a river; also, the mouth of a cannon.

2. (Mus.) (a) The mouthpiece of a wind instrument. (b) The shaping of the lips to the mouthpiece; as, a flute player has a good embouchure.

Em*bow" (?), v. t. To bend like a bow; to curve. "Embowed arches." [Obs. or R.] Sir W. Scott.

With gilded horns embowed like the moon.

Spenser.

Em*bow"el (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Emboweled (?) or Embowelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Emboweling or Embowelling.] 1. To disembowel.

The barbarous practice of emboweling.

Hallam.

The boar . . . makes his trough In your emboweled bosoms.

Shak.

Disembowel is the preferable word in this sense.

2. To imbed; to hide in the inward parts; to bury.

Or deep emboweled in the earth entire.

Spenser.

Em*bow"el*er (?), n. One who takes out the bowels. [Written also emboweller.]

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.

2. To cling to; to cherish; to love. Shak.

3. To seize eagerly, or with alacrity; to accept with cordiality; to welcome. "I embrace these conditions." "You embrace the occasion." Shak.

What is there that he may not embrace for truth?

Locke.

4. To encircle; to encompass; to inclose.

Low at his feet a spacious plain is placed, Between the mountain and the stream embraced.

Denham.

5. To include as parts of a whole; to comprehend; to take in; as, natural philosophy embraces many sciences.

Not that my song, in such a scanty space, So large a subject fully can embrace.

Dryden.

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6. To accept; to undergo; to submit to. "I embrace this fortune patiently." Shak.

7. (Law) To attempt to influence corruptly, as a jury or court. Blackstone.

Syn. -- To clasp; hug; inclose; encompass; include; comprise; comprehend; contain; involve; imply.

Em*brace" (?), v. i. To join in an embrace.

Em*brace", n. Intimate or close encircling with the arms; pressure to the bosom; clasp; hug.

We stood tranced in long embraces, Mixed with kisses.

Tennyson.

Em*brace"ment (?), n. [Cf. F. embrassement.] 1. A clasp in the arms; embrace.

Dear though chaste embracements.

Sir P. Sidney.

2. State of being contained; inclosure. [Obs.]

In the embracement of the parts hardly reparable, as bones.

Bacon.

3. Willing acceptance. [Obs.]

A ready embracement of . . . his kindness.

Barrow.

Em*brace"or (?), n. (Law) One guilty of embracery.

Em*bra"cer (?), n. One who embraces.

Em*bra"cer*y (?), n. (Law) An attempt to influence a court, jury, etc., corruptly, by promises, entreaties, money, entertainments, threats, or other improper inducements.

Em*bra"cive (?), a. Disposed to embrace; fond of caressing. [R.] Thackeray.

Em*braid" (?), v. t. [Pref. em- (L. in) + 1st braid.] 1. To braid up, as hair. [Obs.] Spenser.

2. To upbraid. [Obs.] Sir T. Elyot.

Em*branch"ment (?), n. [Cf. F. embranchement.] The branching forth, as of trees.

Em*bran"gle (?), v. t. [Pref. em- (L. in) + brangle.] To confuse; to entangle.

I am lost and embrangled in inextricable difficulties.

Berkeley.

Em*bra"sure (?; 135), n. [See Embrace.] An embrace. [Obs.] "Our locked embrasures." Shak.

Em*bra"sure (277), n. [F., fr. embraser, perh. equiv. to ébraser to widen an opening; of unknown origin.] 1. (Arch.) A splay of a door or window.

Apart, in the twilight gloom of a window's embrasure, Sat the lovers.

Longfellow.

2. (Fort.) An aperture with slant sides in a wall or parapet, through which cannon are pointed and discharged; a crenelle. See Illust. of Casemate.

Em*brave" (?), v. t. 1. To inspire with bravery. [Obs.] Beaumont.

2. To decorate; to make showy and fine. [Obs.]

And with sad cypress seemly it embraves.

Spenser.

Em*brawn" (?), v. t. To harden. [Obs.]

It will embrawn and iron-crust his flesh.

Nash.

Em*bread" (?), v. t. [Pref. em- (L. in) + bread = 1st braid.] To braid. [Obs.] Spenser.

Em*breathe"ment (?), n. The act of breathing in; inspiration. [R.]

The special and immediate suggestion, embreathement, and dictation of the Holy Ghost.

W. Lee.

Em*brew" (?), v. t. To imbrue; to stain with blood. [Obs.] Spenser.

Em*bright" (?), v. t. To brighten. [Obs.]

Em"bro*cate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Embrocated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Embrocating.] [NL. embrocatus, p. p. of embrocare; cf. Gr. &?; lotion, fomentation, fr. &?; to foment; &?; in + &?; to wet.] (Med.) To moisten and rub (a diseased part) with a liquid substance, as with spirit, oil, etc., by means of a cloth or sponge.

Em`bro*ca"tion (?), n. [NL. embrocatio: cf. F. embrocation.] (Med.) (a) The act of moistening and rubbing a diseased part with spirit, oil, etc. (b) The liquid or lotion with which an affected part is rubbed.

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 embroider the coat of fine linen.

Ex. xxviii. 39.

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 contrasted figures and colors; variegated decoration.

Fields in spring's embroidery are dressed.

Addison.

A mere rhetorical embroidery of phrases.

J. A. Symonds.

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 confusion or commotion by contention or discord; to entangle in a broil or quarrel; to make confused; to distract; to involve in difficulties by dissension or strife.

The royal house embroiled in civil war.

Dryden.

2. To implicate in confusion; to complicate; to jumble.

The Christian antiquities at Rome . . . are so embroiled with &?;able and legend.

Addison.

Syn. -- To perplex; entangle; distract; disturb; disorder; trouble; implicate; commingle.

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. [Poetic]

2. To color in imitation of bronze. See Bronze, v. t.

Em*broth"el (?), v. t. To inclose in a brothel. [Obs.] Donne.

{ Em*broud"e (?), Em*browd"e, Em*broyd"e (?) }, v. t. To embroider; to adorn. [Obs.]

Embrowded was he, as it were a mead All 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. [Obs.]

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. 'e`mbryon, perh. fr. &?; in (akin to L. &?; E. in) + &?; to be full of, swell with; perh. akin to E. brew.] (Biol.) The first rudiments of an organism, whether animal or plant; as: (a) The young of an animal in the womb, or more specifically, before its parts are developed and it becomes a fetus (see Fetus). (b) The germ of the plant, which is inclosed in the seed and which is developed by germination.

In embryo, in an incipient or undeveloped state; in conception, but not yet executed. "The company little suspected what a noble work I had then in embryo." Swift.

Em"bry*o, a. Pertaining to an embryo; rudimentary; undeveloped; as, an embryo bud.

Em`bry*o*gen"ic (?), a. (Biol.) Pertaining to the development of an embryo.

Em`bry*og"e*ny (?), n. [Gr. 'e`mbryon an embryo + root of &?; to produce: cf. F. embryogénie.] (Biol.) The production and development of an embryo.

Em`bry*og"o*ny (?), n. [Gr. 'e`mbryon an embryo + gonh` generation.] (Biol.) The formation of an embryo.

Em`bry*og"ra*phy (?), n. [Gr. 'e`mbryon 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. 'e`mbryon an embryo + -logy: cf. F. embryologie.] (Biol.) The science which relates to the formation and development of the embryo in animals and plants; a study of the gradual development of the ovum until it reaches the adult stage.

Em"bry*on (?), n. & a. [NL.] 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.

{ Em"bry*o*nate (?), Em"bry*o*na`ted (?), } a. (Biol.) In the state of, or having, an embryonal.

Em`bry*on"ic (?), a. (Biol.) Of or pertaining to an embryo; embryonal; rudimentary.

Embryonic sac or vesicle (Bot.), the vesicle within which the embryo is developed in the ovule; -- sometimes called also amnios sac, and embryonal sac.

Em`bry*o*nif"er*ous (?), a. [Embryo + -ferous.] (Biol.) Having an embryo.

Em`bry*on"i*form (?), a. [Embryo + -form.] (Biol.) Like an embryo in form.