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Traditional English :: embalm
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embalmment.html - v.tr. 1 preserve (a corpse) from decay orig. with spices, now by means of arterial injection. 2 preserve from oblivion. 3 endue with balmy fragrance. embalmer n. embalmment n. [ME f. OF embaumer (as EN-(1), BALM)] |
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Traditional English :: embalm
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embalmment.html - v.tr. 1 preserve (a corpse) from decay orig. with spices, now by means of arterial injection. 2 preserve from oblivion. 3 endue with balmy fragrance. embalmer n. embalmment n. [ME f. OF embaumer (as EN-(1), BALM)] |
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Traditional English :: embalm
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embalmment.html - v.tr. 1 preserve (a corpse) from decay orig. with spices, now by means of arterial injection. 2 preserve from oblivion. 3 endue with balmy fragrance. embalmer n. embalmment n. [ME f. OF embaumer (as EN-(1), BALM)] |
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Traditional English :: embank
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embalmment.html - v.tr.
shut in or confine (a river etc.) with an artificial bank. |
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Traditional English :: embankment
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embalmment.html - n.
an earth or stone bank for keeping back water, or for carrying a road or railway. |
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Traditional English :: embargo
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embalmment.html - n. & v. --n. (pl. -oes)
1 an order of a State forbidding foreign ships to enter, or any ships to leave, its ports.
2 an official suspension of commerce or other activity (be under an embargo).
3 an impediment. --v.tr. (-oes, -oed)
1 place (ships, trade, etc.) under embargo.
2 seize (a ship, goods) for State service. [Sp. f. embargar arrest f. Rmc (as IN-(2), BAR(1))] |
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