embayment.html - v.tr.
1 enclose in or as in a bay; shut in.
2 form (a coast) into bays.

embayment n.

embayment.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)]

embayment.html - v.tr.
shut in or confine (a river etc.) with an artificial bank.

embayment.html - n.
an earth or stone bank for keeping back water, or for carrying a road or railway.

embayment.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))]

embayment.html - v.
1 tr. & intr. (often foll. by for) put or go on board a ship or aircraft (to a destination).
2 intr. (foll. by on, upon) engage in an activity or undertaking.

embarkation n. (in sense 1). [F embarquer (as IN-(2), BARK(3))]