The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Emboss \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.
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            Botches and blains must all his flesh emboss.
                                                  --Milton.
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   2. To raise in relief from a surface, as an ornament, a head
      on a coin, or the like.
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            Then o'er the lofty gate his art embossed
            Androgeo's death.                     --Dryden.
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            Exhibiting flowers in their natural color embossed
            upon a purple ground.                 --Sir W.
                                                  Scott.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Embossed \Em*bossed"\ (?; 115), a.
   1. Formed or covered with bosses or raised figures.
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   2. Having a part projecting like the boss of a shield.
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   3. Swollen; protuberant. [Obs.] "An embossed carbuncle."
      --Shak.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

embossed
    adj 1: embellished with a raised pattern created by pressure or
           embroidery; "brocaded silk"; "an embossed satin";
           "embossed leather"; "raised needlework"; "raised
           metalwork" [syn: brocaded, embossed, raised]

Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

63 Moby Thesaurus words for "embossed":
   anaglyphic, anaglyptic, anastatic, bold, bossed, bossy, carved,
   ceroplastic, chased, confirmed, deep-dyed, deep-engraven,
   deep-fixed, deep-grounded, deep-laid, deep-rooted, deep-seated,
   deep-set, deep-settled, dyed-in-the-wool, embedded, engrafted,
   engraved, engraven, entrenched, established, etched,
   firmly established, glyphic, glyptic, graven, hammered, implanted,
   impressed, imprinted, in relief, indelibly impressed, infixed,
   ingrained, ingrown, inveterate, inwrought, long-established,
   modeled, molded, old-line, on a rock, on bedrock, raised, rooted,
   sculpted, sculptile, sculptured, set, settled, stabilized,
   toreutic, vested, well-established, well-founded, well-grounded,
   well-set, well-settled