Definitions

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  • transitive verb obsolete To encircle or embrace.

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  • verb obsolete To encircle or embrace.

Etymologies

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See embale.

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Examples

  • All the marchandize they lade outwards, they emball it well with Oxe hides, so that if it take wet, it can haue no great harme.

    The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003

  • Les supports doubles ont une longueur de 1080 M/M afin de dposer facilement 2 tuiles sur un seul support. 1 support double complet pour tuile recouvrement pse 4,03 kg (non emball); 1 support double complet pour tuile faitire pse 4,8 kg (non emball).

    Chapter 12 1997

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