EMBOSSING, or IMBOSSING, in architecture and sculpture, the forming or fashioning works in relievo, whether cut with a chisel or otherwise.
Embossing is a kind of sculpture, wherein the figures stick out from the plane wherein it is cut: and according as the figures are more or less prominent, they are said to be in alto, mezzo, or basso, relievo; or high, mean, or low, relief. See EXCAVING.