embosom

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To conceal; to hide from view; to embosom.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah

The hills embosom a clear little creek called after the yellow rattlesnake, which is almost as plentiful a luxury in these wilds as the grasshopper.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 106, August, 1866 by Various

Do they not embosom him in a style of grandeur worthy, if such it be, of a "City of Palaces?"

From Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) by Wilson, John Lyde

Other parts are laid into floors, or wrought into wainscoting, or carved for frames of noble pictures, or fashioned into chairs that embosom the weakness of old age.

From How to Succeed or, Stepping-Stones to Fame and Fortune by Marden, Orison Swett

We give ourselves in all seriousness to horticulture, and embosom the chalet in flowers, of which we are passionately fond.

From Letters of Two Brides by Balzac, Honoré de