[f. EN- + BALL sb.]

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  1.  trans. To encompass with a sphere.

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1580.  Sidney & Lady Pembroke, in Farr’s S. P. Eliz. (1845), I. 84. Thou spheare, within whose bosom play The rest that earth emball.

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1875.  Browning, Aristoph. Apol., 129. As lark emballed by its own crystal song.

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  2.  (See EMBALLING vbl. sb.)

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