emboîture, n.f., socket, clamp; (pottery) collar. L’— des os; the juncture of the bones.

embolie, n.f., (med.) embolism.

embolisme, n.m., embolism.

embolismique, adj., embolismic, embolismal.

embonpoint, n.m., plumpness, corpulence, stoutness, obesity. Prendre de l’—; to get stout, to pick up flesh. Perdre son —; to fall away, to lose flesh.

emboquer, v.a., to feed, to cram food down.

s’emboquer, v.r., to cram food down one another’s throat.

embordurer, v.a., (l.u.) to put in a frame, to frame.

embossage, n.m., (nav.) bringing the broadside to bear.

embosser, v.a., (nav.) to bring the broadside to bear.