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Embanking definitions

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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Embank Em*bank", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Embanked; p. pr. & vb. n. Embanking.] [Pref. em- + bank. Cf. Imbank.] To throw up a bank so as to confine or to defend; to protect by a bank of earth or stone.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Embar Em*bar", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Embarred; p. pr. & vb. n. Embanking.] [Pref. em- + bar: cf. F. embarrer. Cf. Embargo.] 1. To bar or shut in; to inclose securely, as with bars. Where fast embarred in mighty brazen wall. --Spenser. 2. To stop; to hinder by prohibition; to block up. He embarred all further trade. --Bacon.