embossing-machine

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. A system of heated rolls, the faces of which are cut with an ornamental design, used to impress the design on figured velvets and other fabrics.
2. n. A machine for ornamenting woodsurfaces by pressing hot molds upon the wet wood and burning in the pattern, the charcoal being afterward removed. In some machines engraved rolls are used in place of stamps, and the wood is steamed and passed between the rolls while hot.
3. n. A machine for embossing an ornamental design on boot- and shoe-fronts.
4. n. A machine which stamps a figure or design on leather, such as alligator or seal, as it passes under or through the steel plates or rollers on which the figure or design has been cut.