Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Embanking"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
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