v. i. To boil with anger; to effervesce. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To cause to boil with anger; to irritate; to chafe. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; to throw in. See Embolism. ] 1. Embolismic. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Med.) Pertaining to an embolism; produced by an embolism; as, an embolic abscess. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Biol.) Pushing or growing in; -- said of a kind of invagination. See under Invagination. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. embolismus, from Gr. &unr_; to throw or put in, insert; cf. &unr_; intercalated: cf. F. embolisme. See Emblem. ] 1. Intercalation; the insertion of days, months, or years, in an account of time, to produce regularity; as, the embolism of a lunar month in the Greek year. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Intercalated time. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Med.) The occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus. Embolism in the brain often produces sudden unconsciousness and paralysis. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to embolism; intercalary; as, embolismal months.

{ } a. Embolismic.

{ } a. [ Cf. F. embolismique. ] Pertaining to embolism or intercalation; intercalated; as, an embolismic year, i. e., the year in which there is intercalation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Gr. &unr_; something thrown in between. ] (Min.) A mineral consisting of both the chloride and the bromide of silver. [ 1913 Webster ]