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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