A.putting in, Thphr.Od.26 (pl.): esp. putting into its place, setting or reduction of a fracture or a dislocated limb, “ἐμβολὴν ποιεῖσθαι” Hp.Fract.13; mode of setting, Id.Art.2.
2. insertion of a letter, “ἐ. ποιεῖσθαι” Pl.Cra. 437a.
3. lading of a cargo, PStrassb.111.16 (iii B. C.), POxy.62.11 (iii A. D.): esp. shipment of corn to Rome and Constantinople, BGU15ii3 (ii A. D.), etc.; αἰσία ἐ. Just.Edict.13.4.1.
b. esp.ramming of one ship by another, A.Pers.279 (lyr.), 336; ἀντιπρῴροις χρῆσθαι ταῖς ἐ. Th.7.36, etc. (opp. προσβολή, collision, ib.70); ἐμβολὰς ἔχειν to receive such charges, X.HG4.3.12; δοῦναι to make them, Plb.1.51.6, etc.; in A.Pers.415 ἐμβολαῖς χαλκοστόμοις with shocks of brazen beaks (nisi leg. ἐμβόλοις).
c. shock of battering-ram, Onos.42.5 (pl.).