Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

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.