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word: East Indian
definition:
East Indian

East" In"di*an
(?; see Indian)
Belonging to, or relating to, the East Indies.
n. A native of, or a dweller in, the East Indies.


word: Easting
definition:
Easting

East"ing
n.
(Naut. & Surv.)
The distance measured toward the east between two meridians drawn through the extremities of a course; distance of departure eastward made by a vessel.


word: Eastwards
definition:
Eastwards

Eastward

{ East"ward (?), East"wards (?), }
adv.
Toward the east; in the direction of east from some point or place; as, New Haven lies eastward from New York.


word: Easy
definition:
Easy

Eas"y
(?)
a.
[Compar. Easier (?); superl. Easiest.]
[OF. aisié, F. aisé, prop. p. p. of OF. aisier. See Ease, v. t.]
1.
At ease; free from pain, trouble, or constraint
(a)
Free from pain, distress, toil, exertion, and the like; quiet; as, the patient is easy.
(b)
Free from care, responsibility, discontent, and the like; not anxious; tranquil; as, an easy mind.
(c)
Free from constraint, harshness, or formality; unconstrained; smooth; as, easy manners; an easy style.
easy
Pope.

2.
Not causing, or attended with, pain or disquiet, or much exertion; affording ease or rest; as, an easy carriage; a ship having an easy motion; easy movements, as in dancing.
Easy
Shak.

3.
Not difficult; requiring little labor or effort; slight; inconsiderable; as, an easy task; an easy victory.

It were an easy leap.
Shak.

4.
Causing ease; giving freedom from care or labor; furnishing comfort; commodious; as, easy circumstances; an easy chair or cushion.

5.
Not making resistance or showing unwillingness; tractable; yielding; complying; ready.

He gained their easy hearts.
Dryden.

He is too tyrannical to be an easy monarch.
Sir W. Scott.

6.
Moderate; sparing; frugal.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.

7.
(Com.)
Not straitened as to money matters; as, the market is easy; -- opposed to tight.

Honors are easy (Card Playing), said when each side has an equal number of honors, in which case they are not counted as points.


word: easy-going
definition:
easy-going

easygoing

eas"y*go`ing, eas"y-go`ing
(ēz"&ybreve_;*g&omacr`ĭng)
a.
1.
Moving easily; hence, mild-tempered; relaxed and casual; ease-loving; inactive.  Contrasted with tense.
[wns=2]

Syn. -- degage, easy-going, laid-back.

2.
having a lax moral or disciplinary standard.
[wns=1]
strict

Syn. -- lenient.

3.
unhurried; as, an easygoing pace.  Opposite of hurried.
[wns=3]

Syn. -- easy, leisurely.

4.
unaggressive; as, his easygoing approach to business.  Opposite of aggressive.
[wns=4]

Syn. -- low-pressure.


word: Eat
definition:
Eat

Eat
(ēt)
v. t.
[imp. Ate (āt; 277), Obsolescent & Colloq. Eat (ĕt); p. p. Eaten (ēt"'n), Obs. or Colloq. Eat (ĕt); p. pr. & vb. n. Eating.]
[OE. eten, AS. etan; akin to OS. etan, OFries. eta, D. eten, OHG. ezzan, G. essen, Icel. eta, Sw. äta, Dan. æde, Goth. itan, Ir. & Gael. ith, W. ysu, L. edere, Gr. 'e`dein, Skr. ad. √6.  Cf. Etch, Fret to rub, Edible.]
1.
To chew and swallow as food; to devour; -- said especially of food not liquid; as, to eat bread.
eat
Dan. iv. 25.

They . . . ate the sacrifices of the dead.
Ps. cvi. 28.

The lean . . . did eat up the first seven fat kine.
Gen. xli. 20.

The lion had not eaten the carcass.
1 Kings xiii. 28.

With stories told of many a feat,
How fairy Mab the junkets eat.
Milton.

The island princes overbold
Have eat our substance.
Tennyson.

His wretched estate is eaten up with mortgages.
Thackeray.

2.
To corrode, as metal, by rust; to consume the flesh, as a cancer; to waste or wear away; to destroy gradually; to cause to disappear.

To eat humble pie. See under Humble. -- To eat of (partitive use). “Eat of the bread that can not waste.” Keble. -- To eat one's words, to retract what one has said. (See the Citation under Blurt.) -- To eat out, to consume completely. “Eat out the heart and comfort of it.”  Tillotson. -- To eat the wind out of a vessel (Naut.), to gain slowly to windward of her.


word: Eat₂
definition:
Eat

Eat
v. i.
1.
To take food; to feed; especially, to take solid, in distinction from liquid, food; to board.

He did eat continually at the king's table.
2 Sam. ix. 13.

2.
To taste or relish; as, it eats like tender beef.

3.
To make one's way slowly.

To eat, To eat in or To eat into, to make way by corrosion; to gnaw; to consume. “A sword laid by, which eats into itself.” Byron. -- To eat to windward (Naut.), to keep the course when closehauled with but little steering; -- said of a vessel.


word: Eatable
definition:
Eatable

Eat"a*ble
(ēt"ȧ*b'l)
a.
Capable of being eaten; fit to be eaten; proper for food; esculent; edible.
n. Something fit to be eaten.


word: Eatage
definition:
Eatage

Eat"age
(ēt"a̝j; 48)
n.
Eatable growth of grass for horses and cattle, esp. that of aftermath.


word: eaten
definition:
eaten

eaten
adj.
ingested through the mouth.  Contrasted with uneaten.
consumed
devoured, eaten up(predicate)


word: Eating
definition:
Eating

Eat"ing
(?)
n.
1.
The act of tasking food; the act of consuming or corroding.

2.
Something fit to be eaten; food; as, a peach is good eating.
[Colloq.]

Eating house, a house where cooked provisions are sold, to be eaten on the premises.


word: Eau de Cologne
definition:
Eau de Cologne

Eau` de Co*logne"
(?)
[F. eau water (L. aqua) +  de of + Cologne.]
Same as Cologne.


word: Eau de vie
definition:
Eau de vie

Eau` de vie"
(?)
[F., water of life; eau (L. aqua) water  + de of + vie (L. vita) life.]
French name for brandy.  Cf. Aqua vitæ, under Aqua.
Bescherelle.


word: Eau forte
definition:
Eau forte

Eau` forte"
(&omacr` fo̝rt")
[F., strong water, nitric acid (which is used in etching plates).]
(Art)
An etching or a print from an etched plate.


word: Eaves
definition:
Eaves

Eaves
(?)
n. pl.
[OE. evese, pl. eveses, AS. efese eaves, brim, brink; akin to OHG. obisa, opasa, porch, hall, MHG. obse eaves, Icel. ups, Goth. ubizwa porch; cf. Icel. upsar-dropi, OSw. opsä-drup water dropping from the eaves. Probably from the root of E. over. The s of eaves is in English regarded as a plural ending, though not so in Saxon. See Over, and cf. Eavesdrop.]
1.
(Arch.)
The edges or lower borders of the roof of a building, which overhang the walls, and cast off the water that falls on the roof.

2.
Brow; ridge.
[Obs.]
Eaves
Wyclif.

3.
Eyelids or eyelashes.

And closing eaves of wearied eyes.
Tennyson.

Eaves board (Arch.), an arris fillet, or a thick board with a feather edge, nailed across the rafters at the eaves of a building, to raise the lower course of slates a little, or to receive the lowest course of tiles; -- called also eaves catch and eaves lath. -- Eaves channel, Eaves gutter, Eaves trough. Same as Gutter, 1. -- Eaves molding (Arch.), a molding immediately below the eaves, acting as a cornice or part of a cornice. -- Eaves swallow (Zoöl.). (a) The cliff swallow; -- so called from its habit of building retort-shaped nests of mud under the eaves of buildings. See Cliff swallow, under Cliff. (b) The European swallow.


word: Eavesdrop
definition:
Eavesdrop

Eaves"drop`
(ēvz"dr&obreve_;p`)
v. i.
[Eaves + drop.]
To stand under the eaves, near a window or at the door, of a house, to listen and learn what is said within doors; hence, to listen secretly to what is said in private.

To eavesdrop in disguises.
Milton.


word: Eavesdropper
definition:
Eavesdropper

Eaves"drop`per
(?)
n.
One who stands under the eaves, or near the window or door of a house, to listen; hence, a secret listener.


word: Eavesdropping
definition:
Eavesdropping

Eaves"drop`ping
(?)
n.
(Law)
The habit of lurking about dwelling houses, and other places where persons meet for private intercourse, secretly listening to what is said, and then tattling it abroad. The offense is indictable at common law.
Wharton.


word: Ebb₂
definition:
Ebb

Ebb
n.
[AS. ebba; akin to Fries. ebba, D. eb, ebbe, Dan. & G. ebbe, Sw. ebb, cf. Goth. ibuks backward; prob. akin to E. even.]
1.
The reflux or flowing back of the tide; the return of the tidal wave toward the sea; -- opposed to flood; as, the boats will go out on the ebb.

Thou shoreless flood which in thy ebb and flow
Claspest the limits of morality!
Shelley.

2.
The state or time of passing away; a falling from a better to a worse state; low state or condition; decline; decay.
ebb
Roscommon.

Painting was then at its lowest ebb.
Dryden.

Ebb and flow, the alternate ebb and flood of the tide; often used figuratively.

This alternation between unhealthy activity and depression, this ebb and flow of the industrial.
A. T. Hadley.


word: Ebb₃
definition:
Ebb

Ebb
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Ebbed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Ebbing.]
[AS. ebbian; akin to D. & G. ebben, Dan. ebbe. See 2d Ebb.]
1.
To flow back; to return, as the water of a tide toward the ocean; -- opposed to flow.

That Power who bids the ocean ebb and flow.
Pope.

2.
To return or fall back from a better to a worse state; to decline; to decay; to recede.

The hours of life ebb fast.
Blackmore.


word: Ebb₅
definition:
Ebb

Ebb
a.
Receding; going out; falling; shallow; low.

The water there is otherwise very low and ebb.
Holland.


word: EBCDIC
definition:
EBCDIC

EBCDIC
(ĕb"sĕ*dĭk`)
n.
[acronym from Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code.]
(Computers)
a 8-bit code for representing alphanumerical information in a digital information storage medium.  It was used expecially on IBM mainframes, and differed substantially from the ASCII code.
[acronym]


word: Ebionite
definition:
Ebionite

E"bi*o*nite
(?)
n.
[Heb. ebyonīm poor people.]
(Eccl. Hist.)
One of a sect of heretics, in the first centuries of the church, whose doctrine was a mixture of Judaism and Christianity. They denied the divinity of Christ, regarding him as an inspired messenger, and rejected much of the New Testament.


word: Eblis
definition:
Eblis

Eb"lis
(?)
n.
[Ar. iblis.]
(Moham. Myth.)
The prince of the evil spirits; Satan.
[Written also Eblees.]


word: Ebola virus
definition:
Ebola virus

E*bo"la vir`us
(Med.)
(e̝*b&omacr"lȧ vī'rŭs)
n.
an exceptionally virulent hemorrhaic virus with a high mortality rate, first recognized in an outbreak on the Ebola river in africa.


word: Ebon
definition:
Ebon

Eb"on
(?)
a.
1.
Consisting of ebony.

2.
Like ebony, especially in color; black; dark.

Night, sable goddess! from her ebon throne.
Young.


word: Ebonite
definition:
Ebonite

Eb"on*ite
(?)
n.
(Chem.)
A hard, black variety of vulcanite. It may be cut and polished, and is used for many small articles, as combs and buttons, and for insulating material in electric apparatus.


word: Ebonize
definition:
Ebonize

Eb"on*ize
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Ebonized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Ebonizing.]
To make black, or stain black, in imitation of ebony; as, to ebonize wood.


word: Ebony
definition:
Ebony

Eb"on*y
(?)
n.
pl. Ebonies (#).
[F. ébène, L. ebenus, fr. Gr. _;; prob. of Semitic origin; cf. Heb.  hobnīm, pl.  Cf. Ebon.]
A hard, heavy, and durable wood, which admits of a fine polish or gloss. The usual color is black, but it also occurs red or green.

&hand_; The finest black ebony is the heartwood of Diospyros reticulata, of the Mauritius. Other species of the same genus (D. Ebenum, Melanoxylon, etc.), furnish the ebony of the East Indies and Ceylon. The West Indian green ebony is from a leguminous tree (Brya Ebenus), and from the Excæcaria glandulosa.


word: Ebony₂
definition:
Ebony

Eb"on*y
a.
Made of ebony, or resembling ebony; black; as, an ebony countenance.

This ebony bird beguiling my sad fancy into smiling.
Poe.


word: Ebracteolate
definition:
Ebracteolate

E*brac"te*o*late
(?)
a.
[Pref. e- + bracteolate.]
(Bot.)
Without bracteoles, or little bracts; -- said of a pedicel or flower stalk.


word: Ebriety
definition:
Ebriety

E*bri"e*ty
(?)
n.
pl. Ebrieties (#).
[L. ebrietas, from. ebrius intoxicated: cf. F. ébriéte.  Cf. So_;er.]
Drunkenness; intoxication by spirituous liquors; inebriety.
ebriety
Cowper.


word: Ebrillade
definition:
Ebrillade

E*bril"lade
(e̝*brĭl"lăd)
n.
[F.]
(Man.)
A bridle check; a jerk of one rein, given to a horse when he refuses to turn.


word: Ebriosity
definition:
Ebriosity

E`bri*os"i*ty
(ē`brĭ*&obreve_;s"ĭ*t&ybreve_;)
n.
[L. ebriositas, from ebriousus given to drinking, fr. ebrius. See Ebriety.]
Addiction to drink; habitual drunkenness.


word: Ebrious
definition:
Ebrious

E"bri*ous
(ē`brĭ*ŭs)
a.
[L. ebrius.]
Inclined to drink to excess; intoxicated; tipsy.
[R.]
M. Collins.


word: Ebulliency
definition:
Ebulliency

Ebullience

{ E*bul"lience (?; 106), E*bul"lien*cy (?), }
n.
A boiling up or over; effervescence.
Cudworth.


word: Ebullient
definition:
Ebullient

E*bul"lient
(?)
a.
[L. ebulliens, -entis, p. pr. of ebullire to boil up, bubble up; e out, from + bullire to boil. See 1st Boil.]
Boiling up or over; hence, manifesting exhilaration or excitement, as of feeling; effervescing.
Ebullient
De Quincey.

The ebullient enthusiasm of the French.
Carlyle.


word: Ebullioscope
definition:
Ebullioscope

E*bul"li*o*scope
(?)
n.
[L. ebullire to boil up + -scope.]
(Phys. Chem.)
An instrument for observing the boiling point of liquids, especially for determining the alcoholic strength of a mixture by the temperature at which it boils.


word: Ebullition
definition:
Ebullition

Eb`ul*li"tion
(?)
n.
[F. ébullition, L. ebullitio, fr. ebullire.  See Ebullient.]
1.
A boiling or bubbling up of a liquid; the motion produced in a liquid by its rapid conversion into vapor.

2.
Effervescence occasioned by fermentation or by any other process which causes the liberation of a gas or an aëriform fluid, as in the mixture of an acid with a carbonated alkali.
[Formerly written bullition.]

3.
A sudden burst or violent display; an outburst; as, an ebullition of anger or ill temper.


word: Eburin
definition:
Eburin

Eb"ur*in
(?)
n.
A composition of dust of ivory or of bone with a cement; -- used for imitations of valuable stones and in making moldings, seals, etc.
Knight.


word: Eburnation
definition:
Eburnation

E`bur*na"tion
(?)
n.
[L. eburnus of ivory, fr. ebur ivory: cf. F. éburnation. See Ivory.]
(Med.)
A condition of bone cartilage occurring in certain diseases of these tissues, in which they acquire an unnatural density, and come to resemble ivory.


word: Eburnean
definition:
Eburnean

E*bur"ne*an
(?)
a.
[L. eburneus, fr. ebur ivory. See Ivory.]
Made of or relating to ivory.


word: Eburnification
definition:
Eburnification

E*bur`ni*fi*ca"tion
(?)
n.
[L. eburnus of ivory (fr. ebur ivory) + facere to make.]
The conversion of certain substances into others which have the appearance or characteristics of ivory.


word: Ecardines
definition:
Ecardines

E*car"di*nes
(?)
n. pl.
[NL., fr. L. e out, without + cardo a hinge.]
(Zoöl.)
An order of Brachiopoda; the Lyopomata. See Brachiopoda.


word: ecarte
definition:
ecarte

É`car`té"
(?)
n.
[F., prop. p. p. fr. écarter to reject, discard.]
A game at cards for two persons, with 32 cards, ranking K, Q, J, A, 10, 9, 8, 7.  Five cards are dealt each player, and the 11th turned as trump.  Five points constitute a game.


word: Ecaudate
definition:
Ecaudate

E*cau"date
(?)
a.
[Pref. e- + caudate.]
1.
(Bot.)
Without a tail or spur.

2.
(Zoöl.)
Tailless.


word: Ecballium
definition:
Ecballium

Ec*bal"li*um
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. _;. See Ecbole.]
(Bot.)
A genus of cucurbitaceous plants consisting of the single species Ecballium agreste (or Elaterium), the squirting cucumber. Its fruit, when ripe, bursts and violently ejects its seeds, together with a mucilaginous juice, from which elaterium, a powerful cathartic medicine, is prepared.


word: Ecbasis
definition:
Ecbasis

Ec"ba*sis
(ĕk"bȧ*sĭs)
n.
[L., fr. Gr. 'e`kbasis a going out, issue, or event; 'ek out + bai`nein to go.]
(Rhet.)
A figure in which the orator treats of things according to their events consequences.


word: Ecbatic
definition:
Ecbatic

Ec*bat"ic
(?)
a.
[See Ecbasis.]
(Gram.)
Denoting a mere result or consequence, as distinguished from telic, which denotes intention or purpose; thus the phrase "i`na plhrw`qh, if rendered “so that it was fulfilled,” is ecbatic; if rendered “in order that it might be.” etc., is telic.


word: Ecbole
definition:
Ecbole

Ec"bo*le
(ĕk"bo̝*lē)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. 'ekbolh` a throwing out, a digression, fr. 'ekba`llein to throw out; 'ek out of + ba`llein to throw.]
(Rhet.)
A digression in which a person is introduced speaking his own words.


word: Ecbolic
definition:
Ecbolic

Ec*bol"ic
(?)
n.
[See Ecbole.]
(Med.)
A drug, as ergot, which by exciting uterine contractions promotes the expulsion of the contents of the uterus.


word: Ecboline
definition:
Ecboline

Ec"bo*line
(?; 104)
n.
[Gr. 'ekbolh` a throwing out; 'ek out + ba`llein to throw.]
(Chem.)
An alkaloid constituting the active principle of ergot; -- so named from its power of producing abortion.


word: Eccaleobion
definition:
Eccaleobion

Ec`ca*le*o"bi*on
(?)
n.
[Gr. 'ekkalei^n to call out ('ek out of + kalei^n to call) + bi`os life.]
A contrivance for hatching eggs by artificial heat.


word: Ecce homo
definition:
Ecce homo

Ec"ce ho"mo
(ĕk"se̝ h&omacr"mo̝)
[L., behold the man. See John xix. 5.]
(Paint.)
A picture which represents the Savior as given up to the people by Pilate, and wearing a crown of thorns.


word: Eccentric
definition:
Eccentric

Ec*cen"tric
(ĕk*sĕn"trĭk)
a.
[F. excentrique, formerly also spelled eccentrique, fr. LL. eccentros out of the center, eccentric, Gr. 'e`kkentros; 'ek out of + ke`ntron center. See Ex-, and Center, and cf. Excentral.]
1.
Deviating or departing from the center, or from the line of a circle; as, an eccentric or elliptical orbit; pertaining to deviation from the center or from true circular motion.

2.
Not having the same center; -- said of circles, ellipses, spheres, etc., which, though coinciding, either in whole or in part, as to area or volume, have not the same center; -- opposed to concentric.

3.
(Mach.)
Pertaining to an eccentric; as, the eccentric rod in a steam engine.

4.
Not coincident as to motive or end.

His own ends, which must needs be often eccentric to those of his master.
Bacon.

5.
Deviating from stated methods, usual practice, or established forms or laws; deviating from an appointed sphere or way; departing from the usual course; irregular; anomalous; odd; as, eccentric conduct.
eccentric
Macaulay.

He shines eccentric, like a comet's blaze.
Savage.

Eccentric anomaly. (Astron.) See Anomaly. -- Eccentric chuck (Mach.), a lathe chuck so constructed that the work held by it may be altered as to its center of motion, so as to produce combinations of eccentric combinations of eccentric circles. -- Eccentric gear. (Mach.) (a) The whole apparatus, strap, and other parts, by which the motion of an eccentric is transmitted, as in the steam engine. (b) A cogwheel set to turn about an eccentric axis used to give variable rotation. -- Eccentric hook or Eccentric  gab, a hook-shaped journal box on the end of an eccentric rod, opposite the strap. -- Eccentric rod, the rod that connects an eccentric strap with any part to be acted upon by the eccentric. -- Eccentric sheave, or Eccentric pulley, an eccentric. -- Eccentric strap, the ring, operating as a journal box, that encircles and receives motion from an eccentric; -- called also eccentric hoop.


word: Eccentric₂
definition:
Eccentric

Ec*cen"tric
(ĕk*sĕn"trĭk)
n.
1.
A circle not having the same center as another contained in some measure within the first.

2.
One who, or that which, deviates from regularity; an anomalous or irregular person or thing.

3.
(Astron.)
(a)
In the Ptolemaic system, the supposed circular orbit of a planet about the earth, but with the earth not in its center.
(b)
A circle described about the center of an elliptical orbit, with half the major axis for radius.
Hutton.

4.
(Mach.)
A disk or wheel so arranged upon a shaft that the center of the wheel and that of the shaft do not coincide. It is used for operating valves in steam engines, and for other purposes. The motion derived is precisely that of a crank having the same throw.

Back eccentric, the eccentric that reverses or backs the valve gear and the engine. -- Fore eccentric, the eccentric that imparts a forward motion to the valve gear and the engine.


word: Eccentrically
definition:
Eccentrically

Ec*cen"tric*al*ly
adv.
In an eccentric manner.

Drove eccentrically here and there.
Lew Wallace.


word: Eccentricity
definition:
Eccentricity

Ec`cen*tric"i*ty
(?)
n.
pl. Eccentricities (#).
[Cf. F. excentricité.]
1.
The state of being eccentric; deviation from the customary line of conduct; oddity.

2.
(Math.)
The ratio of the distance between the center and the focus of an ellipse or hyperbola to its semi-transverse axis.

3.
(Astron.)
The ratio of the distance of the center of the orbit of a heavenly body from the center of the body round which it revolves to the semi-transverse axis of the orbit.

4.
(Mech.)
The distance of the center of figure of a body, as of an eccentric, from an axis about which it turns; the throw.


word: Ecchymose
definition:
Ecchymose

Ec"chy*mose
(?)
v. t.
(Med.)
To discolor by the production of an ecchymosis, or effusion of blood, beneath the skin; -- chiefly used in the passive form; as, the parts were much ecchymosed.


word: Ecchymosis
definition:
Ecchymosis

Ec`chy*mo"sis
(?)
n.
pl. Ecchymoses (_;).
[NL., fr. Gr. _;, fr. _; to extravasate; 'ek out of + _; to pour.]
(Med.)
A livid or black and blue spot, produced by the extravasation or effusion of blood into the areolar tissue from a contusion.


word: Eccle
definition:
Eccle

Ec"cle
(?)
n.
(Zoöl.)
The European green woodpecker; -- also called ecall, eaquall, yaffle.
[Prov. Eng.]


word: Ecclesia
definition:
Ecclesia

Ec*cle"si*a
(?)
n.
pl. Ecclesiæ (_;).
[L., fr. Gr. _;.]
1.
(Gr. Antiq.)
The public legislative assembly of the Athenians.

2.
(Eccl.)
A church, either as a body or as a building.


word: Ecclesiarch
definition:
Ecclesiarch

Ec*cle"si*arch
(?)
n.
[LL. ecclesiarcha, fr. Gr. _; church + _; to rule: cf. F. ecclésiarque.]
An official of the Eastern Church, resembling a sacrist in the Western Church.


word: Ecclesiast
definition:
Ecclesiast

Ec*cle"si*ast
(?)
n.
1.
An ecclesiastic.
Chaucer.

2.
The Apocryphal book of Ecclesiasticus.
[Obs.]


word: Ecclesiastes
definition:
Ecclesiastes

Ec*cle`si*as"tes
(?)
n.
[L., fr. Gr. _; a preacher. See Ecclesiastic, a.]
One of the canonical books of the Old Testament.


word: Ecclesiastic
definition:
Ecclesiastic

Ec*cle`si*as"tic
(?; 277)
a.
[L. ecclesiasticus, Gr. _;, fr. _; an assembly of citizens called out by the crier; also, the church, fr. _; called out, fr. _; to call out; 'ek out + _; to call. See Ex-, and Hale, v. t., Haul.]
Of or pertaining to the church. See Ecclesiastical.
Ecclesiastic
Swift.


word: Ecclesiastic₂
definition:
Ecclesiastic

Ec*cle`si*as"tic
n.
A person in holy orders, or consecrated to the service of the church and the ministry of religion; a clergyman; a priest.

From a humble ecclesiastic, he was subsequently preferred to the highest dignities of the church.
Prescott.


word: Ecclesiastical
definition:
Ecclesiastical

Ec*cle`si*as"tic*al
(?)
a.
[See Ecclesiastical, a.]
Of or pertaining to the church; relating to the organization or government of the church; not secular; as, ecclesiastical affairs or history; ecclesiastical courts.

Every circumstance of ecclesiastical order and discipline was an abomination.
Cowper.

Ecclesiastical commissioners for England, a permanent commission established by Parliament in 1836, to consider and report upon the affairs of the Established Church. -- Ecclesiastical courts, courts for maintaining the discipline of the Established Church; -- called also Christian courts. [Eng.] -- Ecclesiastical law, a combination of civil and canon law as administered in ecclesiastical courts. [Eng.] -- Ecclesiastical modes (Mus.), the church modes, or the scales anciently used. -- Ecclesiastical States, the territory formerly subject to the Pope of Rome as its temporal ruler; -- called also States of the Church.


word: Ecclesiastically
definition:
Ecclesiastically

Ec*cle`si*as"tic*al*ly
(?)
adv.
In an ecclesiastical manner; according ecclesiastical rules.


word: Ecclesiasticism
definition:
Ecclesiasticism

Ec*cle`si*as"ti*cism
(?)
n.
Strong attachment to ecclesiastical usages, forms, etc.


word: Ecclesiology
definition:
Ecclesiology

Ec*cle`si*ol"o*gy
(?)
n.
[Ecclesia + -logy.]
The science or theory of church building and decoration.


word: Eccritic
definition:
Eccritic

Ec*crit"ic
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; secretive, fr. _; to choose out.]
(Med.)
A remedy which promotes discharges, as an emetic, or a cathartic.


word: Ecderon
definition:
Ecderon

Ec"der*on
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. 'ek out + _;  skin.]
(Anat.)
See Ecteron.
Ec`der*on"ic (#), a.


word: Ecdysis
definition:
Ecdysis

Ec"dy*sis
(?)
n.
pl. Ecdyses (#).
[NL., fr. Gr. 'e`kdysis a getting out, fr. 'ekdy`ein, to put off; 'ek out + dy`ein to enter.]
(Biol.)
The act of shedding, or casting off, an outer cuticular layer, as in the case of serpents, lobsters, etc.; a coming out; as, the ecdysis of the pupa from its shell; exuviation.


word: Ecgonine
definition:
Ecgonine

Ec"go*nine
(?; 104)
n.
[Gr. 'e`kgonos sprung from.]
(Chem.)
A colorless, crystalline, nitrogenous base, obtained by the decomposition of cocaine.


word: echauguette
definition:
echauguette

É`chau`guette"
(?)
n.
[F.]
A small chamber or place of protection for a sentinel, usually in the form of a projecting turret, or the like. See Castle.


word: Echelon
definition:
Echelon

Ech"e*lon
(ĕsh"e*l&obreve_;n)
n.
[F., fr. échelle ladder, fr. L. scala.]
1.
(Mil.)
An arrangement of a body of troops when its divisions are drawn up in parallel lines each to the right or the left of the one in advance of it, like the steps of a ladder in position for climbing. Also used adjectively; as, echelon distance.
Upton (Tactics).

2.
(Naval)
An arrangement of a fleet in a wedge or V form.
Encyc. Dict.

Echelon lens (Optics), a large lens constructed in several parts or layers, extending in a succession of annular rings beyond the central lens; -- used in lighthouses.


word: Echelon₂
definition:
Echelon

Ech"e*lon
(?)
v. t.
(Mil.)
To place in echelon; to station divisions of troops in echelon.


word: Echelon₃
definition:
Echelon

Ech"e*lon
v. i.
To take position in echelon.

Change direction to the left, echelon by battalion from the right.
Upton (Tactics).


word: Echeneididae
definition:
Echeneididae

Echeneididae
n.
a natural family of fishes having a sucking disk on the head for clinging to other fishes and to ships.

Syn. -- family Echeneididae, family Echeneidae.


word: Echeneis
definition:
Echeneis

Echeneis
n.
the type genus of the Echeneididae; they are typical remoras.

Syn. -- genus Echeneis.


word: Echidna
definition:
Echidna

E*chid"na
(e̝*kĭd"nȧ)
n.
[L., a viper, adder, Gr. 'e`chidna.]
1.
(Gr. Myth.)
A monster, half maid and half serpent.

2.
(Zoöl.)
A genus of Monotremata found in Australia, Tasmania, and New Guinea. They are toothless and covered with spines; -- called also porcupine ant-eater, and Australian ant-eater.


word: Echidnine
definition:
Echidnine

E*chid"nine
(?; 104)
n.
[See Echidna.]
(Chem.)
The clear, viscid fluid secreted by the poison glands of certain serpents; also, a nitrogenous base contained in this, and supposed to be the active poisonous principle of the virus.
Brande & C.


word: Echidnophaga
definition:
Echidnophaga

E*chid"no*pha*ga
(?)
n.
(Zoöl.)
a genus of fleas including the stick-tight flea (Echidnophaga gallinacea), which is a serious pest in subtropical America, infesting poultry and frequently attacking man and domestic animals.
[Stedman]


word: Echinated
definition:
Echinated

Echinate

{ Ech"i*nate (?), Ech"i*na`ted (?), }
a.
[L. echinatus. See Echinus.]
Set with prickles; prickly, like a hedgehog; bristled; as, an echinated pericarp.

Syn. -- echinulate.


word: Echinochloa
definition:
Echinochloa

Echinochloa
n.
1.
annual or perennial succulent grasses of warm regions.

Syn. -- genus Echinochloa.


word: echinococcosis
definition:
echinococcosis

e*chi"no*coc*co`sis
(ĕ*kī"no̝*k&obreve_;k*k&omacr`sĭs)
n.
(Med.)
infestation with echinococci (tapeworms).  An infection with the larval form is called hydatid disease.


word: Echinococcus
definition:
Echinococcus

E*chi`no*coc"cus
(ĕ*kī"no̝*k&obreve_;k*k)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. 'echi^nos hedgehog, sea urchin + ko`kkos grain, seed, berry. So called because forming little granular bodies, each armed with hooklets and disposed upon the inner wall of the hydatid cysts.]
(Zoöl.)
A parasite of man and of many domestic and wild animals, forming compound cysts or tumors (called hydatid cysts) in various organs, but especially in the liver and lungs, which often cause death. It is the larval stage of the Tænia echinococcus, a small tapeworm peculiar to the dog.  The adult form is not found in man.


word: Echinodermata
definition:
Echinodermata

E*chi`no*der"ma*ta
(e̝*kī`no̝*dẽr"mȧ*tȧ)
n. pl.
[NL., fr. Gr. 'echi^nos hedgehog, sea urchin + de`rma, -atos, skin.]
(Zoöl.)
One of the grand divisions of the animal kingdom. By many writers it was formerly included in the Radiata.
[Written also Echinoderma.]

&hand_; The species usually have an exterior calcareous skeleton, or shell, made of many pieces, and often covered with spines, to which the name. They may be star-shaped, cylindrical, disk-shaped, or more or less spherical. The body consists of several similar parts (spheromeres) repeated symmetrically around a central axis, at one end of which the mouth is situated. They generally have suckers for locomotion. The group includes the following classes: Crinoidea, Asterioidea, Ophiuroidea, Echinoidea, and Holothurioidea. See these words in the Vocabulary, and also Ambulacrum.


word: Echinoid
definition:
Echinoid

E*chi"noid
(?)
a.
[Echinus + -oid.]
(Zoöl.)
Of or pertaining to the Echinoidea.
n. One of the Echinoidea.


word: Echinoidea
definition:
Echinoidea

Ech`i*noi"de*a
(?)
n. pl.
[NL. See Echinus, and -oid.]
(Zoöl.)
The class Echinodermata which includes the sea urchins.  They have a calcareous shell, usually more or less spheroidal or disk-shaped, composed of many united plates, and covered with movable spines. See Spatangoid, Clypeastroid.
[Written also Echinidea, and Echinoida.]


word: Echinozoa
definition:
Echinozoa

E*chi`no*zo"a
(e̝*kī`no̝*z&omacr"ȧ)
n. pl.
[NL., fr. Gr. 'echi^nos an echinus + zw^,on an animal.]
(Zoöl.)
The Echinodermata.


word: Echinulate
definition:
Echinulate

E*chin"u*late
(?)
a.
(Bot. & Zoöl.)
Set with small spines or prickles.

Syn. -- echinate.


word: Echinus
definition:
Echinus

E*chi"nus
(?)
n.
pl. Echini (#).
[L., a hedgehog, sea urchin, Gr. 'echi^nos.]
1.
(Zoöl.)
A hedgehog.

2.
(Zoöl.)
A genus of echinoderms, including the common edible sea urchin of Europe.

3.
(Arch.)
(a)
The rounded molding forming the bell of the capital of the Grecian Doric style, which is of a peculiar elastic curve. See Entablature.
(b)
The quarter-round molding (ovolo) of the Roman Doric style. See Illust. of Column
(c)
A name sometimes given to the egg and anchor or egg and dart molding, because that ornament is often identified with the Roman Doric capital.  The name probably alludes to the shape of the shell of the sea urchin.


word: Echiuroidea
definition:
Echiuroidea

Ech`i*u*roi"de*a
(?)
n. pl.
[NL., fr. echiurus, the name of one genus (Gr. 'e`chis an adder + o'yra` tail) + -oid.]
(Zoöl.)
A division of Annelida which includes the genus Echiurus and allies. They are often classed among the Gephyrea, and called the armed Gephyreans.


word: Echo
definition:
Echo

Ech"o
(ĕk"o̝)
n.
pl. Echoes (ĕk"&omacrz).
[L. echo, Gr. 'hchw` echo, sound, akin to 'hchh`, 'h^chos, sound, noise; cf. Skr. vāç to sound, bellow; perh. akin to E. voice: cf. F. écho.]
1.
A sound reflected from an opposing surface and repeated to the ear of a listener; repercussion of sound; repetition of a sound.

The babbling echo mocks the hounds.
Shak.

The woods shall answer, and the echo ring.
Pope.

2.
Fig.: Sympathetic recognition; response; answer.

Fame is the echo of actions, resounding them.
Fuller.

Many kind, and sincere speeches found an echo in his heart.
R. L. Stevenson.

3.
(a)
(Myth. & Poetic)
A wood or mountain nymph, regarded as repeating, and causing the reverberation of them.

Sweet Echo, sweetest nymph, that liv'st unseen
Within thy airy shell.
Milton.
Compelled me to awake the courteous Echo
To give me answer from her mossy couch.
Milton.

4.
(Whist, Contract Bridge)
(a)
A signal, played in the same manner as a trump signal, made by a player who holds four or more trumps (or as played by some exactly three trumps) and whose partner has led trumps or signaled for trumps.
(b)
A signal showing the number held of a plain suit when a high card in that suit is led by one's partner.

Echo organ (Mus.), a set organ pipes inclosed in a box so as to produce a soft, distant effect; -- generally superseded by the swell. -- Echo stop (Mus.), a stop upon a harpsichord contrived for producing the soft effect of distant sound. -- To applaud to the echo, to give loud and continuous applause. M. Arnold.

I would applaud thee to the very echo,
That should applaud again.
Shak.


word: Echo₂
definition:
Echo

Ech"o
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Echoed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Echoing. -- 3d pers. sing. pres. Echoes (_;).]
1.
To send back (a sound); to repeat in sound; to reverberate.

Those peals are echoed by the Trojan throng.
Dryden.

The wondrous sound
Is echoed on forever.
Keble.

2.
To repeat with assent; to respond; to adopt.

They would have echoed the praises of the men whom they envied, and then have sent to the newspaper anonymous libels upon them.
Macaulay.


word: Echo₃
definition:
Echo

Ech"o
v. i.
To give an echo; to resound; to be sounded back; as, the hall echoed with acclamations.
Echoing
Blackmore.


word: echo chamber
definition:
echo chamber

ech"o cham"ber
(?)
n.
(Music, broadcasting)
A room with walls that resonate sound, producing audible echoes; it is used especially to create special sound effects in recording music.


word: echoic
definition:
echoic

echoic
adj.
1.
(linguistics)
Formed in imitation of a natural sound; -- of words.  Contrasted to nonechoic.

Syn. -- imitative, onomatopoeic, onomatopoeical, onomatopoetic.

2.
Like or characteristic of an echo.

Syn. -- echolike.


word: echoing
definition:
echoing

echoing
adj.
Reflecting sounds so as to create multiple echoes; as, a hotel with echoing halls.


word: Echometer
definition:
Echometer

E*chom"e*ter
(?)
n.
[Gr. _;, _;, sound + -meter: cf. F. échomètre.]
(Mus)
A graduated scale for measuring the duration of sounds, and determining their different, and the relation of their intervals.
J. J. Rousseau.


word: Echometry
definition:
Echometry

E*chom"e*try
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. échométrie.]
1.
The art of measuring the duration of sounds or echoes.

2.
The art of constructing vaults to produce echoes.


word: Echopathy
definition:
Echopathy

E*chop"a*thy
(?)
n.
[Echo + -pathy, as in homeopathy.]
(Med.)
A morbid condition characterized by automatic and purposeless repetition of words or imitation of actions.


word: Echoscope
definition:
Echoscope

Ech"o*scope
(?)
n.
[Gr. _;, _;, sound + -scope.]
(Med.)
An instrument for intensifying sounds produced by percussion of the thorax.
Knight.


word: Eclaircise
definition:
Eclaircise

E*clair"cise
(?)
v. t.
[F. éclaircir; pref. es- (L. ex) + clair clear, L. clarus.]
To make clear; to clear up what is obscure or not understood; to explain.


word: Eclaircissement
definition:
Eclaircissement

E*clair"cisse*ment
(?)
n.
[F., fr. éclaircir. See Eclaircise, v. t.]
The clearing up of anything which is obscure or not easily understood; an explanation.

The eclaircissement ended in the discovery of the informer.
Clarendon.


word: Eclampsia
definition:
Eclampsia

Ec*lamp"si*a
(?)
n.
[NL., from Gr. _; a shining forth, fr. _; to shine forth; _;  out + _; to shine.]
(Med.)
A fancied perception of flashes of light, a symptom of epilepsy; hence, epilepsy itself; convulsions.

&hand_; The term is generally restricted to a convulsive affection attending pregnancy and parturition, and to infantile convulsions.


word: Eclat
definition:
Eclat

E*clat"
(?)
n.
[F. éclat a fragment, splinter, explosion, brilliancy, splendor, fr. éclater to splinter, burst, explode, shine brilliantly, prob. of German origin; cf. OHG. sleizan to slit, split, fr. slīzan, G. schleissen; akin to E. slit.]
1.
Brilliancy of success or effort; splendor; brilliant show; striking effect; glory; renown.
eclat
Pope.

2.
Demonstration of admiration and approbation; applause.
Prescott.


word: Eclectic
definition:
Eclectic

Ec*lec"tic
(?)
a.
[Gr. _;, fr. _; to pick out, choose out: cf. F. éclectique. See Eclogue, and cf. Elect.]
1.
Selecting; choosing (what is true or excellent in doctrines, opinions, etc.) from various sources or systems; as, an eclectic philosopher.

2.
Consisting, or made up, of what is chosen or selected; as, an eclectic method; an eclectic magazine.

Eclectic physician, one of a class of practitioners of medicine, who select their modes of practice and medicines from all schools; formerly, sometimes the same as botanic physician. [U.S.] -- Eclectic school. (Paint.) See Bolognese school, under Bolognese.


word: Eclecticism
definition:
Eclecticism

Ec*lec"ti*cism
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. éclecticisme.  Cf. Electicism.]
Theory or practice of an eclectic.


word: Eclegm
definition:
Eclegm

Ec*legm"
(?)
n.
[F. éclegme, L. ecligma, fr. Gr. _;, fr. _; to lick up.]
(Med.)
A medicine made by mixing oils with sirups.
John Quincy.


word: Eclipse
definition:
Eclipse

E*clipse"
(e̝*klĭps")
n.
[F. éclipse, L. eclipsis, fr. Gr. 'e`kleipsis, prop., a forsaking, failing, fr. 'eklei`pein to leave out, forsake; 'ek out + lei`pein to leave. See Ex-, and Loan.]
1.
(Astron.)
An interception or obscuration of the light of the sun, moon, or other luminous body, by the intervention of some other body, either between it and the eye, or between the luminous body and that illuminated by it. A lunar eclipse is caused by the moon passing through the earth's shadow; a solar eclipse, by the moon coming between the sun and the observer. A satellite is eclipsed by entering the shadow of its primary. The obscuration of a planet or star by the moon or a planet, though of the nature of an eclipse, is called an occultation. The eclipse of a small portion of the sun by Mercury or Venus is called a transit of the planet.

&hand_; In ancient times, eclipses were, and among unenlightened people they still are, superstitiously regarded as forerunners of evil fortune, a sentiment of which occasional use is made in literature.

That fatal and perfidious bark,
Built in the eclipse, and rigged with curses dark.
Milton.

2.
The loss, usually temporary or partial, of light, brilliancy, luster, honor, consciousness, etc.; obscuration; gloom; darkness.

All the posterity of our fist parents suffered a perpetual eclipse of spiritual life.
Sir W. Raleigh.

As in the soft and sweet eclipse,
When soul meets soul on lovers' lips.
Shelley.

Annular eclipse. (Astron.) See under Annular. -- Cycle of eclipses. See under Cycle.


word: Eclipse₂
definition:
Eclipse

E*clipse"
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Eclipsed (e̝*klĭpst"); p. pr. & vb. n. Eclipsing.]
1.
To cause the obscuration of; to darken or hide; -- said of a heavenly body; as, the moon eclipses the sun.

2.
To obscure, darken, or extinguish the beauty, luster, honor, etc., of; to sully; to cloud; to throw into the shade by surpassing.
eclipsed
Dryden.

My joy of liberty is half eclipsed.
Shak.


word: Eclipse₃
definition:
Eclipse

E*clipse"
v. i.
To suffer an eclipse.

While the laboring moon
Eclipses at their charms.
Milton.


word: eclipsis
definition:
eclipsis

eclipsis
n.
(Linguistics)
the omission or suppression of parts of words or sentences.

Syn. -- ellipsis.


word: ecliptic
definition:
ecliptic

e*clip"tic
(e̝*klĭp"tĭk)
n.
[Cf. F. écliptique, L. linea ecliptica, Gr. 'ekleiptiko`s, prop. adj., of an eclipse, because in this circle eclipses of the sun and moon take place. See Ecliptic, a.]
1.
(Astron.)
A great circle of the celestial sphere, making an angle with the equinoctial of about 23° 28′. It is the apparent path of the sun, or the real path of the earth as seen from the sun.

2.
(Geog.)
A great circle drawn on a terrestrial globe, making an angle of 23° 28′ with the equator; -- used for illustrating and solving astronomical problems.


word: Ecliptic
definition:
Ecliptic

E*clip"tic
a.
[L. eclipticus belonging to an eclipse, Gr. 'ekleiptiko`s. See Eclipse.]
1.
Pertaining to the ecliptic; as, the ecliptic way.

2.
Pertaining to an eclipse or to eclipses.

Lunar ecliptic limit (Astron.), the space of 12° on the moon's orbit from the node, within which, if the moon happens to be at full, it will be eclipsed. -- Solar ecliptic limit, the space of 17° from the lunar node, within which, if a conjunction of the sun and moon occur, the sun will be eclipsed.


word: Eclogite
definition:
Eclogite

Ec"lo*gite
(?)
n.
[See Ecloque.]
(Min.)
A rock consisting of granular red garnet, light green smaragdite, and common hornblende; -- so called in reference to its beauty.


word: Eclogue
definition:
Eclogue

Ec"logue
(?)
n.
[L. ecloga, Gr. _; a selection, choice extracts, fr. _; to pick out, choose out; 'ek  out + _; to gather, choose: cf.  F. égloque, écloque. See Ex-, and Legend.]
A pastoral poem, in which shepherds are introduced conversing with each other; a bucolic; an idyl; as, the Ecloques of Virgil, from which the modern usage of the word has been established.


word: ecobabble
definition:
ecobabble

e"co*bab`ble
n.
using the technical language of ecology to make the user seem ecologically aware.


word: ecological
definition:
ecological

ecological
(e̝*ko̝"l&obreve_;j"ĭ*kal)
adj.
of or pertaining to ecology; as, an ecological disaster.

Syn. -- bionomic, bionomical.


word: ecologist
definition:
ecologist

ecologist
(e̝*k&obreve_;l"o̝*jĭst)
n.
a biologist who studies the relation between organisms and their environment.


word: ecology
definition:
ecology

ecology
(e̝*k&obreve_;l"o̝*j&ybreve_;)
n.
[Gr. o'i^kos house + -logy.]
(Biol.)
the branch of biology concerned with the various relations of animals and plants to one another and to their surrounding environment.


word: econometrics
definition:
econometrics

e*con`o*met"rics
(e̝*k&obreve_;n`o̝*mĕt"rĭks)
n.
the application of mathematics and statistics to the study of economic and financial data.


word: Economical
definition:
Economical

Economic

{ E`co*nom"ic (?; 277), E`co*nom"ic*al (?), }
a.
[F. économique, L. oeconomicus orderly, methodical, Gr. _; economical. See Economy.]
1.
Pertaining to the household; domestic.
economical
Milton.

2.
Relating to domestic economy, or to the management of household affairs.

And doth employ her economic art
And busy care, her household to preserve.
Sir J. Davies.

3.
Managing with frugality; guarding against waste or unnecessary expense; careful and frugal in management and in expenditure; -- said of character or habits.

Just rich enough, with economic care,
To save a pittance.
Harte.

4.
Managed with frugality; not marked with waste or extravagance; using the minimum of time or effort or resources required for effectiveness; frugal; -- said of acts; saving; as, an economical use of money or of time; an economic use of home heating oil.
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5.
of or pertaining to the national or regional economy; relating to political economy; relating to the means of living, or the resources and wealth of a country; relating to the production or consumption of goods and services of a nation or region; as, economic growth; economic purposes; economical truths; an economic downturn.

These matters economical and political.
J. C. Shairp.

There was no economical distress in England to prompt the enterprises of colonization.
Palfrey.

Economic questions, such as money, usury, taxes, lands, and the employment of the people.
H. C.  Baird.

6.
Regulative; relating to the adaptation of means to an end.
Grew.

7.
of or pertaining to economics.
economic theory

8.
profitable.  Opposite of uneconomic.
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9.
avoiding waste; as, an economical meal.  Opposite of wasteful.

Syn. -- frugal, scotch, sparing, stinting, thrifty.

&hand_; Economical is the usual form when meaning frugal, saving; economic is the form commonly used when meaning pertaining to the management of a household, or of public affairs.


word: Economically
definition:
Economically

E`co*nom"ic*al*ly
(?)
adv.
With economy; with careful management; with prudence in expenditure.


word: Economics
definition:
Economics

E`co*nom"ics
(ē`k&obreve_;*n&obreve_;m"ĭks)
n.
[Gr. ta` o'ikonomika`, equiv. to "h o'ikonomi`a. See Economic.]
1.
The science of household affairs, or of domestic management.

2.
Political economy; the science of the utilities or the useful application of wealth or material resources; the study of the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services of a nation or region, and its effect on the wealth of a country. See Political economy, under Political.
economics
V. Knox.


word: Economist
definition:
Economist

E*con"o*mist
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. économiste.]
1.
One who economizes, or manages domestic or other concerns with frugality; one who expends money, time, or labor, judiciously, and without waste.
Economists
Burke.

2.
One who is conversant with political economy; an expert in the field of economics.
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word: Economization
definition:
Economization

E*con`o*mi*za"tion
(?)
n.
The act or practice of using to the best effect.
[R.]
H. Spenser.


word: Economize
definition:
Economize

E*con"o*mize
(e̝*k&obreve_;n"o̝*mīz)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Economized (e̝*k&obreve_;n"o̝*mīzd); p. pr. & vb. n. Economizing.]
[Cf. F. économiser.]
To manage with economy; to use with prudence; to expend with frugality; as, to economize one's income.
[Written also economise.]

Expenses in the city were to be economized.
Jowett (Thucyd. ).

Calculating how to economize time.
W. Irving.


word: Economize₂
definition:
Economize

E*con"o*mize
v. i.
To be prudently sparing in expenditure; to be frugal and saving; as, to economize in order to grow rich.
[Written also economise.]
Milton.


word: Economizer
definition:
Economizer

E*con"o*mi`zer
(?)
n.
1.
One who, or that which, economizes.

2.
Specifically: (Steam Boilers) An arrangement of pipes for heating feed water by waste heat in the gases passing to the chimney.


word: economy
definition:
economy

e*con"o*my
(e̝*k&obreve_;n"o̝*m&ybreve_;)
n.
pl. Economies (e̝*k&obreve_;n"o̝*mĭz).
[F. économie, L. oeconomia household management, fr. Gr. o'ikonomi`a, fr. o'ikono`mos one managing a household; o'i^kos house (akin to L. vicus village, E. vicinity) + no`mos  usage, law, rule, fr. ne`mein to distribute, manage. See Vicinity, Nomad.]
1.
The management of domestic affairs; the regulation and government of household matters; especially as they concern expense or disbursement; as, a careful economy.

Himself busy in charge of the household economies.
Froude.

2.
Orderly arrangement and management of the internal affairs of a state or of any establishment kept up by production and consumption; esp., such management as directly concerns wealth; as, political economy.

3.
The system of rules and regulations by which anything is managed; orderly system of regulating the distribution and uses of parts, conceived as the result of wise and economical adaptation in the author, whether human or divine; as, the animal or vegetable economy; the economy of a poem; the Jewish economy.

The position which they [the verb and adjective] hold in the general economy of language.
Earle.

In the Greek poets, as also in Plautus, we shall see the economy . . . of poems better observed than in Terence.
B. Jonson.

The Jews already had a Sabbath, which, as citizens and subjects of that economy, they were obliged to keep.
Paley.

4.
Thrifty and frugal housekeeping; management without loss or waste; frugality in expenditure; prudence and disposition to save; as, a housekeeper accustomed to economy but not to parsimony.

Political economy. See under Political.
I have no other notion of economy than that it is the parent to liberty and ease.
Swift.

The father was more given to frugality, and the son to riotousness [luxuriousness].
Golding.


word: ecorche
definition:
ecorche

É`cor`ché"
(?)
n.
[F.]
(Fine Arts)
A manikin, or image, representing an animal, especially man, with the skin removed so that the muscles are exposed for purposes of study.


word: Ecostate
definition:
Ecostate

E*cos"tate
(?)
a.
[Pref. e- + costate.]
(Bot.)
Having no ribs or nerves; -- said of a leaf.


word: ecoute
definition:
ecoute

É`coute"
(?)
n.
[F., a listening place.]
(Mil.)
One of the small galleries run out in front of the glacis. They serve to annoy the enemy's miners.


word: Ecphasis
definition:
Ecphasis

Ec"pha*sis
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. _;, fr. _;  to speak out.]
(Rhet.)
An explicit declaration.


word: Ecphonema
definition:
Ecphonema

Ec`pho*ne"ma
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. _; a thing called out, fr. _; to cry out; 'ek out + _; voice.]
(Rhet.)
A breaking out with some interjectional particle.


word: Ecphoneme
definition:
Ecphoneme

Ec"pho*neme
(?)
n.
[See Ecphonema.]
A mark (!) used to indicate an exclamation.
G. Brown.


word: Ecphonesis
definition:
Ecphonesis

Ec`pho*ne"sis
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. _;. See Ecphonema.]
(Rhet.)
An animated or passionate exclamation.

The feelings by the ecphonesis are very various.
Gibbs.


word: Ecphractic
definition:
Ecphractic

Ec*phrac"tic
(?)
a.
[Gr. _;, from _; to open; 'ek out + _; to block up: cf. F. ecphractique.]
(Med.)
Serving to dissolve or attenuate viscid matter, and so to remove obstructions; deobstruent.
n. An ecphractic medicine.
Harvey.


word: ecraseur
definition:
ecraseur

É`cra`seur"
(?)
n.
[F., fr. écraser to crush.]
(Surg.)
An instrument intended to replace the knife in many operations, the parts operated on being severed by the crushing effect produced by the gradual tightening of a steel chain, so that hemorrhage rarely follows.


word: ecru
definition:
ecru

É`cru"
(?)
a.
[F., fr. L. crudus raw.]
Having the color or appearance of unbleached stuff, as silk, linen, or the like.


word: Ecstasy
definition:
Ecstasy

Ec"sta*sy
(?)
n.
pl. Ecstasies (#).
[F. extase, L. ecstasis, fr. Gr. _;, fr. _; to put out of place, derange; _; = 'ek out + _; to set, stand. See Ex-, and Stand.]
[Also written extasy.]
1.
The state of being beside one's self or rapt out of one's self; a state in which the mind is elevated above the reach of ordinary impressions, as when under the influence of overpowering emotion; an extraordinary elevation of the spirit, as when the soul, unconscious of sensible objects, is supposed to contemplate heavenly mysteries.

Like a mad prophet in an ecstasy.
Dryden.

This is the very ecstasy of love.
Shak.

2.
Excessive and overmastering joy or enthusiasm; rapture; enthusiastic delight.

He on the tender grass
Would sit, and hearken even to ecstasy.
Milton.

3.
Violent distraction of mind; violent emotion; excessive grief of anxiety; insanity; madness.
[Obs.]

That unmatched form and feature of blown youth
Blasted with ecstasy.
Shak.

Our words will but increase his ecstasy.
Marlowe.

4.
(Med.)
A state which consists in total suspension of sensibility, of voluntary motion, and largely of mental power. The body is erect and inflexible; the pulsation and breathing are not affected.
Mayne.


word: Ecstasy₂
definition:
Ecstasy

Ec"sta*sy
v. t.
To fill ecstasy, or with rapture or enthusiasm.
[Obs.]

The most ecstasied order of holy . . . spirits.
Jer. Taylor.


word: Ecstatic
definition:
Ecstatic

Ec*stat"ic
(?)
a.
[Gr. _;, fr. _;: cf. F. extatique.  See Ecstasy, n.]
1.
Pertaining to, or caused by, ecstasy or excessive emotion; of the nature, or in a state, of ecstasy; as, ecstatic gaze; ecstatic trance.

This ecstatic fit of love and jealousy.
Hammond.

2.
Delightful beyond measure; rapturous; ravishing; as, ecstatic bliss or joy.


word: Ecstatical
definition:
Ecstatical

Ec*stat"ic*al
(?)
a.
1.
Ecstatic.
Bp. Stillingfleet.

2.
Tending to external objects.
[R.]
Norris.


word: Ecto-
definition:
Ecto-

Ect-

{ Ect- (?), Ec"to- (?) }
[Gr. 'ekto`s outside outside.]
A combining form signifying without, outside, external.


word: Ectad
definition:
Ectad

Ec"tad
(?)
adv.
[Ect- + L. ad towards.]
(Anat.)
Toward the outside or surface; -- opposed to entad.
B. G. Wilder.


word: Ectal
definition:
Ectal

Ec"tal
(?)
a.
[See Ect-.]
(Anat.)
Pertaining to, or situated near, the surface; outer; -- opposed to ental.
B. G. Wilder.


word: Ectasis
definition:
Ectasis

Ec"ta*sis
(?)
n.
[L., fr. Gr. _;; 'ek out + _; to stretch.]
(Pros.)
The lengthening of a syllable from short to long.


word: Ectental
definition:
Ectental

Ec*ten"tal
(?)
a.
[Gr. 'ekto`s outside + _; inside.]
(Biol.)
Relating to, or connected with, the two primitive germ layers, the ectoderm and ectoderm; as, the “ectental line” or line of juncture of the two layers in the segmentation of the ovum.
C. S. Minot.


word: Ecteron
definition:
Ecteron

Ec"ter*on
(?)
n.
[See Ect-.]
(Anat.)
The external layer of the skin and mucous membranes; epithelium; ecderon.
Ec`ter*on"ic (#), a.


word: Ecthlipsis
definition:
Ecthlipsis

Ec*thlip"sis
(?)
n.
[L., fr. Gr. _;, fr. _; to squeeze out.]
1.
The dropping out or suppression from a word of a consonant, with or without a vowel.

2.
(Lat. Pros.)
The elision of a final m, with the preceding vowel, before a word beginning with a vowel.


word: Ecthoreum
definition:
Ecthoreum

Ec`tho*re"um
(?)
n.
pl. Ecthorea (#).
[NL., fr. Gr. _; to leap out; ek out + _;, _;, to leap, dart.]
(Zoöl.)
The slender, hollow thread of a nettling cell or cnida. See Nettling cell.
[Written also ecthoræum.]


word: Ecthyma
definition:
Ecthyma

Ec*thy"ma
(?)
n.
pl. Ecthymata (#).
[NL., fr. Gr. _; pimple, fr. _; to break out.]
(Med.)
A cutaneous eruption, consisting of large, round pustules, upon an indurated and inflamed base.
Dunglison.


word: Ectoblast
definition:
Ectoblast

Ec"to*blast
(?)
n.
[Ecto- + Gr. _; bud, germ.]
(Biol.)
(a)
The outer layer of the blastoderm; the epiblast; the ectoderm.
(b)
The outer envelope of a cell; the cell wall.
Agassiz.


word: Ectobronchium
definition:
Ectobronchium

Ec`to*bron"chi*um
(?)
n.
pl. Ectobronchia (#).
[NL. See Ecto-, and Bronchia.]
(Anat.)
One of the dorsal branches of the main bronchi in the lungs of birds.


word: Ectocuniform
definition:
Ectocuniform

Ectocuneriform

{ Ec`to*cu*ne"ri*form (?), Ec`to*cu"ni*form (?), }
n.
[Ecto- + cuneiform, cuniform.]
(Anat.)
One of the bones of the tarsus. See Cuneiform.


word: Ectoderm
definition:
Ectoderm

Ec"to*derm
(?)
n.
[Ecto- + -derm.]
(Biol.)
(a)
The outer layer of the blastoderm; epiblast.
(b)
The external skin or outer layer of an animal or plant, this being formed in an animal from the epiblast. See Illust. of Blastoderm.


word: Ectodermic
definition:
Ectodermic

Ectodermal

{ Ec`to*der"mal (?), Ec`to*der"mic (?), }
a.
(Biol.)
Of or relating to the ectoderm.


word: Ectolecithal
definition:
Ectolecithal

Ec`to*lec"i*thal
(?)
a.
[Ecto- + Gr.  _; the yolk of an egg.]
(Biol.)
Having the food yolk, at the commencement of segmentation, in a peripheral position, and the cleavage process confined to the center of the egg; as, ectolecithal ova.


word: Ectomere
definition:
Ectomere

Ec"to*mere
(?)
n.
[Ecto- + -mere.]
(Biol.)
The more transparent cells, which finally become external, in many segmenting ova, as those of mammals.


word: Ectoparasite
definition:
Ectoparasite

Ec`to*par"a*site
(?)
n.
(Zoöl.)
Any parasite which lives on the exterior of animals; -- opposed to endoparasite.
Ec`to*par`a*sit"ic (#), a.


word: Ectopia
definition:
Ectopia

Ec*to"pi*a
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. 'ek out + _; place.]
(Med.)
A morbid displacement of parts, especially such as is congenial; as, ectopia of the heart, or of the bladder.


word: Ectoplasm
definition:
Ectoplasm

Ec"to*plasm
(?)
n.
[Ecto- + Gr. _; form.]
(Biol.)
(a)
The outer transparent layer of protoplasm in a developing ovum.
(b)
The outer hyaline layer of protoplasm in a vegetable cell.
(c)
The ectosarc of protozoan.


word: Ectoplastic
definition:
Ectoplastic

Ec`to*plas"tic
(?)
a.
[Ecto- + Gr. _; to mold.]
Pertaining to, or composed of, ectoplasm.


word: Ectoprocta
definition:
Ectoprocta

Ec`to*proc"ta
(?)
n. pl.
[NL., fr. Gr. 'ekto`s outside outside + _; the anus.]
(Zoöl.)
An order of Bryozoa in which the anus lies outside the circle of tentacles.


word: Ectosarc
definition:
Ectosarc

Ec"to*sarc
(?)
n.
[Ecto- + Gr. _;, _;, flesh.]
(Biol.)
The semisolid external layer of protoplasm in some unicellular organisms, as the amœba; ectoplasm; exoplasm.


word: Ectosteal
definition:
Ectosteal

Ec*tos"te*al
(?)
a.
(Physiol.)
Of or pertaining to ectostosis; as, ectosteal ossification.


word: Ectostosis
definition:
Ectostosis

Ec`tos*to"sis
(?)
n.
[NL. See Ect-, and Ostosis.]
(Physiol.)
A process of bone formation in which ossification takes place in the perichondrium and either surrounds or gradually replaces the cartilage.


word: Ectozoon
definition:
Ectozoon

Ec`to*zo"ön
(?)
n.
pl. Ectozoa (#).
[NL., fr. Gr. 'ekto`s outside outside + zw^,on an animal.]
(Zoöl.)
See Epizoön.


word: Ectropion
definition:
Ectropion

Ec*tro"pi*on
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. _;, fr. _; a turning aside; _; from + _; to turn.]
(Med.)
An unnatural eversion of the eyelids.


word: Ectrotic
definition:
Ectrotic

Ec*trot"ic
(?)
a.
[Gr. _; for abortion; 'ek out + _; to wound, cause mischief to.]
(Med.)
Having a tendency to prevent the development of anything, especially of a disease.


word: Ectypal
definition:
Ectypal

Ec"ty*pal
(?)
a.
[L. ectypus worked in high relief, Gr. _;;  out + _; stamp, figure. See Type.]
Copied, reproduced as a molding or cast, in contradistinction from the original model.


word: Ectype
definition:
Ectype

Ec"type
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. ectype. See Ectypal.]
1.
(Classical Archæol.)
(a)
A copy, as in pottery, of an artist's original work. Hence:
(b)
A work sculptured in relief, as a cameo, or in bas-relief (in this sense used loosely).

2.
A copy from an original; a type of something that has previously existed.

Some regarded him [Klopstock] as an ectype of the ancient prophets.
Eng. Cyc. .


word: Ectypography
definition:
Ectypography

Ec`ty*pog"ra*phy
(?)
n.
[Ectype + -graphy.]
A method of etching in which the design upon the plate is produced in relief.


word: Ecumenical
definition:
Ecumenical

Ecumenic

{ Ec`u*men"ic (?), Ec`u*men"ic*al (?), }
a.
[L. oecumenicus, Gr. _; (sc. _;) the inhabited world, fr. _; to inhabit, from o'i^kos house, dwelling. See Economy.]
General; universal; in ecclesiastical usage, that which concerns the whole church; as, an ecumenical council.
[Written also œcumenical.]

Ecumenical Bishop, a title assumed by the popes. -- Ecumenical council. See under Council.


word: Eczema
definition:
Eczema

Ec"ze*ma
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. 'e`kzema; "ek out + zei^n to boil.]
(Med.)
An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin covered with crusts; -- called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.


word: -ed
definition:
-ed

-ed
(?)
The termination of the past participle of regular, or weak, verbs; also, of analogous participial adjectives from nouns; as, pigmented; talented.


word: Edacious
definition:
Edacious

E*da"cious
(?)
a.
[L. edax, edacis, fr. edere to eat.]
Given to eating; voracious; devouring.

Swallowed in the depths of edacious Time.
Carlyle.


word: Edam cheese
definition:
Edam cheese

Edam

E"dam (?), n., or Edam cheese
A mild Dutch pressed cheese of yellow color and fine flavor, made in balls weighing three or four pounds, and usually colored crimson outside; -- so called from the village of Edam, near Amsterdam. Also, cheese of the same type, wherever made.


word: edaphosaurus
definition:
edaphosaurus

edaphosaurus
n.
an extinct heavy-bodied reptile of the late Paleozoic having a dorsal sail or crest.


word: Edda
definition:
Edda

Ed"da
(?)
n.
pl. Eddas (#).
[Icel., lit. great-grandmother (i. e., of Scandinavian poetry), so called by Bishop Brynjúlf Sveinsson, who brought it again to light in 1643.]
The religious or mythological book of the old Scandinavian tribes of German origin, containing two collections of Sagas (legends, myths) of the old northern gods and heroes.

&hand_; There are two Eddas. The older, consisting of 39 poems, was reduced to writing from oral tradition in Iceland between 1050 and 1133. The younger or prose Edda, called also the Edda of Snorri, is the work of several writers, though usually ascribed to Snorri Sturleson, who was born in 1178.


word: Edder₂
definition:
Edder

Ed"der
n.
[AS. edor hedge, fence; akin to etar.]
Flexible wood worked into the top of hedge stakes, to bind them together.
[Obs.]
Tusser.


word: Eddish
definition:
Eddish

Ed"dish
(?)
n.
[AS. edisc; cf. AS. pref. ed- again, anew.  Cf. Eddy, and Arrish.]
Aftermath; also, stubble and stubble field. See Arrish.
[Eng.]


word: Eddy
definition:
Eddy

Ed"dy
(ĕd"d&ybreve_;)
n.
pl. Eddies (ĕd"dĭz).
[Prob. fr. Icel. iða; cf. Icel. pref. ið- back, AS. ed-, OS. idug-, OHG. ita-; Goth. id-.]
1.
A current of air or water running back, or in a direction contrary to the main current.

2.
A current of water or air moving in a circular direction; a whirlpool.

And smiling eddies dimpled on the main.
Dryden.

Wheel through the air, in circling eddies play.
Addison.

Used also adjectively; as, eddy winds.
Dryden.


word: Eddy₂
definition:
Eddy

Ed"dy
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Eddied (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Eddying.]
To move as an eddy, or as in an eddy; to move in a circle.

Eddying round and round they sink.
Wordsworth.


word: Eddy₃
definition:
Eddy

Ed"dy
v. t.
To collect as into an eddy.
[R.]

The circling mountains eddy in
From the bare wild the dissipated storm.
Thomson.


word: Eddy current
definition:
Eddy current

Ed"dy cur"rent
(?)
(Elec.)
An induced electric current circulating wholly within a mass of metal; -- called also Foucault current.


word: Eddy kite
definition:
Eddy kite

Ed"dy kite
(?)
Malay kite
[After William A. Eddy, American kite expert.]
A quadrilateral, tailless kite, with convex surfaces exposed to the wind. This kite was extensively used by Eddy in his famous meteorological experiments. It is now generally superseded by the box kite.


word: Edelweiss
definition:
Edelweiss

E"del*weiss
(?)
n.
[G., fr. edel noble + weiss white.]
(Bot.)
A little, perennial, white, woolly plant (Leontopodium alpinum), growing at high elevations in the Alps.  It is the national flower of Austria.


word: Eden
definition:
Eden

E"den
(?)
n.
[Heb. ēden delight, pleasure; also, a place of pleasure, Eden.]
The garden where Adam and Eve first dwelt; hence, a delightful region or residence.


word: Edenized
definition:
Edenized

E"den*ized
(?)
a.
Admitted to a state of paradisaic happiness.
[R.]
Davies (Wit's Pilgr. ).


word: Edentata
definition:
Edentata

E`den*ta"ta
(?)
prop. n. pl.
[NL., neut. pl. from L. edentatus, p. p. of edentare to render toothless; e out + dens, dentis, tooth.]
(Zoöl.)
An order of mammals including the armadillos, sloths, and anteaters; -- called also Bruta.  The incisor teeth are rarely developed, and in some groups all the teeth are lacking.


word: Edentate
definition:
Edentate

E*den"tate
(?)
a.
1.
Destitute of teeth; as, an edentate quadruped; an edentate leaf.

2.
(Zoöl.)
Belonging to the Edentata.


word: Edentulous
definition:
Edentulous

E*den"tu*lous
(e̝*dĕn"t&uuptack_;*lŭs; 135)
a.
[L. edentulus; e out + dens, dentis, tooth.]
Toothless.


word: Edge
definition:
Edge

Edge
(ĕj)
n.
[OE. eg, egge, AS. ecg; akin to OHG. ekka, G. ecke, Icel. & Sw. egg, Dan. eg, and to L. acies, Gr. 'akh` point, Skr. açri edge. √1.  Cf. Egg, v. t., Eager, Ear spike of corn, Acute.]
1.
The thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument; as, the edge of an ax, knife, sword, or scythe.
Hence,
(figuratively)
That which cuts as an edge does, or wounds deeply, etc.

He which hath the sharp sword with two edges.
Rev. ii. 12.

Slander,
Whose edge is sharper than the sword.
Shak.

2.
Any sharp terminating border; a margin; a brink; extreme verge; as, the edge of a table, a precipice.

Upon the edge of yonder coppice.
Shak.

In worst extremes, and on the perilous edge
Of battle.
Milton.

Pursue even to the very edge of destruction.
Sir W. Scott.

3.
Sharpness; readiness or fitness to cut; keenness; intenseness of desire.

The full edge of our indignation.
Sir W. Scott.

Death and persecution lose all the ill that they can have, if we do not set an edge upon them by our fears and by our vices.
Jer. Taylor.

4.
The border or part adjacent to the line of division; the beginning or early part; as, in the edge of evening.
edge
Milton.

Edge joint (Carp.), a joint formed by two edges making a corner. -- Edge mill, a crushing or grinding mill in which stones roll around on their edges, on a level circular bed; -- used for ore, and as an oil mill. Called also Chilian mill. -- Edge molding (Arch.), a molding whose section is made up of two curves meeting in an angle. -- Edge plane. (a) (Carp.) A plane for edging boards. (b) (Shoemaking) A plane for edging soles. -- Edge play, a kind of swordplay in which backswords or cutlasses are used, and the edge, rather than the point, is employed. -- Edge rail. (Railroad) (a) A rail set on edge; -- applied to a rail of more depth than width. (b) A guard rail by the side of the main rail at a switch. Knight. -- Edge railway, a railway having the rails set on edge. -- Edge stone, a curbstone. -- Edge tool. (a) Any tool or instrument having a sharp edge intended for cutting. (b) A tool for forming or dressing an edge; an edging tool. -- To be on edge,  (a) to be eager, impatient, or anxious. (b) to be irritable or nervous.  -- on edge,  (a) See to be on edge. (b) See to set the teeth on edge. -- To set the teeth on edge, (a) to cause a disagreeable tingling sensation in the teeth, as by bringing acids into contact with them. [archaic] Bacon. (b) to produce a disagreeable or unpleasant sensation; to annoy or repel; -- often used of sounds; as, the screeching of of the subway train wheels sets my teeth on edge.


word: Edge₂
definition:
Edge

Edge
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Edged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Edging.]
1.
To furnish with an edge as a tool or weapon; to sharpen.

To edge her champion's sword.
Dryden.

2.
To shape or dress the edge of, as with a tool.

3.
To furnish with a fringe or border; as, to edge a dress; to edge a garden with box.

Hills whose tops were edged with groves.
Pope.

4.
To make sharp or keen, figuratively; to incite; to exasperate; to goad; to urge or egg on.
[Obs.]

By such reasonings, the simple were blinded, and the malicious edged.
Hayward.

5.
To move by little and little or cautiously, as by pressing forward edgewise; as, edging their chairs forwards.
Locke.


word: Edge₃
definition:
Edge

Edge
v. i.
1.
To move sideways; to move gradually; as, edge along this way.

2.
To sail close to the wind.

I must edge up on a point of wind.
Dryden.

To edge away or To edge off (Naut.), to increase the distance gradually from the shore, vessel, or other object. -- To edge down (Naut.), to approach by slow degrees, as when a sailing vessel approaches an object in an oblique direction from the windward. -- To edge in, to get in edgewise; to get in by degrees. -- To edge in with, as with a coast or vessel (Naut.), to advance gradually, but not directly, toward it.


word: edged
definition:
edged

edged
adj.
1.
having a specified kind of border or edge; as, a black-edged card; dried sweat left salt-edged patches.
[Postpositional]

2.
having a cutting edge or especially an edge or edges as specified; often used in combination; as, a dull-edged blade.  Opposit of edgeless.
[Postpositional]

3.
having a biting effect, implying criticism; -- used of words or language; as, edged satire.

Syn. -- cutting, harsh, sharp, sharp-worded, stinging.


word: Edgelong
definition:
Edgelong

Edge"long
(?; 115)
adv.
In the direction of the edge.
[Obs.]

Three hundred thousand pieces have you stuck
Edgelong into the ground.
B. Jonson.


word: Edgewise
definition:
Edgewise

Edgeways

{ Edge"ways (?), Edge"wise (?), }
adv.
With the edge towards anything; in the direction of the edge.

to get a word in edgewise to succeed in expressing an opinion in a conversation, in spite of constant speech from another or others; as, he talked incessantly and I couldn't get a word in edgewise. the form edgeways is now uncommon.

Glad to get in a word, as they say, edgeways.
Sir W. Scott.


word: Edging
definition:
Edging

Edg"ing
(?)
n.
1.
That which forms an edge or border, as the fringe, trimming, etc., of a garment, or a border in a garden.
Dryden.

2.
The operation of shaping or dressing the edge of anything, as of a piece of metal.

Edging machine, a machine tool with a revolving cutter, for dressing edges, as of boards, or metal plates, to a pattern or templet.


word: Edgy
definition:
Edgy

Edg"y
(?)
a.
[From Edge.]
1.
Easily irritated; sharp; as, an edgy temper.

2.
(Fine Arts)
Having some of the forms, such as drapery or the like, too sharply defined.
edgy
Hazlitt.


word: Edh
definition:
Edh

Edh
(?)
n.
The name of the Anglo-Saxon letter ð, capital form Ð. It is sounded as “English th in a similar word: &omacrðer, other, dôð, doth.”
March.


word: Edible
definition:
Edible

Ed"i*ble
(?)
a.
[L. edibilis, fr. edere to eat. See Eat.]
Fit to be eaten as food; eatable; esculent; as, edible fishes.
Bacon.
n. Anything edible.

Edible bird's nest. See Bird's nest, 2. -- Edible crab (Zoöl.), any species of crab used as food, esp. the American blue crab (Callinectes hastatus). See Crab. -- Edible frog (Zoöl.), the common European frog (Rana esculenta), used as food. -- Edible snail (Zoöl.), any snail used as food, esp. Helix pomatia and H. aspersa of Europe.


word: Edict
definition:
Edict

E"dict
(?)
n.
[L. edictum, fr. edicere, edictum, to declare, proclaim; e out + dicere to say: cf. F. édit. See Diction.]
A public command or ordinance by the sovereign power; the proclamation of a law made by an absolute authority, as if by the very act of announcement; a decree; as, the edicts of the Roman emperors; the edicts of the French monarch.

It stands as an edict in destiny.
Shak.

Edict of Nantes (French Hist.), an edict issued by Henry IV. (A. D. 1598), giving toleration to Protestants. Its revocation by Louis XIV. (A. D. 1685) was followed by terrible persecutions and the expatriation of thousands of French Protestants.


word: Edificant
definition:
Edificant

Ed"i*fi*cant
(?)
a.
[L. aedificans, -antis, p. pr. of aedificare. See Edify.]
Building; constructing.
[R.]
Dugard.


word: Edification
definition:
Edification

Ed`i*fi*ca"tion
(?)
n.
[L. aedificatio: cf. F. édification. See Edify.]
1.
The act of edifying, or the state of being edified; a building up, especially in a moral or spiritual sense; moral, intellectual, or spiritual improvement; instruction.

The assured edification of his church.
Bp. Hall.

Out of these magazines I shall supply the town with what may tend to their edification.
Addison.

2.
A building or edifice.
[Obs.]
Bullokar.


word: Edifice
definition:
Edifice

Ed"i*fice
(?)
n.
[L. aedificium, fr. aedificare: cf. F. édifice. See Edify.]
A building; a structure; an architectural fabric; -- chiefly applied to elegant houses, and other large buildings; as, a palace, a church, a statehouse.


word: Edifier
definition:
Edifier

Ed"i*fi`er
(?)
n.
1.
One who builds.
[Obs.]

2.
One who edifies, builds up, or strengthens another by moral or religious instruction.


word: Edify
definition:
Edify

Ed"i*fy
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Edified (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Edifying.]
[F. édifier, L. aedificare; aedes a building, house, orig., a fireplace (akin to Gr. _; to burn, Skr. idh to kindle, OHG. eit funeral pile, AS. ād, OIr. aed fire) + facere to make. See Fact, -fy.]
1.
To build; to construct.
[Archaic]

There was a holy chapel edified.
Spenser.

2.
To instruct and improve, especially in moral and religious knowledge; to teach.

It does not appear probable that our dispute [about miracles] would either edify or enlighten the public.
Gibbon.

3.
To teach or persuade.
[Obs.]
Bacon.


word: Edifying
definition:
Edifying

Ed"i*fy`ing
(?)
a.
Instructing; improving; as, an edifying conversation.
Ed"i*fy`ing*ly, adv. -- Ed"i*fy`ing*ness, n.


word: Edingtonite
definition:
Edingtonite

Ed"ing*ton*ite
(?)
n.
(Min.)
A grayish white zeolitic mineral, in tetragonal crystals. It is a hydrous silicate of alumina and baryta.


word: Edit
definition:
Edit

Ed"it
(ĕd"ĭt)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Edited; p. pr. & vb. n. Editing.]
[F. éditer, or L. editus, p. p. of edere to give out, put forth, publish; e out + dare to give. See Date a point of time.]
To superintend the publication of; to revise and prepare for publication; to select, correct, arrange, etc., the matter of, for publication; as, to edit a newspaper.

Philosophical treatises which have never been edited.
Enfield.


word: Edition
definition:
Edition

E*di"tion
(?)
n.
[L. editio, fr. edere to publish; cf. F. édition. See Edit.]
1.
A literary work edited and published, as by a certain editor or in a certain manner; as, a good edition of Chaucer; Chalmers' edition of Shakespeare.

2.
The whole number of copies of a work printed and published at one time; as, the first edition was soon sold.


word: Editor
definition:
Editor

Ed"i*tor
(?)
n.
[L., that which produces, from edere to publish: cf. F. éditeur.]
One who edits; esp., a person who prepares, superintends, revises, and corrects a book, magazine, or newspaper, etc., for publication.


word: Editorial
definition:
Editorial

Ed`i*to"ri*al
(?)
a.
Of or pertaining to an editor; written or sanctioned by an editor; as, editorial labors; editorial remarks.


word: Editorial₂
definition:
Editorial

Ed`i*to"ri*al
n.
A leading article in a newspaper or magazine; an editorial article; an article published as an expression of the views of the editor.


word: editorialize
definition:
editorialize

ed`i*to"ri*al*ize
v. i.
1.
to write an opinion in an editorial in a publication.

2.
to insert personal opinions into an article or statement that is supposed to be an objective statement of facts.


word: Editorially
definition:
Editorially

Ed`i*to"ri*al*ly
(?)
adv.
In the manner or character of an editor or of an editorial article.


word: Editorship
definition:
Editorship

Ed"i*tor*ship
(?)
n.
The office or charge of an editor; care and superintendence of a publication.


word: Edituate
definition:
Edituate

E*dit"u*ate
(?)
v. t.
[LL. aedituatus, p. p. of aedituare, fr. L. aedituus a temple warden; aedes building, temple + tueri to guard.]
To guard as a churchwarden does.
[Obs.]
J. Gregory.


word: Edomite
definition:
Edomite

E"dom*ite
(?)
n.
One of the descendants of Esau or Edom, the brother of Jacob; an Idumean.


word: Edriophthalma
definition:
Edriophthalma

Ed`ri*oph*thal"ma
(?)
n. pl.
[NL., fr. Gr. "edrai^os steadfast + 'ofqalmo`s the eye.]
(Zoöl.)
A group of Crustacea in which the eyes are without stalks; the Arthrostraca.
[Written also Edriophthalmata.]


word: educability
definition:
educability

ed`u*ca*bil"i*ty
(ĕd`&uuptack_;*kȧ*bĭl"ĭ*t&ybreve_;)
n.
[Cf. F. éducabilité.]
Capability of being educated.


word: educable
definition:
educable

ed"u*ca*ble
(ĕd"&uuptack_;*kȧ*b'l; 135)
a.
[Cf. F. éducable.]
Capable of being educated.
educable
M. Arnold.


word: educate
definition:
educate

ed"u*cate
(ĕd"&uuptack_;*kāt)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Educated (ĕd"&uuptack_;*kā`tĕd); p. pr. & vb. n. Educating (ĕd"&uuptack_;*kā`tĭng).]
[L. educatus, p. p. of educare to bring up a child physically or mentally, to educate, fr. educere to lead forth, bring up (a child). See Educe.]
To bring up or guide the powers of, as a child; to develop and cultivate, whether physically, mentally, or morally, but more commonly limited to the mental activities or senses; to expand, strengthen, and discipline, as the mind, a faculty, etc.; to form and regulate the principles and character of; to prepare and fit for any calling or business by systematic instruction; to cultivate; to train; to instruct; as, to educate a child; to educate the eye or the taste.


word: educatee
definition:
educatee

educatee
n.
a learner who is enrolled in an educational institution.

Syn. -- student, pupil.


word: Education
definition:
Education

Ed`u*ca"tion
(?; 135)
n.
[L. educatio; cf. F. éducation.]
The act or process of educating; the result of educating, as determined by the knowledge skill, or discipline of character, acquired; also, the act or process of training by a prescribed or customary course of study or discipline; as, an education for the bar or the pulpit; he has finished his education.

To prepare us for complete living is the function which education has to discharge.
H. Spenser.


word: Educationist
definition:
Educationist

Ed`u*ca"tion*ist
n.
One who is versed in the theories of, or who advocates and promotes, education.

Syn. -- educationalist.


word: Educative
definition:
Educative

Ed"u*ca*tive
(?; 135)
a.
[Cf. F. éducatif.]
Tending to educate; that gives education; as, an educative process; an educative experience.


word: Educe
definition:
Educe

E*duce"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Educed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Educing (?).]
[L. educere; e out  + ducere to lead. See Duke.]
To bring or draw out; to cause to appear; to produce against counter agency or influence; to extract; to evolve; as, to educe a form from matter.

The eternal art educing good from ill.
Pope.

They want to educe and cultivate what is best and noblest in themselves.
M. Arnold.


word: Educt
definition:
Educt

E"duct
(?)
n.
[L. eductum, fr. educere.]
That which is educed, as by analysis.
Sir W. Hamilton.


word: Eduction
definition:
Eduction

E*duc"tion
(?)
n.
[L. eductio.]
The act of drawing out or bringing into view.

Eduction pipe, and Eduction port. See Exhaust pipe and Exhaust port, under Exhaust, a.


word: Eductor
definition:
Eductor

E*duc"tor
(?)
n.
[L., tutor.]
One who, or that which, brings forth, elicits, or extracts.

Stimulus must be called an eductor of vital ether.
E. Darwin.


word: Edulcorant
definition:
Edulcorant

E*dul"co*rant
(?)
a.
[See Edulcorate.]
Having a tendency to purify or to sweeten by removing or correcting acidity and acrimony.


word: Edulcorate
definition:
Edulcorate

E*dul"co*rate
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Edulcorated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Edulcorating.]
[L. e out + dulcoratus, p. p. of dulcorare to sweeten, fr. dulcor sweetness, fr. dulcis sweet: cf. F. édulcorer.]
1.
To render sweet; to sweeten; to free from acidity.

Succory . . . edulcorated with sugar and vinegar.
Evelyn.

2.
(Chem.)
To free from acids, salts, or other soluble substances, by washing; to purify.
[R.]


word: Edulcoration
definition:
Edulcoration

E*dul`co*ra"tion
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. édulcoration.]
1.
The act of sweetening or edulcorating.

2.
(Chem.)
The act of freeing from acids or any soluble substances, by affusions of water.
[R.]
Ure.


word: Edulcorator
definition:
Edulcorator

E*dul"co*ra`tor
(?)
n.
A contrivance used to supply small quantities of sweetened liquid, water, etc., to any mixture, or to test tubes, etc.; a dropping bottle.


word: -ee
definition:
-ee

-ee
(?)
[Formed on the F. p. p. ending -é, masc.]
A suffix used, chiefly in law terms, in a passive signification, to indicate the direct or indirect object of an action, or the one to whom an act is done or on whom a right is conferred; as in assignee, donee, alienee, grantee, etc. It is correlative to -or, the agent or doer.


word: Eel
definition:
Eel

Eel
(?)
n.
[AS. _;l; akin to D., G., & Dan. aal, Icel. āll, Sw. ål.]
(Zoöl.)
An elongated fish of many genera and species. The common eels of Europe and America belong to the genus Anguilla. The electrical eel is a species of Gymnotus. The so called vinegar eel is a minute nematode worm. See Conger eel, Electric eel, and Gymnotus.


word: Eelgrass
definition:
Eelgrass

Eel"grass`
(?)
n.
(Bot.)
A plant (Zostera marina), with very long and narrow leaves, growing abundantly in shallow bays along the North Atlantic coast.


word: Eelpot
definition:
Eelpot

Eel"pot`
(?)
n.
A boxlike structure with funnel-shaped traps for catching eels; an eelbuck.


word: Eelpout
definition:
Eelpout

Eel"pout`
(?)
n.
[AS. _;lepute.]
(Zoöl.)
(a)
A European fish (Zoarces viviparus), remarkable for producing living young; -- called also greenbone, guffer, bard, and Maroona eel. Also, an American species (Z. anguillaris), -- called also mutton fish, and, erroneously, congo eel, ling, and lamper eel. Both are edible, but of little value.
(b)
A fresh-water fish, the burbot.


word: Eery
definition:
Eery

Eerie

{ Ee"rie, Ee"ry  }
(?)
a.
[Scotch, fr. AS. earh timid.]
1.
Serving to inspire fear, esp. a dread of seeing ghosts; wild; weird; as, eerie stories.

She whose elfin prancer springs
By night to eery warblings.
Tennyson.

2.
Affected with fear; affrighted.
Burns.


word: Effable
definition:
Effable

Ef"fa*ble
(?)
a.
[L. effabilis; ex out + fari to speak.]
Capable of being uttered or explained; utterable.
Barrow.


word: Efface
definition:
Efface

Ef*face"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Effaced (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Effacing (?).]
[F. effacer; pref. es- (L. ex) + face face; prop., to destroy the face or form. See Face, and cf. Deface.]
1.
To cause to disappear (as anything impresses or inscribed upon a surface) by rubbing out, striking out, etc.; to erase; to render illegible or indiscernible; as, to efface the letters on a monument, or the inscription on a coin.

2.
To destroy, as a mental impression; to wear away.

Efface from his mind the theories and notions vulgarly received.
Bacon.


word: Effacement
definition:
Effacement

Ef*face"ment
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. effacement.]
The act if effacing; also, the result of the act.


word: Effascination
definition:
Effascination

Ef*fas`ci*na"tion
(?)
n.
[L. effascinatio.]
A charming; state of being bewitched or deluded.
[Obs.]


word: Effect
definition:
Effect

Ef*fect"
(?)
n.
[L. effectus, fr. efficere, effectum, to effect; ex + facere to make: cf. F. effet, formerly also spelled effect. See Fact.]
1.
Execution; performance; realization; operation; as, the law goes into effect in May.

That no compunctious visitings of nature
Shake my fell purpose, nor keep peace between
The effect and it.
Shak.

2.
Manifestation; expression; sign.

All the large effects
That troop with majesty.
Shak.

3.
In general: That which is produced by an agent or cause; the event which follows immediately from an antecedent, called the cause; result; consequence; outcome; fruit; as, the effect of luxury.

The effect is the unfailing index of the amount of the cause.
Whewell.

4.
Impression left on the mind; sensation produced.

Patchwork . . . introduced for oratorical effect.
J. C. Shairp.

The effect was heightened by the wild and lonely nature of the place.
W. Irving.

5.
Power to produce results; efficiency; force; importance; account; as, to speak with effect.

6.
Consequence intended; purpose; meaning; general intent; -- with to.

They spake to her to that effect.
2 Chron. xxxiv. 22.

7.
The purport; the sum and substance.
effect
Chaucer.
8.
Reality; actual meaning; fact, as distinguished from mere appearance.

No other in effect than what it seems.
Denham.

9.
pl.
Goods; movables; personal estate; -- sometimes used to embrace real as well as personal property; as, the people escaped from the town with their effects.

For effect, for an exaggerated impression or excitement. -- In effect, in fact; in substance. See 8, above. -- Of no effect, Of none effect, To no effect, or Without effect, destitute of results, validity, force, and the like; vain; fruitless.  “Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition.” Mark vii. 13. “All my study be to no effect.” Shak. -- To give effect to, to make valid; to carry out in practice; to push to its results. -- To take effect, to become operative, to accomplish aims. Shak.

Resolving all events, with their effects
And manifold results, into the will
And arbitration wise of the Supreme.
Cowper.

Shun the bitter consequence, for know,
The day thou eatest thereof, . . . thou shalt die.
Milton.


word: Effect₂
definition:
Effect

Ef*fect"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Effected; p. pr. & vb. n. Effecting.]
1.
To produce, as a cause or agent; to cause to be.

So great a body such exploits to effect.
Daniel.

2.
To bring to pass; to execute; to enforce; to achieve; to accomplish.

To effect that which the divine counsels had decreed.
Bp. Hurd.

They sailed away without effecting their purpose.
Jowett (Th. ).


word: Effectible
definition:
Effectible

Ef*fect"i*ble
(?)
a.
Capable of being done or achieved; practicable; feasible.
Sir T. Browne.


word: Effection
definition:
Effection

Ef*fec"tion
(?)
n.
[L. effectio: cf. F. effection.]
Creation; a doing.
[R.]
Sir M. Hale.


word: Effective
definition:
Effective

Ef*fect"ive
(?)
a.
[L. effectivus: cf. F. effectif.]
Having the power to produce an effect or effects; producing a decided or decisive effect; efficient; serviceable; operative; as, an effective force, remedy, speech; the effective men in a regiment.

They are not effective of anything, nor leave no work behind them.
Bacon.

Whosoever is an effective, real cause of doing his heighbor wrong, is criminal.
Jer. Taylor.


word: Effective₂
definition:
Effective

Ef*fect"ive
n.
1.
That which produces a given effect; a cause.
Jer. Taylor.

2.
One who is capable of active service.

He assembled his army -- 20,000 effectives -- at Corinth.
W. P. Johnston.

3.
[F. effectif real, effective, real amount.]
(Com.)
Specie or coin, as distinguished from paper currency; -- a term used in many parts of Europe.
Simmonds.

4.
The serviceable soldiers in a country; an army or any military body, collectively; as, France's effective.


word: Effectless
definition:
Effectless

Ef*fect"less
(?)
a.
Without effect or advantage; useless; bootless.
Shak.
Ef*fect"less*ly, adv.


word: Effectual
definition:
Effectual

Ef*fec"tu*al
(?; 135)
a.
[See Effect, n.]
Producing, or having adequate power or force to produce, an intended effect; adequate; efficient; operative; decisive.
Shak.

Effectual steps for the suppression of the rebellion.
Macaulay.

Effectual calling (Theol.), a doctrine concerning the work of the Holy Spirit in producing conviction of sin and acceptance of salvation by Christ, -- one of the five points of Calvinism. See Calvinism.


word: effectuality
definition:
effectuality

effectuality
n.
the power to be effective.

Syn. -- effectiveness, effectivity, effectualness.


word: Effectually
definition:
Effectually

Ef*fec"tu*al*ly
adv.
1.
With effect; efficaciously.

2.
Actually; in effect.
[Obs.]
Fuller.


word: Effectuate
definition:
Effectuate

Ef*fec"tu*ate
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Effectuated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Effectuating.]
[Cf. F. effectuer. See Effect, n. & v. t.]
To bring to pass; to effect; to achieve; to accomplish; to fulfill.

A fit instrument to effectuate his desire.
Sir P. Sidney.

In order to effectuate the thorough reform.
G. T. Curtis.


word: Effeminacy
definition:
Effeminacy

Ef*fem"i*na*cy
(?)
n.
pl. Effeminacies (#).
[From Effeminate.]
Characteristic quality of a woman, such as softness, luxuriousness, delicacy, or weakness, which is unbecoming a man; womanish delicacy or softness; -- used reproachfully of men.
Milton.


word: Effeminate
definition:
Effeminate

Ef*fem"i*nate
(?)
a.
[L. effeminatus, p. p. of effeminare to make a woman of; ex out + femina a woman. See Feminine, a.]
1.
Having some characteristic of a woman, as delicacy, luxuriousness, etc.; soft or delicate to an unmanly degree; womanish; weak.

The king, by his voluptuous life and mean marriage, became effeminate, and less sensible of honor.
Bacon.

An effeminate and unmanly foppery.
Bp. Hurd.

2.
Womanlike; womanly; tender; -- in a good sense.

Gentle, kind, effeminate remorse.
Shak.

&hand_; Effeminate and womanish are generally used in a reproachful sense; feminine and womanly, applied to women, are epithets of propriety or commendation.


word: Effeminate₂
definition:
Effeminate

Ef*fem"i*nate
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Effeminated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Effeminating (?).]
To make womanish; to make soft and delicate; to weaken.

It will not corrupt or effeminate children's minds.
Locke.


word: Effeminate₃
definition:
Effeminate

Ef*fem"i*nate
v. i.
To grow womanish or weak.

In a slothful peace both courage will effeminate and manners corrupt.
Pope.


word: Effeminately
definition:
Effeminately

Ef*fem"i*nate*ly
(?)
adv.
1.
In an effeminate or womanish manner; weakly; softly; delicately.
effeminately
Fawkes.

2.
By means of a woman; by the power or art of a woman.
[R.]
Effeminately
Milton.


word: Effendi
definition:
Effendi

Ef*fen"di
(?)
n.
[Turk. efendi, fr. Modern Gr. _;, fr. Gr. _; a chief. See Authentic.]
Master; sir; -- a Turkish title of respect, applied esp. to a state official or man of learning, as one learned in the law, but often simply as the courtesy title of a gentleman.


word: Efferent
definition:
Efferent

Ef"fe*rent
(?)
a.
[L. efferens, -entis, p. pr. of effere to bear out; ex out + ferre to bear.]
(Physiol.)
(a)
Conveying outward, or discharging; -- applied to certain blood vessels, lymphatics, nerves, etc.
(b)
Conveyed outward; as, efferent impulses, i. e., such as are conveyed by the motor or efferent nerves from the central nervous organ outwards; -- opposed to afferent.


word: Efferous
definition:
Efferous

Ef"fer*ous
(?)
a.
[L. efferus savage; ex (intens.) + ferus wild.]
Like a wild beast; fierce.
[Obs.]


word: Effervesce
definition:
Effervesce

Ef`fer*vesce"
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Effervesced (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Effervescing (?).]
[L. effervescere; ex + fervescere to begin boiling, incho., fr. fervere to boil. See Fervent.]
1.
To be in a state of natural ebullition; to bubble and hiss, as fermenting liquors, or any fluid, when some part escapes in a gaseous form.

2.
To exhibit, in lively natural expression, feelings that can not be repressed or concealed; as, to effervesce with joy or merriment.


word: Effervescency
definition:
Effervescency

Effervescence

{ Ef`fer*ves"cence (?), Ef`fer*ves"cen*cy (?), }
n.
[Cf. F. effervescence.]
A kind of natural ebullition; that commotion of a fluid which takes place when some part of the mass flies off in a gaseous form, producing innumerable small bubbles; as, the effervescence of a carbonate with citric acid.


word: Effervescent
definition:
Effervescent

Ef`fer*ves"cent
(?)
a.
[L. effervescences, p. pr. of effervescere: cf. F. effervescent.]
Gently boiling or bubbling, by means of the disengagement of gas


word: Effet
definition:
Effet

Ef"fet
(?)
n.
[See Eft, n.]
(Zoöl.)
The common newt; -- called also asker, eft, evat, and ewt.


word: Effete
definition:
Effete

Ef*fete"
(?)
a.
[L. effetus that has brought forth, exhausted; ex + fetus that has brought forth. See Fetus.]
No longer capable of producing young, as an animal, or fruit, as the earth; hence, worn out with age; exhausted of energy; incapable of efficient action; no longer productive; barren; sterile.

Effete results from virile efforts.
Mrs. Browning

If they find the old governments effete, worn out, . . . they may seek new ones.
Burke.


word: Efficacious
definition:
Efficacious

Ef`fi*ca"cious
(?)
a.
[L. eficax, -acis, fr. efficere. See Effect, n.]
Possessing the quality of being effective; productive of, or powerful to produce, the effect intended; as, an efficacious law.


word: efficaciousness
definition:
efficaciousness

ef`fi*ca"cious*ness
n.
the capacity or power to produce a desired effect.

Syn. -- efficacy.


word: efficacy
definition:
efficacy

ef"fi*ca*cy
(?)
n.
[L. efficacia, fr. efficax. See Efficacious.]
Power to produce effects; operation or energy of an agent or force; production of the effect intended; as, the efficacy of medicine in counteracting disease; the efficacy of prayer.
efficacy
Milton.

Syn. -- efficacy.


word: efficiency
definition:
efficiency

efficience

{ ef*fi"cience (ĕf*fĭsh"ens), ef*fi"cien*cy (ĕf*fĭsh"en*s&ybreve_;), }
n.
[L. efficientia.]
1.
The quality of being efficient or producing an effect or effects; efficient power; effectual agency.

The manner of this divine efficiency being far above us.
Hooker.

2.
(Mech.)
The ratio of useful work to energy expended.
Rankine.

efficiency of a heat engine, the ratio of the work done by an engine, to the work due to the heat supplied to it.


word: efficiency apartment
definition:
efficiency apartment

efficiency apartment
n.
a small apartment{4}, sometimes furnished, with minimal kitchen and bath facilities.  The unit may comprise a single room plus a bathroom, and the kitchen facilities are often open to the main room, or may form a small niche in a corner.  There are many variations of efficiency apartment, including some in which furnishings such as a bed may be pulled out from a wall recess and stored there again when not in use.  Also called an efficiency.


word: efficient
definition:
efficient

ef*fi"cient
(ĕf*fĭsh"ent)
a.
[L. efficiens, -entis, p. pr. of efficere to effect: cf. F. efficient. See Effect, n.]
Causing effects; producing results; that makes the effect to be what it is; actively operative; not inactive, slack, or incapable; characterized by energetic and useful activity; as, an efficient officer, power.

The efficient cause is the working cause.
Wilson.


word: Efficient
definition:
Efficient

Ef*fi"cient
(?)
n.
An efficient cause; a prime mover.

God . . . moveth mere natural agents as an efficient only.
Hooker.


word: Effigiate
definition:
Effigiate

Ef*fig"i*ate
(?)
v. t.
[L. effigiatus, p. p. of effigiare to form, fr. effigies. See Effigy.]
To form as an effigy; hence, to fashion; to adapt.

[He must] effigiate and conform himself to those circumstances.
Jer. Taylor.


word: Effigiation
definition:
Effigiation

Ef*fig`i*a"tion
(?)
n.
[Cf. LL. effigiatio.]
The act of forming in resemblance; an effigy.
Fuller.


word: Effigy
definition:
Effigy

Ef"fi*gy
(?)
n.
pl. Effigies (#).
[L. effigies, fr. effingere to form, fashion; ex + fingere to form, shape, devise. See Feign.]
The image, likeness, or representation of a person, whether a full figure, or a part; an imitative figure; -- commonly applied to sculptured likenesses, as those on monuments, or to those of the heads of princes on coins and medals, sometimes applied to portraits.

To burn in effigy, or To hang in effigy, to burn or to hang an image or picture of a person, as a token of public odium.


word: Efflagitate
definition:
Efflagitate

Ef*flag"i*tate
(?)
v. t.
[L. efflagitatus, p. p. of efflagitare.]
To ask urgently.
[Obs.]
Cockeram.


word: Efflate
definition:
Efflate

Ef*flate"
(?)
v. t.
[L. efflatus, p. p. of efflare to blow or breathe out; ex + flare to blow.]
To fill with breath; to puff up.
Sir T. Herbert.


word: Efflation
definition:
Efflation

Ef*fla"tion
(?)
n.
The act of filling with wind; a breathing or puffing out; a puff, as of wind.

A soft efflation of celestial fire.
Parnell.


word: Effloresce
definition:
Effloresce

Ef`flo*resce"
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Effloresced (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Efflorescing (?).]
[L. efflorescere to bloom, blossom; ex + florescere to begin to blossom, incho., fr. florere to blossom, fr. flos a flower. See Flower.]
1.
To blossom forth.
Carlyle.

2.
(Chem.)
To change on the surface, or throughout, to a whitish, mealy, or crystalline powder, from a gradual decomposition, esp. from the loss of water, on simple exposure to the air; as, Glauber's salts, and many others, effloresce.

3.
To become covered with a whitish crust or light crystallization, from a slow chemical change between some of the ingredients of the matter covered and an acid proceeding commonly from an external source; as, the walls of limestone caverns sometimes effloresce with nitrate of calcium in consequence of the action of nitric acid formed in the atmosphere.


word: Efflorescence
definition:
Efflorescence

Ef`flo*res"cence
(?)
n.
[F. efflorescence.]
1.
(Bot.)
Flowering, or state of flowering; the blooming of flowers; blowth.

2.
(Med.)
A redness of the skin; eruption, as in rash, measles, smallpox, scarlatina, etc.

3.
(Chem.)
(a)
The formation of the whitish powder or crust on the surface of efflorescing bodies, as salts, etc.
(b)
The powder or crust thus formed.


word: Efflorescent
definition:
Efflorescent

Ef`flo*res"cent
(?)
a.
[F. efflorescent, L. efflorescens, -entis, blooming, p. pr. of efflorescere. See Effloresce, v. i.]
1.
That effloresces, or is liable to effloresce on exposure; as, an efflorescent salt.

2.
Covered with an efflorescence.


word: Efflower
definition:
Efflower

Ef*flow"er
(?)
v. t.
[Cf. F. effleurer.]
(Leather Making)
To remove the epidermis of (a skin) with a concave knife, blunt in its middle part, -- as in making chamois leather.


word: Effluence
definition:
Effluence

Ef"flu*ence
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. effluence.]
1.
A flowing out, or emanation.

2.
That which flows or issues from any body or substance; issue; efflux.

Bright effluence of bright essence increate!
Milton.

And, as if the gloom of the earth and sky had been but the effluence of these two mortal hearts, it vanished with their sorrow.
Hawthorne.


word: Effluent
definition:
Effluent

Ef"flu*ent
(?)
a.
[L. effluens, -entis, p. pr. of effluere to flow out; ex + fluere to flow: cf. F. effluent. See Fluent.]
Flowing out; as, effluent beams.
Parnell.


word: Effluvium
definition:
Effluvium

Ef*flu"vi*um
(?)
n.
pl. Effluvia (#).
[L., a flowing out, fr. effluere to flow out. See Effluent, a.]
Subtile or invisible emanation; exhalation perceived by the sense of smell; especially, noisome or noxious exhalation; as, the effluvium from diseased or putrefying bodies, or from ill drainage.


word: Efflux
definition:
Efflux

Ef"flux
(?)
n.
[See Effluent, Flux.]
1.
The act or process of flowing out, or issuing forth; effusion; outflow; as, the efflux of matter from an ulcer; the efflux of men's piety.

It is then that the devout affections . . . are incessantly in efflux.
I. Taylor.

2.
That which flows out; emanation; effluence.

Prime cheerer, light! . . . 
Efflux divine.
Thomson.


word: Effluxion
definition:
Effluxion

Ef*flux"ion
(?)
n.
[From Efflux.]
1.
The act of flowing out; effusion.

2.
That which flows out; effluvium; emanation.

Some light effluxions from spirit to spirit.
Bacon.


word: Effodient
definition:
Effodient

Ef*fo"di*ent
(?)
a.
[L. effodiens, p. pr. of effodere to dig out; ex + fodere to dig.]
Digging up.


word: Efforce
definition:
Efforce

Ef*force
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Efforced (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Efforcing (?).]
[OF. esforcier (F. s'efforcer to exert one's self), LL. exforciare; L. ex + fortis strong. See Force.]
To force; to constrain; to compel to yield.
[Obs.]
Spenser.


word: Efform
definition:
Efform

Ef*form"
(?)
v. t.
[Pref. ex- + form.]
To form; to shape.
[Obs.]

Efforming their words within their lips.
Jer. Taylor.


word: Effort
definition:
Effort

Ef"fort
(?)
n.
[F. effort, OF. esfort, for esfors, esforz, fr. esforcier. See Efforce.]
1.
An exertion of strength or power, whether physical or mental, in performing an act or aiming at an object; more or less strenuous endeavor; struggle directed to the accomplishment of an object; as, an effort to scale a wall.

We prize the stronger effort of his power.
Pope.

2.
(Mech.)
A force acting on a body in the direction of its motion.
Rankine.


word: effortful
definition:
effortful

effortful
adj.
1.
requiring great physical effort.  Opposite of effortless.
arduous, backbreaking, back-breaking, grueling, gruelling, hard, heavy, laborious, labourious, punishing, slavish, strenuous, toilsome
exhausting, tiring, wearing, wearying
Also See: difficult, hard.


word: Effortless
definition:
Effortless

Ef"fort*less
a.
1.
Making no effort.
Southey.

2.
requiring little or no effort; as, an effortless 
victory.


word: Effossion
definition:
Effossion

Ef*fos"sion
(?)
n.
[L. effossio. See Effodient.]
A digging out or up.
[R.]
effossion
Arbuthnot.


word: Effrenation
definition:
Effrenation

Ef`fre*na"tion
(?)
n.
[L. effrenatio, fr. effrenare to unbridle; ex + frenum a bridle.]
Unbridled license; unruliness.
[Obs.]
Cockeram.


word: Effrontery
definition:
Effrontery

Ef*front"er*y
(?)
n.
pl. Effronteries (#).
[F. effronterie, fr. effronté shameless, fr. L. effrons, -ontis, putting forth the forehead, i. e., barefaced, shameless; ex + frons the forehead. See Front.]
Impudence or boldness in confronting or in transgressing the bounds of duty or decorum; insulting presumptuousness; shameless boldness; barefaced assurance.

Corruption lost nothing of its effrontery.
Bancroft.


word: Effulge
definition:
Effulge

Ef*fulge"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Effulged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Effulging (?).]
[L. effulgere to shine forth; ex + fulgere to flash, shine. See Fulgent.]
To cause to shine with abundance of light; to radiate; to beam.
[R.]

His eyes effulging a peculiar fire.
Thomson.


word: Effulgence
definition:
Effulgence

Ef*ful"gence
(?)
n.
The state of being effulgent; extreme brilliancy; a flood of light; great luster or brightness; splendor.

The effulgence of his glory abides.
Milton.

The bright and the balmy effulgence of morn.
Beattie.


word: Effulgent
definition:
Effulgent

Ef*ful"gent
(?)
a.
[L. effulgens, -entis, p. pr. of effulgere.]
Diffusing a flood of light; shining; luminous; beaming; bright; splendid.
Effulgent
Cowper.


word: Effumability
definition:
Effumability

Ef*fu`ma*bil"i*ty
(?)
n.
The capability of flying off in fumes or vapor.
[Obs.]
Boyle.


word: Effume
definition:
Effume

Ef*fume"
(?)
v. t.
[L. effumare to emit smoke; ex + fumare to smoke, fr. fumus smoke.]
To breathe or puff out.
[Obs.]
B. Jonson.


word: Effuse
definition:
Effuse

Ef*fuse"
(?)
a.
[L. effusus, p. p. of effundere to pour out; ex + fundere to pour. See Fuse to melt.]
1.
Poured out freely; profuse.
[Obs.]

So should our joy be very effuse.
Barrow.

2.
Disposed to pour out freely; prodigal.
[Obs.]
Young.

3.
(Bot.)
Spreading loosely, especially on one side; as, an effuse inflorescence.
Loudon.

4.
(Zoöl.)
Having the lips, or edges, of the aperture abruptly spreading; -- said of certain shells.


word: Effuse₃
definition:
Effuse

Ef*fuse"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Effused (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Effusing.]
To pour out like a stream or freely; to cause to exude; to shed.
[R.]

With gushing blood effused.
Milton.


word: Effusion
definition:
Effusion

Ef*fu"sion
(?)
n.
[L. effusio: cf. F. effusion.]
1.
The act of pouring out; as, effusion of water, of blood, of grace, of words, and the like.

To save the effusion of my people's blood.
Dryden.

2.
That which is poured out, literally or figuratively.

Wash me with that precious effusion, and I shall be whiter than sow.
Eikon Basilike.

The light effusions of a heedless boy.
Byron.

3.
(Pathol.)
(a)
The escape of a fluid out of its natural vessel, either by rupture of the vessel, or by exudation through its walls. It may pass into the substance of an organ, or issue upon a free surface.
(b)
The liquid escaping or exuded.


word: effusive
definition:
effusive

ef*fu"sive
(?)
a.
1.
Pouring out; pouring forth freely.
[archaic]
effusive
Pope.

2.
(Geol.)
formed by an outpouring of molten lava, or pertaining to rocks so formed.

3.
overly demonstrative; expressing emotion in an unrestrained manner; exhibiting unrestrained enthusiasm; -- of people and human actions; as, effusive thanks; an effusive letter of recommendation.  Contrasted with reserved.
[wns=1+2]

Syn. -- gushing, gushy, burbling, burbly.
Effusive rocks (Geol.), volcanic rocks formed by a nonexplosive outpouring of lava in molten or plastic form; in distinction from so-called intrusive, or plutonic, rocks.


word: effusiveness
definition:
effusiveness

ef*fu"sive*ness
n.
a friendly open trait of a talkative person; enthusiasm exhibited with little restraint.

Syn. -- expansiveness.


word: Eft
definition:
Eft

Eft
(?)
n.
[AS. efete lizard. See Newt.]
(Zoöl.)
(a)
A European lizard of the genus Seps.
(b)
A salamander, esp. the European smooth newt (Triton punctatus).


word: Eft₂
definition:
Eft

Eft
adv.
[AS. eft, æft, again, back, afterward. See Aft, After.]
Again; afterwards; soon; quickly.
[Obs.]

I wold never eft comen into the snare.
Spenser.


word: Eftsoons
definition:
Eftsoons

Eftsoon

{ Eft*soon" (?), Eft*soons" (?), }
adv.
[OE. eftsone, eftsones; AS. eft + s&omacrna soon. See Eft, and Soon.]
Again; anew; a second time; at once; speedily.
[Archaic]

And, if he fall from his capel [horse] eftsone.
Chaucer.

The champion stout eftsoons dismounted.
Spenser.


word: Egad
definition:
Egad

E*gad"
(?)
interj.
[Euphemistic corruption of the oath, “by God.”]
An exclamation expressing exultation or surprise, etc.


word: Egence
definition:
Egence

E"gence
(?)
n.
[L. egens, -entis, p. pr. of egere to be needy, suffer want.]
The state of needing, or of suffering a natural want.
[R.]
J. Grote.


word: Egre
definition:
Egre

Eger

{ E"ger (?), E"gre  }
a.
[See Eager.]
Sharp; bitter; acid; sour.
[Obs.]

The egre words of thy friend.
Chaucer.


word: Egest
definition:
Egest

E*gest"
(?)
v. t.
[L. egestus, p. p. of egerere to carry out, to discharge; e out + gerere to carry.]
(Physiol.)
To cast or throw out; to void, as excrement; to excrete, as the indigestible matter of the food; in an extended sense, to excrete by the lungs, skin, or kidneys.


word: Egesta
definition:
Egesta

E*ges"ta
(?)
n. pl.
[NL., neut. pl. from p. p. of L. egere. See Egest.]
(Physiol.)
That which is egested or thrown off from the body by the various excretory channels; excrements; -- opposed to ingesta.


word: Egg
definition:
Egg

Egg
(ĕg)
n.
[OE., fr. Icel. egg; akin to AS. æg (whence OE. ey), Sw. ägg, Dan. æg, G. & D. ei, and prob. to OSlav. aje, jaje, L. ovum, Gr. 'w,o`n, Ir. ugh, Gael. ubh, and perh. to L. avis bird.  Cf. Oval.]
1.
(Popularly)
The oval or roundish body laid by domestic poultry and other birds, tortoises, etc. It consists of a yolk, usually surrounded by the “white” or albumen, and inclosed in a shell or strong membrane.

2.
(Biol.)
A simple cell, from the development of which the young of animals are formed; ovum; germ cell.

3.
Anything resembling an egg in form.

&hand_; Egg is used adjectively, or as the first part of self-explaining compounds; as, egg beater or egg-beater, egg case, egg ladle, egg-shaped, etc.

Egg and anchor (Arch.), see egg-and-dart in the vocabulary, below; -- called also egg and dart, and egg and tongue. See Anchor, n., 5. Ogilvie. -- Egg cleavage (Biol.), a process of cleavage or segmentation, by which the egg undergoes endogenous division with formation of a mass of nearly similar cells, from the growth and differentiation of which the new organism is ultimately formed. See Segmentation of the ovum, under Segmentation. -- Egg development (Biol.), the process of the development of an egg, by which the embryo is formed. -- Egg mite (Zoöl.), any mite which devours the eggs of insects, as Nothrus ovivorus, which destroys those of the canker worm. -- Egg parasite (Zoöl.), any small hymenopterous insect, which, in the larval stage, lives within the eggs of other insects. Many genera and species are known.


word: Egg₂
definition:
Egg

Egg
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Egged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Egging (?).]
[OE. eggen, Icel. eggja, fr. egg edge. _;_;. See Edge.]
To urge on; to instigate; to incite_;

Adam and Eve he egged to ill.
Piers Plowman.

[She] did egg him on to tell
How fair she was.
Warner.


word: egg and dart
definition:
egg and dart

egg-and-dart

egg-and-dart, egg and dart
n.
a decorative ovolo molding, having a series of egg-shaped figures alternating with another shape in the form of a dart or anchor.  Also used attributively; as, an egg-and-dart molding; an egg-and-dart design.  Called also egg and dart, and egg and tongue

Syn. -- egg-and-anchor, egg and anchor, egg-and-tongue, egg and tongue.


word: Eggar
definition:
Eggar

Eg"gar
(?)
n.
[Etymol. uncertain.]
(Zoöl.)
Any bombycid moth of the genera Eriogaster and Lasiocampa; as, the oak eggar (L. roboris) of Europe.


word: egg-beater
definition:
egg-beater

egg beater

egg beater, egg-beater
n.
a small device having one or usually two blades, each having several stiff oval wires at the tip.  The blades are swirled or rotated for beating eggs or whipping cream.  The electrical variety typically have two such blades, which are arranged so that the tips of the blades interlace while rotating.

Syn. -- eggwhisk.


word: Egg-bird
definition:
Egg-bird

Egg"-bird`
(?)
n.
(Zoöl.)
A species of tern, esp. the sooty tern (Sterna fuliginosa) of the West Indies. In the Bahama Islands the name is applied to the tropic bird, Phaëthon flavirostris.


word: Eggery
definition:
Eggery

Egg"er*y
(?)
n.
A place where eggs are deposited (as by sea birds) or kept; a nest of eggs.
[R.]


word: Egg-glass
definition:
Egg-glass

Egg"-glass`
(?)
n.
A small sandglass, running about three minutes, for marking time in boiling eggs; also, a small glass for holding an egg, at table.


word: Eggnog
definition:
Eggnog

Egg`nog"
(?)
n.
A drink consisting of eggs beaten up with sugar, milk, and (usually) wine or spirits.


word: egg-plant
definition:
egg-plant

eggplant

egg"plant`, egg-plant
(?)
n.
1.
(Bot.)
A plant (Solanum Melongena), of East Indian origin, allied to the tomato, and bearing a large, glossy, edible fruit, shaped somewhat like an egg; mad-apple.  It is widely cultivated for its fruit, commonly eaten as a vegetable.

Syn. -- eggplant, aubergine, brinjal, eggplant bush, garden egg, mad apple, Solanum melongena.

2.
The fruit of the eggplant{1}.


word: egg-producing
definition:
egg-producing

egg-producing
adj.
(Biol.)
same as young-bearing.

Syn. -- young-bearing(prenominal).


word: egg-shaped
definition:
egg-shaped

egg"-shaped`
(?)
a.
Resembling an egg in form; ovoid.

Syn. -- elliptic, elliptical, oval, ovate, oviform, ovoid, prolate.


word: eggshell
definition:
eggshell

egg"shell`
(?)
n.
1.
The shell or exterior covering of an egg. Also used figuratively for anything resembling an eggshell.

2.
(Zoöl.)
A smooth, white, marine, gastropod shell of the genus Ovulum, resembling an egg in form.


word: eggshell₂
definition:
eggshell

egg"shell`
(?)
a.
1.
of a pale, yellowish-white color; as, an eggshell ceiling and light green walls.

2.
(Architecture)
having a smooth but not glossy texture like that of a hen's egg; as, a latex paint giving an eggshell finish.  Also referred to as matte glaze or non-lustrous glaze.


word: Egilopical
definition:
Egilopical

Eg`i*lop"ic*al
(?)
a.
[See Ægilops.]
(Med.)
Pertaining to, of the nature of, or affected with, an Ægilops, or tumor in the corner of the eye.


word: Eglandulous
definition:
Eglandulous

Eglandulose

{ E*glan"du*lose` (?; 135), E*glan"du*lous (?), }
a.
[Pref.  e- + glandulose, glandulosus.]
Destitute of glands.


word: Eglantine
definition:
Eglantine

Eg"lan*tine
(?)
n.
[F. églantine, fr. OF. aiglent brier, hip tree, fr. (assumed) LL. acuculentus, fr. a dim. of L. acus needle; cf. F. aiguille needle.  Cf. Aglet.]
(Bot.)
(a)
A species of rose (Rosa Eglanteria), with fragrant foliage and flowers of various colors.
(b)
The sweetbrier (R. rubiginosa).

&hand_; Milton, in the following lines, has applied the name to some twining plant, perhaps the honeysuckle.
[1913 Webster]
Through the sweetbrier, or the vine,
Or the twisted eglantine. L'Allegro, 47.
“In our early writers and in Gerarde and the herbalists, it was a shrub with white flowers.”  Dr. Prior.


word: Egling
definition:
Egling

Eg"ling
(?)
n.
[Etymol. uncertain.]
(Zoöl.)
The European perch when two years old.
[Prov. Eng.]


word: Eglomerate
definition:
Eglomerate

E*glom"er*ate
(?)
v. t.
[Pref. e- + glomerate.]
To unwind, as a thread from a ball.
[R.]


word: ego
definition:
ego

e"go
(?)
n.
pl. egos (_;).
[L., I.]
The conscious and permanent subject of all psychical experiences, whether held to be directly known or the product of reflective thought; the subject consciously considered as “I” by a person; -- opposed to non-ego.

2.
(Psychoanalysis)
that one of the three parts of a person's psychic apparatus that mediates consciously between the drives of the id and the realities of the external physical and social environment, by integrating perceptions of the external world and organizing the reactions to it.  Contrasted with the id and superego.

3.
egotism; as, a job requiring a diplomat without too much ego.

4.
self-esteem; as, he has an overinflated ego.


word: egocentric
definition:
egocentric

egocentric
adj.
having an attitude which is almost exclusively concerned with one's own needs or desires.

Syn. -- egoistical, self-centered, self-centred.


word: egocentrism
definition:
egocentrism

egocentrism
n.
the personality trait that causes one to attempt to get personal recognition for oneself (especially by unacceptable means).

Syn. -- egoism, self-interest, self-concern, self-centeredness.


word: Egoism
definition:
Egoism

E"go*ism
(?)
n.
[F. égoïsme, fr. L. -ego I.  See I, and cf. Egotism.]
1.
(Philos.)
The doctrine of certain extreme adherents or disciples of Descartes and Johann Gottlieb Fichte, which finds all the elements of knowledge in the ego and the relations which it implies or provides for.

2.
Excessive love and thought of self; the habit of regarding one's self as the center of every interest; selfishness; -- opposed to altruism.


word: Egoist
definition:
Egoist

E"go*ist
n.
[F. égoïste. See Egoism.]
1.
One given overmuch to egoism or thoughts of self.

I, dullard egoist, taking no special recognition of such nobleness.
Carlyle.

2.
(Philos.)
A believer in egoism.


word: Egoistical
definition:
Egoistical

Egoistic

{ E`go*is"tic (?), E`go*is"tic*al (?), }
a.
Pertaining to egoism; imbued with egoism or excessive thoughts of self; self-loving.

Ill-natured feeling, or egoistic pleasure in making men miserable.
G. Eliot.


word: Egophony
definition:
Egophony

E*goph"o*ny
(?)
n.
[Gr. _;, _;, goat + _; voice.]
(Med.)
The sound of a patient's voice so modified as to resemble the bleating of a goat, heard on applying the ear to the chest in certain diseases within its cavity, as in pleurisy with effusion.


word: Egotism
definition:
Egotism

E"go*tism
(?; 277)
n.
[L. ego I + ending -tism for -ism, prob. influenced by other English words in -tism fr. the Greek, where t is not part of the ending, as baptism. See Egoism.]
The practice of too frequently using the word I; hence, a speaking or writing overmuch of one's self; self-exaltation; self-praise; the act or practice of magnifying one's self or parading one's own doings. The word is also used in the sense of egoism.

His excessive egotism, which filled all objects with himself.
Hazlitt.


word: Egotist
definition:
Egotist

E"go*tist
(?)
n.
[L. ego I + ending -tist for -ist. See Egotism, and cf. Egoist.]
One addicted to egotism; one who speaks much of himself or magnifies his own achievements or affairs.


word: Egotistical
definition:
Egotistical

Egotistic

{ E`go*tis"tic (?), E`go*tis"tic*al (?), }
a.
Addicted to, or manifesting, egotism; having an exaggerated view of one's own importance or good qualities.

Syn. -- egotistic; narcissistic; self-loving; conceited; vain; self-important; opinionated.


word: Egotize
definition:
Egotize

E"go*tize
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Egotized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Egotizing (?).]
[See Egotism.]
To talk or write as an egotist.
Cowper.


word: Egranulose
definition:
Egranulose

E*gran"u*lose`
(?)
a.
[Pref. e- + granule.]
(Bot.)
Having no granules, as chlorophyll in certain conditions.
R. Brown.


word: Egregious
definition:
Egregious

E*gre"gious
(?; 277)
a.
[L. egregius; lit., separated or chosen from the herd, i. e., distinguished, excellent; e out + grex, gregis, herd. See Gregarious.]
Surpassing; extraordinary; distinguished (in a bad sense); -- formerly used with words importing a good quality, but now joined with words having a bad sense; as, an egregious rascal; an egregious ass; an egregious mistake.

The egregious impudence of this fellow.
Bp. Hall.

His [Wyclif's] egregious labors are not to be neglected.
Milton.


word: Egress
definition:
Egress

E"gress
(?)
n.
[L. egressus, fr. egredi to go out; e out + gradi to go. See Grade.]
1.
The act of going out or leaving, or the power to leave; departure.

Embarred from all egress and regress.
Holland.

Gates of burning adamant,
Barred over us, prohibit all egress.
Milton.

2.
(Astron.)
The passing off from the sun's disk of an inferior planet, in a transit.


word: Egret
definition:
Egret

E"gret
(?)
n.
[See Aigret, Heron.]
1.
(Zoöl.)
The name of several species of herons which bear plumes on the back. They are generally white. Among the best known species are the American egret (Ardea egretta syn. Herodias egretta); the great egret (Ardea alba); the little egret (Ardea garzetta), of Europe; and the American snowy egret (Ardea candidissima).

A bunch of egrets killed for their plumage.
G. W. Cable.

2.
A plume or tuft of feathers worn as a part of a headdress, or anything imitating such an ornament; an aigrette.

3.
(Bot.)
The flying feathery or hairy crown of seeds or achenes, as the down of the thistle.

4.
(Zoöl.)
A kind of ape.


word: Egriot
definition:
Egriot

E"gri*ot
(?)
n.
[F. aigrette, griotte, formerly agriote; cf. aigre sour.]
A kind of sour cherry.
Bacon.


word: Egritude
definition:
Egritude

E"gri*tude
(?)
n.
[L. aegritudo, fr. aeger sick.]
Sickness; ailment; sorrow.
[Obs.]
Sir T. Elyot.


word: Egypt
definition:
Egypt

Egypt
n.
a country at the northeastern corner of Africa.  At one time it was joined with Syria to form the United Arab Republic.

Syn. -- United Arab Republic.


word: Egyptian
definition:
Egyptian

E*gyp"tian
(?)
a.
[L. Aegyptius, Gr. _;, fr.  _; (L. Aegyptus) Egypt: cf. F. égyptien.  Cf. Gypsy.]
Pertaining to Egypt, in Africa.

Egyptian bean. (Bot.) (a) The beanlike fruit of an aquatic plant (Nelumbium speciosum), somewhat resembling the water lily. (b) See under Bean, 1. -- Egyptian cross. See Illust. (No. 6) of Cross. -- Egyptian thorn (Bot.), a medium-sized tree (Acacia vera). It is one of the chief sources of the best gum arabic.


word: Egyptian₂
definition:
Egyptian

E*gyp"tian
n.
1.
A native, or one of the people, of Egypt; also, the Egyptian language.

2.
A gypsy.
[Obs.]
Shak.


word: Egyptize
definition:
Egyptize

E"gypt*ize
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Egyptized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Egyptizing (?).]
To give an Egyptian character or appearance to.
Fairbairn.


word: Egyptologist
definition:
Egyptologist

Egyptologer

{ E`gyp*tol"o*ger (?), E`gyp*tol"o*gist (?), }
n.
One skilled in the antiquities of Egypt; a student of Egyptology.


word: Egyptology
definition:
Egyptology

E`gyp*tol"o*gy
(?)
n.
[Egypt + -logy.]
The science or study of Egyptian antiquities, esp. the hieroglyphics.


word: Ehlite
definition:
Ehlite

Eh"lite
(?)
n.
[From Ehl near Linz, where it occurs.]
(Min.)
A mineral of a green color and pearly luster; a hydrous phosphate of copper.


word: Eider
definition:
Eider

Ei"der
(?)
n.
[Of Scand. origin, cf. Icel æ_;r; akin to Sw. eider, Dan. ederfugl.]
(Zoöl.)
Any species of sea duck of the genus Somateria, esp. Somateria mollissima, which breeds in the northern parts of Europe and America, and lines its nest with fine down (taken from its own body) which is an article of commerce; -- called also eider duck. The American eider (S. Dresseri), the king eider (S. spectabilis), and the spectacled eider (Arctonetta Fischeri) are related species.

Eider down. [Cf. Icel. æðardūn, Sw. eiderdūn, Dan. ederduun.] Down of the eider duck, much sought after as an article of luxury.


word: Eidograph
definition:
Eidograph

Ei"do*graph
(?)
n.
[Gr. e'i^dos form + graph.]
An instrument for copying drawings on the same or a different scale; a form of the pantograph.


word: Eidolon
definition:
Eidolon

Ei*do"lon
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr.  _; image. See Idol.]
An image or representation; a form; a phantom; an apparition.
Sir W. Scott.


word: Eight₂
definition:
Eight

Eight
(āt)
a.
[AS. eahta; akin to OS. ahto, OFries. achta, D. & G. acht, OHG. ahto, Icel. ātta, Sw. åtta, Dan. otte, Goth. ahtau, Lith. asztůni, Ir. & Gael. ochd, W. wyth, Armor. eich, eiz, L. octo, Gr. 'oktw`, Skr. ash&tsdot_;an. √306.  Cf. Octave.]
Seven and one; as, eight years.


word: Eight₃
definition:
Eight

Eight
(āt)
n.
1.
The number greater by a unit than seven; eight units or objects.

2.
A symbol representing eight units, as 8 or viii.


word: Eighteen
definition:
Eighteen

Eight"een`
(ā"tēn`)
a.
[AS. eahtat&ymacr_;ne, eahtatēne. See Eight, and Ten, and cf. Eighty.]
Eight and ten; as, eighteen pounds.


word: Eighteen₂
definition:
Eighteen

Eight"een`
n.
1.
The number greater by a unit than seventeen; eighteen units or objects.

2.
A symbol denoting eighteen units, as 18 or xviii.


word: Eighteenth
definition:
Eighteenth

Eight"eenth`
(?)
a.
[From Eighteen.]
1.
Next in order after the seventeenth.

2.
Consisting of one of eighteen equal parts or divisions of a thing.


word: Eighteenth₂
definition:
Eighteenth

Eight"eenth`
n.
1.
The quotient of a unit divided by eighteen; one of eighteen equal parts or divisions.

2.
The eighth after the tenth.


word: Eightetethe
definition:
Eightetethe

Eight"e*teth`e
(?)
a.
[OE., fr. AS. eahtateóða; eahta eight + teóða tenth.  Cf. Eighteenth, Tenth.]
Eighteenth.
[Obs.]


word: Eighth
definition:
Eighth

Eighth
(ātth)
a.
[AS. eahtoða.]
1.
Next in order after the seventh.

2.
Consisting of one of eight equal divisions of a thing.

Eighth note (Mus.), the eighth part of a whole note, or semibreve; a quaver.


word: Eighth₂
definition:
Eighth

Eighth
n.
1.
The quotient of a unit divided by eight; one of eight equal parts; an eighth part.

2.
(Mus.)
The interval of an octave.


word: eighties
definition:
eighties

eighties
n.
the decade from 1980 to 1989.

2.
the time of life between 80 and 90.

Syn. -- mid-eighties.


word: Eightieth
definition:
Eightieth

Eight"i*eth
(?)
a.
[From Eighty.]
1.
The next in order after seventy-ninth.

2.
Consisting of one of eighty equal parts or divisions.


word: Eightling
definition:
Eightling

Eight"ling
(?)
n.
[Eight + -ling.]
(Crystallog.)
A compound or twin crystal made up of eight individuals.


word: eightsome
definition:
eightsome

eight"some
n.
eight people considered as a unit; as, there was an eightsome ahead of us on the golf course.

Syn. -- octet, octette.

2.
a Scottish reel for eight dancers.


word: eightvo
definition:
eightvo

eightvo
n.
the size of a book (ca. 16 x 23 cm) whose pages are made by folding a sheet of paper three times to form eight leaves.  The pages have about half the area of a quarto. Symbolized as 8vo, and 8°.

Syn. -- octavo, 8vo, 8°.


word: Eighty
definition:
Eighty

Eight"y
(?)
a.
[AS. eahtatig, where the ending -tig is akin to English ten; cf. G. achtzig. See Eight, and Ten.]
Eight times ten; fourscore.


word: Eighty₂
definition:
Eighty

Eight"y
n.
1.
The sum of eight times ten; eighty units or objects.

2.
A symbol representing eighty units, or ten eight times repeated, as 80 or lxxx.


word: Eigne
definition:
Eigne

Eigne
(?)
a.
[OF. aisné, ainsné, F. aîné, fr. L. ante natus born before.  Cf. Esnecy.]
1.
(Law)
Eldest; firstborn.
Blackstone.

2.
Entailed; belonging to the eldest son.
[Obs.]

Bastard eigne, a bastard eldest son whose parents afterwards intermarry.


word: Eikon
definition:
Eikon

Ei"kon
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. e'ikw`n.]
1.
An image or effigy; -- used rather in an abstract sense, and rarely for a work of art.

2.
an ikon.


word: Eikonogen
definition:
Eikonogen

Ei*kon"o*gen
(?)
n.
[Gr. e'ikw`n, e'iko`nos, image + root of gi`gnesqai to be born.]
(Photog. & Chem.)
The sodium salt of a sulphonic acid of a naphthol, C10H5(OH)(NH2)SO3Na used as a developer.


word: Eikosane
definition:
Eikosane

Ei"ko*sane
(?)
n.
[Gr. e'i`kosi.]
(Chem.)
A solid hydrocarbon, C20H42, of the paraffin series, of artificial production, and also probably occurring in petroleum.


word: Eikosylene
definition:
Eikosylene

Ei*kos"y*lene
(?)
n.
[Gr. e'i`kosi twenty + acetylene.]
(Chem.)
A liquid hydrocarbon, C20H38, of the acetylene series, obtained from brown coal.


word: Eire
definition:
Eire

Eire
(?)
prop. n.
the Irish name for Ireland; the name used in 1937 to 1949 for the Republic of Ireland.

Syn. -- Erin, Ireland.


word: Eisel
definition:
Eisel

Ei"sel
(?)
n.
[OF. aisil, aissil, fr. L. acetum.  Cf. Acetic.]
Vinegar; verjuice.
[Obs.]
Sir T. More.


word: Eisteddfod
definition:
Eisteddfod

Eis*tedd"fod
(ās*tĕ&thlig_;"v&omacrd)
n.
[W., session, fr. eistedd to sit.]
An assembly or session of the Welsh bards; an annual congress of bards, minstrels and literati of Wales, -- being a patriotic revival of the old custom.


word: Either
definition:
Either

Ei"ther
(ē"&thlig_;ẽr or ī"&thlig_;ẽr; 277)
a. & pron.
[OE. either, aither, AS. &aemacr_;gðer, &aemacr_;ghwæðer (akin to OHG. ēogiwedar, MHG. iegeweder); ā + ge + hwæðer whether. See Each, and Whether, and cf. Or, conj.]
1.
One of two; the one or the other; -- properly used of two things, but sometimes of a larger number, for any one.

Lepidus flatters both,
Of both is flattered; but he neither loves,
Nor either cares for him.
Shak.

Scarce a palm of ground could be gotten by either of the three.
Bacon.

There have been three talkers in Great British, either of whom would illustrate what I say about dogmatists.
Holmes.

2.
Each of two; the one and the other; both; -- formerly, also, each of any number.

His flowing hair
In curls on either cheek played.
Milton.

On either side . . . was there the tree of life.
Rev. xxii. 2.

The extreme right and left of either army never engaged.
Jowett (Thucyd).


word: Either₂
definition:
Either

Ei"ther
conj.
Either precedes two, or more, coördinate words or phrases, and is introductory to an alternative. It is correlative to or.

Either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth.
1 Kings xviii. 27.

Few writers hesitate to use either in what is called a triple alternative; such as, We must either stay where we are, proceed, or recede.
Latham.

&hand_; Either was formerly sometimes used without any correlation, and where we should now use or.

Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear olive berries? either a vine, figs?
James iii. 12.


word: Ejaculate
definition:
Ejaculate

E*jac"u*late
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Ejaculated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Ejaculating.]
[L. ejaculatus, p. p. of ejaculari to throw out; e out + ejaculari to throw, fr. jaculum javelin, dart, fr. jacere to throw. See Eject.]
1.
To throw out suddenly and swiftly, as if a dart; to dart; to eject.
[Archaic or Technical]

Its active rays ejaculated thence.
Blackmore.

2.
To throw out, as an exclamation; to utter by a brief and sudden impulse; as, to ejaculate a prayer.


word: Ejaculate₂
definition:
Ejaculate

E*jac"u*late
(?)
v. i.
1.
To utter ejaculations; to make short and hasty exclamations.
[R.]
Ejaculating
Sir W. Scott.

2.
to eject semen; -- of a male animal (esp. a human or other mammal) during coitus.


word: Ejaculation
definition:
Ejaculation

E*jac`u*la"tion
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. éjaculation.]
1.
The act of throwing or darting out with a sudden force and rapid flight.
[Archaic or Technical]
ejaculation
Bacon.

2.
The uttering of a short, sudden exclamation or prayer, or the exclamation or prayer uttered.

In your dressing, let there be jaculations fitted to the several actions of dressing.
Jer. Taylor.

3.
(Physiol.)
The act of ejecting or suddenly throwing, as a fluid from a duct.


word: Ejaculatory
definition:
Ejaculatory

E*jac"u*la*to*ry
(?)
a.
1.
Casting or throwing out; fitted to eject; as, ejaculatory vessels.

2.
Suddenly darted out; uttered in short sentences; as, an ejaculatory prayer or petition.

3.
Sudden; hasty.
[Obs.]
Ejaculatory
L'Estrange.


word: Eject
definition:
Eject

E*ject"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Ejected; p. pr. & vb. n. Ejecting.]
[L. ejectus, p. p. of ejicere; e out + jacere to throw. See Jet a shooting forth.]
1.
To expel; to dismiss; to cast forth; to thrust or drive out; to discharge; as, to eject a person from a room; to eject a traitor from the country; to eject words from the language.
ejecting
H. Brooke.

2.
(Law)
To cast out; to evict; to dispossess; as, to eject tenants from an estate.


word: Eject₂
definition:
Eject

E"ject
(?)
n.
[See Eject, v. t.]
(Philos.)
An object that is a conscious or living object, and hence not a direct object, but an inferred object or act of a subject, not myself; -- a term invented by W. K. Clifford.


word: Ejecta
definition:
Ejecta

E*jec"ta
(?)
n. pl.
[L., neut. pl. of ejectus cast out. See Eject.]
Matter ejected; material thrown out; as, the ejecta of a volcano; the ejecta, or excreta, of the body.


word: Ejection
definition:
Ejection

E*jec"tion
(?)
n.
[L. ejectio: cf. F. éjection.]
1.
The act of ejecting or casting out; discharge; expulsion; evacuation.
ejection
Eustace.
ejection
Johnson.

2.
(Physiol.)
The act or process of discharging anything from the body, particularly the excretions.

3.
The state of being ejected or cast out; dispossession; banishment.


word: Ejectment
definition:
Ejectment

E*ject"ment
(?)
n.
1.
A casting out; a dispossession; an expulsion; ejection; as, the ejectment of tenants from their homes.

2.
(Law)
A species of mixed action, which lies for the recovery of possession of real property, and damages and costs for the wrongful withholding of it.
Wharton.


word: Ejector
definition:
Ejector

E*ject"or
(?)
n.
1.
One who, or that which, ejects or dispossesses.

2.
(Mech.)
A jet jump for lifting water or withdrawing air from a space.

3.
That part of the mechanism of a breech-loading firearm which ejects the empty shell.

Ejector condenser (Steam Engine), a condenser in which the vacuum is maintained by a jet pump.


word: Ejulation
definition:
Ejulation

Ej`u*la"tion
(?)
n.
[L. ejulatio, fr. ejulare to wail, lament.]
A wailing; lamentation.
[Obs.]
Ejulation
Philips.


word: Ekaboron
definition:
Ekaboron

Ekabor

{ Ek"a*bor` (ĕk"ȧ*b&omacrr`), Ek"a*bo"ron (-b&omacr"r&obreve_;n), }
n.
[G., fr. Skr. ēka one + G. bor, boron, E. boron.]
(Chem.)
The name given by Mendelejeff in accordance with the periodic law, and by prediction, to a hypothetical element then unknown, but since discovered and named scandium; -- so called because it was a missing analogue of the boron group. See Scandium.


word: Ekaluminium
definition:
Ekaluminium

Ek*al`u*min"i*um
(?)
n.
[Skr. ēka one + E. aluminium.]
(Chem.)
The name given by Mendeleev to a hypothetical element, -- later discovered and called gallium. See Gallium, and cf. Ekabor.  Also see periodic table.


word: Ekasilicon
definition:
Ekasilicon

Ek`a*sil"i*con
(?)
n.
[Skr. ēka one + E. silicon.]
(Chem.)
The name of a hypothetical element predicted by Mendeleev and afterwards discovered and named germanium; -- so called because it was a missing analogue of the silicon group. See Germanium, and cf. Ekabor.  Also see periodic table.


word: Eke
definition:
Eke

Eke
(ēk)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Eked (ēkt); p. pr. & vb. n. Eking.]
[AS. ēkan, &ymacr_;kan; akin to OFries. āka, OS. &omacrkian, OHG. ouhh&omacrn to add, Icel. auka to increase, Sw. öka, Dan. öge, Goth. aukan, L. augere, Skr. &omacrjas strength, ugra mighty, and probably to English wax, v. i.  Cf. Augment, Nickname.]
To increase; to add to; to augment; -- now commonly used with out, the notion conveyed being to add to, or piece out by a laborious, inferior, or scanty addition; as, to eke out a scanty supply of one kind with some other.
eke
Spenser.

He eked out by his wits an income of barely fifty pounds.
Macaulay.


word: Eke₂
definition:
Eke

Eke
adv.
[AS. eác; akin to OFries. ák, OS. _;k, D. _;ok, OHG. ouh, G.  auch, Icel. auk, Sw. och and, Dan. og, Goth. auk for, but. Prob. from the preceding verb.]
In addition; also; likewise.
[Obs. or Archaic]

'T will be prodigious hard to prove
That this is eke the throne of love.
Prior.

A trainband captain eke was he
Of famous London town.
Cowper.

&hand_; Eke serves less to unite than to render prominent a subjoined more important sentence or notion.
Mätzner.


word: Eking
definition:
Eking

Ek"ing
(?)
n.
[From Eke, v. t.]
(Shipbuilding)
(a)
A lengthening or filling piece to make good a deficiency in length.
(b)
The carved work under the quarter piece at the aft part of the quarter gallery.
[Written also eiking.]


word: E-la
definition:
E-la

E"-la`
(?)
n.
Originally, the highest note in the scale of Guido; hence, proverbially, any extravagant saying.
E-la
Beau. & Fl.


word: El Aaiun
definition:
El Aaiun

El Aaiun
prop. n.
(Geography)
The capital city of Western Sahara.  Population (2000) = 20,010.


word: Elaborate
definition:
Elaborate

E*lab"o*rate
(?)
a.
[L. elaboratus, p. p. of elaborare to work out; e out + laborare to labor, labor labor. See Labor.]
Wrought with labor; finished with great care; studied; executed with exactness or painstaking; as, an elaborate discourse; an elaborate performance; elaborate research.

Drawn to the life in each elaborate page.
Waller.


word: Elaborate₂
definition:
Elaborate

E*lab"o*rate
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Elaborated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Elaborating (?).]
1.
To produce with labor

They in full joy elaborate a sigh,
Young.

2.
To perfect with painstaking; to improve or refine with labor and study, or by successive operations; as, to elaborate a painting or a literary work.

The sap is . . . still more elaborated and exalted as it circulates through the vessels of the plant.
Arbuthnot.


word: Elaboration
definition:
Elaboration

E*lab`o*ra"tion
(?)
n.
[L. elaboratio: cf. F. élaboration.]
1.
The act or process of producing or refining with labor; improvement by successive operations; refinement.

2.
(Physiol.)
The natural process of formation or assimilation, performed by the living organs in animals and vegetables, by which a crude substance is changed into something of a higher order; as, the elaboration of food into chyme; the elaboration of chyle, or sap, or tissues.


word: Elaborative
definition:
Elaborative

E*lab"o*ra*tive
(?)
a.
Serving or tending to elaborate; constructing with labor and minute attention to details.

Elaborative faculty (Metaph.), the intellectual power of discerning relations and of viewing objects by means of, or in, relations; the discursive faculty; thought.


word: Elaeagnus
definition:
Elaeagnus

E`læ*ag"nus
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. _; a Bœotian marsh plant; _; olive + _; sacred, pure.]
(Bot.)
A genus of shrubs or small trees, having the foliage covered with small silvery scales; oleaster.


word: Elaeis
definition:
Elaeis

E*læ"is
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. _; olive tree.]
(Bot.)
A genus of palms.

&hand_; Elæis Guineensis, the African oil palm, is a tree twenty or thirty feet high, with immense pinnate leaves and large masses of fruit. The berries are rather larger than olives, and when boiled in water yield the orange-red palm oil.


word: Elaeolite
definition:
Elaeolite

E*læ"o*lite
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; olive oil, oil + -lite.]
(Min.)
A variety of hephelite, usually massive, of greasy luster, and gray to reddish color.

Elæolite syenite, a kind of syenite characterized by the presence of elæolite.


word: Elaeoptene
definition:
Elaeoptene

E`læ*op"tene
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; olive oil, oil + _; winged, fleeting.]
(Chem.)
The more liquid or volatile portion of certain oily substance, as distinguished from stearoptene, the more solid parts.
[Written also elaoptene.]


word: Elaidic
definition:
Elaidic

E`la*id"ic
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. élaïdique. See Elaine.]
Relating to oleic acid, or elaine.

Elaidic acid (Chem.), a fatty acid isomeric with oleic acid, and obtained from it by the action of nitrous acid.


word: Elain
definition:
Elain

Elaine

{ E*la"ine (?), or E*la"in  }
n.
[Gr. _; olive oil, oil, from _; the olive tree: cf. F. élaïne.]
(Chem.)
Same as Olein.


word: Elaiodic
definition:
Elaiodic

E`lai*od"ic
(?)
a.
[Gr. _; olive oil, oil + e'i^dos form.]
(Chem.)
Derived from castor oil; ricinoleic; as, elaiodic acid.
[R.]


word: Elaiometer
definition:
Elaiometer

E`lai*om"e*ter
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; olive oil, oil + -meter.]
(Chem.)
An apparatus for determining the amount of oil contained in any substance, or for ascertaining the degree of purity of oil.


word: Elamite
definition:
Elamite

E"lam*ite
(?)
n.
A dweller in Flam (or Susiana), an ancient kingdom of Southwestern Asia, afterwards a province of Persia.


word: Elance
definition:
Elance

E*lance"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Elanced (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Elancing (?).]
[F. élancer, OF. eslancier; pref. es- (L. ex) + F. lancer to dart, throw, fr. lance.]
To throw as a lance; to hurl; to dart.
[R.]

While thy unerring hand elanced . . . a dart.
Prior.


word: Eland
definition:
Eland

E"land
(?)
n.
[D. eland elk, of Slav. origin; cf. Pol. jelen stag, Russ. oléne, Lith. elnis; perh. akin to E. elk.]
1.
(Zoöl.)
A species of large South African antelope (Oreas canna). It is valued both for its hide and flesh, and is rapidly disappearing in the settled districts; -- called also Cape elk.

2.
(Zoöl.)
The elk or moose.


word: Elaphe
definition:
Elaphe

Elaphe
n.
a genus of snakes comprising the Old World and American rat snakes.

Syn. -- genus Elaphe.


word: Elapidae
definition:
Elapidae

Elapidae
n.
a natural family of snakes including the cobras, kraits, mambas, the New World coral snakes, and Australian taipan and tiger snakes.

Syn. -- family Elapidae.


word: Elaphine
definition:
Elaphine

El"a*phine
(?)
a.
[Gr. _; stag.]
(Zoöl.)
Pertaining to, resembling, or characteristic of, the stag, or Cervus elaphus.


word: Elaphure
definition:
Elaphure

El"a*phure
(?)
n.
(Zoöl.)
A species of deer (Elaphurus Davidianus) found in china. It is about four feet high at the shoulder and has peculiar antlers.


word: Elapidation
definition:
Elapidation

E*lap`i*da"tion
(?)
n.
[L. elapidatus cleared from stones; e out + lapis stone.]
A clearing away of stones.
[R.]


word: Elapine
definition:
Elapine

El"a*pine
(?)
a.
[See Elaps.]
(Zoöl.)
Like or pertaining to the Elapidæ, a family of poisonous serpents, including the cobras. See Ophidia.


word: Elaps
definition:
Elaps

E"laps
(?)
n.
[NL., of uncertain origin.]
(Zoöl.)
A genus of venomous snakes found both in America and the Old World. Many species are known. See Coral snake, under Coral.


word: Elapse
definition:
Elapse

E*lapse"
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Elapsed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Elapsing.]
[L. elapsus, p. p. of elabi to glide away; e out + labi to fall, slide. See Lapse.]
To slip or glide away; to pass away silently, as time; -- used chiefly in reference to time.

Eight days elapsed; at length a pilgrim came.
Hoole.


word: Elaqueate
definition:
Elaqueate

E*la"que*ate
(?)
v. t.
[L. elaqueatus, p. p. of elaqueare to unfetter.]
To disentangle.
[R.]


word: Elasipoda
definition:
Elasipoda

El`a*sip"o*da
(?)
n. pl.
[NL., fr. Gr. _; metal beaten out, metal plate + -poda.]
(Zoöl.)
An order of holothurians mostly found in the deep sea. They are remarkable for their bilateral symmetry and curious forms.
[Written also Elasmopoda.]


word: Elasmobranch
definition:
Elasmobranch

E*las"mo*branch
(?)
a.
(Zoöl.)
Of or pertaining to the Elasmobranchii.
n. One of the Elasmobranchii.


word: Elasmobranchiate
definition:
Elasmobranchiate

E*las`mo*bran"chi*ate
(?)
a.
(Zoöl.)
Of or pertaining to Elasmobranchii.
n. One of the Elasmobranchii.


word: Elasmobranchii
definition:
Elasmobranchii

E*las`mo*bran"chi*i
(?)
n. pl.
[NL., fr. Gr. _; a metal plate + L. branchia a gill.]
(Zoöl.)
A subclass of fishes, comprising the sharks, the rays, and the Chimæra. The skeleton is mainly cartilaginous.


word: Elasmosaurus
definition:
Elasmosaurus

E*las`mo*sau"rus
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. _; a metal plate + _; a lizard.]
(Paleon.)
An extinct, long-necked, marine, cretaceous reptile from Kansas, allied to Plesiosaurus.


word: Elastic
definition:
Elastic

E*las"tic
(e̝*lăs"tĭk)
a.
[Formed fr. Gr. 'elay`nein to drive; prob. akin to L. alacer lively, brisk, and E. alacrity: cf. F. élastique.]
1.
Springing back; having a power or inherent property of returning to the form from which a substance is bent, drawn, pressed, or twisted; springy; having the power of rebounding; as, a bow is elastic; the air is elastic; India rubber is elastic.

Capable of being drawn out by force like a piece of elastic gum, and by its own elasticity returning, when the force is removed, to its former position.
Paley.

2.
Able to return quickly to a former state or condition, after being depressed or overtaxed; having power to recover easily from shocks and trials; as, elastic spirits; an elastic constitution.

Elastic bitumen. (Min.) See Elaterite. -- Elastic curve. (a) (Geom.) The curve made by a thin elastic rod fixed horizontally at one end and loaded at the other. (b) (Mech.) The figure assumed by the longitudinal axis of an originally straight bar under any system of bending forces. Rankine. -- Elastic fluids, those which have the property of expanding in all directions on the removal of external pressure, as the air, steam, and other gases and vapors. -- Elastic limit (Mech.), the limit of distortion, by bending, stretching, etc., that a body can undergo and yet return to its original form when relieved from stress; also, the unit force or stress required to produce this distortion. Within the elastic limit the distortion is directly proportional to the stress producing it. -- Elastic tissue (Anat.), a variety of connective tissue consisting of a network of slender and very elastic fibers which are but slightly affected by acids or alkalies. -- Gum elastic, caoutchouc.


word: Elastic₂
definition:
Elastic

E*las"tic
n.
An elastic woven fabric, as a belt, braces or suspenders, etc., made in part of India rubber.
[Colloq.]


word: Elasticity
definition:
Elasticity

E`las*tic"i*ty
(ē`lăs*tĭs"ĭ*t&ybreve_;)
n.
[Cf. F. élasticité.]
1.
The quality of being elastic; the inherent property in bodies by which they recover their former figure or dimensions, after the removal of external pressure or altering force; springiness; resilience; tendency to rebound; as, the elasticity of caoutchouc; the elasticity of the air.

2.
Power of resistance to, or recovery from, depression or overwork; -- usually referred to as resilience[3].

Coefficient of elasticity, the quotient of a stress (of a given kind), by the strain (of a given kind) which it produces; -- called also coefficient of resistance. -- Surface of elasticity (Geom.), the pedal surface of an ellipsoid (see Pedal); a surface used in explaining the phenomena of double refraction and their relation to the elastic force of the luminous ether in crystalline media.


word: elasticized
definition:
elasticized

elasticized
adj.
made with strands or inserts of elastic, allowing it to stretch; -- of fabrics; as, slacks with an elasticized waistband.


word: Elastin
definition:
Elastin

E*las"tin
(?)
n.
[Elastic + -in.]
(Physiol. Chem.)
A nitrogenous substance, somewhat resembling albumin, which forms the chemical basis of elastic tissue. It is very insoluble in most fluids, but is gradually dissolved when digested with either pepsin or trypsin.


word: Elate
definition:
Elate

E*late"
(?)
a.
[L. elatus elevated, fig., elated, proud (the figure, perh., being borrowed from a prancing horse); e out + latus (used as p. p. of ferre to bear), for tlatus, and akin to E. tolerate. See Tolerate, and cf. Extol.]

1.
Lifted up; raised; elevated.
With upper lip elate.
Fenton.

And sovereign law, that State's collected will,
O'er thrones and globes, elate,
Sits empress, crowning good, repressing ill.
Sir W. Jones.

2.
Having the spirits raised by success, or by hope; flushed or exalted with confidence; elated; exultant.

O, thoughtless mortals! ever blind to fate,
Too soon dejected, and dejected, and too soon elate.
Pope.

Our nineteenth century is wonderfully set up in its own esteem, wonderfully elate at its progress.
Mrs. H. H. Jackson.


word: Elate₂
definition:
Elate

E*late"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Elated; p. pr. & vb. n. Elating.]
1.
To raise; to exalt.
[R.]

By the potent sun elated high.
Thomson.

2.
To exalt the spirit of; to fill with confidence or exultation; to elevate or flush with success; to puff up; to make proud.

Foolishly elated by spiritual pride.
Warburton.

You ought not be elated at the chance mishaps of your enemies.
Jowett (Thucyd. ).


word: Elater₂
definition:
Elater

El"a*ter
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. _; driver, fr. _; to drive.]
1.
(Bot.)
An elastic spiral filament for dispersing the spores, as in some liverworts.

2.
(Zoöl.)
Any beetle of the family Elateridæ, having the habit, when laid on the back, of giving a sudden upward spring, by a quick movement of the articulation between the abdomen and thorax; -- called also click beetle, spring beetle, and snapping beetle.

3.
(Zoöl.)
The caudal spring used by Podura and related insects for leaping. See Collembola.


word: Elater₃
definition:
Elater

El"a*ter
(?)
n.
(Chem.)
The active principle of elaterium, being found in the juice of the wild or squirting cucumber (Ecballium agreste, formerly Motordica Elaterium) and other related species. It is extracted as a bitter, white, crystalline substance, which is a violent purgative.


word: Elaterite
definition:
Elaterite

El"a*ter*ite
(?)
n.
(Min.)
A mineral resin, of a blackish brown color, occurring in soft, flexible masses; -- called also mineral caoutchouc, and elastic bitumen.


word: Elaterium
definition:
Elaterium

El`a*te"ri*um
(?)
n.
[L., fr. Gr. _;, neut. of _; driving. See 2d Elater.]
A cathartic substance obtained, in the form of yellowish or greenish cakes, as the dried residue of the juice of the wild or squirting cucumber (Ecballium agreste, formerly called Momordica Elaterium).


word: Elation
definition:
Elation

E*la"tion
(?)
n.
[L. elatio. See Elate.]
A lifting up by success; exaltation; inriation with pride of prosperity.
elation
Sir W. Scott.


word: Elative
definition:
Elative

E*la"tive
(?)
a.
(Gram.)
Raised; lifted up; -- a term applied to what is also called the absolute superlative, denoting a high or intense degree of a quality, but not excluding the idea that an equal degree may exist in other cases.


word: Elatrometer
definition:
Elatrometer

El`a*trom"e*ter
(?)
n.
[Gr. _;  a driver + -meter.]
(Physics)
An instrument for measuring the degree of rarefaction of air contained in the receiver of an air pump.
[Spelt also elaterometer.]


word: Elayl
definition:
Elayl

E*la"yl
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; olive oil, oil + yl.]
(Chem.)
Olefiant gas or ethylene; -- so called by Berzelius from its forming an oil combining with chlorine. [Written also elayle.] See Ethylene.


word: Elbow
definition:
Elbow

El"bow
(?)
n.
[AS. elboga, elnboga (akin to D. elleboga, OHG. elinbogo, G. ellbogen, ellenbogen, Icel. _;lnbogi; prop.; arm-bend); eln ell (orig., forearm) + boga a bending. See 1st Ell, and 4th Bow.]
1.
The joint or bend of the arm; the outer curve in the middle of the arm when bent.

Her arms to the elbows naked.
R. of Gloucester.

2.
Any turn or bend like that of the elbow, in a wall, building, and the like; a sudden turn in a line of coast or course of a river; also, an angular or jointed part of any structure, as the raised arm of a chair or sofa, or a short pipe fitting, turning at an angle or bent.

3.
(Arch.)
A sharp angle in any surface of wainscoting or other woodwork; the upright sides which flank any paneled work, as the sides of windows, where the jamb makes an elbow with the window back.
Gwilt.

&hand_; Elbow is used adjectively or as part of a compound, to denote something shaped like, or acting like, an elbow; as, elbow joint; elbow tongs or elbow-tongs; elbowroom, elbow-room, or elbow room.

At the elbow, very near; at hand. -- Elbow grease, energetic application of force in manual labor. [Low] -- Elbow in the hawse (Naut.), the twisting together of two cables by which a vessel rides at anchor, caused by swinging completely round once. Totten. -- Elbow scissors (Surg.), scissors bent in the blade or shank for convenience in cutting. Knight. -- Out at elbow, with coat worn through at the elbows; shabby; in needy circumstances.


word: Elbow₂
definition:
Elbow

El"bow
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Elbowed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Elbowing.]
To push or hit with the elbow, as when one pushes by another.

They [the Dutch] would elbow our own aldermen off the Royal Exchange.
Macaulay.

To elbow one's way, to force one's way by pushing with the elbows; as, to elbow one's way through a crowd.


word: Elbow₃
definition:
Elbow

El"bow
(?)
v. i.
1.
To jut into an angle; to project or to bend after the manner of an elbow.

2.
To push rudely along; to elbow one's way.
elbowing
Grainger.


word: Elbowroom
definition:
Elbowroom

El"bow*room`
(?)
n.
Room to extend the elbows on each side; ample room for motion or action; free scope.
elbowroom
Shak.

Then came a stretch of grass and a little more elbowroom.
W. G. Norris.


word: Elcaja
definition:
Elcaja

El*ca"ja
(?)
n.
[Ar.]
(Bot.)
An Arabian tree (Trichilia emetica). The fruit, which is emetic, is sometimes employed in the composition of an ointment for the cure of the itch.


word: Elcesaite
definition:
Elcesaite

El*ce"sa*ite
(?)
n.
[From Elcesai, the leader of the sect.]
(Eccl.)
One of a sect of Asiatic Gnostics of the time of the Emperor Trajan.


word: el cheapo
definition:
el cheapo

el cheapo
(?)
a.
cheap; inexpensive and of inferior quality; as, an el cheapo cigar.
[jocose slang]


word: Eld₂
definition:
Eld

Eld
n.
[AS. yldu, yldo, eldo, old age, fr. ald, eald, old. See Old.]
1.
Age; esp., old age.
[Obs. or Archaic]

As sooth is said, eelde hath great avantage.
Chaucer.

Great Nature, ever young, yet full of eld.
Spenser.

2.
Old times; former days; antiquity.
[Poetic]

Astrologers and men of eld.
Longfellow.


word: Elder
definition:
Elder

Eld"er
(?)
a.
[AS. yldra, compar. of eald old. See Old.]
1.
Older; more aged, or existing longer.

Let the elder men among us emulate their own earlier deeds.
Jowett (Thucyd. )

2.
Born before another; prior in years; senior; earlier; older; as, his elder brother died in infancy; -- opposed to younger, and now commonly applied to a son, daughter, child, brother, etc.

The elder shall serve the younger.
Gen. xxv. 23.

But ask of elder days, earth's vernal hour.
Keble.

Elder hand (Card Playing), the hand playing, or having the right to play, first. Hoyle.


word: Elder₂
definition:
Elder

Eld"er
n.
[AS. ealdor an elder, prince, fr. eald old. See Old, and cf. Elder, a., Alderman.]
1.
One who is older; a superior in age; a senior.
1 Tim. v. 1.

2.
An aged person; one who lived at an earlier period; a predecessor.

Carry your head as your elders have done.
L'Estrange.

3.
A person who, on account of his age, occupies the office of ruler or judge; hence, a person occupying any office appropriate to such as have the experience and dignity which age confers; as, the elders of Israel; the elders of the synagogue; the elders in the apostolic church.

&hand_; In the modern Presbyterian churches, elders are lay officers who, with the minister, compose the church session, with authority to inspect and regulate matters of religion and discipline. In some churches, pastors or clergymen are called elders, or presbyters.

4.
(M. E. Ch.)
A clergyman authorized to administer all the sacraments; as, a traveling elder.

Presiding elder (Meth. Ch.), an elder commissioned by a bishop to have the oversight of the churches and preachers in a certain district. -- Ruling elder, a lay presbyter or member of a Presbyterian church session. Schaff.


word: Elder₃
definition:
Elder

El"der
(?)
n.
[OE. ellern, eller, AS. ellen, cf. LG. elloorn; perh. akin to OHG. holantar, holuntar, G. holunder; or perh. to E. alder, n.]
(Bot.)
A genus of shrubs (Sambucus) having broad umbels of white flowers, and small black or red berries.

&hand_; The common North American species is Sambucus Canadensis; the common European species (S. nigra) forms a small tree. The red-berried elder is S. pubens. The berries are diaphoretic and aperient.  The European elder (Sambucus nigra) is also called the elderberry, bourtree, Old World elder, black elder, and common elder.

Box elder. See under 1st Box. -- Dwarf elder. See Danewort. -- Elder tree. (Bot.) Same as Elder. Shak. -- Marsh elder, the cranberry tree Viburnum Opulus).


word: elderberry
definition:
elderberry

el"der*ber`ry
(?)
n.
(Bot.)
1.
The berrylike drupe of the elder. That of the Old World elder (Sambucus nigra) and that of the American sweet elder (S. Canadensis) are sweetish acid, and are eaten as a berry or made into wines or jellies.

2.
the European variety of elder (see 3rd elder), a common black-fruited shrub or small tree of Europe and Asia; the fruit is used for wines and jellies.

Syn. -- bourtree, black elder, common elder, European elder, Sambucus nigra.


word: Elderly
definition:
Elderly

Eld"er*ly
a.
Somewhat old; advanced beyond middle age; bordering on old age; as, elderly people.


word: Eldern
definition:
Eldern

El"dern
(?)
a.
Made of elder.
[Obs.]

He would discharge us as boys do eldern guns.
Marston.


word: Eldership
definition:
Eldership

Eld"er*ship
(?)
n.
1.
The state of being older; seniority.
eldership
Sir W. Raleigh.

2.
Office of an elder; collectively, a body of elders.


word: Eldest
definition:
Eldest

Eld"est
(?)
a.
[AS. yldest, superl. of eald old. See Elder, a.]
1.
Oldest; longest in duration.
Shak.

2.
Born or living first, or before the others, as a son, daughter, brother, etc.; first in origin. See Elder.
eldest
Shak.

Their eldest historians are of suspected credit.
Bp. Stillingfleet.

Eldest hand (Card Playing), the player on the dealer's left hand. R. A. Proctor.


word: Elding
definition:
Elding

El"ding
(?)
n.
[Icel. elding, fr. elda to kindle, eldr fire; akin to AS. æld fire, ælan to burn.]
Fuel.
[Prov. Eng.]
Grose.


word: El Dorado
definition:
El Dorado

El` Do*ra"do
(?)
pl. El Doradoes (_;).
[Sp., lit., the gilt (sc. land); el the + dorado gilt, p. p. of dorare to gild.  Cf. Dorado.]
1.
A name given by the Spaniards in the 16th century to an imaginary country in the interior of South America, reputed to abound in gold and precious stones.

2.
Any region of fabulous wealth; exceeding richness.

The whole comedy is a sort of El Dorado of wit.
T. Moore.


word: Eleatic
definition:
Eleatic

E`le*at"ic
(?)
a.
[L. eleaticus, from Elea (or Velia) in Italy.]
Of or pertaining to a certain school of Greek philosophers who taught that the only certain science is that which owes nothing to the senses, and all to the reason.
n. A philosopher of the Eleatic school.


word: Elecampane
definition:
Elecampane

El`e*cam*pane"
(?)
n.
[F. énulecampane, NL. inula campana; L. inula elecampane + LL. campana a bell; cf. G. glockenwurz, i. e., “bellwort.”]
1.
(Bot.)
A large, coarse herb (Inula Helenium), with composite yellow flowers. The root, which has a pungent taste, is used as a tonic, and was formerly of much repute as a stomachic.

2.
A sweetmeat made from the root of the plant.


word: Elect
definition:
Elect

E*lect"
(?)
a.
[L. electus, p. p. of eligere to elect; e out + legere to choose. See Legend, and cf. Elite, Eclectic.]
1.
Chosen; taken by preference from among two or more.
elect
Spenser.

2.
(Theol.)
Chosen as the object of mercy or divine favor; set apart to eternal life.
elect
1 Tim. v. 21.

3.
Chosen to an office, but not yet actually inducted into it; as, bishop elect; governor or mayor elect.


word: Elect₂
definition:
Elect

E*lect"
n.
1.
One chosen or set apart.

Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth.
Is. xlii. 1.

2.
pl.
(Theol.)
Those who are chosen for salvation.

Shall not God avenge his won elect?
Luke xviii. 7.


word: Elect₃
definition:
Elect

E*lect"
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Elected; p. pr. & vb. n. Electing.]
1.
To pick out; to select; to choose.

The deputy elected by the Lord.
Shak.

2.
To select or take for an office; to select by vote; as, to elect a representative, a president, or a governor.

3.
(Theol.)
To designate, choose, or select, as an object of mercy or favor.


word: Electant
definition:
Electant

E*lect"ant
(?)
n.
[L. electans, p. pr. of electare.]
One who has the power of choosing; an elector.
[R.]


word: Election
definition:
Election

E*lec"tion
(?)
n.
[F. élection, L. electio, fr. eligere to choose out. See Elect, a.]
1.
The act of choosing; choice; selection.

2.
The act of choosing a person to fill an office, or to membership in a society, as by ballot, uplifted hands, or viva voce; as, the election of a president or a mayor.

Corruption in elections is the great enemy of freedom.
J. Adams.

3.
Power of choosing; free will; liberty to choose or act.
election
Daniel.

4.
Discriminating choice; discernment.
[Obs.]

To use men with much difference and election is good.
Bacon.

5.
(Theol.)
Divine choice; predestination of individuals as objects of mercy and salvation; -- one of the “five points” of Calvinism.

There is a remnant according to the election of grace.
Rom. xi. 5.

6.
(Law)
The choice, made by a party, of two alternatives, by taking one of which, the chooser is excluded from the other.

7.
Those who are elected.
[Obs.]

The election hath obtained it.
Rom. xi. 7.

To contest an election. See under Contest. -- To make one's election, to choose.

He has made his election to walk, in the main, in the old paths.
Fitzed. Hall.


word: Electioneer
definition:
Electioneer

E*lec`tion*eer"
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Electionered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Electioneering.]
To make interest for a candidate at an election; to use arts for securing the election of a candidate.

A master of the whole art of electioneering.
Macaulay.


word: Elective
definition:
Elective

E*lect"ive
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. électif.]
1.
Exerting the power of choice; selecting; as, an elective act.

2.
Pertaining to, or consisting in, choice, or right of choosing; electoral.

The independent use of their elective franchise.
Bancroft.

3.
Bestowed or passing by election; as, an elective office.

Kings of Rome were at first elective; . . . for such are the conditions of an elective kingdom.
Dryden.

4.
Dependent on choice; that can be refused; as, an elective college course.  Opposite of required or mandatory.

Elective affinity or Elective attraction (Chem.), a tendency to unite with certain things; chemism.


word: Elective₂
definition:
Elective

E*lect"ive
n.
In an American college, an optional study or course of study; a course that is not required.
[Colloq.]


word: elective surgery
definition:
elective surgery

e*lect"ive sur"ger*y
n.
surgery that is not essential, especially surgery to correct a condition that is not life-threatening; surgery that is not required for survival.  See also cosmetic surgery.


word: Elector
definition:
Elector

E*lect"or
(?)
n.
[L., fr. eligere: cf. F. électeur.]
1.
One who elects, or has the right of choice; a person who is entitled to take part in an election, or to give his vote in favor of a candidate for office.

2.
Hence, specifically, in any country, a person legally qualified to vote.

3.
In the old German empire, one of the princes entitled to choose the emperor.

4.
One of the persons chosen, by vote of the people in the United States, to elect the President and Vice President.


word: Elector₂
definition:
Elector

E*lect"or
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. électoral.]
Pertaining to an election or to electors.

In favor of the electoral and other princes.
Burke.

Electoral college, the body of princes formerly entitled to elect the Emperor of Germany; also, a name sometimes given, in the United States, to the body of electors chosen by the people to elect the President and Vice President.


word: Electorality
definition:
Electorality

E*lect`or*al"i*ty
(?)
n.
The territory or dignity of an elector; electorate.
[R.]
Sir H. Wotton.


word: Electorate
definition:
Electorate

E*lect"or*ate
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. électorat.]
1.
The territory, jurisdiction, or dignity of an elector, as in the old German empire.

2.
The whole body of persons in a nation or state who are entitled to vote in an election, or any distinct class or division of them.

The middle-class electorate of Great Britain.
M. Arnold.


word: Electer
definition:
Electer

Electre

{ E*lec"tre, E*lec"ter  }
(?)
n.
[L. electrum: cf. F. électre mixture of gold and silver. See Electrum.]
1.
Amber. See Electrum.
[Obs.]

2.
A metallic substance compounded of gold and silver; an alloy.
[Obs.]
Wyclif.


word: Electrepeter
definition:
Electrepeter

E`lec*trep"e*ter
(e̝`lĕk*trĕp"e̝*tẽr)
n.
[Electro + Gr. tre`pein to turn.]
An instrument used to change the direction of electric currents; a commutator.
[R.]


word: Electress
definition:
Electress

E*lect"ress
(e̝*lĕk"trĕs)
n.
[Cf. F. électrice.  Cf. Electoress.]
The wife or widow of an elector in the old German empire.
Burke.


word: Electrical
definition:
Electrical

Electric

{ E*lec"tric (e̝*lĕk"trĭk), E*lec"tric*al (e̝*lĕk"trĭ*kal), }
a.
[L. electrum amber, a mixed metal, Gr. 'h`lektron; akin to 'hle`ktwr the beaming sun, cf. Skr. arc to beam, shine: cf. F. électrique. The name came from the production of electricity by the friction of amber.]
1.
Pertaining to electricity; consisting of, containing, derived from, or produced by, electricity; as, electric power or virtue; an electric jar; electric effects; an electric spark; an electric charge; an electric current; an electrical engineer.

2.
Capable of occasioning the phenomena of electricity; as, an electric or electrical machine or substance; an electric generator.

3.
Electrifying; thrilling; magnetic.
Electric
Mrs. Browning.

4.
powered by electricity; as, electrical appliances; an electric toothbrush; an electric automobile.

Electric atmosphere, or Electric aura. See under Aura. -- Electrical battery. See Battery. -- Electrical brush. See under Brush. -- Electric cable. See Telegraph cable, under Telegraph. -- Electric candle. See under Candle. -- Electric cat (Zoöl.), one of three or more large species of African catfish of the genus Malapterurus (esp. M. electricus of the Nile). They have a large electrical organ and are able to give powerful shocks; -- called also sheathfish. -- Electric clock. See under Clock, and see Electro-chronograph. -- Electric current, a current or stream of electricity traversing a closed circuit formed of conducting substances, or passing by means of conductors from one body to another which is in a different electrical state. -- Electric eel, or Electrical eel (Zoöl.), a South American eel-like fresh-water fish of the genus Gymnotus (G. electricus), from two to five feet in length, capable of giving a violent electric shock. See Gymnotus. -- Electrical fish (Zoöl.), any fish which has an electrical organ by means of which it can give an electrical shock. The best known kinds are the torpedo, the gymnotus, or electrical eel, and the electric cat. See Torpedo, and Gymnotus. -- Electric fluid, the supposed matter of electricity; lightning. [archaic] -- Electrical image (Elec.), a collection of electrical points regarded as forming, by an analogy with optical phenomena, an image of certain other electrical points, and used in the solution of electrical problems. Sir W. Thomson. --  Electric machine, or Electrical machine, an apparatus for generating, collecting, or exciting, electricity, as by friction. -- Electric motor. See Electro-motor, 2. -- Electric osmose. (Physics) See under Osmose. -- Electric pen, a hand pen for making perforated stencils for multiplying writings. It has a puncturing needle driven at great speed by a very small magneto-electric engine on the penhandle. -- Electric railway, a railway in which the machinery for moving the cars is driven by an electric current. -- Electric ray (Zoöl.), the torpedo. -- Electric telegraph. See Telegraph.


word: Electric
definition:
Electric

E*lec"tric
(?)
n.
(Physics)
A nonconductor of electricity, as amber, glass, resin, etc., employed to excite or accumulate electricity.


word: Electrically
definition:
Electrically

E*lec"tric*al*ly
(?)
adv.
In the manner of electricity, or by means of it; thrillingly.


word: electrician
definition:
electrician

e`lec*tri"cian
(ē`lĕk*trĭsh"an)
n.
1.
An investigator of electricity; one versed in the science of electricity.
[archaic]

2.
a technician who installs, repairs, or maintains electrical wiring or electrical devices, especially in buildings.

3.
 a person who is licensed by a governmental board to install electrical wiring and devices in structures; called also a licensed electrician.


word: Electricity
definition:
Electricity

E`lec*tric"i*ty
(ē`lĕk*trĭs"ĭ*t&ybreve_;)
n.
pl. Electricities (ē`lĕk*trĭs"ĭ*tĭz).
[Cf. F. électricité. See Electric.]
1.
(Physics)
a property of certain of the fundamental particles of which matter is composed, called also electric charge, and being of two types, designated positive and negative; the property of electric charge on a particle or physical body creates a force field which affects other particles or bodies possessing electric charge; positive charges create a repulsive force between them, and negative charges also create a repulsive force.  A positively charged body and a negatively charged body will create an attractive force between them.  The unit of electrical charge is the coulomb, and the intensity of the force field at any point is measured in volts.

2.
any of several phenomena associated with the accumulation or movement of electrically charged particles within material bodies, classified as static electricity and electric current.  Static electricity is often observed in everyday life, when it causes certain materials to cling together; when sufficient static charge is accumulated, an electric current may pass through the air between two charged bodies, and is observed as a visible spark; when the spark passes from a human body to another object it may be felt as a mild to strong painful sensation.  Electricity in the form of electric current is put to many practical uses in electrical and electronic devices.  Lightning is also known to be a form of electric current passing between clouds and the ground, or between two clouds.   Electric currents may produce heat, light, concussion, and often chemical changes when passed between objects or through any imperfectly conducting substance or space. Accumulation of electrical charge or generation of a voltage differnce between two parts of a complex object may be caused by any of a variety of disturbances of molecular equilibrium, whether from a chemical, physical, or mechanical, cause.  Electric current in metals and most other solid coductors is carried by the movement of electrons from one part of the metal to another.  In ionic solutions and in semiconductors, other types of movement of charged particles may be responsible for the observed electrical current.

&hand_; Electricity is manifested under following different forms: (a) Statical electricity, called also Frictional electricity or Common electricity, electricity in the condition of a stationary charge, in which the disturbance is produced by friction, as of glass, amber, etc., or by induction. (b) Dynamical electricity, called also Voltaic electricity, electricity in motion, or as a current produced by chemical decomposition, as by means of a voltaic battery, or by mechanical action, as by dynamo-electric machines. (c) Thermoelectricity, in which the disturbing cause is heat (attended possibly with some chemical action).  It is developed by uniting two pieces of unlike metals in a bar, and then heating the bar unequally. (d) Atmospheric electricity, any condition of electrical disturbance in the atmosphere or clouds, due to some or all of the above mentioned causes. (e) Magnetic electricity, electricity developed by the action of magnets. (f)  Positive electricity, the electricity that appears at the positive pole or anode of a battery, or that is produced by friction of glass; -- called also vitreous electricity.  (g) Negative electricity, the electricity that appears at the negative pole or cathode, or is produced by the friction of resinous substance; -- called also resinous electricity. (h) Organic electricity, that which is developed in organic structures, either animal or vegetable, the phrase animal electricity being much more common.

3.
The science which studies the phenomena and laws of electricity; electrical science.

4.
Fig.: excitement, anticipation, or emotional tension, usually caused by the occurrence or expectation of something unusual or important.


word: Electrical light
definition:
Electrical light

Electrical light
1.
the light produced by a current of electricity which in passing through a resisting medium heats it to incandescence or burns it. See under Carbon.

2.
a lamp whose light is produced by passing an electric current through a light bulb, especially an incandescent lamp.


word: electric chair
definition:
electric chair

e*lec"tric chair`
n.
a device used for execution of criminals, consisting of a specially designed chair in which the victim is killed by passing a large current of electricity through the body.  This method of killing is called electrocution.

Syn. -- the chair, death chair, hot seat.


word: electrical current
definition:
electrical current

electric current

electric current, electrical current
the movement of electrically charged particles, atoms, or ions, through solids, liquids, gases, or free space; the term is usually used of relatively smooth movements of electric charge through conductors, whether constant or variable.  Sudden movements of charge are usually referred to by other terms, such as spark or lightning or discharge.  In metallic conductors the electric current is usually due to movement of electrons through the metal.  The current is measured as the rate of movement of charge per unit time, and is counted in units of amperes.  As a formal definition, the direction of movement of electric current is considered as the same as the direction of movement of positive charge, or in a direction opposite to the movement of negative charge.  Electric current may move constantly in a single direction, called direct current (abbreviated DC), or may move alternately in one direction and then the opposite direction, called alternating current (abbreviated AC).


word: Electrifiable
definition:
Electrifiable

E*lec"tri*fi`a*ble
(?)
a.
Capable of receiving electricity, or of being charged with it.


word: Electrification
definition:
Electrification

E*lec`tri*fi*ca"tion
(?)
n.
(Physics)
The act of electrifying, or the state of being charged with electricity.


word: Electrify
definition:
Electrify

E*lec"tri*fy
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Electrified (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Electrifying (?).]
[Electric + -fy.]
1.
To communicate electricity to; to charge with electricity; as, to electrify a jar.

2.
To cause electricity to pass through; to affect by electricity; to give an electric shock to; as, to electrify a limb, or the body.

3.
To excite suddenly and violently, esp. by something highly delightful or inspiriting; to thrill; as, this patriotic sentiment electrified the audience.

If the sovereign were now to immure a subject in defiance of the writ of habeas corpus . . . the whole nation would be instantly electrified by the news.
Macaulay.

Try whether she could electrify Mr. Grandcourt by mentioning it to him at table.
G. Eliot.

4.
To equip for employment of electric power; to modify (a device) so that it uses electrical power as the main source of energy; as, to electrify a railroad.


word: Electrine
definition:
Electrine

E*lec"trine
(?)
a.
[L. electrinus of amber. See Electric.]
1.
Belonging to, or made of, amber.

2.
Made of electrum, an alloy used by the ancients.


word: Electrition
definition:
Electrition

E`lec*tri"tion
(?)
n.
(Physiol.)
The recognition by an animal body of the electrical condition of external objects.


word: Electrization
definition:
Electrization

E*lec`tri*za"tion
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. électrisation.]
The act of electrizing; electrification.


word: Electrize
definition:
Electrize

E*lec"trize
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Electrized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Electrizing (?).]
[Cf. F. électriser.]
To electricity.
Eng. Cyc.


word: Electro-
definition:
Electro-

E*lec"tro-
(?)
[L. electrum amber. See Electric.]
A prefix or combining form signifying pertaining to electricity, produced by electricity, producing or employing electricity, etc.; as, electro-negative; electro-dynamic; electro-magnet.


word: Electro-ballistics
definition:
Electro-ballistics

E*lec`tro-bal*lis"tics
(?)
n.
The art or science of measuring the force or velocity of projectiles by means of electricity.


word: Electro-biology
definition:
Electro-biology

E*lec`tro-bi*ol"o*gy
(?)
n.
(Biol.)
1.
That branch of biology which treats of the electrical phenomena of living organisms.

2.
That phase of mesmerism or animal magnetism, the phenomena of which are supposed to be produced by a form of electricity.


word: Electro-bioscopy
definition:
Electro-bioscopy

E*lec`tro-bi*os"co*py
(?)
n.
[Electro- + Gr. _; life + -scopy.]
(Biol.)
A method of determining the presence or absence of life in an animal organism with a current of electricity, by noting the presence or absence of muscular contraction.


word: Electro-capillarity
definition:
Electro-capillarity

E*lec`tro-cap`il*lar"i*ty
(?)
n.
(Physics)
The occurrence or production of certain capillary effects by the action of an electrical current or charge.


word: Electro-capillary
definition:
Electro-capillary

E*lec`tro-cap"il*la*ry
(?)
a.
(Physics)
Pert. to, or caused by, electro-capillarity.


word: Electro-chemistry
definition:
Electro-chemistry

E*lec`tro-chem"is*try
(?)
n.
That branch of science which treats of the relation of electricity to chemical changes.


word: Electro-chronograph
definition:
Electro-chronograph

E*lec`tro-chron"o*graph
(?)
n.
(Astron. Physics)
An instrument for obtaining an accurate record of the time at which any observed phenomenon occurs, or of its duration. It has an electro-magnetic register connected with a clock. See Chronograph.


word: Electro-chronographic
definition:
Electro-chronographic

E*lec`tro-chron`o*graph"ic
(?)
a.
Belonging to the electro-chronograph, or recorded by the aid of it.


word: Electrocute
definition:
Electrocute

E*lec"tro*cute`
(?)
v. t.
[Electro- + cute in execute.]
To execute or put to death by electricity.
E*lec`tro*cu"tion, n.


word: electrocution
definition:
electrocution

electrocution
n.
1.
execution by electricity.
Electrocution as a form of punishment for crime is usually carried out while the victim is sitting in a chair specially designed for the purpose, called an electric chair, fitted with electrodes that contact the head and limbs.  To be executed in such a manner is sometimes referred to in grim humor as to ride the lightning.

Syn. -- burning.

2.
killing by electric shock.


word: electrocutioner
definition:
electrocutioner

electrocutioner
n.
an executioner who uses electricity to kill the condemned person.


word: Electrode
definition:
Electrode

E*lec"trode
(e̝*lĕk"tr&omacrd)
n.
[Electro- + Gr. "odo`s way, path: cf. F. électrode.]
(Elec.)
a conducting object by which electricity is conveyed into or from a solution or other non-metallic conducting medium; esp., the ends of the wires or conductors, leading from source of electricity, and terminating in the medium traversed by the current.
Electrodes may be specially designed or made of a special material for particular purposes, as for example silver electrodes used in electroplating.


word: Electro-dynamical
definition:
Electro-dynamical

Electro-dynamic

{ E*lec`tro-dy*nam"ic (?), E*lec`tro-dy*nam"ic*al (?), }
a.
(Physics)
Pertaining to the movements or force of electric or galvanic currents; dependent on electric force.


word: Electro-dynamics
definition:
Electro-dynamics

E*lec`tro-dy*nam"ics
(?)
n.
1.
The phenomena of electricity in motion.

2.
The branch of science which treats of the properties of electric currents; dynamical electricity.


word: Electro-dynamometer
definition:
Electro-dynamometer

E*lec`tro-dy`na*mom"e*ter
(?)
n.
An instrument for measuring the strength of electro-dynamic currents.


word: Electro-engraving
definition:
Electro-engraving

E*lec`tro-en*grav"ing
(?)
n.
The art or process of engraving by means of electricity.


word: Electrogenic
definition:
Electrogenic

E*lec`tro*gen"ic
(?)
a.
(Physiol.)
Of or pertaining to electrogenesis; as, an electrogenic condition.


word: Electrogeny
definition:
Electrogeny

E`lec*trog"e*ny
(?)
n.
[Electro- + Gr. _; to produce.]
(Physiol.)
A term sometimes applied to the effects (tetanus) produced in the muscles of the limbs, when a current of electricity is passed along the spinal cord or nerves.


word: Electro-gilding
definition:
Electro-gilding

E*lec`tro-gild"ing
(?)
n.
The art or process of gilding copper, iron, etc., by means of voltaic electricity.


word: Electrograph
definition:
Electrograph

E*lec"tro*graph
(?)
n.
[Electro- + -graph.]
1.
A mark, record, or tracing, made by the action of electricity.

2.
An apparatus, controlled by electric devices, used to trace designs for etching.

3.
An instrument for the reproduction at a distance of pictures, maps, etc., by means of electricity.
[archaic]

4.
An image made by the Röntgen rays; a sciagraph.
[archaic]

5.
A cinematograph using the arc light.
[archaic]


word: Electrography
definition:
Electrography

E*lec*trog"ra*phy
(?)
n.
1.
The art or process of making electrographs or using an electrograph.

2.
= Galvanography.


word: Electro-kinetics
definition:
Electro-kinetics

E*lec`tro-ki*net"ics
(?)
n.
That branch of electrical science which treats of electricity in motion.


word: Electrolier
definition:
Electrolier

E*lec`tro*lier"
(?)
n.
[Formed from electric in imitation of chandelier.]
A branching frame, often of ornamental design, to support electric illuminating lamps.


word: Electrology
definition:
Electrology

E`lec*trol"o*gy
(?)
n.
[Electro- + -logy.]
That branch of physical science which treats of the phenomena of electricity and its properties.


word: Electrolysis
definition:
Electrolysis

E`lec*trol"y*sis
(?)
n.
[Electro- + Gr. _; a loosing, dissolving, fr. _; to loose, dissolve.]
(Physics & Chem.)
The act or process of chemical decomposition, by the action of electricity; as, the electrolysis of silver or nickel for plating; the electrolysis of water.


word: Electrolyte
definition:
Electrolyte

E*lec"tro*lyte
(?)
n.
[Electro- + Gr. _; a dissoluble: cf. F. électrolyte.]
(Physics & Chem.)
A compound decomposable, or subjected to decomposition, by an electric current.


word: Electrolytical
definition:
Electrolytical

Electrolytic

{ E*lec`tro*lyt"ic (?), E*lec`tro*lyt"ic*al (?), }
a.
[Cf. F. électrolytique.]
Pertaining to electrolysis; as, electrolytic action.
E*lec`tro*lyt"ic*al*ly, adv.


word: Electrolyzable
definition:
Electrolyzable

E*lec"tro*ly`za*ble
(?)
a.
Capable of being electrolyzed, or decomposed by electricity.


word: Electrolyze
definition:
Electrolyze

E*lec"tro*lyze
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Electrolyzed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Electrolyzing (?).]
[Cf. F. électrolyser. See Electrolysis.]
1.
To decompose by the direct action of electricity.
Faraday.

2.
[See Electrolysis.]
To subject to electrolysis.
E*lec`tro*ly*za"tion (#), n.


word: Electro-magnet
definition:
Electro-magnet

E*lec`tro-mag"net
(?)
n.
A mass, usually of soft iron, but sometimes of some other magnetic metal, as nickel or cobalt, rendered temporarily magnetic by being placed within a coil of wire through which a current of electricity is passing. The metal is generally in the form of a bar, either straight, or bent into the shape of a horseshoe.


word: Electro-magnetic
definition:
Electro-magnetic

E*lec`tro-mag*net"ic
(?)
a.
Of or pertaining to electromagnetism.

Electro-magnetic engine, an engine in which the motive force is electro-magnetism. -- Electro-magnetic theory of light (Physics), a theory of light which makes it consist in the rapid alternation of transient electric currents moving transversely to the direction of the ray.


word: Electro-magnetism
definition:
Electro-magnetism

E*lec`tro-mag"net*ism
n.
1.
magnetism produced by an electric current.

2.
one of the  fundamental forces of nature, responsible for both electrical and magnetic phenomena.  Called also the electromagnetic force.  Formerly believed to be separate phenomena, electricity and magnetism were shown by experiment and theory to be different aspects of the electromagnetic force.  It is responsible for the forces generated between magnetically or electrically charged objects, and is the fundamental force responsible for the characteristics of electromagnetic radiation, including light.

3.
the branch of physics concerned with electromagnetic phenomena.


word: Electro-metallurgy
definition:
Electro-metallurgy

E*lec`tro-met"al*lur`gy
(?)
n.
The act or art precipitating a metal electro-chemical action, by which a coating is deposited, on a prepared surface, as in electroplating and electrotyping; galvanoplasty.


word: Electrometer
definition:
Electrometer

E`lec*trom"e*ter
(?)
n.
[Electro- + -meter: cf. F. électromètre.]
(Physics)
An instrument for measuring the quantity or intensity of electricity; also, sometimes, and less properly, applied to an instrument which indicates the presence of electricity (usually called an electroscope).

Balance electrometer. See under Balance.


word: Electro-metrical
definition:
Electro-metrical

Electro-metric

{ E*lec`tro-met"ric (?), E*lec`tro-met"ric*al (?), }
a.
[Cf. F. électrométrique.]
Pertaining to electrometry; made by means of an electrometer; as, an electrometrical experiment.


word: Electrometry
definition:
Electrometry

E`lec*trom"e*try
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. électrométrie.]
(Physics)
The art or process of making electrical measurements.


word: Electro-motion
definition:
Electro-motion

E*lec`tro-mo"tion
(?)
n.
The motion of electricity or its passage from one metal to another in a voltaic circuit; mechanical action produced by means of electricity.


word: Electro-motive
definition:
Electro-motive

E*lec`tro-mo"tive
(?)
a.
Producing electro-motion; producing, or tending to produce, electricity or an electric current; causing electrical action or effects.

Electro-motive force (Physics), the force which produces, or tends to produce, electricity, or an electric current; sometimes used to express the degree of electrification as equivalent to potential, or more properly difference of potential.


word: Electromotor
definition:
Electromotor

E*lec`tro*mo"tor
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. électromoteur.]
1.
(Physics)
A mover or exciter of electricity; as apparatus for generating a current of electricity.

2.
(Mech.)
An apparatus or machine for producing motion and mechanical effects by the action of electricity; an electro-magnetic engine.


word: Electro-muscular
definition:
Electro-muscular

E*lec`tro-mus"cu*lar
(?)
a.
(Physiol.)
Pertaining to the reaction (contraction) of the muscles under electricity, or their sensibility to it.


word: Electron
definition:
Electron

E*lec"tron
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. 'h`lektron. See Electric.]
1.
Amber; also, the alloy of gold and silver, called electrum.
[archaic]

2.
(Physics & Chem.)
one of the fundamental subatomic particles, having a negative charge and about one thousandth the mass of a hydrogen atom. The electron carries (or is) a natural unit of negative electricity, equal to 3.4 x 10-10 electrostatic units, and is classed by physicists as a lepton. Its mass is practically constant at the lesser speeds, but increases due to relativistic effects as the velocity approaches that of light. Electrons are all of one kind, so far as is known.  Thus far, no structure has been detected within an electron, and it is probably one of the ultimate composite constituents of all matter.  An atom or group of atoms from which an electron has been detached has a positive charge and is called a cation.  Electrons are projected from the cathode of vacuum tubes (including television picture tubes) as cathode rays and from radioactive substances as the beta rays.  Previously also referred to as corpuscle, an obsolete term.  The motion of electrons through metallic conductors is observed as an electric current.  A particle identical to the electron in mass and most other respects, but having a positive instead of a negative charge, is called a positron, or antielectron


word: Electronegative
definition:
Electronegative

Electro-negative

E*lec`tro-neg"a*tive, E*lec`tro*neg"a*tive
(?)
a.
(Chem. & Physics)
1.
Having the property of being attracted by an electro-positive body, or a tendency to pass to the positive pole in electrolysis, by the law that opposite electricities attract each other.  Contrasted with neutral and electropositive

2.
Negative; nonmetallic; acidic; -- opposed to positive, metallic, or basic.

3.
(Physics)
carrying a negative electrical charge.

4.
(Chem. and Physics)
having a tendency to take up electrons and form negative ions; having a relatively positive electrode potential.


word: Electro-negative
definition:
Electro-negative

E*lec`tro-neg"a*tive
n.
(Chem. & Physics)
A body which passes to the positive pole in electrolysis; an anion.


word: electroneutral
definition:
electroneutral

electroneutral
adj.
(Physics)
having no net electric charge; not electrified; uncharged; neutral.  Opposite of charged.


word: Electronic
definition:
Electronic

E`lec*tron"ic
(?)
a.
(Physics & Chem.)
1.
Of or pertaining to an electron or electrons; as, electronic energy.
[wns=2]

2.
Using the methods or principles of electronics as part of the working mechanism; -- of devices; as, electronic circuit; electronic devices; electronic entertainment devices.

3.
Using computerized storage or transmission of information; as, electronic banking; electronic  mail; electronic fund transfer.

4.
of or pertaining to electronics.
[wns=1]


word: electronic device
definition:
electronic device

electronic device
n.
a device depending on the principles of electronics and using the manipulation of electron flow for its operation.

&hand_;  Numerous electronic devices are in daily use, among them the television, radio, computer, robot, transmitter, receiver, VCR, CD player, etc.


word: Electronic mail
definition:
Electronic mail

E`lec*tron"ic mail
(?)
n.
(Computers)
1.
a message transmitted from one computer to another, accessible by means of a mail reading program on the receiving computer.  The message may have one or many intended recipients, and may be directed by the sending program to one or to multiple receiving computers.  The message is typically in the form of a computer file, and may be a simple ASCII text, or any other type of binary coded information

Syn. -- email.


word: electronics
definition:
electronics

electronics
n.
1.
the branch of physics that deals with the behavior of electrons.  Electronics is primarily concerned with phenomena other than simple conduction, such as emission of electrons, storage of electrical charge, the effects of electrical fields on the conduction of electrons through a circuit, and amplification and manipulation of electric signals such as voltage or current by design of circuits.  Electronics also encompasses the application of such fundamental principles to the construction of devices using the manipulation of electrons in their operation, known as electronic devices.

2.
the branch of engineering concerned with design of devices using the principles of electronics, for practical purposes.

3.
electronic devices generally, or the electronic circuits within an electronic device.
The Russian harvesters are sturdily constructed, but their electronics are primitive.


word: electron-volt
definition:
electron-volt

electron-volt
n.
a unit of energy, being equal to the kinetic energy acquired by an electron when accelerated through a potential difference of one volt.  It is equal to 1.602 x 10-19 Joules.  It is abbreviated eV.
The unit electron-volt is often used to express the rest mass and the energy of fundamental particles, especially when accelerated to high velocity in an accelerator.  In accelerators, the units encountered are more commonly megaelectron-volts (MeV or million electron-volts) and giga-electron-volts (GeV or billion electron-volts).


word: Electropathy
definition:
Electropathy

E`lec*trop"a*thy
(?)
n.
[Electro- + Gr. pa`qos suffering.]
(Med.)
The treatment of disease by electricity.


word: Electrophone
definition:
Electrophone

E*lec"tro*phone
(?)
n.
[Electro- + Gr. fwnh` sound.]
(Physics)
An instrument for producing sound by means of electric currents.


word: electrophoresis
definition:
electrophoresis

electrophoresis
n.
1.
(Chem.)
the motion of charged molecules or particles in a liquid medium under the influence of an electric field; particles with a positive charge move toward the cathode and negative to the anode.
[wns=1]

Syn. -- cataphoresis.

2.
(Chem., Biochem.)
the application of the principle of electrophoresis to separate molecules, used as an analytical or preparative technique; as, separation by electrophoresis; gel electrophoresis.

&hand_;  Gel electrophoresis is a technique in which the molecules to be separated are moved through a gelatinous medium under the influence of an electric field.  At the completion of a period of electrophoresis, the gel, unlike a liquid solution, may be manipulated as a single object, permitting the substances contained within to be detected or visualized by a variety of methods, and their relative mobilities determined. It is therefore a popular analytic tool in biochemistry, and has many variants.  Popular substances used to create the gel are starch, polyacrylamide, and agarose.  Since a polyacrylamide gel can be created with different concentrations and different degrees of cross-linking, the pore size of the gel can be controlled to provide special properties appropriate to separation of specific molecules, as for example optimizaion for separation within a particular molecular weight range.  in SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, SDS (sodium dodecyl sulfate, a detergent) is included; it binds to and denatures protein molecules, allowing them to be separated on the basis of their molecular weight alone.  It is thus used as one method of determining the molecular weights of isolated protein chains.


word: electrophoretic
definition:
electrophoretic

electrophoretic
adj.
of or pertaining to electrophoresis; electrophoretic mobility; accomplished using electrophoresis; as, electrophoretic separation; electrophoretic analysis.

Syn. -- cataphoretic.


word: Electrophoridae
definition:
Electrophoridae

Electrophoridae
n.
small natural family comprising the electric eels.

Syn. -- family Electrophoridae.


word: Electrophorus
definition:
Electrophorus

E*lec`troph"o*rus
(?)
n.
pl. &VerbarElectrophori (#).
[NL., fr. combining form electro- + Gr. fe`rein to bear.]
(Physics)
An instrument for exciting electricity, and repeating the charge indefinitely by induction, consisting of a flat cake of resin, shellac, or ebonite, upon which is placed a plate of metal.


word: Electro-physiological
definition:
Electro-physiological

E*lec`tro-phys`i*o*log"ic*al
(?)
a.
(Physiol.)
Pertaining to electrical results produced through physiological agencies, or by change of action in a living organism.


word: Electro-physiology
definition:
Electro-physiology

E*lec`tro-phys`i*ol"o*gy
(?)
n.
(Physiol.)
That branch of physiology which treats of electric phenomena produced through physiological agencies; it is especially concerned with electrical impulses generated by and conducted between nerves.


word: Electroplate
definition:
Electroplate

E*lec"tro*plate`
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Electroplating.]
(Mech.)
To plate or cover with a coating of metal, usually silver, nickel, chromium, or gold, by means of electrolysis.


word: electroplating
definition:
electroplating

e*lec"tro*pla`ting
(?)
n.
The art or process of depositing a coating (commonly) of silver, gold, or nickel on an inferior metal, by means of an electric current.  The metal to be deposited on an article is usually used as the anode and the article to be plated as the cathode, in an electrolyte solution in which the plating metal is the cation.  The process is conducted in a tank called an electroplating bath, which holds the electrolyte solution.


word: Electropoion fluid
definition:
Electropoion fluid

Electropoion

&VerbarE*lec`tro*poi"on (?), n., or Electropoion fluid
[NL.; electro- + Gr. poiw^n, p. pr. of poiei^n to make.]
(Elec.)
An exciting and depolarizing acid solution used in certain cells or batteries, as the Grenet battery. Electropoion is best prepared by mixing one gallon of concentrated sulphuric acid diluted with three gallons of water, with a solution of six pounds of potassium bichromate in two gallons of boiling water. It should be used cold.


word: Electro-polar
definition:
Electro-polar

E*lec`tro-po"lar
(?)
a.
(Physics)
Possessing electrical polarity; positively electrified at one end, or on one surface, and negatively at the other; -- said of a conductor.


word: Electro-positive
definition:
Electro-positive

E*lec`tro-pos"i*tive
(?)
a.
1.
(Physics)
Of such a nature relatively to some other associated body or bodies, as to tend to the negative pole of a voltaic battery, in electrolysis, while the associated body tends to the positive pole; -- the converse or correlative of electro-negative.

&hand_; An element that is electro-positive in one compound may be electro-negative in another, and vice versa.

2.
(Chem.)
Hence: Positive; metallic; basic; -- distinguished from negative, nonmetallic, or acid.


word: Electro-positive₂
definition:
Electro-positive

E*lec`tro-pos"i*tive
n.
(Chem. & Physics)
A body which passes to the negative pole in electrolysis.


word: Electro-puncturing
definition:
Electro-puncturing

Electro-puncturation

{ E*lec`tro-punc`tu*ra"tion (?), E*lec`tro-punc`tur*ing (?; 135) }
n.
(Med.)
See Electropuncture.


word: Electro-puncture
definition:
Electro-puncture

E*lec`tro-punc`ture
(?; 135)
n.
(Med.)
An operation that consists in inserting needless in the part affected, and connecting them with the poles of a galvanic apparatus.


word: Electroscope
definition:
Electroscope

E*lec"tro*scope
(?)
n.
[Electro- + -scope: cf. F. électroscope.]
(Physics)
An instrument for detecting the presence of electricity, or changes in the electric state of bodies, or the species of electricity present, as by means of pith balls, and the like.

Condensing electroscope (Physics), a form of electroscope in which an increase of sensibility is obtained by the use of a condenser.


word: Electrostatics
definition:
Electrostatics

E*lec`tro*stat"ics
(?)
n.
(Physics)
That branch of science which treats of statical electricity or electric force in a state of rest.


word: Electro-telegraphic
definition:
Electro-telegraphic

E*lec`tro-tel`e*graph"ic
(?)
a.
Pertaining to the electric telegraph, or by means of it.


word: Electro-telegraphy
definition:
Electro-telegraphy

E*lec`tro-te*leg"ra*phy
(?)
n.
The art or science of constructing or using the electric telegraph; the transmission of messages by means of the electric telegraph.


word: Electro-therapeutics
definition:
Electro-therapeutics

E*lec`tro-ther`a*peu"tics
(?)
n.
(Med.)
The branch of medical science which treats of the applications agent.


word: Electro-thermancy
definition:
Electro-thermancy

E*lec`tro-ther"man*cy
(?)
n.
That branch of electrical science which treats of the effect of an electric current upon the temperature of a conductor, or a part of a circuit composed of two different metals.


word: Electro-tint
definition:
Electro-tint

E*lec"tro-tint`
(?)
n.
(Fine Arts)
A style   of engraving in relief by means of voltaic electricity. A picture is drawn on a metallic plate with some material which resists the fluids of a battery; so that, in electro-typing, the parts not covered by the varnish, etc., receive a deposition of metal, and produce the required copy in intaglio. A cast of this is then the plate for printing.


word: Electrotonic
definition:
Electrotonic

E*lec`tro*ton"ic
(?)
a.
1.
(Physics)
Of or pertaining to electrical tension; -- said of a supposed peculiar condition of a conducting circuit during its exposure to the action of another conducting circuit traversed by a uniform electric current when both circuits remain stationary.
Faraday.

2.
(Physiol.)
Relating to electrotonus; as, the electrotonic condition of a nerve.


word: Electrotonus
definition:
Electrotonus

E`lec*trot"o*nus
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. combining form electro- + Gr. _; tension.]
(Physiol.)
The modified condition of a nerve, when a constant current of electricity passes through any part of it. See Anelectrotonus, and Catelectrotonus.


word: Electrotype
definition:
Electrotype

E*lec"tro*type
(?)
n.
[Electro- + -type.]
A facsimile plate made by electrotypy for use in printing; also, an impression or print from such plate. Also used adjectively.

&hand_; The face of an electrotype consists of a shell of copper, silver, or the like, produced by the action of an electrical current upon a plate of metal and a wax mold suspended in an acid bath and connected with opposite poles of the battery. It is backed up with a solid filling of type metal.


word: Electrotype₂
definition:
Electrotype

E*lec"tro*type
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Electrotyped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Electrotyping (?).]
To make facsimile plates of by the electrotype process; as, to electrotype a page of type, a book, etc. See Electrotype, n.


word: Electrotypy
definition:
Electrotypy

E*lec"tro*ty`py
(?)
n.
The process of producing electrotype plates. See Note under Electrotype, n.


word: Electro-vital
definition:
Electro-vital

E*lec`tro-vi"tal
(?)
a.
Derived from, or dependent upon, vital processes; -- said of certain electric currents supposed by some physiologists to circulate in the nerves of animals.


word: Electro-vitalism
definition:
Electro-vitalism

E*lec`tro-vi"tal*ism
(?)
n.
(Physiol.)
The theory that the functions of living organisms are dependent upon electricity or a kindred force.


word: Electrum
definition:
Electrum

E*lec"trum
(?)
n.
[L., fr. Gr. _;. See Electric, and cf. Electre, Electron.]
1.
Amber.

2.
An alloy of gold and silver, of an amber color, used by the ancients.

3.
German-silver plate. See German silver, under German.


word: Electuary
definition:
Electuary

E*lec"tu*a*ry
(?; 135)
n.
pl. Electuaries (#).
[OE. letuaire, OF. lettuaire, electuaire, F. électuaire, L. electuarium, electarium. prob. fr. Gr. _;, _; a medicine that is licked away, fr. Gr. _; to lick up; 'ek out + _; to lick. See Lick, and cf. Eclegm.]
(Med.)
A medicine composed of powders, or other ingredients, incorporated with some convserve, honey, or sirup; a confection. See the note under Confection.


word: Eleemosynary
definition:
Eleemosynary

El`ee*mos"y*na*ry
(?; 277)
a.
[LL. eleemosynarius, fr. eleemosyna alms, Gr. _; alms. See Alms.]
1.
Relating to charity, alms, or almsgiving; intended for the distribution of charity; as, an eleemosynary corporation.

2.
Given in charity or alms; having the nature of alms; as, eleemosynary assistance.
Eleemosynary
Boyle.

3.
Supported by charity; as, eleemosynary poor.


word: Eleemosynary₂
definition:
Eleemosynary

El`ee*mos"y*na*ry
n.
pl. Eleemosynaries (_;).
One who subsists on charity; a dependent.
South.


word: Elegancy
definition:
Elegancy

Elegance

{ El"e*gance (?), El"e*gan*cy (?), }
n.
[L. elegantia, fr. elegans, -antis, elegant: cf. F. élégance.]
1.
The state or quality of being elegant; beauty as resulting from choice qualities and the complete absence of what deforms or impresses unpleasantly; grace given by art or practice; fine polish; refinement; -- said of manners, language, style, form, architecture, etc.

That grace that elegance affords.
Drayton.

The endearing elegance of female friendship.
Johnson.

A trait of native elegance, seldom seen in the masculine character after childhood or early youth, was shown in the General's fondness for the sight and fragrance of flowers.
Hawthorne.

2.
That which is elegant; that which is tasteful and highly attractive.

The beautiful wildness of nature, without the nicer elegancies of art.
Spectator.


word: Elegant
definition:
Elegant

El"e*gant
(?)
a.
[L. elegans, -antis; akin to eligere to pick out, choose, select: cf. F. élégant. See Elect.]
1.
Very choice, and hence, pleasing to good taste; characterized by grace, propriety, and refinement, and the absence of every thing offensive; exciting admiration and approbation by symmetry, completeness, freedom from blemish, and the like; graceful; tasteful and highly attractive; as, elegant manners; elegant style of composition; an elegant speaker; an elegant structure.

A more diligent cultivation of elegant literature.
Prescott.

2.
Exercising a nice choice; discriminating beauty or sensitive to beauty; as, elegant taste.


word: Elegantly
definition:
Elegantly

El"e*gant*ly
adv.
In a manner to please nice taste; with elegance; with due symmetry; richly.


word: Elegiac
definition:
Elegiac

E*le"gi*ac
(?; 277)
a.
[L. elegiacus, Gr. _;: cf. F. élégiaque. See Elegy.]
1.
Belonging to elegy, or written in elegiacs; plaintive; expressing sorrow or lamentation; as, an elegiac lay; elegiac strains.

Elegiac griefs, and songs of love.
Mrs. Browning.

2.
Used in elegies; as, elegiac verse; the elegiac distich or couplet, consisting of a dactylic hexameter and pentameter.


word: Elegit
definition:
Elegit

E*le"git
(?)
n.
[L., he has chosen, fr. eligere to choose. See Elect.]
(Law)
A judicial writ of execution, by which a defendant's goods are appraised and delivered to the plaintiff, and, if not sufficient to satisfy the debt, all of his lands are delivered, to be held till the debt is paid by the rents and profits, or until the defendant's interest has expired.


word: Elegize
definition:
Elegize

El"e*gize
(?)
v. t.
To lament in an elegy; to celebrate in elegiac verse; to bewail.
Carlyle.


word: Elegy
definition:
Elegy

El"e*gy
(?)
n.
pl. Elegies (#).
[L. elegia, Gr. _;, fem. sing. (cf. _;, prop., neut. pl. of _; a distich in elegiac verse), fr. _; elegiac, fr. _; a song of mourning.]
A mournful or plaintive poem; a funereal song; a poem of lamentation.
Shak.


word: Eleidin
definition:
Eleidin

E*le"i*din
(?)
n.
(Biol.)
Lifeless matter deposited in the form of minute granules within the protoplasm of living cells.


word: Elemi figs
definition:
Elemi figs

Eleme figs

{ El"e*me figs`, or El"e*mi figs`  }
(ĕl"e̝*mĭ)
[Turk. eleme anything which has been sifted and freed from dust or broken parts.]
A kind of figs of superior quality.


word: Element
definition:
Element

El"e*ment
(?)
n.
[F. élément, L. elementum.]
1.
One of the simplest or essential parts or principles of which anything consists, or upon which the constitution or fundamental powers of anything are based.

2.
One of the ultimate, undecomposable constituents of any kind of matter. Specifically: (Chem.) A substance which cannot be decomposed into different kinds of matter by any means at present employed; as, the elements of water are oxygen and hydrogen.

&hand_; The elements are naturally classified in several families or groups, as the group of the alkaline elements, the halogen group, and the like. They are roughly divided into two great classes, the metals, as sodium, calcium, etc., which form basic compounds, and the nonmetals or metalloids, as oxygen, sulphur, chlorine, which form acid compounds; but the distinction is only relative, and some, as arsenic, tin, aluminium, etc., form both acid and basic compounds. The essential fact regarding every element is its relative atomic number, which is equal to the number of protons in the nucleus, and also equal to the number of electrons in orbitals around the nucleus when the atom is neutral. When the elements are tabulated in the order of their ascending atomic numbers, the arrangement constitutes the series of the Periodic law of Mendelejeff. See Periodic law, under Periodic. This Periodic law enables us to predict the qualities of unknown elements. The number of elements known in 1890 were about seventy-five, but at that time the gaps in the Periodic law indicated the possibility of many more.  All of the elements up to atomic number 100 have now been observed though some are radioactive and very unstable, and in some cases cannot be accumulated in quantity sufficient to actually see by eye.  The properties predicted by the periodic law wre close to the observed properties in many cases.  Additional unstable elements of atomic number over 100 are observed from time to time, prepared in cyclotrons, particle acclerators, or nuclear reactors, and some of their properties are measurable by careful observation of microscopic quantities, as few as several atoms.  For such unstable elements, the properties are now predicted primarily by calculations based on quantum mechanics. Such theories suggest that there may be an "island" of relative stability of elements of atomic number over 120, but this has yet to be confirmed by experiment.
    Many of the elements with which we are familiar, as hydrogen, carbon, iron, gold, etc., have been recognized, by means of spectrum analysis, in the sun and the fixed stars. The chemical elements are now known not be simple bodies, but only combinations of subatomic particles such as protons, neutrons, and electrons; ahd protons and neutrons are now believed to be themselves combinations of quarks, particles which are not observed singly, but only in combinations.
     In formulas, the elements are designated by abbreviations of their names in Latin or New Latin, given in the table below.  The atomic weights given in the table below are the chemical atomic weights, in some cases being the weighted average of the atomic weights of individual isotopes, each having a different atomic weight.  The atomic weight of the individual isotopes are called the physical atomic weights.  In those few cases where there is only one stable isotope of an element, the chemical and physical atomic weights are the same.  The mass-spectrometric atomic weights are those used for careful mass-spectrometric measurements.  For more details about individual elements, see the element names in the vocabulary
Several other elements have been announced, as holmium, vesbium, austrium, etc., but their properties, and in some cases their existence, have not yet been definitely established.

3.
One of the ultimate parts which are variously combined in anything; as, letters are the elements of written language; hence, also, a simple portion of that which is complex, as a shaft, lever, wheel, or any simple part in a machine; one of the essential ingredients of any mixture; a constituent part; as, quartz, feldspar, and mica are the elements of granite.

The simplicity which is so large an element in a noble nature was laughed to scorn.
Jowett (Thucyd.).

4.
(a)
One out of several parts combined in a system of aggregation, when each is of the nature of the whole; as, a single cell is an element of the honeycomb.
(b)
(Anat.)
One of the smallest natural divisions of the organism, as a blood corpuscle, a muscular fiber.

5.
(Biol.)
One of the simplest essential parts, more commonly called cells, of which animal and vegetable organisms, or their tissues and organs, are composed.

6.
(Math.)
(a)
An infinitesimal part of anything of the same nature as the entire magnitude considered; as, in a solid an element may be the infinitesimal portion between any two planes that are separated an indefinitely small distance. In the calculus, element is sometimes used as synonymous with differential.
(b)
Sometimes a curve, or surface, or volume is considered as described by a moving point, or curve, or surface, the latter being at any instant called an element of the former.
(c)
One of the terms in an algebraic expression.

7.
One of the necessary data or values upon which a system of calculations depends, or general conclusions are based; as, the elements of a planet's orbit.

8.
pl.
The simplest or fundamental principles of any system in philosophy, science, or art; rudiments; as, the elements of geometry, or of music.

9.
pl.
Any outline or sketch, regarded as containing the fundamental ideas or features of the thing in question; as, the elements of a plan.

10.
One of the simple substances, as supposed by the ancient philosophers; one of the imaginary principles of matter.
(a)
The four elements were, air, earth, water, and fire
whence it is said, water is the proper element of fishes; air is the element of birds. Hence, the state or sphere natural to anything or suited for its existence.

Of elements
The grosser feeds the purer: Earth the Sea;
Earth and the Sea feed Air; the Air those Fires
Ethereal.
Milton.

Does not our life consist of the four elements?
Shak.

And the complexion of the element [i. e.,the sky or air]
In favor's like the work we have in hand,
Most bloody, fiery, and most terrible.
Shak.

About twelve ounces [of food], with mere element for drink.
Cheyne.

They show that they are out of their element.
T. Baker.
11.
pl.
The whole material composing the world.

The elements shall melt with fervent heat.
2 Peter iii. 10.

12.
pl.
(Eccl.)
The bread and wine used in the eucharist or Lord's supper.

Magnetic element, one of the hypothetical elementary portions of which a magnet is regarded as made up.


word: Element₂
definition:
Element

El"e*ment
(ĕl"e̝*mĕnt)
v. t.
1.
To compound of elements or first principles.
[Obs.]
elemented
Donne.

2.
To constitute; to make up with elements.

His very soul was elemented of nothing but sadness.
Walton.


word: Elemental
definition:
Elemental

El`e*men"tal
(ĕl`e̝*mĕn"tal)
a.
1.
Pertaining to the elements, first principles, and primary ingredients, or to the four supposed elements of the material world; as, elemental air.
Elemental
Pope.

2.
Pertaining to rudiments or first principles; rudimentary; elementary.
elemental
Cawthorn.


word: Elementalism
definition:
Elementalism

El`e*men"tal*ism
(-ĭz'm)
a.
The theory that the heathen divinities originated in the personification of elemental powers.


word: Elementality
definition:
Elementality

E`le*men*tal"i*ty
(-mĕn*tăl"ĭ*t&ybreve_;)
n.
The condition of being composed of elements, or a thing so composed.


word: Elementally
definition:
Elementally

El`e*men"tal*ly
(?)
adv.
According to elements; literally; as, the words, “Take, eat; this is my body,” elementally understood.


word: Elementariness
definition:
Elementariness

El`e*men"ta*ri*ness
(?)
n.
The state of being elementary; original simplicity; uncompounded state.


word: Elementary
definition:
Elementary

El`e*men"ta*ry
(?)
a.
[L. elementarius: cf. F. élémentaire.]
1.
Having only one principle or constituent part; consisting of a single element; simple; uncompounded; as, an elementary substance.

2.
Pertaining to, or treating of, the elements, rudiments, or first principles of anything; initial; rudimental; introductory; as, an elementary treatise.

3.
Pertaining to one of the four elements, air, water, earth, fire.
elementary
J. Spencer.


word: Elemi
definition:
Elemi

El"e*mi
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. élemi, It. elemi, Sp. elemi; of American or Oriental. origin.]
A fragrant gum resin obtained chiefly from tropical trees of the genera Amyris and Canarium. Amyris elemifera yields Mexican elemi; Canarium commune, the Manila elemi. It is used in the manufacture of varnishes, also in ointments and plasters.


word: Elemin
definition:
Elemin

El"e*min
(?)
n.
(Chem.)
A transparent, colorless oil obtained from elemi resin by distillation with water; also, a crystallizable extract from the resin.


word: Elench
definition:
Elench

E*lench"
(e̝*lĕ&nsmacr_;k")
n.
pl. Elenchs (#).
[L. elenchus, Gr. _;, fr. _; to convict, confute, prove: cf. OF. elenche.]
(Logic)
(a)
That part of an argument on which its conclusiveness depends; that which convinces of refutes an antagonist; a refutation.
(b)
A specious but fallacious argument; a sophism.


word: Elenctical
definition:
Elenctical

Elenctic

{ E*lenc"tic (?), E*lenc"tic*al (?), }
a.
[Gr._;.]
(Logic)
Serving to refute; refutative; -- applied to indirect modes of proof, and opposed to deictic.


word: Elenge
definition:
Elenge

El"enge
(?)
a.
[Cf. AS. ellende foreign, strange, G. elend miserable.]
Sorrowful; wretched; full of trouble.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.


word: Elephant
definition:
Elephant

El"e*phant
(ĕl"e̝*fant)
n.
[OE. elefaunt, olifant, OF. olifant, F. éléphant, L. elephantus, elephas, -antis, fr. Gr. 'ele`fas, 'ele`fantos; of unknown origin; perh. fr. Skr. ibha, with the Semitic article al, el, prefixed, or fr. Semitic Aleph hindi Indian bull; or cf. Goth. ulbandus camel, AS. olfend.]
1.
(Zoöl.)
A mammal of the order Proboscidia and family Elephantidae, of which two living species, Elephas maximus (formerly Elephas Indicus) and Loxodonta Africana (formerly E. Africanus), and several fossil species, are known. They have five toes, a long proboscis or trunk, and two large ivory tusks proceeding from the extremity of the upper jaw, and curving upwards. The molar teeth are large and have transverse folds. Elephants are the largest land animals now existing.  The elephant is classed as a pachyderm.

2.
Ivory; the tusk of the elephant.
[Obs.]
Dryden.

Elephant apple (Bot.), an East Indian fruit with a rough, hard rind, and edible pulp, borne by Feronia elephantum, a large tree related to the orange. -- Elephant bed (Geol.), at Brighton, England, abounding in fossil remains of elephants. Mantell. -- Elephant beetle (Zoöl.), any very large beetle of the genus Goliathus (esp. G. giganteus), of the family Scarabæidæ. They inhabit West Africa. -- Elephant fish (Zoöl.), a chimæroid fish (Callorhynchus antarcticus), with a proboscis-like projection of the snout. -- Elephant paper, paper of large size, 23 × 28 inches. -- Double elephant paper, paper measuring 263/4 × 40 inches. See Note under Paper. -- Elephant seal (Zoöl.), an African jumping shrew (Macroscelides typicus), having a long nose like a proboscis. -- Elephant's ear (Bot.), a name given to certain species of the genus Begonia, which have immense one-sided leaves. -- Elephant's foot (Bot.) (a) A South African plant (Testudinaria Elephantipes), which has a massive rootstock covered with a kind of bark cracked with deep fissures; -- called also tortoise plant. The interior part is barely edible, whence the plant is also called Hottentot's bread. (b) A genus (Elephantopus) of coarse, composite weeds. -- Elephant's tusk (Zoöl.), the tooth shell. See Dentalium.


word: Elephantiac
definition:
Elephantiac

El`e*phan"ti*ac
(?)
a.
(Med.)
Affected with elephantiasis; characteristic of elephantiasis.


word: Elephantiasis
definition:
Elephantiasis

El`e*phan*ti"a*sis
(?)
n.
[L., fr. Gr. _;, from 'ele`fas, 'ele`fantos, an elephant.]
(Med.)
A disease of the skin, in which it become enormously thickened, and is rough, hard, and fissured, like an elephant's hide.


word: Elephantidae
definition:
Elephantidae

Elephantidae
n.
a natural family of mammals comrising the elephants.

Syn. -- family Elephantidae.


word: elephant-tusk
definition:
elephant-tusk

elephant-tusk
n.
an annual of the southern U.S. and Mexico (Proboscidea louisianica) having large whitish or yellowish flowers mottled with purple and a long curving beak.

Syn. -- common unicorn plant, devil's claw, common devil's claw, proboscis flower, ram's horn, Proboscidea louisianica.


word: Elephantine
definition:
Elephantine

El`e*phan"tine
(?)
a.
[L. elephantinus of ivory, Gr. _;: cf. F. éléphantin.]
Pertaining to the elephant, or resembling an elephant (commonly, in size); hence, huge; immense; heavy; as, of elephantine proportions; an elephantine step or tread.

Elephantine epoch (Geol.), the epoch distinguished by the existence of large pachyderms. Mantell. -- Elephantine tortoise (Zoöl.), a huge land tortoise; esp., Testudo elephantina, from islands in the Indian Ocean; and T. elephantopus, from the Galapagos Islands.


word: Elephantoidal
definition:
Elephantoidal

Elephantoid

{ El"e*phan*toid` (?; 277), El`e*phan*toid"al (?), }
a.
[Elephant + -oid.]
(Zoöl.)
Resembling an elephant in form or appearance.


word: Eleusine
definition:
Eleusine

Eleusine
n.
a genus of annual and perennial grasses of savannas and upland grasslands.

Syn. -- genus Eleusine.


word: Eleusinian
definition:
Eleusinian

El`eu*sin"i*an
(?)
a.
[L. Eleusinius, Gr. _;.]
Pertaining to Eleusis, in Greece, or to secret rites in honor of Ceres, there celebrated; as, Eleusinian mysteries or festivals.


word: Eleutherodactylus
definition:
Eleutherodactylus

Eleutherodactylus
n.
a genus of completely terrestrial robber frogs.

Syn. -- genus Eleutherodactylus.


word: Eleutheromania
definition:
Eleutheromania

E*leu`ther*o*ma"ni*a
(?)
n.
[Gr.  'eleu`qeros free + E. mania.]
A mania or frantic zeal for freedom.
[R.]
Carlyle.


word: Eleuthero-petalous
definition:
Eleuthero-petalous

E*leu`ther*o-pet"al*ous
(?)
a.
[Gr. 'eleu`qeros free + E. petal.]
(Bot.)
Having the petals free, that is, entirely separate from each other; -- said of both plant and flower.


word: Elevate₂
definition:
Elevate

El"e*vate
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Elevated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Elevating (?).]
[L. elevatus, p. p. of elevare; e + levare to lift up, raise, akin to levis light in weight. See Levity.]
1.
To bring from a lower place to a higher; to lift up; to raise; as, to elevate a weight, a flagstaff, etc.

2.
To raise to a higher station; to promote; as, to elevate to an office, or to a high social position.

3.
To raise from a depressed state; to animate; to cheer; as, to elevate the spirits.

4.
To exalt; to ennoble; to dignify; as, to elevate the mind or character.

5.
To raise to a higher pitch, or to a greater degree of loudness; -- said of sounds; as, to elevate the voice.

6.
To intoxicate in a slight degree; to render tipsy.
[Colloq. & Sportive]
elevated
Sir W. Scott.

7.
To lessen; to detract from; to disparage.
[A Latin meaning]
[Obs.]
Jer. Taylor.

To elevate a piece (Gun.), to raise the muzzle; to lower the breech.


word: Elevated
definition:
Elevated

El"e*va`ted
(?)
a.
Uplifted; high; lofty; also, animated; noble; as, elevated thoughts.

Elevated railway, one in which the track is raised considerably above the ground, especially a city railway above the line of street travel.


word: Elevation
definition:
Elevation

El`e*va"tion
(?)
n.
[L. elevatio: cf. F. élévation.]
1.
The act of raising from a lower place, condition, or quality to a higher; -- said of material things, persons, the mind, the voice, etc.; as, the elevation of grain; elevation to a throne; elevation of mind, thoughts, or character.

2.
Condition of being elevated; height; exaltation.
elevation
Locke.

His style . . .  wanted a little elevation.
Sir H. Wotton.

3.
That which is raised up or elevated; an elevated place or station; as, an elevation of the ground; a hill.

4.
(Astron.)
The distance of a celestial object above the horizon, or the arc of a vertical circle intercepted between it and the horizon; altitude; as, the elevation of the pole, or of a star.

5.
(Dialing)
The angle which the style makes with the substylar line.

6.
(Gunnery)
The movement of the axis of a piece in a vertical plane; also, the angle of elevation, that is, the angle between the axis of the piece and the line o_;  sight; -- distinguished from direction.

7.
(Drawing)
A geometrical projection of a building, or other object, on a plane perpendicular to the horizon; orthographic projection on a vertical plane; -- called by the ancients the orthography.

Angle of elevation (Geodesy), the angle which an ascending line makes with a horizontal plane. -- Elevation of the host (R. C. Ch.), that part of the Mass in which the priest raises the host above his head for the people to adore.


word: Elevator
definition:
Elevator

El"e*va`tor
(?)
n.
[L., one who raises up, a deliverer: cf. F. élévateur.]
1.
One who, or that which, raises or lifts up anything.

2.
A mechanical contrivance, usually an endless belt or chain with a series of scoops or buckets, for transferring grain to an upper loft for storage.

3.
A cage or platform (called an elevator car) and the hoisting machinery in a hotel, warehouse, mine, etc., for conveying persons, goods, etc., to or from different floors or levels; -- called in England a lift; the cage or platform itself.

4.
A building for elevating, storing, and discharging, grain.

5.
(Anat.)
A muscle which serves to raise a part of the body, as the leg or the eye.

6.
(Surg.)
An instrument for raising a depressed portion of a bone.

7.
(Aëronautics)
A movable plane or group of planes used to control the altitude or fore-and-aft poise or inclination of an airship or flying machine.

Elevator head, Elevator leg, and Elevator boot, the boxes in which the upper pulley, belt, and lower pulley, respectively, run in a grain elevator. [1913 Webster] -- Elevator shoes, shoes having unusually thick soles and heels, designed to make a person appear taller than he or she actually is. [PJC]


word: Elevatory
definition:
Elevatory

El"e*va`to*ry
(?)
a.
Tending to raise, or having power to elevate; as, elevatory forces.


word: Eleven
definition:
Eleven

E*lev"en
(e̝*lĕv"'n)
a.
[OE. enleven, AS. endleofan, endlufon, for nleofan; akin to LG. eleve, ölwe, ölwen, D. elf, G. elf, eilf, OHG. einlif, Icel. ellifu, Sw. elfva, Dan. elleve, Goth. ainlif, cf. Lith. vënolika; and fr. the root of E. one + (prob.) a root signifying “to be left over, remain,” appearing in E. loan, or perh. in leave, v. t., life. See One, and cf. Twelve.]
Ten and one added; as, eleven men.


word: Eleven₂
definition:
Eleven

E*lev"en
n.
1.
The sum of ten and one; eleven units or objects.

2.
A symbol representing eleven units, as 11 or xi.

3.
(Cricket & American Football)
The eleven men selected to play on one side in a match, as the representatives of a club or a locality; as, the all-England eleven.


word: eleven-plus
definition:
eleven-plus

eleven-plus
n.
an examination taken by 11 and 12 year old students in England to select suitable candidates for grammar school; -- now no longer used.

Syn. -- 11-plus.


word: Eleventh
definition:
Eleventh

E*lev"enth
(?)
a.
[Cf. AS. endlyfta. See Eleven.]
1.
Next after the tenth; as, the eleventh chapter.

2.
Constituting one of eleven parts into which a thing is divided; as, the eleventh part of a thing.

3.
(Mus.)
Of or pertaining to the interval of the octave and the fourth.


word: Eleventh₂
definition:
Eleventh

E*lev"enth
n.
1.
The quotient of a unit divided by eleven; one of eleven equal parts.

2.
(Mus.)
The interval consisting of ten conjunct degrees; the interval made up of an octave and a fourth.


word: Elf
definition:
Elf

Elf
(ĕlf)
n.
pl. Elves (ĕlvz).
[AS. ælf, ylf; akin to MHG. alp, G. alp nightmare, incubus, Icel. ālfr elf, Sw. alf, elfva; cf. Skr. &rsdot_;bhu skillful, artful, rabh to grasp.  Cf. Auf, Oaf.]
1.
An imaginary supernatural being, commonly a little sprite, much like a fairy; a mythological diminutive spirit, supposed to haunt hills and wild places, and generally represented as delighting in mischievous tricks.

Every elf, and fairy sprite,
Hop as light as bird from brier.
Shak.

2.
A very diminutive person; a dwarf.

Elf arrow, a flint arrowhead; -- so called by the English rural folk who often find these objects of prehistoric make in the fields and formerly attributed them to fairies; -- called also elf bolt, elf dart, and elf shot. -- Elf child, a child supposed to be left by elves, in room of one they had stolen. See Changeling. -- Elf fire, the ignis fatuus. Brewer. -- Elf owl (Zoöl.), a small owl (Micrathene Whitneyi) of Southern California and Arizona.


word: Elfish
definition:
Elfish

Elf"ish
a.
Of or relating to the elves; elflike; implike; weird; scarcely human; mischievous, as though caused by elves.
Elfish
Coleridge.

The elfish intelligence that was so familiar an expression on her small physiognomy.
Hawthorne.


word: Elgin marbles
definition:
Elgin marbles

El"gin mar"bles
(?)
Greek sculptures in the British Museum. They were obtained at Athens, about 1811, by Lord Elgin.


word: Elicit
definition:
Elicit

E*lic"it
(?)
a.
[L. elictus, p. p. of elicere to elicit; e + lacere to entice.  Cf. Delight, Lace.]
Elicited; drawn out; made real; open; evident.
[Obs.]
elicit
Jer. Taylor.


word: Elicit₂
definition:
Elicit

E*lic"it
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Elicited; p. pr. & vb. n. Eliciting.]
To draw out or entice forth; to bring to light; to bring out against the will; to deduce by reason or argument; as, to elicit truth by discussion.


word: elicited
definition:
elicited

e*lic"i*ted
adj.
called forth from a latent or potential state by stimulation; as, an elicited response.

Syn. -- evoked.


word: Elide
definition:
Elide

E*lide"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Elided; p. pr. & vb. n. Eliding.]
[L. elidere to strike out or off; e + laedere to hurt by striking: cf. F. élider. See Lesion.]
1.
To break or dash in pieces; to demolish; as, to elide the force of an argument.
[Obs.]
Hooker.

2.
(Gram.)
To cut off, as a vowel or a syllable, usually the final one; to subject to elision.


word: Eligibility
definition:
Eligibility

El`i*gi*bil"i*ty
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. éligibilité.]
The quality of being eligible; eligibleness; as, the eligibility of a candidate; the eligibility of an offer of marriage.


word: Eligible
definition:
Eligible

El"i*gi*ble
(?)
a.
[F. éligible, fr. L. eligere. See Elect.]
1.
That may be selected; proper or qualified to be chosen; legally qualified to be elected and to hold office.

2.
Worthy to be chosen or selected; suitable; desirable; as, an eligible situation for a house.

The more eligible of the two evils.
Burke.


word: Eligibleness
definition:
Eligibleness

El"i*gi*ble*ness
n.
The quality of being worthy or qualified to be chosen; suitableness; desirableness.


word: Elimate
definition:
Elimate

El"i*mate
(?)
v. t.
[L. elimatus, p. p. of elimare to file up; e out + limare to file, fr. lima file.]
To render smooth; to polish.
[Obs.]


word: Eliminant
definition:
Eliminant

E*lim"i*nant
(?)
n.
(Math.)
The result of eliminating n variables between n homogeneous equations of any degree; -- called also resultant.


word: Eliminate
definition:
Eliminate

E*lim"i*nate
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Eliminated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Eliminating (?).]
[L. eliminatus, p. p. of eliminare; e out + limen threshold; prob. akin to limes boundary. See Limit.]
1.
To put out of doors; to expel; to discharge; to release; to set at liberty.

Eliminate my spirit, give it range
Through provinces of thought yet unexplored.
Young.

2.
(Alg.)
To cause to disappear from an equation; as, to eliminate an unknown quantity.

3.
To set aside as unimportant in a process of inductive inquiry; to leave out of consideration.

Eliminate errors that have been gathering and accumulating.
Lowth.

4.
To obtain by separating, as from foreign matters; to deduce; as, to eliminate an idea or a conclusion.
[Recent, and not well authorized]

5.
(Physiol.)
To separate; to expel from the system; to excrete; as, the kidneys eliminate urea, the lungs carbonic acid; to eliminate poison from the system.


word: Elimination
definition:
Elimination

E*lim`i*na"tion
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. élimination.]
1.
The act of expelling or throwing off
(Physiol.)
the act of discharging or excreting waste products or foreign substances through the various emunctories.

2.
(Alg.)
Act of causing a quantity to disappear from an equation; especially, in the operation of deducing from several equations containing several unknown quantities a less number of equations containing a less number of unknown quantities.

3.
The act of obtaining by separation, or as the result of eliminating; deduction. [See Eliminate, 4.]


word: Elinguate
definition:
Elinguate

E*lin"guate
(?)
v. t.
[L. elinguare.]
To deprive of the tongue.
[Obs.]
Davies (Holy Roode).


word: Elinguation
definition:
Elinguation

E`lin*gua"tion
(?)
n.
[L. elinguatio. See Elinguid.]
(O. Eng. Law)
Punishment by cutting out the tongue.


word: Elinguid
definition:
Elinguid

E*lin"guid
(?)
a.
[L. elinguis, prop., deprived of the tongue; hence, speechless; e + lingua tongue.]
Tongue-tied; dumb.
[Obs.]


word: Eliquation
definition:
Eliquation

El`i*qua"tion
(?)
n.
[L. eliquatio, fr. eliquare to clarify, strain; e + liquare to make liquid, melt.]
(Metallurgy)
The process of separating a fusible substance from one less fusible, by means of a degree of heat sufficient to melt the one and not the other, as an alloy of copper and lead; liquation.
Ure.


word: Elison
definition:
Elison

E*li"son
(?)
n.
[L. elisio, fr. elidere, elisum, to strike out: cf. F. élision. See Elide.]
1.
Division; separation.
[Obs.]
Bacon.

2.
(Gram.)
The cutting off or suppression of a vowel or syllable, for the sake of meter or euphony; esp., in poetry, the dropping of a final vowel standing before an initial vowel in the following word, when the two words are drawn together.


word: Elisor
definition:
Elisor

E*li"sor
(?)
n.
[F. éliseur, fr. élire to choose, L. eligere. See Elect.]
(Eng. Law)
An elector or chooser; one of two persons appointed by a court to return a jury or serve a writ when the sheriff and the coroners are disqualified.


word: elite
definition:
elite

É`lite"
(ā`lēt")
n.
[F., fr. élire to choose, L.  eligere. See Elect.]
1.
A choice or select body; the flower; as, the élite of society.

2.
See Army organization, Switzerland.


word: Elixate
definition:
Elixate

E*lix"ate
(?)
v. t.
[L. elixatus, p. p. of elixare to seethe, fr. elixus thoroughly boiled; e + lixare to boil, lix ashes.]
To boil; to seethe; hence, to extract by boiling or seething.
[Obs.]
Cockeram.


word: Elixir
definition:
Elixir

E*lix"ir
(?)
n.
[F. élixir, Sp. elixir, Ar. eliksīr the philosopher's stone, prob. from Gr. _; dry, (hence probably) a dry powder; cf. Skr. kshā to burn.]
1.
(Med.)
A tincture with more than one base; a compound tincture or medicine, composed of various substances, held in solution by alcohol in some form.

2.
(Alchemy)
An imaginary liquor capable of transmuting metals into gold; also, one for producing life indefinitely; as, elixir vitæ, or the elixir of life.

3.
The refined spirit; the quintessence.

The . . . elixir of worldly delights.
South.

4.
Any cordial or substance which invigorates.

The grand elixir, to support the spirits of human nature.
Addison.


word: Elizabeth
definition:
Elizabeth

Elizabeth
prop. n.
[a proper name from the Hebrew, probably meaning “ God of the oath” or “ oath of God”.]
1.
Queen Elizabeth II. of the United Kingdom, born 1926.

Syn. -- Elizabeth II.

2.
Elizabeth I., the Queen of England from 1558 to 1603.  She was the daughter of Henry VIII. and Anne Boleyn (1533-1603).

Syn. -- Elizabeth I.

&hand_;  Elizabeth was born at Greenwich, near London, Sept. 7, 1533: died at Richmond, near London, March 24, 1603.  She reigned as Queen of England from 1558 to 1603.  She was the daughter of Henry VIII. and Anne Boleyn; was brought up in the Protestant faith; studied the classical languages under Roger Ascham; and is said to have been proficient in French and Italian. On her accession she appointed as secretary of state Sir William Cecil (later Baron Burleigh), who remained her chief adviser for forty years, until his death in 1598.  She repealed the Roman Catholic legislation of the previous reign, reenacted the laws of Henry VIII. relating to the church, published the Thirty-nine Articles (1563), and completed the establishment of the Anglican Church.  In 1564 she concluded the treaty of Troyes with France, by which she renounced her claims to Calais in consideration of 220,000 crowns.  In 1587 she signed the death-warrant of Mary Queen of Scots, who, expelled by a rebellion of her subjects, had taken refuge in England in 1568, and who, by means, it is said, of forged documents, had been involved by the government in a conspiracy of Savage, Ballard, Babington, and others against Queen Elizabeth.  In 1588 her admiral Howard, assisted by Drake, Hawkins, Frobisher, Winter, and Raleigh defeated the Spanish Armada in the English Channel, and prevented an invasion of England.  Her reign, which was one of commercial enterprise and of intellectual activity, was made illustrious by Shakespeare, Sidney, Spenser, Bacon, and Ben Jonson.

3.
Saint Elizabeth of Hungary; Born at Presburg, Hungary 1207, died died at Marburg, Germany, Nov. 19, 1231.  She was a Hungarian princess, daughter of Andrew II. of Hungary, and wife of Louis, landgrave of Thuringia, celebrated for her sanctity.

4.
a city in Union County in northeastern New Jersy, pop. ca. 106,000.  It lies between Newark to the north and Linden to the south, and has a large port, regulated by the Port of New York Authority.  It also contains most of the runway area of the Newark International Airport.


word: Elizabethan
definition:
Elizabethan

E*liz"a*beth`an
(?)
prop. a.
Pertaining to Queen Elizabeth I. or her times, esp. to the architecture or literature of her reign; as, the Elizabethan writers, drama, literature.
n. One who lived in England in the time of Queen Elizabeth.
Lowell.


word: elk
definition:
elk

elk
(ĕlk)
n.
[Icel. elgr; akin to Sw. elg, AS. eolh, OHG. elaho, MHG. elch, cf. L. alces; perh. akin to E. eland.]
(Zoöl.)
A large deer, of several species. The European elk Alces alces (formerly Alces machlis or Cervus alces) is closely allied to the American moose. The American elk, or wapiti (Cervus Canadensis) the largest member of the deer family, has large, spreading antlers and is closely related to the European stag. See Moose, and Wapiti.

Irish elk (Paleon.), a large, extinct, Quaternary deer (Cervus giganteus) with widely spreading antlers. Its remains have been found beneath the peat of swamps in Ireland and England. See Illustration in Appendix; also Illustration of Antler. -- Cape elk (Zoöl.), the eland.


word: Elk
definition:
Elk

Elk
(ĕlk)
prop. n.
a member of the fraternal organization named Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, supporting various services to their communities.


word: elkhound
definition:
elkhound

elk"hound
(ĕlk"hound)
n.
a breed of compact medium-sized dog with a heavy gray coat developed in Norway for hunting elk.


word: Ell
definition:
Ell

Ell
(?)
n.
[AS. eln; akin to D. el, elle, G. elle, OHG. elina, Icel. alin, Dan. alen, Sw. aln, Goth. alenia, L. ulna elbow, ell, Gr. _; elbow.  Cf. Elbow, Alnage.]
A measure for cloth; -- now rarely used. It is of different lengths in different countries; the English ell being 45 inches, the Dutch or Flemish ell 27, the Scotch about 37.


word: Ellachick
definition:
Ellachick

El"la*chick
(?)
n.
[Native Indian name.]
(Zoöl.)
A fresh-water tortoise (Chelopus marmoratus) of California; -- used as food.


word: Ellagic
definition:
Ellagic

El*lag"ic
(?)
a.
[F., fr. galle gall (with the letters reversed).]
(Chem.)
Pertaining to, or derived from, gallnuts or gallic acid; as, ellagic acid.

Ellagic acid (Chem.), a white crystalline substance, C14H8O9, found in bezoar stones, and obtained by the oxidation of gallic acid.


word: Ellingeness
definition:
Ellingeness

Ellengeness

Ellinge

Ellenge

{El"lenge (?), El"linge (?), a., El"lenge*ness, El"linge*ness, n }
See Elenge, Elengeness.
[Obs.]


word: Ellipse
definition:
Ellipse

El*lipse"
(ĕl*lĭps")
n.
[Gr. 'e`lleipsis, prop., a defect, the inclination of the ellipse to the base of the cone being in defect when compared with that of the side to the base: cf. F. ellipse. See Ellipsis.]
1.
(Geom.)
An oval or oblong figure, bounded by a regular curve, which corresponds to an oblique projection of a circle, or an oblique section of a cone through its opposite sides. The greatest diameter of the ellipse is the major axis, and the least diameter is the minor axis. See Conic section, under Conic, and cf. Focus.

2.
(Gram.)
Omission. See Ellipsis.

3.
The elliptical orbit of a planet.

The Sun flies forward to his brother Sun;
The dark Earth follows wheeled in her ellipse.
Tennyson.


word: Ellipsis
definition:
Ellipsis

El*lip"sis
(ĕl*lĭp"sĭs)
n.
pl. Ellipses (ĕl*lĭp"sēz).
[L., fr. Gr. 'e`lleipsis a leaving, defect, fr. 'ellei`pein to leave in, fall short; 'en in + lei`pein to leave. See In, and Loan, and cf. Ellipse.]
1.
(Gram.)
Omission; a figure of syntax, by which one or more words, which are obviously understood, are omitted; as, the virtues I admire, for, the virtues which I admire.

2.
(Geom.)
An ellipse.
[Obs.]

3.
(Printing)
a printing symbol, usually three periods in a row (. . .), indicating the omission of some part of a text; -- used commonly in quotations, so as to suppress words not essential to the meaning.  A long dash (---) and three asterisks (* * *) are sometimes used with the same meaning.


word: Ellipsograph
definition:
Ellipsograph

El*lip"so*graph
(?)
n.
[Ellipse + graph: cf. F. ellipsographe.]
An instrument for describing ellipses; -- called also trammel.


word: Ellipsoid
definition:
Ellipsoid

El*lip"soid
(?)
n.
[Ellipse + -oid: cf. F. ellipsoide.]
(Geom.)
A solid, all plane sections of which are ellipses or circles. See Conoid, n., 2 (a).

&hand_; The ellipsoid has three principal plane sections, a, b, and c, each at right angles to the other two, and each dividing the solid into two equal and symmetrical parts. The lines of meeting of these principal sections are the axes, or principal diameters of the ellipsoid. The point where the three planes meet is the center.

Ellipsoid of revolution, a spheroid; a solid figure generated by the revolution of an ellipse about one of its axes. It is called a prolate spheroid, or prolatum, when the ellipse is revolved about the major axis, and an oblate spheroid, or oblatum, when it is revolved about the minor axis.


word: Ellipsoidal
definition:
Ellipsoidal

Ellipsoid

{ El*lip"soid (?), El`lip*soi"dal (?), }
a.
Pertaining to, or shaped like, an ellipsoid; as, ellipsoid or ellipsoidal form.


word: Elliptical
definition:
Elliptical

Elliptic

{ El*lip"tic (?), El*lip"tic*al (?), }
a.
[Gr. _;: cf. F. elliptique. See Ellipsis.]
1.
Of or pertaining to an ellipse; having the form of an ellipse; oblong, with rounded ends.

The planets move in elliptic orbits.
Cheyne.

The billiard sharp who any one catches,
His doom's extremely hard --
He's made to dwell
In a dungeon cell
On a spot that's always barred.
And there he plays extravagant matches
In fitless finger-stalls
On a cloth untrue
With a twisted cue
And elliptical billiard balls!

Gilbert and Sullivan (The Mikado: The More Humane Mikado Song)
2.
Having a part omitted; as, an elliptical phrase.

3.
leaving out information essential to comprehension; so concise as to be difficult to understand; obscure or ambiguous; -- of speech or writing; as, an elliptical comment.

Elliptic chuck. See under Chuck. -- Elliptic compasses, an instrument arranged for drawing ellipses. -- Elliptic function. (Math.) See Function. -- Elliptic integral. (Math.) See Integral. -- Elliptic polarization. See under Polarization.


word: Elliptically
definition:
Elliptically

El*lip"tic*al*ly
adv.
1.
In the form of an ellipse.

2.
With a part omitted; as, elliptically expressed.


word: Ellipticity
definition:
Ellipticity

El`lip*tic"i*ty
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. ellipticité.]
Deviation of an ellipse or a spheroid from the form of a circle or a sphere; especially, in reference to the figure of the earth, the difference between the equatorial and polar semidiameters, divided by the equatorial; thus, the ellipticity of the earth is 1/29966.

&hand_; Some writers use ellipticity as the ratio of the difference of the two semiaxes to the minor axis, instead of the major.
Nichol.


word: Elliptic-lanceolate
definition:
Elliptic-lanceolate

El*lip"tic-lan"ce*o*late
(?)
a.
(Bot.)
Having a form intermediate between elliptic and lanceolate.


word: Elm
definition:
Elm

Elm
(?)
n.
[AS. elm; akin to D. olm, OHG. elm, G. ulme, Icel. almr, Dan. & Sw. alm, L. ulmus, and E. alder.  Cf. Old.]
(Bot.)
A tree of the genus Ulmus, of several species, much used as a shade tree, particularly in America. The English elm is Ulmus campestris; the common American or white elm is U. Americana; the slippery or red elm, U. fulva.

Elm beetle (Zoöl.), one of several species of beetles (esp. Galeruca calmariensis), which feed on the leaves of the elm. -- Elm borer (Zoöl.), one of several species of beetles of which the larvæ bore into the wood or under the bark of the elm (esp. Saperda tridentata). -- Elm butterfly (Zoöl.), one of several species of butterflies, which, in the caterpillar state, feed on the leaves of the elm (esp. Vanessa antiopa and Grapta comma). See Comma butterfly, under Comma. -- Elm moth (Zoöl.), one of numerous species of moths of which the larvæ destroy the leaves of the elm (esp. Eugonia subsignaria, called elm spanworm). -- Elm sawfly (Zoöl.), a large sawfly (Cimbex Americana). The larva, which is white with a black dorsal stripe, feeds on the leaves of the elm.


word: Elocation
definition:
Elocation

El`o*ca"tion
(?)
n.
[Pref. e- + locate.]
1.
A removal from the usual place of residence.
[Obs.]

2.
Departure from the usual state; an ecstasy.
[Obs.]


word: Elocular
definition:
Elocular

E*loc"u*lar
(e̝*l&obreve_;k"&uuptack_;*lẽr)
a.
[Pref. e- + locular.]
Having but one cell, or cavity; not divided by a septum or partition.


word: Elocution
definition:
Elocution

El`o*cu"tion
(?)
n.
[L. elocutio, fr. eloqui, elocutus, to speak out: cf. F. élocution. See Eloquent.]
1.
Utterance by speech.
[R.]

[Fruit] whose taste . . . 
Gave elocution to the mute, and taught
The tongue not made for speech to speak thy praise.
Milton.

2.
Oratorical or expressive delivery, including the graces of intonation, gesture, etc.; style or manner of speaking or reading in public; as, clear, impressive elocution.
elocution
Whately

3.
Suitable and impressive writing or style; eloquent diction.
[Obs.]

To express these thoughts with elocution.
Dryden.


word: Elodian
definition:
Elodian

E*lo"di*an
(?)
n.
(Zoöl.)
One of a tribe of tortoises, including the terrapins, etc., in which the head and neck can be withdrawn.


word: Elogy
definition:
Elogy

Elogium

{ E*lo"gi*um (e̝*l&omacr"jĭ*ŭm), El"o*gy (ĕl"o̝*j&ybreve_;), }
n.
[L. elogium a short saying, an inscription, fr. Gr. lo`gos speech, fr. le`gein to speak.  Cf. Éloge.]
The praise bestowed on a person or thing; panegyric; eulogy.


word: Elohim
definition:
Elohim

E*lo"him
(e̝*l&omacr"hĭm)
n.
[Heb.]
One of the principal names by which God is designated in the Hebrew Scriptures.


word: Elohist
definition:
Elohist

E*lo"hist
(?)
n.
The writer, or one of the writers, of the passages of the Old Testament, notably those of the Pentateuch, which are characterized by the use of Elohim instead of Jehovah, as the name of the Supreme Being; -- distinguished from Jehovist.
S. Davidson.


word: Elohistic
definition:
Elohistic

El`o*his"tic
(?)
a.
Relating to Elohim as a name of God; -- said of passages in the Old Testament.


word: Eloign
definition:
Eloign

E*loign"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Eloigned (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Eloigning.]
[F. éloigner, OF. esloignier; pref. es- (L. ex) + OF. & F. loin far, far off, L. longe, fr. longus long. See Elongate.]
[Written also eloin.]
1.
To remove afar off; to withdraw.
[Obs.]

From worldly cares he did himself eloign.
Spenser.

2.
(Law)
To convey to a distance, or beyond the jurisdiction, or to conceal, as goods liable to distress.

The sheriff may return that the goods or beasts are eloigned.
Blackstone.


word: Elong
definition:
Elong

E*long"
(?; 115)
v. t.
[See Eloign, Elongate.]
1.
To lengthen out; to prolong.
[Obs.]

2.
To put away; to separate; to keep off.
[Obs.]
Wyatt.


word: Elongate
definition:
Elongate

E*lon"gate
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Elongated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Elongating.]
[LL. elongatus, p. p. of elongare to remove, to prolong; e + L. longus long. See Long, a., and cf. Eloign.]
1.
To lengthen; to extend; to stretch; as, to elongate a line.

2.
To remove further off.
[Obs.]
Sir T. Browne.


word: Elongate₂
definition:
Elongate

E*lon"gate
v. i.
To depart to, or be at, a distance; esp., to recede apparently from the sun, as a planet in its orbit.
[R.]


word: Elongate₃
definition:
Elongate

E*lon"gate
(?)
a.
[LL. elongatus.]
Drawn out at length; elongated; as, an elongate leaf.
elongate
Earle.


word: elongated
definition:
elongated

elongated
adj.
1.
having a length noticeably longer than the width.

Syn. -- elongate.

2.
rendered longer.

Syn. -- lengthened.


word: Elongation
definition:
Elongation

E`lon*ga"tion
(?; 277)
n.
[LL. elongatio: cf. F. élongation.]
1.
The act of lengthening, or the state of being lengthened; protraction; extension.
Elongation
Arbuthnot.

2.
That which lengthens out; continuation.

May not the mountains of Westmoreland and Cumberland be considered as elongations of these two chains?
Pinkerton.

3.
Removal to a distance; withdrawal; a being at a distance; distance.

The distant points in the celestial expanse appear to the eye in so small a degree of elongation from one another, as bears no proportion to what is real.
Glanvill.

4.
(Astron.)
The angular distance of a planet from the sun; as, the elongation of Venus or Mercury.


word: Elope
definition:
Elope

E*lope"
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Eloped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Eloping.]
[D. ontloopen to run away; pref. ont- (akin to G. ent-, AS. and-, cf. E. answer) + loopen to run; akin to E. leap. See Leap, v. t.]
To run away, or escape privately, from the place or station to which one is bound by duty; -- said especially of a woman or a man, either married or unmarried, who runs away with a paramour or a sweetheart.

Great numbers of them [the women] have eloped from their allegiance.
Addison.


word: Elopement
definition:
Elopement

E*lope"ment
(?)
n.
The act of eloping; secret departure; -- said of a woman and a man, one or both, who run away from their homes for marriage or for cohabitation.


word: Elops
definition:
Elops

E"lops
(?)
n.
[L. elops, helops, a kind of sea fish, Gr. _;.]
1.
(Zoöl.)
A genus of fishes. See Saury.

2.
A mythical serpent.
[Obs.]
Milton.


word: Eloquence
definition:
Eloquence

El"o*quence
(?)
n.
[F. éloquence, L. eloquentia, fr. eloquens. See Eloquent.]
1.
Fluent, forcible, elegant, and persuasive speech in public; the power of expressing strong emotions in striking and appropriate language either spoken or written, thereby producing conviction or persuasion.

Eloquence is speaking out . . . out of the abundance of the heart.
Hare.

2.
Fig.: Whatever produces the effect of moving and persuasive speech.

Silence that spoke and eloquence of eyes.
Pope.

The hearts of men are their books; events are their tutors; great actions are their eloquence.
Macaulay.

3.
That which is eloquently uttered or written.

O, let my books be then the eloquence
And dumb presagers of my speaking breast.
Shak.


word: Eloquent
definition:
Eloquent

El"o*quent
(?)
a.
[F. éloquent, L. eloquens, -entis, p. pr. of eloqui to speak out, declaim; e + loqui to speak. See Loquacious.]
1.
Having the power of expressing strong emotions or forcible arguments in an elevated, impassioned, and effective manner; as, an eloquent orator or preacher.

O Death, all-eloquent! You only prove
What dust we dote on when 't is man we love.
Pope.

2.
Adapted to express strong emotion or to state facts arguments with fluency and power; as, an eloquent address or statement; an eloquent appeal to a jury.


word: Elritch
definition:
Elritch

Elrich

{ El"rich (?) or El"ritch  }
a.
Ghastly; preternatural. Same as Eldritch.
[Scot. & Local, Eng.]


word: Else
definition:
Else

Else
(?)
a. & pron.
[OE. & AS. elles otherwise, gen. sing. of an adj. signifying other; akin to OHG. elles otherwise, OSw. äljes, Sw. eljest, Goth.  aljis, adj., other, L. alius, Gr. _;.  Cf. Alias, Alien.]
Other; one or something beside; as, Who else is coming? What else shall I give? Do you expect anything else?
else
Shak.

&hand_; This word always follows its noun. It is usual to give the possessive form to else rather than to the substantive; as, somebody else's; no one else's. “A boy who is fond of somebody else's pencil case.” G. Eliot. “A suit of clothes like everybody else's.”  Thackeray.


word: Else₂
definition:
Else

Else
adv. & conj.
1.
Besides; except that mentioned; in addition; as, nowhere else; no one else.

2.
Otherwise; in the other, or the contrary, case; if the facts were different.

For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it.
Ps. li. 16.

&hand_; After ‘or', else is sometimes used expletively, as simply noting an alternative. “Will you give thanks, . . . or else shall I?”
Shak.


word: Elsewhere
definition:
Elsewhere

Else"where`
(?)
adv.
1.
In any other place; as, these trees are not to be found elsewhere.

2.
In some other place; in other places, indefinitely; as, it is reported in town and elsewhere.


word: Elsewhither
definition:
Elsewhither

Else"whith`er
(?)
adv.
To some, or any, other place; as, you will have to go elsewhither for it.
R. of Gloucester.
elsewhither
Carlyle.


word: Elucidate
definition:
Elucidate

E*lu"ci*date
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Elucidated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Elucidating (?).]
[LL. elucidatus, p. p. of elucidare; e + lucidus full of light, clear. See Lucid.]
To make clear or manifest; to render more intelligible; to illustrate; as, an example will elucidate the subject.


word: Elucidation
definition:
Elucidation

E*lu`ci*da"tion
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. élucidation.]
A making clear; the act of elucidating or that which elucidates, as an explanation, an exposition, an illustration; as, one example may serve for further elucidation of the subject.


word: Eluctate
definition:
Eluctate

E*luc"tate
(?)
v. i.
[L. eluctatus, p. p. of eluctari to struggle out; e + luctari to wrestle.]
To struggle out; -- with out.
[Obs.]
Bp. Hacket.


word: Eluctation
definition:
Eluctation

E`luc*ta"tion
(?)
n.
[L. eluctatio.]
A struggling out of any difficulty.
[Obs.]
Bp. Hall.


word: Elucubrate
definition:
Elucubrate

E*lu"cu*brate
(?)
v. i.
[L. elucubratus, p. p. of elucubrare to compose by lamplight.]
See Lucubrate.
[Obs.]
Blount.


word: Elude
definition:
Elude

E*lude"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Eluded; p. pr. & vb. n. Eluding.]
[L. eludere, elusum; e + ludere to play: cf. F. éluder. See Ludicrous.]
To avoid slyly, by artifice, stratagem, or dexterity; to escape from in a covert manner; to mock by an unexpected escape; to baffle; as, to elude an officer; to elude detection, inquiry, search, comprehension; to elude the force of an argument or a blow.

Me gentle Delia beckons from the plain,
Then, hid in shades, eludes he eager swain.
Pope.

The transition from fetichism to polytheism seems a gradual process of which the stages elude close definition.
Tylor.


word: Elul
definition:
Elul

E"lul
(?)
n.
[Heb.]
The sixth month of the Jewish year, by the sacred reckoning, or the twelfth, by the civil reckoning, corresponding nearly to the month of September.


word: Elusion
definition:
Elusion

E*lu"sion
(?)
n.
[LL. elusio, fr. L. eludere, elusum. See Elude.]
Act of eluding; adroit escape, as by artifice; a mockery; a cheat; trickery.


word: Elusive
definition:
Elusive

E*lu"sive
(?)
a.
Tending to elude; using arts or deception to escape; adroitly escaping or evading; eluding the grasp; fallacious.

Elusive of the bridal day, she gives
Fond hopes to all, and all with hopes deceives.
Pope.


word: Elusory
definition:
Elusory

E*lu"so*ry
(?)
a.
[LL. elusorius.]
Tending to elude or deceive; evasive; fraudulent; fallacious; deceitful; deceptive.
E*lu"so*ri*ness (#), n.


word: Elute
definition:
Elute

E*lute"
(?)
v. t.
[L. elutus, p. p. of eluers to elute; e + luere to wash.]
To wash out.
[R.]
Arbuthnot.


word: Elutriate
definition:
Elutriate

E*lu"tri*ate
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Elutriated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Elutriating (?).]
[L. elutriatus, p. p. of elutriare.]
To wash or strain out so as to purify; as, to elutriate the blood as it passes through the lungs; to strain off or decant, as a powder which is separated from heavier particles by being drawn off with water; to cleanse, as by washing.


word: Elutriation
definition:
Elutriation

E*lu`tri*a"tion
(?)
n.
The process of elutriating; a decanting or racking off by means of water, as finer particles from heavier.


word: Elvan
definition:
Elvan

Elv"an
(?)
a.
1.
Pertaining to elves; elvish.

2.
(Mining)
Of or pertaining to certain veins of feldspathic or porphyritic rock crossing metalliferous veins in the mining districts of Cornwall; as, an elvan course.


word: Elvanite
definition:
Elvanite

Elvan

{ Elv"an, Elv"an*ite (?) }
n.
The rock of an elvan vein, or the elvan vein itself; an elvan course.


word: Elvish
definition:
Elvish

Elv"ish
(?)
a.
1.
Pertaining to elves; implike; mischievous; weird; also, vacant; absent in demeanor. See Elfish.

He seemeth elvish by his countenance.
Chaucer.

2.
Mysterious; also, foolish.
[Obs.]


word: Elysian
definition:
Elysian

E*ly"sian
(?)
a.
[L. Elysius, fr. Elysium.]
Pertaining, or the abode of the blessed after death; hence, yielding the highest pleasures; exceedingly delightful; beatific.
Elysian
Massinger.
Elysian
Beattie.

This life of mortal breath
Is but a suburb of the life elysian.
Longfellow.


word: Elysium
definition:
Elysium

E*ly"sium
(e̝*lĭzh"ŭm or e̝*lĭzh"ĭ*ŭm)
n.
pl. E. Elysiums (#), L. Elysia (#).
[L., fr. Gr. 'Hly`sion, 'Hly`sion pedi`on, Elysian field.]
(Anc. Myth.)
1.
A dwelling place assigned to happy souls after death; the seat of future happiness; Paradise.

2.
Hence, any delightful place.

An Elysium more pure and bright than that of the Greeks.
I. Taylor.


word: Elytriform
definition:
Elytriform

E*lyt"ri*form
(e̝*lĭt"rĭ*fôrm or e̝*lī"trĭ*fôrm)
a.
[Elytrum + -form.]
(Zoöl.)
Having the form, or structure, of an elytron.


word: Elytroid
definition:
Elytroid

El"y*troid
(?)
a.
[Gr. 'e`lytron sheath, a wing case + -oid.]
(Zoöl.)
Resembling a beetle's wing case.


word: Elytrum
definition:
Elytrum

Elytron

El"y*tron (?; 277), El"y*trum (-tr_;m)
n.
pl. Elytra (#).
[NL., fr. Gr. 'e`lytron, fr. 'ely`ein to roll round.]
(Zoöl.)
(a)
One of the anterior pair of wings in the Coleoptera and some other insects, when they are thick and serve only as a protection for the posterior pair.
Coleoptera
(b)
One of the shieldlike dorsal scales of certain annelids. See Chætopoda.


word: Elzevir
definition:
Elzevir

El"ze*vir
(?)
a.
(Bibliog.)
Applied to books or editions (esp. of the Greek New Testament and the classics) printed and published by the Elzevir family at Amsterdam, Leyden, etc., from about 1592 to 1680; also, applied to a round open type introduced by them.

The Elzevir editions are valued for their neatness, and the elegant small types used.
Brande & C.


word: Em
definition:
Em

Em
(?)
n.
(Print.)
The portion of a line formerly occupied by the letter m, then a square type, used as a unit by which to measure the amount of printed matter on a page; the square of the body of a type.


word: Emacerate
definition:
Emacerate

E*mac"er*ate
(?)
v. t. & i.
[L. emaceratus emaciated; e + macerare to make soft.]
To make lean or to become lean; to emaciate.
[Obs.]
Bullokar.


word: Emaciate
definition:
Emaciate

E*ma"ci*ate
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Emaciated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Emaciating.]
[L. emaciatus, p. p. of emaciare to make lean; e + maciare to make lean or meager, fr. macies leanness, akin to macer lean. See Meager.]
To lose flesh gradually and become very lean; to waste away in flesh.
emaciated
Sir T. Browne.


word: Emaciate₂
definition:
Emaciate

E*ma"ci*ate
v. t.
To cause to waste away in flesh and become very lean; as, his sickness emaciated him.


word: emaciated
definition:
emaciated

emaciated
adj.
having become so thin that the bones noticeably protude under the skin; as, emaciated bony hands.

Syn. -- bony, cadaverous, gaunt, haggard, pinched, skeletal, wasted.


word: Emaciation
definition:
Emaciation

E*ma`ci*a"tion
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. émaciation.]
1.
The act of making very lean.

2.
The state of being emaciated or reduced to excessive leanness; an excessively lean condition.


word: Emaculate
definition:
Emaculate

E*mac"u*late
(?)
v. t.
[L. emaculatus, p. p. of emaculare to clear from spots. See Maculate.]
To clear from spots or stains, or from any imperfection.
[Obs.]
Hales.


word: e-mail
definition:
e-mail

email

E-mail

E-mail, email, e-mail
(ē"mâl`)
n.
electronic mail; a digitally encoded message sent from one computer to another through an electronic communications medium, especially by means of a computer network.

Syn. -- electronic mail.


word: e-mail₂
definition:
e-mail

email

E-mail

E-mail, email, e-mail
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. E-mailed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. E-mailing.]
to send (an e-mail message) to someone; as, I emailed the article to the editor; she emailed me her report.

Syn. -- mail electronically.


word: aemail ombrant
definition:
aemail ombrant

æ`mail` om`brant"
(?)
[F., shaded enamel.]
(Fine Arts)
An art or process of flooding transparent colored glaze over designs stamped or molded on earthenware or porcelain.
Ure.


word: Emanant
definition:
Emanant

Em"a*nant
(?)
a.
[L. emanans, -antis, p. pr. of emanare. See Emanate.]
Issuing or flowing forth; emanating; passing forth into an act, or making itself apparent by an effect; -- said of mental acts; as, an emanant volition.


word: Emanate
definition:
Emanate

Em"a*nate
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Emanated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Emanating.]
[L. emanare, emanatum, to emanate; e out + manare to flow, prob. for madnare, and akin to madere to be wet, drip, madidus wet, drenched, drunk, Gr. _;, _;, wet, _; to be wet, Skr. mad to boil, matta drunk.  Cf. Emane.]

1.
To issue forth from a source; to flow out from more or less constantly; as, fragrance emanates from flowers.
2.
To proceed from, as a source or fountain; to take origin; to arise, to originate.

That subsisting from of government from which all special laws emanate.
De Quincey.


word: Emanation
definition:
Emanation

Em`a*na"tion
(?)
n.
[L. emanatio: cf. F. émanation.]
1.
The act of flowing or proceeding from a fountain head or origin.
South.

Those profitable and excellent emanations from God.
Jer. Taylor.

2.
That which issues, flows, or proceeds from any object as a source; efflux; an effluence; as, perfume is an emanation from a flower.

An emanation of the indwelling life.
Bryant.


word: Emancipate
definition:
Emancipate

E*man"ci*pate
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Emancipated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Emancipating.]
[L. emancipatus, p. p. of emancipare to emancipate; e + mancipare to transfer ownership in, fr. manceps purchaser, as being one who laid his hand on the thing bought; manus hand + capere to take. See Manual, and Capable.]
To set free from the power of another; to liberate; as: (a) To set free, as a minor from a parent; as, a father may emancipate a child. (b) To set free from bondage; to give freedom to; to manumit; as, to emancipate a slave, or a country.

Brasidas . . . declaring that he was sent to emancipate Hellas.
Jowett (Thucyd. ).
From how many troublesome and slavish impertinences . . . he had emancipated and freed himself.
Evelyn.

To emancipate the human conscience.
A. W. Ward.


word: emancipated
definition:
emancipated

emancipated
adj.
1.
free from traditional social restraints; -- used especially of women; as, an emancipated young woman pursuing her career.
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Syn. -- liberated.

2.
freed from bondage.
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Syn. -- freed, liberated.


word: emancipative
definition:
emancipative

emancipating

emancipating emancipative
adj.
permitting or conducive to the reduction of restraints on behavior.

Syn. -- freeing, liberating.


word: Emancipation
definition:
Emancipation

E*man`ci*pa"tion
(?)
n.
[L. emancipatio: cf. F. émancipation.]
The act of setting free from the power of another, from slavery, subjection, dependence, or controlling influence; also, the state of being thus set free; the act or process of emancipation, or the state thereby achieved; liberation; as, the emancipation of slaves; the emancipation of minors; the emancipation of a person from prejudices; the emancipation of the mind from superstition; the emancipation of a nation from tyranny or subjection.


word: Emancipationist
definition:
Emancipationist

E*man`ci*pa"tion*ist
n.
An advocate of emancipation, esp. the emancipation of slaves.


word: Emancipatory
definition:
Emancipatory

E*man"ci*pa*to*ry
(?)
a.
Pertaining to emancipation, or tending to effect emancipation.
Emancipatory
G. Eliot.


word: Emarginate
definition:
Emarginate

E*mar"gi*nate
(?)
v. t.
[L. emarginare; e out + marginare to furnish with a margin, fr. margo margin.]
To take away the margin of.


word: Emarginated
definition:
Emarginated

Emarginate

{ E*mar"gi*nate (?), E*mar"gi*na`ted (?), }
a.
1.
Having the margin interrupted by a notch or shallow sinus.

2.
(Bot.)
Notched at the summit.

3.
(Cryst.)
Having the edges truncated.


word: Emargination
definition:
Emargination

E*mar`gi*na"tion
(?)
n.
The act of notching or indenting the margin, or the state of being so notched; also, a notch or shallow sinus in a margin.


word: Emasculate
definition:
Emasculate

E*mas"cu*late
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Emasculated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Emasculating (?).]
[L. emasculare; e + masculus male, masculine. See Male masculine.]
1.
To deprive of virile or procreative power; to castrate power; to castrate; to geld.

2.
To deprive of masculine vigor or spirit; to weaken; to render effeminate; to vitiate by unmanly softness.

Luxury had not emasculated their minds.
V. Knox.


word: emasculate
definition:
emasculate

e*mas"cu*late
(?)
a.
Deprived of virility or vigor; unmanned; weak.
Emasculate
Hammond.


word: emasculated
definition:
emasculated

emasculated
adj.
1.
having the testicles removed; -- of a male animal.

Syn. -- cut, gelded, sexless.

2.
deprived of virility, vigor, or manly character.


word: emasculation
definition:
emasculation

e*mas`cu*la"tion
(?)
n.
1.
The act of depriving of virility, or the state of being so deprived; castration.

2.
The act of depriving, or state of being deprived, of vigor or strength; unmanly weakness.


word: Embale
definition:
Embale

Em*bale"
(?)
v. t.
[F. emballer; pref. em- (L. in) + balle bale. See 1st Bale.]
[Obs.]
1.
To make up into a bale or pack.
Johnson.

2.
To bind up; to inclose.

Legs . . . embaled in golden buskins.
Spenser.


word: Embalm
definition:
Embalm

Em*balm"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Embalmed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Embalming.]
[F. embaumer; pref. em- (L. in) + baume balm. See Balm.]
1.
To anoint all over with balm; especially, to preserve from decay by means of balm or other aromatic oils, or spices; to fill or impregnate (a dead body), with aromatics and drugs that it may resist putrefaction.

Joseph commanded his servants, the physicians, to embalm _;is father; and the physicians embalmed Israel.
Gem. l. 2.

2.
To fill or imbue with sweet odor; to perfume.

With fresh dews embalmed the earth.
Milton.

3.
To preserve from decay or oblivion as if with balm; to perpetuate in remembrance.

Those tears eternal that embalm the dead.
Pope.


word: Embank
definition:
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.


word: Embankment
definition:
Embankment

Em*bank"ment
(?)
n.
1.
The act of surrounding or defending with a bank.

2.
A structure of earth, gravel, etc., raised to prevent water from overflowing a level tract of country, to retain water in a reservoir, or to carry a roadway, etc.


word: Embar
definition:
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.


word: Embargo
definition:
Embargo

Em*bar"go
(?)
n.
pl. Embargoes (#).
[Sp., fr. embargar to arrest, restrain; pref. em- (L. in) + Sp. barra bar, akin to F. barre bar. See Bar.]
An edict or order of the government prohibiting the departure of ships of commerce from some or all of the ports within its dominions; a prohibition to sail.

&hand_; If the embargo is laid on an enemy's ships, it is called a hostile embargo; if on the ships belonging to citizens of the embargoing state, it is called a civil embargo.


word: Embargo₂
definition:
Embargo

Em*bar"go
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Embargoed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Embargoing.]
To lay an embargo on and thus detain; to prohibit from leaving port; -- said of ships, also of commerce and goods.


word: Embark
definition:
Embark

Em*bark"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Embarked (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Embarking.]
[F. embarquer; pref. em- (L. in) + barque bark: cf. Sp. embarcar, It. imbarcare. See Bark. a vessel.]
1.
To cause to go on board a vessel or boat; to put on shipboard.

2.
To engage, enlist, or invest (as persons, money, etc.) in any affair; as, he embarked his fortune in trade.

It was the reputation of the sect upon which St. Paul embarked his salvation.
South.


word: Embark₂
definition:
Embark

Em*bark"
v. i.
1.
To go on board a vessel or a boat for a voyage; as, the troops embarked for Lisbon.

2.
To engage in any affair.

Slow to embark in such an undertaking.
Macaulay.


word: Embarkation
definition:
Embarkation

Em`bar*ka"tion
(?)
n.
1.
The act of putting or going on board of a vessel; as, the embarkation of troops.

2.
That which is embarked; as, an embarkation of Jesuits.
Smollett.


word: Embarrass
definition:
Embarrass

Em*bar"rass
(ĕm*băr"ras)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Embarrassed (ĕm*băr"rast); p. pr. & vb. n. Embarrassing.]
[F. embarrasser (cf. Sp. embarazar, Pg. embaraçar, Pr. barras bar); pref. em- (L. in) + LL. barra bar. See Bar.]
1.
To hinder from freedom of thought, speech, or action by something which impedes or confuses mental action; to make (a person) unpleasantly self-conscious; to perplex; to discompose; to disconcert; as, laughter may embarrass an orator.
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Syn. -- abash, discompose, disconcert, discomfit, chagrin.
2.
To hinder from liberty of movement; to impede; to obstruct; as, business is embarrassed; public affairs are embarrassed.
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Syn. -- obstruct, blockade, block, hinder, stymie.
3.
(Com.)
To involve in difficulties concerning money matters; to incumber with debt; to beset with urgent claims or demands; -- said of a person or his affairs; as, a man or his business is embarrassed when he can not meet his pecuniary engagements.


word: embarrassed
definition:
embarrassed

embarrassed
adj.
1.
feeling uneasily or unpleasantly self-conscious due to some event or circumstance; as, she was embarrassed by her child's tantrums.

Syn. -- abashed, self-conscious.

2.
feeling inferior or unworthy and hence unpleasantly self-conscious; as, too embarrassed to say hello to his drunken father on the street.

Syn. -- chagrined, mortified.


word: embarrassing
definition:
embarrassing

embarrassing
adj.
1.
hard to deal with; as, greeted with an embarrassing silence.

Syn. -- awkward, disconcerting, off-putting, sticky, tight, unenviable.

2.
causing to feel shame or chagrin or vexation.

Syn. -- mortifying, shame-making.


word: Embarrassment
definition:
Embarrassment

Em*bar"rass*ment
(?)
n.
[F. embarrassement.]
1.
A state of being embarrassed; perplexity; impediment to freedom of action; entanglement; hindrance; confusion or discomposure of mind, as from not knowing what to do or to say; disconcertedness.

The embarrassment which inexperienced minds have often to express themselves upon paper.
W. Irving.

The embarrassments tom commerce growing out of the late regulations.
Bancroft.

2.
Difficulty or perplexity arising from the want of money to pay debts.


word: Embase
definition:
Embase

Em*base"
(?)
v. t.
[Pref. em- + base, a. or v. t.: cf. OF. embaissier.]
To bring down or lower, as in position, value, etc.; to debase; to degrade; to deteriorate.
[Obs.]

Embased the valleys, and embossed the hills.
Sylvester.

Alloy in coin of gold . . . may make the metal work the better, but it embaseth it.
Bacon.

Such pitiful embellishments of speech as serve for nothing but to embase divinity.
South.


word: Embasement
definition:
Embasement

Em*base"ment
(?)
n.
[From Embase, v. t.]
Act of bringing down; depravation; deterioration.
South.


word: Embassador₂
definition:
Embassador

Em*bas"sa*dor
(?)
n.
[F. ambassadeur, Sp. embajador, LL. ambassiator, ambasciator. See Embassy, and cf. Ambassador.]
Same as Ambassador.

Stilbon, that was a wise embassadour,
Was sent to Corinth.
Chaucer.

Myself my king's embassador will go.
Dryden.


word: Embassage
definition:
Embassage

Em"bas*sage
(?; 48)
n.
1.
An embassy.
embassage
Bacon.

Except your embassages have better success.
Motley.

2.
Message; errand.
Shak.


word: Embassy
definition:
Embassy

Em"bas*sy
(?)
n.
pl. Embassies (#).
[OF. ambassée, embascée, LL. ambasciata, fr. ambasciare for ambactiare to go on a mission, fr. L. ambactus vassal, dependent, of Celtic or German origin; cf. W. amaeth husbandman, Goth. andbahts servant, G. amt office, OHG. ambaht.  Cf. Ambassador.]
1.
The public function of an ambassador; the charge or business intrusted to an ambassador or to envoys; a public message to; foreign court concerning state affairs; hence, any solemn message.

He sends the angels on embassies with his decrees.
Jer. Taylor.

2.
The person or persons sent as ambassadors or envoys; the ambassador and his suite; envoys.

3.
The residence or office of an ambassador.

&hand_; Sometimes, but rarely, spelled ambassy.


word: Embattail
definition:
Embattail

Em*bat"tail
(?)
v. t.
[See Embattle.]
To furnish with battlements; to fortify as with battlements.
[Archaic]

To embattail and to wall about thy cause
With iron-worded proof.
Tennyson.


word: Embattle
definition:
Embattle

Em*bat"tle
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Embattled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Embattling (?).]
[OF. embataillier; pref. em- (L. in) + F. bataille battle. See Battle, and cf. Battlement.]
To arrange in order of battle; to array for battle; also, to prepare or arm for battle; to equip as for battle.

One in bright arms embattled full strong.
Spenser.

Here once the embattled farmers stood
And fired the shot heard round the world.
Emerson.


word: Embattled
definition:
Embattled

Em*bat"tled
(?)
a.
1.
Having indentations like a battlement.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.

2.
(Her.)
Having the edge broken like battlements; -- said of a bearing such as a fess, bend, or the like.

3.
Having been the place of battle; as, an embattled plain or field.
J. Baillie.


word: Embattlement
definition:
Embattlement

Em*bat"tle*ment
(?)
n.
1.
An intended parapet; a battlement.

2.
The fortifying of a building or a wall by means of battlements.


word: Embay
definition:
Embay

Em*bay"
(?)
v. t.
[Pref. em- + bay to bathe.]
To bathe; to soothe or lull as by bathing.
[Obs.]
Spenser.


word: Embay₂
definition:
Embay

Em*bay"
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Embayed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Embaying.]
[Pref. em- + 1st bay.]
To shut in, or shelter, as in a bay.

If that the Turkish fleet
Be not ensheltered and embayed, they are drowned.
Shak.


word: Embayment
definition:
Embayment

Em*bay"ment
(?)
n.
A bay.
[R.]

The embayment which is terminated by the land of North Berwick.
Sir W. Scott.


word: Embed
definition:
Embed

Em*bed"
(ĕm*bĕd")
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Embedded; p. pr. & vb. n. Embedding.]
[Pref. em- + bed.  Cf.  Imbed.]
To lay as in a bed; to lay in surrounding matter; to bed; as, to embed a thing in clay, mortar, or sand.


word: embedded
definition:
embedded

embedded
adj.
1.
enclosed or fixed firmly in a surrounding mass; surrounded on all sides; as, found pebbles embedded in the silt; stone containing many embedded fossils; as, peach and plum seeds embedded in a sweet edible pulp.
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Syn. -- fixed.

2.
inserted as an integral part of a surrounding whole; as, confused by the embedded Latin quotations; an embedded subordinate clause.
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word: Embellish
definition:
Embellish

Em*bel"lish
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Embellished (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Embellishing.]
[OE. embelisen, embelisshen, F. embellir; pref. em- (L. in) + bel, beau, beautiful. See Beauty.]
To make beautiful or elegant by ornaments; to decorate; to adorn; as, to embellish a book with pictures, a garden with shrubs and flowers, a narrative with striking anecdotes, or style with metaphors.


word: Embellishment
definition:
Embellishment

Em*bel"lish*ment
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. embellissement.]
1.
The act of adorning, or the state of being adorned; adornment.

In the selection of their ground, as well as in the embellishment of it.
Prescott.

2.
That which adds beauty or elegance; ornament; decoration; as, pictorial embellishments.

The graces and embellishments of the exterior man.
I. Taylor.


word: Ember
definition:
Ember

Em"ber
(?)
n.
[OE. emmeres, emeres, AS. _;myrie; akin to Icel. eimyrja, Dan. emmer, MHG. eimere; cf. Icel. eimr vapor, smoke.]
A lighted coal, smoldering amid ashes; -- used chiefly in the plural, to signify mingled coals and ashes; the smoldering remains of a fire.
embers
Dryden.

He takes a lighted ember out of the covered vessel.
Colebrooke.


word: Ember₂
definition:
Ember

Em"ber
a.
[OE. ymber, AS. ymbren, ymbryne, prop., running around, circuit; ymbe around + ryne a running, fr. rinnan to run. See Amb-, and Run.]
Making a circuit of the year of the seasons; recurring in each quarter of the year; as, ember fasts.

Ember days (R. C. & Eng. Ch.), days set apart for fasting and prayer in each of the four seasons of the year. The Council of Placentia [A. D. 1095] appointed for ember days the Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday after the first Sunday in Lent, Whitsuntide, the 14th of September, and the  13th of December. The weeks in which these days fall are called ember weeks.


word: Ember-goose
definition:
Ember-goose

Em"ber-goose`
(?)
n.
[Cf. Norw. embergaas, hav-imber, hav-immer, Icel. himbrin, himbrimi.]
(Zoöl.)
The loon or great northern diver. See Loon.
[Written also emmer-goose and imber-goose.]


word: Embezzle
definition:
Embezzle

Em*bez"zle
(ĕm*bĕz"z'l)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Embezzled (ĕm*bĕz"z'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Embezzling (?).]
[Norm. F. embeseiller to destroy; cf. OF. besillier to ill treat, ravage, destroy.  Cf. Bezzle.]
1.
To appropriate fraudulently to one's own use, as property intrusted to one's care; to apply to one's private uses by a breach of trust; as, to embezzle money held in trust.

2.
To misappropriate; to waste; to dissipate in extravagance.
[Obs.]

To embezzle our money in drinking or gaming.
Sharp.


word: embezzled
definition:
embezzled

embezzled
adj.
1.
taken for one's own use in violation of a trust; -- of money; as, the banker absconded with embezzled payroll; the embezzled funds amounted to millions of dollars.

Syn. -- misappropriated.


word: Embezzlement
definition:
Embezzlement

Em*bez"zle*ment
(?)
n.
The fraudulent appropriation of property by a person to whom it has been intrusted; as, the embezzlement by a clerk of his employer's money; embezzlement of public funds by the public officer having them in charge.

&hand_; Larceny denotes a taking, by fraud or stealth, from another's possession; embezzlement denotes an appropriation, by fraud or stealth, of property already in the wrongdoer's possession. In England and in most of the United States embezzlement is made indictable by statute.


word: Embiotocidae
definition:
Embiotocidae

Embiotocidae
n.
a natural family of viviparous percoid fishes comprising the surf fishes.

Syn. -- family Embiotocidae.


word: Embiotocoid
definition:
Embiotocoid

Em`bi*ot"o*coid
(?)
a.
[NL. Embiotoca, the name of one genus + -oid.]
(Zoöl.)
Belonging to, or resembling, the Embiotocidæ.
n. One of a family of fishes (Embiotocidæ) abundant on the coast of California, remarkable for being viviparous; -- also called surf fish and viviparous fish. See Illust. in Appendix.


word: Emblaze
definition:
Emblaze

Em*blaze"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Emblazed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Emblazing.]
[Pref. em- + 1st blaze.]
1.
To adorn with glittering embellishments.

No weeping orphan saw his father's stores
Our shrines irradiate, or emblaze the floors.
Pope.

2.
To paint or adorn with armorial figures; to blazon, or emblazon.
[Archaic]

The imperial ensign, . . . streaming to the wind,
With gems and golden luster rich emblazed.
Milton.


word: Emblazon
definition:
Emblazon

Em*bla"zon
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Emblazoned (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Emblazoning.]
[Pref. em- + blazon.  Cf. Emblaze.]
1.
To depict or represent; -- said of heraldic bearings. See Blazon.

2.
To deck in glaring colors; to set off conspicuously; to display pompously; to decorate.

The walls were . . . emblazoned with legends in commemoration of the illustrious pair.
Prescott.


word: Emblazoner
definition:
Emblazoner

Em*bla"zon*er
(?)
n.
One who emblazons; also, one who publishes and displays anything with pomp.


word: Emblazoning
definition:
Emblazoning

Em*bla"zon*ing
n.
The act or art of heraldic decoration; delineation of armorial bearings.


word: Emblazonry
definition:
Emblazonry

Em*bla"zon*ry
(?)
n.
pl. Emblazonries (_;).
The act or art of an emblazoner; heraldic or ornamental decoration, as pictures or figures on shields, standards, etc.; emblazonment.

Thine ancient standard's rich emblazonry.
Trench.


word: Emblem
definition:
Emblem

Em"blem
(?)
n.
[F. emblème, L. emblema, -atis, that which is put in or on, inlaid work, fr. Gr. _; a thing put in or on, fr. _; to throw, lay, put in; _;  in + _; to throw. See In, and Parable.]
1.
Inlay; inlaid or mosaic work; something ornamental inserted in a surface.
[Obs.]
Milton.

2.
A visible sign of an idea; an object, or the figure of an object, symbolizing and suggesting another object, or an idea, by natural aptness or by association; a figurative representation; a typical designation; a symbol; as, a balance is an emblem of justice; a scepter, the emblem of sovereignty or power; a circle, the emblem of eternity.
emblem
Shak.

3.
A picture accompanied with a motto, a set of verse, or the like, intended as a moral lesson or meditation.

&hand_; Writers and artists of the 17th century gave much attention and study to the composition of such emblems, and many collections of them were published.


word: Emblem₂
definition:
Emblem

Em"blem
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Emblemed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Embleming.]
To represent by an emblem; to symbolize.
[R.]

Emblemed by the cozening fig tree.
Feltham.


word: Emblematical
definition:
Emblematical

Emblematic

{ Em`blem*at"ic (?), Em`blem*at"ic*al (?), }
a.
[Cf. F. emblématique.]
Pertaining to, containing, or consisting in, an emblem; symbolic; typically representative; representing as an emblem; as, emblematic language or ornaments; a crown is emblematic of royalty; white is emblematic of purity.
Em`blem*at"ic*al*ly, adv.


word: Emblematiccize
definition:
Emblematiccize

Em`blem*at"ic*cize
(?)
v. t.
To render emblematic; as, to emblematicize a picture.
[R.]
Walpole.


word: Emblematize
definition:
Emblematize

Em*blem"a*tize
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Emblematized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Emblematizing (?).]
To represent by, or as by, an emblem; to symbolize.

Anciently the sun was commonly emblematized by a starry or radiate figure.
Bp. Hurd.


word: Emblement
definition:
Emblement

Em"ble*ment
(?)
n.
[OF. embleer to sow with corn, F. emblaver, fr. LL. imbladare; pref. in- + LL. bladum grain, F. blé.]
(Law)
The growing crop, or profits of a crop which has been sown or planted; -- used especially in the plural. The produce of grass, trees, and the like, is not emblement.
Wharton's Law Dict.


word: Emblemize
definition:
Emblemize

Em"blem*ize
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Emblemized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Emblemizing (?).]
To represent by an emblem; to emblematize.
[R.]


word: Emblossom
definition:
Emblossom

Em*blos"som
(?)
v. t.
To cover or adorn with blossoms.

On the white emblossomed spray.
J. Cunningham.


word: Embodiment
definition:
Embodiment

Em*bod"i*ment
(?)
n.
1.
The act of embodying; the state of being embodied.

2.
That which embodies or is embodied; representation in a physical body; a completely organized system, like the body; as, the embodiment of courage, or of courtesy; the embodiment of true piety.


word: Embody
definition:
Embody

Em*bod"y
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Embodied (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Embodying.]
To form into a body; to invest with a body; to collect into a body, a united mass, or a whole; to incorporate; as, to embody one's ideas in a treatise.
[Written also imbody.]

Devils embodied and disembodied.
Sir W. Scott.

The soul, while it is embodied, can no more be divided from sin.
South.


word: Embody₂
definition:
Embody

Em*bod"y
v. i.
To unite in a body, a mass, or a collection; to coalesce.
[Written also imbody.]

Firmly to embody against this court party.
Burke.


word: Embogue
definition:
Embogue

Em*bogue"
(?)
v. i.
[See Disembogue.]
To disembogue; to discharge, as a river, its waters into the sea or another river.
[R.]


word: Emboitement
definition:
Emboitement

Em`boîte"ment`
(?)
n.
[F., fr. emboîter to fit in, insert; en in + boîte box.]
(Biol.)
The hypothesis that all living things proceed from preëxisting germs, and that these encase the germs of all future living things, inclosed one within another.
Buffon.


word: Embolden
definition:
Embolden

Em*bold"en
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Emboldened (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Emboldening (?).]
To give boldness or courage to; to encourage.
Shak.

The self-conceit which emboldened him to undertake this dangerous office.
Sir W. Scott.


word: Embolic
definition:
Embolic

Em*bol"ic
(?)
a.
[Gr. _;  to throw in. See Embolism.]
1.
Embolismic.

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

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


word: Embolism
definition:
Embolism

Em"bo*lism
(?)
n.
[L. embolismus, from Gr. _; to throw or put in, insert; cf. _;  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.

2.
Intercalated time.
Johnson.

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


word: Embolismical
definition:
Embolismical

Embolismic

{ Em`bo*lis"mic (?), Em`bo*lis"mic*al (?), }
a.
[Cf. F. embolismique.]
Pertaining to embolism or intercalation; intercalated; as, an embolismic year, i. e., the year in which there is intercalation.


word: Embolite
definition:
Embolite

Em"bo*lite
(?)
n.
[From Gr. _; something thrown in between.]
(Min.)
A mineral consisting of both the chloride and the bromide of silver.


word: Embolus
definition:
Embolus

Em"bo*lus
(?)
n.
pl. Emboli (#).
[L., fr. Gr. _; pointed so as to be put or thrust in, fr. _; to throw, thrust, or put in. See Emblem.]
1.
Something inserted, as a wedge; the piston or sucker of a pump or syringe.

2.
(Med.)
A plug of some substance lodged in a blood vessel, being brought thither by the blood current. It consists most frequently of a clot of fibrin, a detached shred of a morbid growth, a globule of fat, or a microscopic organism.


word: Emboly
definition:
Emboly

Em"bo*ly
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; a putting into.]
(Biol.)
Embolic invagination. See under Invagination.


word: Embonpoint
definition:
Embonpoint

Em`bon`point"
(?)
n.
[F., fr. en bon point in good condition. See Bon, and Point.]
Plumpness of person; -- said especially of persons somewhat corpulent.


word: Emborder
definition:
Emborder

Em*bor"der
(?)
v. t.
[Pref. em- (L. in) + border: cf. OF. emborder.]
To furnish or adorn with a border; to imborder.


word: Embosom
definition:
Embosom

Em*bos"om
(?)
v. t.
[Written also imbosom.]
1.
To take into, or place in, the bosom; to cherish; to foster.

Glad to embosom his affection.
Spenser.

2.
To inclose or surround; to shelter closely; to place in the midst of something.

His house embosomed in the grove.
Pope.

Some tender flower . . . .
Embosomed in the greenest glade.
Keble.


word: Emboss
definition:
Emboss

Em*boss"
(?; 115)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Embossed (?; 115); p. pr. & vb. n. Embossing.]
[Pref. em- (L. in) + boss: cf. OF. embosser to swell in bunches.]
1.
To raise the surface of into bosses or protuberances; particularly, to ornament with raised work.

Botches and blains must all his flesh emboss.
Milton.

2.
To raise in relief from a surface, as an ornament, a head on a coin, or the like.

Then o'er the lofty gate his art embossed
Androgeo's death.
Dryden.

Exhibiting flowers in their natural color embossed upon a purple ground.
Sir W. Scott.


word: Emboss₂
definition:
Emboss

Em*boss"
v. t.
[Etymology uncertain.]
To make to foam at the mouth, like a hunted animal.
[Obs.]


word: Emboss₃
definition:
Emboss

Em*boss"
v. t.
[Cf. Pr. & Sp. emboscar, It. imboscare, F. embusquer, and E. imbosk.]
1.
To hide or conceal in a thicket; to imbosk; to inclose, shelter, or shroud in a wood.
[Obs.]

In the Arabian woods embossed.
Milton.

2.
To surround; to ensheath; to immerse; to beset.

A knight her met in mighty arms embossed.
Spenser.


word: Embossed
definition:
Embossed

Em*bossed"
(?; 115)
a.
1.
Formed or covered with bosses or raised figures.

2.
Having a part projecting like the boss of a shield.

3.
Swollen; protuberant.
[Obs.]
embossed
Shak.


word: Embossment
definition:
Embossment

Em*boss"ment
(?)
n.
1.
The act of forming bosses or raised figures, or the state of being so formed.

2.
A bosslike prominence; figure in relief; raised work; jut; protuberance; esp., a combination of raised surfaces having a decorative effect.
embossment
Addison.


word: Embouchure
definition:
Embouchure

Em`bou`chure"
(?)
n.
[F., fr. emboucher to put to the mouth; pref. em- (L. in) + bouche the mouth.  Cf. Embouge, Debouch.]
1.
The mouth of a river; also, the mouth of a cannon.

2.
(Mus.)
(a)
The mouthpiece of a wind instrument.
(b)
The shaping of the lips to the mouthpiece; as, a flute player has a good embouchure.


word: Embow
definition:
Embow

Em*bow"
(?)
v. t.
To bend like a bow; to curve.
Embowed
[Obs. or R.]
Sir W. Scott.

With gilded horns embowed like the moon.
Spenser.


word: Embowel
definition:
Embowel

Em*bow"el
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Emboweled (?) or Embowelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Emboweling or Embowelling.]
1.
To disembowel.

The barbarous practice of emboweling.
Hallam.

The boar . . . makes his trough
In your emboweled bosoms.
Shak.

&hand_; Disembowel is the preferable word in this sense.

2.
To imbed; to hide in the inward parts; to bury.

Or deep emboweled in the earth entire.
Spenser.


word: Embower
definition:
Embower

Em*bow"er
(?)
v. t.
To cover with a bower; to shelter with trees.
[Written also imbower.]
[Poetic]
Milton.
v. i. To lodge or rest in a bower. [Poetic] “In their wide boughs embow'ring. ”
Spenser.


word: Embrace
definition:
Embrace

Em*brace"
(ĕm*brās")
v. t.
[Pref. em- (intens.) + brace, v. t.]
To fasten on, as armor.
[Obs.]
Spenser.


word: Embrace₂
definition:
Embrace

Em*brace"
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Embraced (ĕm*brāst"); p. pr. & vb. n. Embracing (ĕm*brā"sĭng).]
[OE. embracier, F. embrasser; pref. em- (L. in) + F. bras arm. See Brace, n.]
1.
To clasp in the arms with affection; to take in the arms; to hug.

I will embrace him with a soldier's arm,
That he shall shrink under my courtesy.
Shak.

Paul called unto him the disciples, and embraced them.
Acts xx. 1.

2.
To cling to; to cherish; to love.
Shak.

3.
To seize eagerly, or with alacrity; to accept with cordiality; to welcome.
embrace
embrace
Shak.

What is there that he may not embrace for truth?
Locke.

4.
To encircle; to encompass; to inclose.

Low at his feet a spacious plain is placed,
Between the mountain and the stream embraced.
Denham.

5.
To include as parts of a whole; to comprehend; to take in; as, natural philosophy embraces many sciences.

Not that my song, in such a scanty space,
So large a subject fully can embrace.
Dryden.

6.
To accept; to undergo; to submit to.
embrace
Shak.

7.
(Law)
To attempt to influence corruptly, as a jury or court.
Blackstone.


word: Embrace₄
definition:
Embrace

Em*brace"
n.
Intimate or close encircling with the arms; pressure to the bosom; clasp; hug.

We stood tranced in long embraces,
Mixed with kisses.
Tennyson.


word: Embracement
definition:
Embracement

Em*brace"ment
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. embrassement.]
1.
A clasp in the arms; embrace.

Dear though chaste embracements.
Sir P. Sidney.

2.
State of being contained; inclosure.
[Obs.]

In the embracement of the parts hardly reparable, as bones.
Bacon.

3.
Willing acceptance.
[Obs.]

A ready embracement of . . . his kindness.
Barrow.


word: Embracery
definition:
Embracery

Em*bra"cer*y
(?)
n.
(Law)
An attempt to influence a court, jury, etc., corruptly, by promises, entreaties, money, entertainments, threats, or other improper inducements.


word: Embraid
definition:
Embraid

Em*braid"
(?)
v. t.
[Pref. em- (L. in) + 1st braid.]
1.
To braid up, as hair.
[Obs.]
Spenser.

2.
To upbraid.
[Obs.]
Sir T. Elyot.


word: Embrangle
definition:
Embrangle

Em*bran"gle
(?)
v. t.
[Pref. em- (L. in) + brangle.]
To confuse; to entangle.

I am lost and embrangled in inextricable difficulties.
Berkeley.


word: Embrasure₂
definition:
Embrasure

Em*bra"sure
(277)
n.
[F., fr. embraser, perh. equiv.  to ébraser to widen an opening; of unknown origin.]
1.
(Arch.)
A splay of a door or window.

Apart, in the twilight gloom of a window's embrasure,
Sat the lovers.
Longfellow.

2.
(Fort.)
An aperture with slant sides in a wall or parapet, through which cannon are pointed and discharged; a crenelle. See Illust. of Casemate.


word: Embrave
definition:
Embrave

Em*brave"
(?)
v. t.
1.
To inspire with bravery.
[Obs.]
Beaumont.

2.
To decorate; to make showy and fine.
[Obs.]

And with sad cypress seemly it embraves.
Spenser.


word: Embreathement
definition:
Embreathement

Em*breathe"ment
(?)
n.
The act of breathing in; inspiration.
[R.]

The special and immediate suggestion, embreathement, and dictation of the Holy Ghost.
W. Lee.


word: Embrocate
definition:
Embrocate

Em"bro*cate
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Embrocated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Embrocating.]
[NL. embrocatus, p. p. of embrocare; cf. Gr. _; lotion, fomentation, fr. _; to foment; _; in + _; to wet.]
(Med.)
To moisten and rub (a diseased part) with a liquid substance, as with spirit, oil, etc., by means of a cloth or sponge.


word: Embrocation
definition:
Embrocation

Em`bro*ca"tion
(?)
n.
[NL. embrocatio: cf. F. embrocation.]
(Med.)
(a)
The act of moistening and rubbing a diseased part with spirit, oil, etc.
(b)
The liquid or lotion with which an affected part is rubbed.


word: Embroider
definition:
Embroider

Em*broid"er
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Embroidered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Embroidering.]
[OE. embrouden. See Broider.]
To ornament with needlework; as, to embroider a scarf.

Thou shalt embroider the coat of fine linen.
Ex. xxviii. 39.


word: Embroidery
definition:
Embroidery

Em*broid"er*y
(?)
n.
pl. Embroideries (_;).
1.
Needlework used to enrich textile fabrics, leather, etc.; also, the art of embroidering.

2.
Diversified ornaments, especially by contrasted figures and colors; variegated decoration.

Fields in spring's embroidery are dressed.
Addison.

A mere rhetorical embroidery of phrases.
J. A. Symonds.


word: Embroil
definition:
Embroil

Em*broil"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Embroiled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Embroiling.]
[F. embrouiller; pref. em- (L. in) + brouiller. See 1st Broil, and cf. Imbroglio.]
1.
To throw into confusion or commotion by contention or discord; to entangle in a broil or quarrel; to make confused; to distract; to involve in difficulties by dissension or strife.

The royal house embroiled in civil war.
Dryden.

2.
To implicate in confusion; to complicate; to jumble.

The Christian antiquities at Rome . . . are so embroiled with _;able and legend.
Addison.


word: Embroilment
definition:
Embroilment

Em*broil"ment
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. embrouillement.]
The act of embroiling, or the condition of being embroiled; entanglement in a broil.
Bp. Burnet.


word: Embronze
definition:
Embronze

Em*bronze"
(?)
v. t.
1.
To embody in bronze; to set up a bronze representation of, as of a person.
[Poetic]

2.
To color in imitation of bronze. See Bronze, v. t.


word: Embroyde
definition:
Embroyde

Embrowde

Embroude

{ Em*broud"e (?), Em*browd"e, Em*broyd"e (?) }
v. t.
To embroider; to adorn.
[Obs.]

Embrowded was he, as it were a mead
All full of fresshe flowers, white and red.
Chaucer.


word: Embrown
definition:
Embrown

Em*brown"
(?)
v. t.
[Pref. em- (L. in) + brown.]
To give a brown color to; to imbrown.

Summer suns embrown the laboring swain.
Fenton.


word: Embrute
definition:
Embrute

Em*brute"
(?)
v. t.
[Pref. em- (L. in) + brute.  Cf. Imbrute.]
To brutify; to imbrute.

All the man embruted in the swine.
Cawthorn.


word: Embryo
definition:
Embryo

Em"bry*o
(?)
n.
pl. Embryos (#).
[F. embryon, Gr. 'e`mbryon, perh. fr. _; in (akin to L. _; E. in) + _; to be full of, swell with; perh. akin to E. brew.]
(Biol.)
The first rudiments of an organism, whether animal or plant
(a)
The young of an animal in the womb, or more specifically, before its parts are developed and it becomes a fetus (see Fetus).
(b)
The germ of the plant, which is inclosed in the seed and which is developed by germination.

In embryo, in an incipient or undeveloped state; in conception, but not yet executed. “The company little suspected what a noble work I had then in embryo.”  Swift.


word: Embryogeny
definition:
Embryogeny

Em`bry*og"e*ny
(?)
n.
[Gr. 'e`mbryon  an embryo + root of _; to produce: cf. F. embryogénie.]
(Biol.)
The production and development of an embryo.


word: Embryogony
definition:
Embryogony

Em`bry*og"o*ny
(?)
n.
[Gr. 'e`mbryon an embryo + gonh` generation.]
(Biol.)
The formation of an embryo.


word: Embryography
definition:
Embryography

Em`bry*og"ra*phy
(?)
n.
[Gr. 'e`mbryon an embryo + -graphy.]
(Biol.)
The general description of embryos.


word: Embryological
definition:
Embryological

Embryologic

{ Em`bry*o*log"ic (?), Em`bry*o*log"ic*al (?), }
a.
(Biol.)
Of or pertaining to embryology.


word: Embryology
definition:
Embryology

Em`bry*ol"o*gy
(?)
n.
[Gr. 'e`mbryon an embryo + -logy: cf. F. embryologie.]
(Biol.)
The science which relates to the formation and development of the embryo in animals and plants; a study of the gradual development of the ovum until it reaches the adult stage.


word: Embryonal
definition:
Embryonal

Em"bry*o*nal
(?)
a.
(Biol.)
Pertaining to an embryo, or the initial state of any organ; embryonic.


word: Embryonated
definition:
Embryonated

Embryonate

{ Em"bry*o*nate (?), Em"bry*o*na`ted (?), }
a.
(Biol.)
In the state of, or having, an embryonal.


word: Embryonic
definition:
Embryonic

Em`bry*on"ic
(?)
a.
(Biol.)
Of or pertaining to an embryo; embryonal; rudimentary.

Embryonic sac or Embryonic vesicle (Bot.), the vesicle within which the embryo is developed in the ovule; -- sometimes called also amnios sac, and embryonal sac.


word: Embryoplastic
definition:
Embryoplastic

Em`bry*o*plas"tic
(?)
n.
[Embryo + plastic.]
(Biol.)
Relating to, or aiding in, the formation of an embryo; as, embryoplastic cells.


word: Embryotomy
definition:
Embryotomy

Em`bry*ot"o*my
(?)
n.
[Gr. 'e`mbryon an embryo + te`mnein to cut: cf. F. embryotomie.]
(Med.)
The cutting a fetus into pieces within the womb, so as to effect its removal.


word: Embryotroph
definition:
Embryotroph

Em"bry*o*troph`
(?)
n.
[Gr. 'e`mbryon an embryo + trofh` nourishment.]
(Biol.)
The material from which an embryo is formed and nourished.


word: Embush
definition:
Embush

Em*bush"
(?)
v. t.
[Cf. Ambush, Imbosk.]
To place or hide in a thicket; to ambush.
[Obs.]
Shelton.


word: Embushment
definition:
Embushment

Em*bush"ment
(?)
n.
[OE. embusshement, OF. embuschement, F. embûchement.]
An ambush.
[Obs.]


word: Emend
definition:
Emend

E*mend"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Emended; p. pr. & vb. n. Emending.]
[L. emendare; e out + menda, mendum, fault, blemish: cf. F. émender.  Cf. Amend, Mend.]
To purge of faults; to make better; to correct; esp., to make corrections in (a literary work); to alter for the better by textual criticism, generally verbal.


word: Emendable
definition:
Emendable

E*mend"a*ble
(?)
a.
[L. emendabilis.  Cf. Amendable.]
Corrigible; amendable.
[R.]
Bailey.


word: Emendation
definition:
Emendation

Em`en*da"tion
(?)
n.
[L. emendatio: cf. F. émendation.]
1.
The act of altering for the better, or correcting what is erroneous or faulty; correction; improvement.
emendation
Jer. Taylor.

2.
Alteration by editorial criticism, as of a text so as to give a better reading; removal of errors or corruptions from a document; as, the book might be improved by judicious emendations.


word: Emendatory
definition:
Emendatory

E*mend"a*to*ry
(?)
a.
[L. emendatorius.]
Pertaining to emendation; corrective.
Emendatory
Johnson.


word: Emendicate
definition:
Emendicate

E*men"di*cate
(?)
v. t.
[L. emendicatus, p. p. of emendicare to obtain by begging. See Mendicate.]
To beg.
[Obs.]
Cockeram.


word: Emerald
definition:
Emerald

Em"er*ald
(?)
n.
[OE. emeraude, OF. esmeraude, esmeralde, F. émeraude, L. smaragdus, fr. Gr. _;; cf. _;kr. marakata.]
1.
(Min.)
A precious stone of a rich green color, a variety of beryl. See Beryl.

2.
(Print.)
A kind of type, in size between minion and nonpare_;l. It is used by English printers.

 &hand_; This line is printed in the type called emerald.


word: Emerald₂
definition:
Emerald

Em"er*ald
a.
Of a rich green color, like that of the emerald.
Emerald
Byron.

Emerald fish (Zoöl.), a fish of the Gulf of Mexico (Gobionellus oceanicus), remarkable for the brilliant green and blue color of the base of the tongue; -- whence the name; -- called also esmeralda. -- Emerald green, a very durable pigment, of a vivid light green color, made from the arseniate of copper; green bice; Scheele's green; -- also used adjectively; as, emerald green crystals. -- Emerald Isle, a name given to Ireland on account of the brightness of its verdure. -- Emerald spodumene, or Lithia emerald. (Min.) See Hiddenite. -- Emerald nickel. (Min.) See Zaratite.


word: Emeraldine
definition:
Emeraldine

Em"er*ald*ine
(?; 104)
n.
A green compound used as a dyestuff, produced from aniline blue when acted upon by acid.


word: Emerge
definition:
Emerge

E*merge"
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Emerged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Emerging (?).]
[L. emergere, emersum; e out + mergere to dip, plunge. See Merge.]
To rise out of a fluid; to come forth from that in which anything has been plunged, enveloped, or concealed; to issue and appear; as, to emerge from the water or the ocean; the sun emerges from behind the moon in an eclipse; to emerge from poverty or obscurity.
emerging
Dryden.

Those who have emerged from very low, some from the lowest, classes of society.
Burke.


word: Emergence
definition:
Emergence

E*mer"gence
(?)
n.
pl. Emergences (_;).
The act of rising out of a fluid, or coming forth from envelopment or concealment, or of rising into view; sudden uprisal or appearance.

The white color of all refracted light, at its very first emergence . . . is compounded of various colors.
Sir I. Newton.

When from the deep thy bright emergence sprung.
H. Brooke.


word: Emergency
definition:
Emergency

E*mer"gen*cy
(?)
n.
pl. Emergencies (#).
[See Emergence.]
1.
Sudden or unexpected appearance; an unforeseen occurrence; a sudden occasion.

Most our rarities have been found out by casual emergency.
Glanvill.

2.
An unforeseen occurrence or combination of circumstances which calls for immediate action or remedy; pressing necessity; exigency.

To whom she might her doubts propose,
On all emergencies that rose.
Swift.

A safe counselor in most difficult emergencies.
Brougham.


word: Emergent
definition:
Emergent

E*mer"gent
(?)
a.
[L. emergens, p. pr. of emergere.]
1.
Rising or emerging out of a fluid or anything that covers or conceals; issuing; coming to light.

The mountains huge appear emergent.
Milton.

2.
Suddenly appearing; arising unexpectedly; calling for prompt action; urgent.

Protection granted in emergent danger.
Burke.

Emergent year (Chron.), the epoch or date from which any people begin to compute their time or dates; as, the emergent year of Christendom is that of the birth of Christ; the emergent year of the United States is that of the declaration of their independence.


word: Emerited
definition:
Emerited

Em"er*it*ed
(?)
a.
[See Emeritus.]
Considered as having done sufficient public service, and therefore honorably discharged.
[Obs.]
Evelyn.


word: Emeritus
definition:
Emeritus

E*mer"i*tus
(?)
a.
[L., having served out his time, p. p. of emerere, emereri, to obtain by service, serve out one's term; e out + merere, mereri, to merit, earn, serve.]
Honorably discharged from the performance of public duty on account of age, infirmity, or long and faithful services; -- said of an officer of a college or pastor of a church.


word: Emeroids
definition:
Emeroids

Emerods

{ Em"er*ods (?), Em"er*oids (?), }
n. pl.
[OF. emmeroides. See Hemorrhoids.]
Hemorrhoids; piles; tumors; boils.
[R.]
Deut. xxviii. 27.


word: Emersed
definition:
Emersed

E*mersed"
(?)
a.
[L. emersus, p. p. See Emerge.]
(Bot.)
Standing out of, or rising above, water.
Gray.


word: Emersion
definition:
Emersion

E*mer"sion
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. émersion. See Emerge.]
1.
The act of emerging, or of rising out of anything; as, emersion from the sea; emersion from obscurity or difficulties.

Their immersion into water and their emersion out of the same.
Knatchbull.

2.
(Astron.)
The reappearance of a heavenly body after an eclipse or occultation; as, the emersion of the moon from the shadow of the earth; the emersion of a star from behind the moon.


word: Emery
definition:
Emery

Em"er*y
(?)
n.
[F. émeri, earlier émeril, It. smeriglio, fr. Gr. _;, _;, _;, cf. _; to wipe; perh. akin to E. smear.  Cf. Emeril.]
(Min.)
Corundum in the form of grains or powder, used in the arts for grinding and polishing hard substances. Native emery is mixed with more or less magnetic iron. See the Note under Corundum.

Emery board, cardboard pulp mixed with emery and molded into convenient. -- Emery cloth or Emery paper, cloth or paper on which the powder of emery is spread and glued for scouring and polishing. -- Emery wheel, a wheel containing emery, or having a surface of emery.  In machine shops, it is sometimes called a buff wheel, and by the manufacturers of cutlery, a glazer.


word: Emetic
definition:
Emetic

E*met"ic
(?)
a.
[L. emeticus, Gr. _;, fr. _; to vomit, akin to L. vomere: cf. F. émétique. See Vomit.]
(Med.)
Inducing to vomit; exciting the stomach to discharge its contents by the mouth.
n. A medicine which causes vomiting.


word: Emetine
definition:
Emetine

Em"e*tine
(?; 104)
n.
[See Emetic.]
(Chem.)
A white crystalline bitter alkaloid extracted from ipecacuanha root, and regarded as its peculiar emetic principle.


word: Emeto-cathartic
definition:
Emeto-cathartic

Em`e*to-ca*thar"tic
(?)
a.
[Gr. _; vomiting + E. cathartic.]
(Med.)
Producing vomiting and purging at the same time.


word: Emforth
definition:
Emforth

Em*forth"
(?)
prep.
[AS. em-, emn-, in comp. equiv. to efen equal + forð forth.]
According to; conformably to.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.

Emforth my might, so far as lies in my power. [Obs.]


word: Emicant
definition:
Emicant

Em"i*cant
(?)
a.
[L. emicans, p. pr. of emicare. See Emication.]
Beaming forth; flashing.
[R.]

Which emicant did this and that way dart.
Blackmore.


word: Emication
definition:
Emication

Em`i*ca"tion
(?)
n.
[L. emicatio, fr. emicare to spring out or forth; e out + micare to move quickly to and fro, to sparkle.]
A flying off in small particles, as heated iron or fermenting liquors; a sparkling; scintillation.
Sir T. Browne.


word: Emiction
definition:
Emiction

E*mic"tion
(?)
n.
[L. e out + mingere, mictum, to make water.]
1.
The voiding of urine.

2.
What is voided by the urinary passages; urine.


word: Emigrant
definition:
Emigrant

Em"i*grant
(?)
a.
[L. emigrans, -antis, p. pr. of emigrare to emigrate: cf. F. émigrant. See Emigrate, v. i.]
1.
Removing from one country to another; emigrating; as, an emigrant company or nation.

2.
Pertaining to an emigrant; used for emigrants; as, an emigrant ship or hospital.


word: Emigrate
definition:
Emigrate

Em"i*grate
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Emigrated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Emigrating.]
[L. emigratus, p. p. of emigrare to remove, emigrate; e out + migrare to migrate. See Migrate.]
To remove from one country or State to another, for the purpose of residence; to migrate from home.

Forced to emigrate in a body to America.
Macaulay.

They [the Huns] were emigrating from Tartary into Europe in the time of the Goths.
J. H. Newman.


word: Emigration
definition:
Emigration

Em`i*gra"tion
(?)
n.
[L. emigratio: cf. F. émigration.]
1.
The act of emigrating; removal from one country or state to another, for the purpose of residence, as from Europe to America, or, in America, from the Atlantic States to the Western.

2.
A body emigrants; emigrants collectively; as, the German emigration.


word: emigre
definition:
emigre

É`mi`gré"
(?)
n.
[F., emigrant.]
1.
One of the natives of France who were opposed to the first Revolution, and who left their country in consequence.

2.
Hence:
Any emigrant, especially one who had fled his/her native land due to political conditions.


word: Eminence
definition:
Eminence

Em"i*nence
(?)
n.
[L. eminentia, fr. eminens eminent: cf. F. éminence.]
1.
That which is eminent or lofty; a high ground or place; a height.

Without either eminences or cavities.
Dryden.

The temple of honor ought to be seated on an eminence.
Burke.

2.
An elevated condition among men; a place or station above men in general, either in rank, office, or celebrity; social or moral loftiness; high rank; distinction; preferment.
Milton.

You 've too a woman's heart, which ever yet
Affected eminence, wealth, sovereignty.
Shak.

3.
A title of honor, especially applied to a cardinal in the Roman Catholic Church.


word: Eminency
definition:
Eminency

Em"i*nen*cy
(?)
n.
pl. Eminences (_;).
State of being eminent; eminence.
Eminency
Tillotson.


word: Eminent
definition:
Eminent

Em"i*nent
(?)
a.
[L. eminens, -entis, p. pr. of eminere to stand out, be prominent; e out + minere (in comp.) to project; of uncertain origin: cf. F. éminent.  Cf. Menace.]
1.
High; lofty; towering; prominent.
eminent
Evelyn

2.
Being, metaphorically, above others, whether by birth, high station, merit, or virtue; high in public estimation; distinguished; conspicuous; as, an eminent station; an eminent historian, statements, statesman, or saint.

Right of eminent domain. (Law) See under Domain.


word: Eminently
definition:
Eminently

Em"i*nent*ly
adv.
In an eminent manner; in a high degree; conspicuously; as, to be eminently learned.


word: Emeer₂
definition:
Emeer

Emir

{ E"mir (?), E*meer" (?) }
n.
[Ar. emīr, amīr, commander: cf. F. émir.  Cf. Admiral, Ameer.]
An Arabian military commander, independent chieftain, or ruler of a province; also, an honorary title given to the descendants of Mohammed, in the line of his daughter Fatima; among the Turks, likewise, a title of dignity, given to certain high officials.


word: Emissary
definition:
Emissary

Em"is*sa*ry
(?)
n.
pl. Emissaries (#).
[L. emissarius, fr. emittere, emissum, to send out: cf. F. émissaire. See Emit.]
An agent employed to advance, in a covert manner, the interests of his employers; one sent out by any power that is at war with another, to create dissatisfaction among the people of the latter.

Buzzing emissaries fill the ears
Of listening crowds with jealousies and fears.
Dryden.


word: Emissary₂
definition:
Emissary

Em"is*sa*ry
a.
1.
Exploring; spying.
B. Jonson.

2.
(Anat.)
Applied to the veins which pass out of the cranium through apertures in its walls.


word: Emission
definition:
Emission

E*mis"sion
(?)
n.
[L. emissio: cf. F. émission. See Emit.]
1.
The act of sending or throwing out; the act of sending forth or putting into circulation; issue; as, the emission of light from the sun; the emission of heat from a fire; the emission of bank notes.

2.
That which is sent out, issued, or put in circulation at one time; issue; as, the emission was mostly blood.

Emission theory (Physics), the theory of Newton, regarding light as consisting of emitted particles or corpuscles. See Corpuscular theory, under Corpuscular.


word: Emissitious
definition:
Emissitious

Em`is*si"tious
(?)
a.
[L. emissitius, fr. emittere.]
Looking, or narrowly examining; prying.
[Obs.]
emissitious
Bp. Hall.


word: Emissivity
definition:
Emissivity

Em`is*siv"i*ty
(?)
n.
Tendency to emission; comparative facility of emission, or rate at which emission takes place;
specif.
(Physics)
the rate of emission of heat from a bounding surface per degree of temperature difference between the surface and surrounding substances (called by Fourier external conductivity).


word: Emit
definition:
Emit

E*mit"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Emitted (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Emitting.]
[L. emittere to send out; e out + mittere to send. See Mission.]
1.
To send forth; to throw or give out; to cause to issue; to give vent to; to eject; to discharge; as, fire emits heat and smoke; boiling water emits steam; the sun emits light.

Lest, wrathful, the far-shooting god emit
His fatal arrows.
Prior.

2.
To issue forth, as an order or decree; to print and send into circulation, as notes or bills of credit.

No State shall . . . emit bills of credit.
Const. of the U. S.


word: emitting
definition:
emitting

emitting
adj.
[pr. p. of emit (definition 2)]
giving off light or heat or radiation; as, the physical temperature of the emitting material.


word: Emmanthe
definition:
Emmanthe

Emmanthe
n.
1.
a genus of plants consisting of one species, the yellow bells.

Syn. -- genus Emmanthe.


word: Emmantle
definition:
Emmantle

Em*man"tle
(?)
v. t.
[Pref. em- (L. in) + mantle: cf. F. emmanteler.  Cf. Inmantle.]
To cover over with, or as with, a mantle; to put about as a protection.
[Obs.]
Holland.


word: Emmarble
definition:
Emmarble

Em*mar"ble
(?)
v. t.
To turn to marble; to harden.
[Obs.]

Thou dost emmarble the proud heart.
Spenser.


word: Emmenagogue
definition:
Emmenagogue

Em*men"a*gogue
(?)
n.
[Gr. _;, n. pl., menses (_; in +  _; month) + _; leading, fr. _; to lead: cf. F. emménagogue.]
(Med.)
A medicine that promotes the menstrual discharge.


word: Emmenthaler
definition:
Emmenthaler

Emmenthal

Emmentaler

Emmental

Emmental, Emmentaler, Emmenthal, Emmenthaler
n.
a type of large-holed Swiss cheese.

Syn. -- Emmenthal, Emmental, Emmenthaler.


word: emmer
definition:
emmer

emmer
n.
a hard red wheat (Triticum dicoccum) grown especially in Russia and Germany; also grown in the U. S. as stock feed.

Syn. -- starch wheat, two-grain spelt, Triticum dicoccum.


word: Emmet
definition:
Emmet

Em"met
(ĕm"mĕt)
n.
[OE. emete, amete, AS. æmete. See Ant.]
(Zoöl.)
An ant.
[chiefly dialect]

Emmet hunter (Zoöl.), the wryneck{3}, a type of bird related to the woodpeckers.


word: Emmetropia
definition:
Emmetropia

Em`me*tro"pi*a
(ĕm"me̝*tr&omacr"pĭ*ȧ)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. 'e`mmetros in measure, proportioned, suitable ('en in + me`tron measure) + 'w`ps, 'wpo`s, eye.]
(Med.)
That refractive condition of the eye in which the rays of light are all brought accurately and without undue effort to a focus upon the retina; -- opposed to hypermetropia, myopia, and astigmatism.


word: Emmetropic
definition:
Emmetropic

Em`me*trop"ic
(?)
a.
Pertaining to, or characterized by, emmetropia.

The normal or emmetropic eye adjusts itself perfectly for all distances.
J. Le Conte.


word: Emmove
definition:
Emmove

Em*move"
(?)
v. t.
[For emove: cf. F. émouvoir, L. emovere. See Emotion.]
To move; to rouse; to excite.
[Obs.]


word: Emodin
definition:
Emodin

Em"o*din
(?)
n.
(Chem.)
An orange-red crystalline substance, C15H10O5, obtained from the buckthorn, rhubarb, etc., and regarded as a derivative of anthraquinone; -- so called from a species of rhubarb (Rheum emodei).


word: Emollescence
definition:
Emollescence

Em`ol*les"cence
(?)
n.
[L. e out + mollescere, incho. fr. mollere to be soft, mollis soft.]
That degree of softness in a body beginning to melt which alters its shape; the first or lowest degree of fusibility.


word: Emolliate
definition:
Emolliate

E*mol"li*ate
(?; 106)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Emolliated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Emolliating.]
[See Emollient, a.]
To soften; to render effeminate.

Emolliated by four centuries of Roman domination, the Belgic colonies had forgotten their pristine valor.
Pinkerton.


word: Emollient
definition:
Emollient

E*mol"lient
(?; 106)
a.
[L. emolliens, -entis, p. pr. of emollire to soften; e out + mollire to soften, mollis soft: cf. F. émollient. See Mollify.]
Softening; making supple; acting as an emollient.
Emollient
Arbuthnot.


word: Emollient₂
definition:
Emollient

E*mol"lient
(?; 105)
n.
(Med.)
An external something or soothing application to allay irritation, soreness, etc.


word: Emolument
definition:
Emolument

E*mol"u*ment
(?)
n.
[L. emolumentum, lit., a working out, fr. emoliri to move out, work out; e out + moliri to set in motion, exert one's self, fr. moles a huge, heavy mass: cf. F. émolument. See Mole a mound.]
The profit arising from office, employment, or labor; gain; compensation; advantage; perquisites, fees, or salary.

A long . . . enjoyment of the emoluments of office.
Bancroft.


word: Emotion
definition:
Emotion

E*mo"tion
(?)
n.
[L. emovere, emotum, to remove, shake, stir up; e out + movere to move: cf. F. émotion. See Move, and cf. Emmove.]
A moving of the mind or soul; excitement of the feelings, whether pleasing or painful; disturbance or agitation of mind caused by a specific exciting cause and manifested by some sensible effect on the body.

How different the emotions between departure and return!
W. Irving.

Some vague emotion of delight.
Tennyson.


word: Emotional
definition:
Emotional

E*mo"tion*al
(?)
a.
Pertaining to, or characterized by, emotion; excitable; easily moved; sensational; as, an emotional nature.


word: Emotionalism
definition:
Emotionalism

E*mo"tion*al*ism
(?)
n.
The cultivation of an emotional state of mind; tendency to regard things in an emotional manner.


word: Emotionalize
definition:
Emotionalize

E*mo"tion*al*ize
(?)
v. t.
To give an emotional character to.

Brought up in a pious family where religion was not talked about emotionalized, but was accepted as the rule of thought and conduct.
Froude.


word: emotionless
definition:
emotionless

e*mo"tion*less
adj.
1.
unsusceptible to, destitute of, or showing no emotion; unmoved by feeling.  Opposite of emotional; as, he kept his emotionless objectivity and faith in the cause he served.
matter-of-fact, prosaic
philosophical, philosophic
phlegmatic, phlegmatical, stolid
stoic, stoical
unblinking
Also See: cool, passionless, unmoved(predicate), unmoving.

Syn. -- unemotional, passionless.


word: Emotive
definition:
Emotive

E*mo"tive
(?)
a.
Attended by, or having the character of, emotion.
H. Brooke.
E*mo"tive*ly, adv.


word: Empaistic
definition:
Empaistic

Em*pais"tic
(?)
a.
[Gr. _; (sc. _;), fr. _;  to stamp in; _; in + _; to strike.]
(Fine Arts)
Having to do with inlaid work; -- especially used with reference to work of the ancient Greeks.


word: Empale
definition:
Empale

Em*pale"
(?)
v. t.
[Pref. em- (L. in) + pale: cf. OF. empalir.]
To make pale.
[Obs.]

No bloodless malady empales their face.
G. Fletcher.


word: Empale₂
definition:
Empale

Em*pale"
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Empaled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Empaling.]
[OF. empaler to palisade, pierce, F. empaler to punish by empalement; pref. em- (L. in) + OF. & F. pal a pale, stake. See Pale a stake, and cf. Impale.]
[Written also impale.]
1.
To fence or fortify with stakes; to surround with a line of stakes for defense; to impale.

All that dwell near enemies empale villages, to save themselves from surprise.
Sir W. Raleigh.

2.
To inclose; to surround. See Impale.

3.
To put to death by thrusting a sharpened stake through the body.

4.
(Her.)
Same as Impale.


word: Empalement
definition:
Empalement

Em*pale"ment
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. empalement, fr. empaler. See Empale.]
[Written also impalement.]
1.
A fencing, inclosing, or fortifying with stakes.

2.
A putting to death by thrusting a sharpened stake through the body.

3.
(Her.)
Same as Impalement.


word: Empanel
definition:
Empanel

Em*pan"el
(?)
n.
[Pref. em- (L. in) + panel.]
(Law)
A list of jurors; a panel.
[Obs.]
Cowell.


word: Empark
definition:
Empark

Em*park"
(?)
v. t.
[Pref. em- + park: cf. OF. emparchier, emparkier.  Cf. Impark.]
To make a park of; to inclose, as with a fence; to impark.
[Obs.]


word: Empasm
definition:
Empasm

Em*pasm"
(?)
n.
[F. empasme, fr. Gr. _; to sprinkle in or on; _; in + _; to sprinkle.]
A perfumed powder sprinkled upon the body to mask the odor of sweat.


word: Empassion
definition:
Empassion

Em*pas"sion
(?)
v. t.
To move with passion; to affect strongly. See Impassion.
[Obs.]

Those sights empassion me full near.
Spenser.


word: Empassionate
definition:
Empassionate

Em*pas"sion*ate
(?)
a.
Strongly affected.
[Obs.]

The Briton Prince was sore empassionate.
Spenser.


word: Empawn
definition:
Empawn

Em*pawn"
(?)
v. t.
[Pref. em- + pawn.  Cf. Impawn.]
To put in pawn; to pledge; to impawn.

To sell, empawn, and alienate the estates.
Milman.


word: Empearl
definition:
Empearl

Em*pearl"
(ĕm*pẽrl")
v. t.
[Pref. em- + pearl.  Cf. Impearl.]
To form like pearls; to decorate with, or as with, pearls; to impearl.


word: Empeople
definition:
Empeople

Em*peo"ple
(ĕm*pē"p'l)
v. t.
To form into a people or community; to inhabit; to people.
[Obs.]

We now know 't is very well empeopled.
Sir T. Browne.


word: Emperished
definition:
Emperished

Em*per"ished
(?)
a.
Perished; decayed.
[Obs.]

I deem thy brain emperished be.
Spenser.


word: Emperor
definition:
Emperor

Em"per*or
(?)
n.
[OF. empereor, empereour, F. empereur, L. imperator, fr. imperare to command; in in + parare to prepare, order. See Parade, and cf. Imperative, Empress.]
The sovereign or supreme monarch of an empire; -- a title of dignity superior to that of king; as, the emperor of Germany or of Austria; the emperor or Czar of Russia.

Emperor goose (Zoöl.), a large and handsome goose (Philacte canagica), found in Alaska. -- Emperor moth (Zoöl.), one of several large and beautiful bombycid moths, with transparent spots on the wings; as the American Cecropia moth (Platysamia cecropia), and the European species (Saturnia pavonia). -- Emperor paper. See under Paper. -- Purple emperor (Zoöl.), a large, strong British butterfly (Apatura iris).


word: Empery
definition:
Empery

Em"per*y
(?)
n.
[L. imperium, influenced by OF. emperie, empire. See Empire.]
Empire; sovereignty; dominion.
[Archaic]
Shak.

Struggling for my woman's empery.
Mrs. Browning.


word: Empetraceae
definition:
Empetraceae

Empetraceae
n.
a natural family of heathlike shrubs including the crowberry (Empetrum nigrum).

Syn. -- family Empetraceae, crowberry family.


word: Empetrum
definition:
Empetrum

Empetrum
prop. n.
A genus of heathlike shrubs including the crowberry (Empetrum nigrum).

Syn. -- genus Empetrum.


word: emphasis
definition:
emphasis

em"pha*sis
(ĕm"fȧ*sĭs)
n.
pl. Emphases (ĕm"fȧ*sēz).
[L., fr. Gr. 'e`mfasis significance, force of expression, fr. 'emfai`nein to show in, indicate; 'en in + fai`nein to show. See In, and Phase.]
1.
(Rhet.)
A particular stress of utterance, or force of voice, given in reading and speaking to one or more words whose signification the speaker intends to impress specially upon his audience.

The province of emphasis is so much more important than accent, that the customary seat of the latter is changed, when the claims of emphasis require it.
E. Porter.

2.
A peculiar impressiveness of expression or weight of thought; vivid representation, enforcing assent; as, to dwell on a subject with great emphasis.

External objects stand before us . . . in all the life and emphasis of extension, figure, and color.
Sir W. Hamilton.

3.
a special attention given to, or extra importance attached to, something; as, a guided tour of Egypt with emphasis on the monuments along the Nile.

4.
something to which great importance is attached; as, the need for increased spending on education was the emphasis of his speech.


word: emphasise
definition:
emphasise

em"pha*sise
v. t.
To place emphasis on; same as emphasize.

Syn. -- overemphasize, over-emphasize, overstress.


word: Emphasize
definition:
Emphasize

Em"pha*size
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Emphasized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Emphasizing (?).]
To utter or pronounce with a particular stress of voice; to make emphatic; as, to emphasize a word or a phrase.


word: emphasizing
definition:
emphasizing

emphasizing
n.
The act of giving special importance or significance to something.

Syn. -- accenting.


word: emphatical
definition:
emphatical

emphatic

{ em*phat"ic (?), em*phat"ic*al (?), }
a.
[Gr. _;: cf. F. emphatique. See Emphasis.]
1.
Uttered with emphasis; made prominent and impressive by a peculiar stress of voice; laying stress; deserving of stress or emphasis; forcible; impressive; strong; as, to remonstrate in an emphatic manner; emphatic denials; an emphatic word; an emphatic tone; emphatic reasoning.

2.
Striking the sense; attracting special attention; impressive; forcible.
Emphatical
Boyle.
Emphatical
Bp. Reynolds.
3.
Forceful and definite in expression or action; -- of statements, actions, or sections of documents; as, the document contained a particularly emphatic guarantee of religious liberty.

Syn. -- forceful.

4.
Sudden and strong; -- of statements; as, an emphatic no.

Syn. -- exclamatory.


word: emphatically
definition:
emphatically

em*phat"ic*al*ly
adv.
1.
With emphasis; forcibly; in a striking manner or degree; preëminently; as, he emphatically denied the allegations.

He was indeed emphatically a popular writer.
Macaulay.

2.
Not really, but apparently.
[Obs.]
Sir T. Browne.


word: Emphractic
definition:
Emphractic

Em*phrac"tic
(?)
a.
[Gr. _; obstructing, fr. _; to block up.]
(Med.)
Having the quality of closing the pores of the skin.


word: Emphysema
definition:
Emphysema

Em`phy*se"ma
(?)
n.
[NL., from Gr. _; inflation, fr. _; to inflate; _; in + _; to blow: cf. F. emphysème.]
(Med.)
A swelling produced by gas or air diffused in the cellular tissue.

Emphysema of the lungs, Pulmonary emphysema (Med.), a common disease of the lungs in which the air cells are distended and their partition walls ruptured by an abnormal pressure of the air contained in them.


word: Emphysematous
definition:
Emphysematous

Em`phy*sem"a*tous
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. emphysémateux.]
(Med.)
Pertaining to, or of the nature of, emphysema; swelled; bloated.


word: Emphyteusis
definition:
Emphyteusis

Em`phy*teu"sis
(?)
n.
[L., fr. Gr. _;, lit., an implanting, fr.  _; to plant or improve land; _; in + _; to plant.]
(Rom. Law)
A real right, susceptible of assignment and of descent, charged on productive real estate, the right being coupled with the enjoyment of the property on condition of taking care of the estate and paying taxes, and sometimes a small rent.
Heumann.


word: Emphyteutic
definition:
Emphyteutic

Em`phy*teu"tic
(?)
a.
[L. emphyteuticus.]
Of or pertaining to an emphyteusis; as, emphyteutic lands.


word: Emphyteuticary
definition:
Emphyteuticary

Em`phy*teu"ti*ca*ry
(?)
n.
[L. emphyteuticarius, a.]
One who holds lands by emphyteusis.


word: Empierce
definition:
Empierce

Em*pierce"
(?)
v. t.
[Pref. em- + pierce.  Cf. Impierce.]
To pierce; to impierce.
[Obs.]
Spenser.


word: Empight
definition:
Empight

Em*pight"
(?)
a.
[Pref. em- + pight pitched, fixed.]
Fixed; settled; fastened.
[Obs.]
Spenser.


word: Empire
definition:
Empire

Em"pire
(?)
n.
[F., fr. L. imperium a command, sovereignty, dominion, empire, fr. imperare. See Emperor; cf. Imperial.]
1.
Supreme power; sovereignty; sway; dominion.
empire
Shak.

Over hell extend
His empire, and with iron scepter rule.
Milton.

2.
The dominion of an emperor; the territory or countries under the jurisdiction and dominion of an emperor (rarely of a king), usually of greater extent than a kingdom, always comprising a variety in the nationality of, or the forms of administration in, constituent and subordinate portions; as, the Austrian empire.

Empire carries with it the idea of a vast and complicated government.
C. J. Smith.

3.
Any dominion; supreme control; governing influence; rule; sway; as, the empire of mind or of reason.
empire
M. Arnold.

Another force which, in the Middle Ages, shared with chivalry the empire over the minds of men.
A. W. Ward.

Celestial empire. See under Celestial. -- Empire City, a common designation of the city of New York. -- Empire State, a common designation of the State of New York.


word: Empiric
definition:
Empiric

Em*pir"ic
(?; 277)
n.
[L. empiricus an empiric, Gr. _; experienced, equiv. to _;; _; in + _; a trial, experiment; akin to _; ford, way, and E. fare: cf. F. empirique. See In, and Fare.]
1.
One who follows an empirical method; one who relies upon practical experience.

2.
One who confines himself to applying the results of mere experience or his own observation; especially, in medicine, one who deviates from the rules of science and regular practice; an ignorant and unlicensed pretender; a quack; a charlatan.

Among the Greek physicians, those who founded their practice on experience called themselves empirics.
Krauth-Fleming.

Swallow down opinions as silly people do empirics' pills.
Locke.


word: Empirical
definition:
Empirical

Empiric

{ Em*pir"ic (?), Em*pir"ic*al (?), }
a.
1.
Pertaining to, or founded upon, experiment or experience; depending upon the observation of phenomena; versed in experiments.

In philosophical language, the term empirical means simply what belongs to or is the product of experience or observation.
Sir W. Hamilton.

The village carpenter . . . lays out his work by empirical rules learnt in his apprenticeship.
H. Spencer.

2.
Depending upon experience or observation alone, without due regard to science and theory; -- said especially of medical practice, remedies, etc.; wanting in science and deep insight; as, empiric skill, remedies.

Empirical formula. (Chem.) See under Formula.


word: Empirically
definition:
Empirically

Em*pir"ic*al*ly
adv.
By experiment or experience; without science; in the manner of quacks.


word: Empiricism
definition:
Empiricism

Em*pir"i*cism
(?)
n.
1.
The method or practice of an empiric; pursuit of knowledge by observation and experiment.

2.
Specifically, a practice of medicine founded on mere experience, without the aid of science or a knowledge of principles; ignorant and unscientific practice; charlatanry; quackery.

3.
(Metaph.)
The philosophical theory which attributes the origin of all our knowledge to experience.


word: Empiristic
definition:
Empiristic

Em`pi*ris"tic
(?)
a.
(Physics)
Relating to, or resulting from, experience, or experiment; following from empirical methods or data; -- opposed to nativistic.


word: Emplace
definition:
Emplace

Em*place"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Emplaced (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Emplacing (?).]
[Cf. F. emplacer. See En-; Place, v. & n.]
To put into place or position; to fix on an emplacement.


word: Emplacement
definition:
Emplacement

Em*place"ment
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. emplacement.]
A putting in, or assigning to, a definite place; localization; as, the emplacement of a structure.


word: Emplaster
definition:
Emplaster

Em*plas"ter
(?)
n.
[OF. emplastre, F. emplâtre, L. emplastrum a plaster or salve, fr. Gr. _;, fr. _; to plaster up, daub over; _; in + _; to form, mold, apply as a plaster.]
See Plaster.
[Obs.]
Wiseman.


word: Emplaster₂
definition:
Emplaster

Em*plas"ter
v. t.
[Cf. OF. emplastrer, F. emplâtrer. See Emplaster, n.]
To plaster over; to cover over so as to present a good appearance.
[Obs.]
emplaster
Chaucer.


word: Emplastic
definition:
Emplastic

Em*plas"tic
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. emplastique, fr. Gr. _; clogging. See Emplaster.]
Fit to be applied as a plaster; glutinous; adhesive; as, emplastic applications.


word: Emplastration
definition:
Emplastration

Em`plas*tra"tion
(?)
n.
[L. emplastratio a budding.]
1.
The act or process of grafting by inoculation; budding.
[Obs.]
Holland.

2.
[See 1st Emplaster.]
(Med.)
The application of a plaster or salve.


word: Emplead
definition:
Emplead

Em*plead"
(?)
v. t.
[Pref. em- (L. in) + plead: cf. F. emplaidier.  Cf. Implead.]
To accuse; to indict. See Implead.


word: Emplecton
definition:
Emplecton

Em*plec"ton
(?)
n.
[F. or L. emplecton, fr. Gr. _;, fr. _; interwoven, fr. _; to plait or weave in; _; in + _; to twist, weave.]
A kind of masonry in which the outer faces of the wall are ashlar, the space between being filled with broken stone and mortar. Cross layers of stone are interlaid as binders.
[R.]
Weale.


word: Employ
definition:
Employ

Em*ploy"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Employed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Employing.]
[F. employer, fr. L. implicare to fold into, infold, involve, implicate, engage; in +  plicare to fold. See Ply, and cf. Imply, Implicate.]
1.
To inclose; to infold.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.

2.
To use; to have in service; to cause to be engaged in doing something; -- often followed by in, about, on, or upon, and sometimes by to; as: (a) To make use of, as an instrument, a means, a material, etc., for a specific purpose; to apply; as, to employ the pen in writing, bricks in building, words and phrases in speaking; to employ the mind; to employ one's energies.

This is a day in which the thoughts . . . ought to be employed on serious subjects.
Addison.
Jonathan . . . and Jahaziah . . . were employed about this matter.
Ezra x. 15.

Thy vineyard must employ the sturdy steer
To turn the glebe.
Dryden.

To employ one's self, to apply or devote one's time and attention; to busy one's self.


word: Employ₂
definition:
Employ

Em*ploy"
n.
[Cf. F. emploi.]
That which engages or occupies a person; fixed or regular service or business; employment.

The whole employ of body and of mind.
Pope.

In one's employ, in one's service.


word: Employable
definition:
Employable

Em*ploy"a*ble
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. employable.]
Capable of being employed; capable of being used; fit or proper for use.
Boyle.


word: Employe
definition:
Employe

Em`ploy`é"
(?)
n.
[F., p. p. of employer.]
One employed by another; a clerk or workman in the service of an employer.


word: Employment
definition:
Employment

Em*ploy"ment
(?)
n.
1.
The act of employing or using; also, the state of being employed.

2.
That which engages or occupies; that which consumes time or attention; office or post of business; service; as, agricultural employments; mechanical employments; public employments; in the employment of government.

Cares are employments, and without employ
The soul is on a rack.
Young.


word: Empoison
definition:
Empoison

Em*poi"son
(?)
v. t.
[F.  empoisonner; pref. em- + F. poison. See Poison, and cf. Impoison.]
To poison; to impoison.
Shak.


word: Emporetical
definition:
Emporetical

Emporetic

{ Em`po*ret"ic (?), Em`po*ret"ic*al (?), }
a.
[L. emporeticus, Gr. _;. See Emporium.]
Pertaining to an emporium; relating to merchandise.
[Obs.]
Johnson.


word: Emporium
definition:
Emporium

Em*po"ri*um
(?)
n.
pl. Emporiums (#), L. Emporia (#).
[L., fr. Gr. _;, fr. _; belonging to commerce, fr. _; traveler, trader; _; in + _; way through and over, path. See In, and Empiric, Fare.]
1.
A place of trade; a market place; a mart; esp., a city or town with extensive commerce; the commercial center of a country.

That wonderful emporium [Manchester] . . . was then a mean and ill-built market town.
Macaulay.

It is pride . . . which fills our streets, our emporiums, our theathers.
Knox.

2.
(Physiol.)
The brain.
[Obs.]


word: Empower
definition:
Empower

Em*pow"er
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Empowered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Empowering.]
1.
To give authority to; to delegate power to; to commission; to authorize (having commonly a legal force); as, the Supreme Court is empowered to try and decide cases, civil or criminal; the attorney is empowered to sign an acquittance, and discharge the debtor.

2.
To give moral or physical power, faculties, or abilities to.
empowered
Keble.

3.
to enable or permit; to give more opportunity for independent action.


word: empowered
definition:
empowered

empowered
adj.
1.
invested with legal power or official authority especially as symbolized by having a scepter.

Syn. -- sceptered, sceptred.

2.
enabled or permitted; as, the women's liberation movement empowered wives to take more control of their own lives.


word: Empress
definition:
Empress

Em"press
(?)
n.
[OE. empress, emperice, OF. empereis, empereris, fr. L. imperatrix, fem. of imperator. See Emperor.]
1.
The consort of an emperor.
Shak.

2.
A female sovereign.

3.
A sovereign mistress.
Empress
Shak.

Empress cloth, a cloth for ladies' dresses, either wholly of wool, or with cotton warp and wool weft. It resembles merino, but is not twilled.


word: Empressement
definition:
Empressement

Em`presse`ment"
(?)
n.
[F., fr s'empresser to hasten.]
Demonstrative warmth or cordiality of manner; display of enthusiasm.
He grasped my hand with a nervous empressement.
Poe.


word: Emprise
definition:
Emprise

Em*prise"
(?)
n.
[OF. emprise, fr. emprendre to undertake; pref. em- (L. in) + F. prendre to take, L. prehendere, prendere; prae before + a verb akin to E. get. See Get, and cf. Enterprise, Impresa.]
[Archaic]
1.
An enterprise; endeavor; adventure.
Chaucer.

In brave pursuit of chivalrous emprise.
Spenser.

The deeds of love and high emprise.
Longfellow.

2.
The qualifies which prompt one to undertake difficult and dangerous exploits.

I love thy courage yet and bolt emprise;
But here thy sword can do thee little stead.
Milton.


word: Emprising
definition:
Emprising

Em*pris"ing
(?)
a.
[From Emprise, v. t.]
Full of daring; adventurous.
[Archaic]
T. Campbell.


word: Emprosthotonos
definition:
Emprosthotonos

Em`pros*thot"o*nos
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. _; forward + _; to draw.]
(Med.)
A drawing of the body forward, in consequence of the spasmodic action of some of the muscles.
Gross.


word: Emptiness
definition:
Emptiness

Emp"ti*ness
n.
[From Empty.]
1.
The state of being empty; absence of contents; void space; vacuum; as, the emptiness of a vessel; emptiness of the stomach.

2.
Want of solidity or substance; unsatisfactoriness; inability to satisfy desire; vacuity; hollowness; as, the emptiness of earthly glory.

3.
Want of knowledge; lack of sense; vacuity of mind.

Eternal smiles his emptiness betray.
Pope.

The sins of emptiness, gossip, and spite.
Tennyson.


word: Empty
definition:
Empty

Emp"ty
(?; 215)
a.
[Compar. Emptier (?); superl. Emptiest.]
[AS. emtig, æmtig, æmetig, fr. æmta, æmetta, quiet, leisure, rest; of uncertain origin; cf. G. emsig busy.]
1.
Containing nothing; not holding or having anything within; void of contents or appropriate contents; not filled; -- said of an inclosure, or a container, as a box, room, house, etc.; as, an empty chest, room, purse, or pitcher; an empty stomach; empty shackles.

2.
Free; clear; devoid; -- often with of.
empty
Milton.

I shall find you empty of that fault.
Shak.

3.
Having nothing to carry; unburdened.
empty
Shak.

When ye go ye shall not go empty.
Ex. iii. 21.

4.
Destitute of effect, sincerity, or sense; -- said of language; as, empty words, or threats.

Words are but empty thanks.
Cibber.

5.
Unable to satisfy; unsatisfactory; hollow; vain; -- said of pleasure, the world, etc.

Pleas'd in the silent shade with empty praise.
Pope.

6.
Producing nothing; unfruitful; -- said of a plant or tree; as, an empty vine.

Seven empty ears blasted with the east wind.
Gen. xli. 27.

7.
Destitute of, or lacking, sense, knowledge, or courtesy; as, empty brains; an empty coxcomb.

That in civility thou seem'st so empty.
Shak.

8.
Destitute of reality, or real existence; unsubstantial; as, empty dreams.

&hand_; Empty is used as the first element in a compound; as, empty-handed, having nothing in the hands, destitute; empty-headed, having few ideas; empty-hearted, destitute of feeling.


word: Empty₂
definition:
Empty

Emp"ty
(?)
n.
pl. Empties (_;).
An empty box, crate, cask, etc.; -- used in commerce, esp. in transportation of freight; as, “special rates for empties.”


word: Empty₃
definition:
Empty

Emp"ty
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Emptied (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Emptying.]
To deprive of the contents; to exhaust; to make void or destitute; to make vacant; to pour out; to discharge; as, to empty a vessel; to empty a well or a cistern.

The clouds . . . empty themselves upon the earth.
Eccl. xi. 3.


word: Empty₄
definition:
Empty

Emp"ty
v. i.
1.
To discharge itself; as, a river empties into the ocean.

2.
To become empty.
empties
B. Jonson.


word: empty-handed
definition:
empty-handed

empty-handed
adj.
having acquired or gained nothing; as, the returned from the negotiations empty-handed.

Syn. -- unrewarded.

2.
carrying nothing in the hands.


word: empty-headed
definition:
empty-headed

empty-headed
adj.
lacking seriousness; given to frivolity.

Syn. -- airheaded, dizzy, featherbrained, giddy, lightheaded, light-headed, silly.


word: Emptying
definition:
Emptying

Emp"ty*ing
n.
1.
The act of making empty.
Shak.

2.
pl.
The lees of beer, cider, etc.; yeast.
[U.S.]


word: Empurple
definition:
Empurple

Em*pur"ple
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Empurpled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Empurpling (?).]
[Pref. em- + purple.  Cf. Impurple.]
To tinge or dye of a purple color; to color with purple; to impurple.
empurpled
Philips.


word: Empyema
definition:
Empyema

Em`py*e"ma
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. _;, from _; to suppurate; _; in + _;  pus.]
(Med.)
A collection of blood, pus, or other fluid, in some cavity of the body, especially that of the pleura.
Dunglison.

&hand_; The term empyema is now restricted to a collection of pus in the cavity of the pleura.


word: Empyreal
definition:
Empyreal

Em*pyr"e*al
(?)
a.
[L. empyrius, empyreus, fiery, Gr. _;, _;, in fire, fiery; _; in + _; fire. See In, and Fire.]
Formed of pure fire or light; refined beyond aërial substance; pertaining to the highest and purest region of heaven.

Go, soar with Plato to the empyreal sphere.
Pope.

Empyreal air, oxygen gas.


word: Empyrean
definition:
Empyrean

Em`py*re"an
(?; 277)
n.
[See Empyreal.]
The highest heaven, where the pure element of fire was supposed by the ancients to subsist.

The empyrean rung
With hallelujahs.
Milton.


word: Empyreuma
definition:
Empyreuma

Em`py*reu"ma
(?)
n.
[NL., from Gr. _; a live coal covered with ashes, fr. _; to set on fire, fr. _;: cf. F. empyreume. See Empyreal.]
(Chem.)
The peculiar smell and taste arising from products of decomposition of animal or vegetable substances when burnt in close vessels.


word: Empyreumatical
definition:
Empyreumatical

Empyreumatic

{ Em`py*reu*mat"ic (?), Em`py*reu*mat"ic*al (?), }
a.
[Cf. F. empyreumatique.]
Of or pertaining to empyreuma; as, an empyreumatic odor.

Empyreumatic oils, oils obtained by distilling various organic substances at high temperatures. Brande & C.


word: Empyrical
definition:
Empyrical

Em*pyr"ic*al
(?)
a.
[Gr. _; in fire. See Empyreal.]
Containing the combustible principle of coal.
Kirwan.


word: Empyrosis
definition:
Empyrosis

Em"py*ro"sis
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. _;; _; in + _; to burn.]
A general fire; a conflagration.
[Obs.]
Sir M. Hale.


word: Emu
definition:
Emu

E"mu
(?)
n.
[Cf. Pg. ema ostrich, F. émou, émeu, emu.]
(Zoöl.)
A large Australian bird, of two species (Dromaius Novæ-Hollandiæ and D. irroratus), related to the cassowary and the ostrich. The emu runs swiftly, but is unable to fly.
[Written also emeu and emew.]

&hand_; The name is sometimes erroneously applied, by the Brazilians, to the rhea, or South American ostrich.

Emu wren. See in the Vocabulary.


word: Emulable
definition:
Emulable

Em"u*la*ble
(?)
a.
[L. aemulari to emulate + -able.]
Capable of being emulated.
[R.]

Some imitable and emulable good.
Abp. Leighton.


word: Emulate
definition:
Emulate

Em"u*late
(?)
a.
[L. aemulatus, p. p. of aemulari, fr. aemulus emulous; prob. akin to E. imitate.]
Striving to excel; ambitious; emulous.
[Obs.]
emulate
Shak.


word: Emulate₂
definition:
Emulate

Em"u*late
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Emulated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Emulating (?).]
To strive to equal or to excel in qualities or actions; to imitate, with a view to equal or to outdo, to vie with; to rival; as, to emulate the good and the great.

Thine eye would emulate the diamond.
Shak.


word: Emulation
definition:
Emulation

Em`u*la"tion
(?)
n.
[L. aemulatio: cf. F. émulation.]
1.
The endeavor to equal or to excel another in qualities or actions; an assiduous striving to equal or excel another; rivalry.

A noble emulation heats your breast.
Dryden.

2.
Jealous rivalry; envy; envious contention.

Such factious emulations shall arise.
Shak.
3.
imitation (of an admired model) for the purpose of improving one's own qualities.

[Chivalry was] an ideal which, if never met with in real life, was acknowledged by all as the highest model for emulation.
Thomas Bulfinch (Mythology)

4.
(Computers)
the imitation of the actions of a computer system or component, especially a processor, by means of a computer program, with the goal of predicting the behavior and performance characteristics of that system without actually manufacturing it.

1996 marked the year that emulation became a mainstream design verification tool.
Computer Design (editorial, 1998)


word: Emulative
definition:
Emulative

Em"u*la*tive
(?)
a.
Inclined to emulation; aspiring to competition; rivaling; as, an emulative person or effort.
Emulative
Hoole.


word: Emulator
definition:
Emulator

Em"u*la`tor
(?)
n.
[L. aemulator.]
One who emulates, or strives to equal or surpass.

As Virgil rivaled Homer, Milton was the emulator of both.
Bp. Warburton.


word: Emulatory
definition:
Emulatory

Em"u*la*to*ry
(?)
a.
Pertaining to emulation; connected with rivalry.
[R.]
Emulatory
Bp. Hall.


word: Emulge
definition:
Emulge

E*mulge"
(?)
v. t.
[L. emulgere, emulsum; e out + mulgere to milk; akin to E. milk. See Milk.]
To milk out; to drain.
[Obs.]
Bailey.


word: Emulgent
definition:
Emulgent

E*mul"gent
(?)
a.
[L. emulgens, p. pr. of emulgere to milk out: cf. F. émulgent. So called because regarded by the ancients as straining out the serum, as if by milking, and so producing the urine.]
(Anat.)
Pertaining to the kidneys; renal; as, emulgent arteries and veins.
n. An emulgent vessel, as a renal artery or vein.


word: Emulous
definition:
Emulous

Em"u*lous
(?)
a.
[L. aemulus. See Emulate.]
1.
Ambitiously desirous to equal or even to excel another; eager to emulate or vie with another; desirous of like excellence with another; -- with of; as, emulous of another's example or virtues.

2.
Vying with; rivaling; hence, contentious, envious.
Emulous
B. Jonson.

Emulous missions 'mongst the gods.
Shak.


word: Emulsify
definition:
Emulsify

E*mul"si*fy
(?)
v. t.
[Emulsion + -fy.]
To convert into an emulsion; to form an emulsion; to reduce from an oily substance to a milky fluid in which the fat globules are in a very finely divided state, giving it the semblance of solution; as, the pancreatic juice emulsifies the oily part of food.


word: Emulsin
definition:
Emulsin

E*mul"sin
(?)
n.
[See Emulsion, Emulge.]
(Chem.)
(a)
The white milky pulp or extract of bitter almonds.
[R.]
(b)
An unorganized ferment (contained in this extract and in other vegetable juices), which effects the decomposition of certain glucosides.


word: Emulsion
definition:
Emulsion

E*mul"sion
(?)
n.
[From L. emulgere, emulsum: cf. F. émulsion. See Emulge.]
Any liquid preparation of a color and consistency resembling milk; as: (a) In pharmacy, an extract of seeds, or a mixture of oil and water united by a mucilaginous substance. (b) In photography, a liquid preparation of collodion holding salt of silver, used in the photographic process.


word: Emulsive
definition:
Emulsive

E*mul"sive
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. émulsif.]
1.
Softening; milklike.

2.
Yielding oil by expression; as, emulsive seeds.

3.
Producing or yielding a milklike substance; as, emulsive acids.


word: Emunctory
definition:
Emunctory

E*munc"to*ry
(?)
n.
pl. Emunctories (#).
[L. emunctorium a pair of snuffers, fr. emungere, emunctum, to blow the nose, hence, to wipe, cleanse; e out + mungere to blow the nose: cf. F. émonctoire, formerly spelled also émonctoire.]
(Physiol.)
Any organ or part of the body (as the kidneys, skin, etc.,) which serves to carry off excrementitious or waste matter.


word: Emuscation
definition:
Emuscation

Em`us*ca"tion
(?)
n.
[L. emuscare to clear from moss; e out + muscus moss.]
A freeing from moss.
[Obs.]


word: Emu wren
definition:
Emu wren

E"mu wren`
(?)
(Zoöl.)
A small wrenlike Australian bird (Stipiturus malachurus), having the tail feathers long and loosely barbed, like emu feathers.


word: Emyd
definition:
Emyd

E"myd
(?)
n.
pl. E. Emyds (#), E. Emyd_;_; (#).
[See Emydea.]
(Zoöl.)
A fresh-water tortoise of the family Emydidæ.


word: Emydea
definition:
Emydea

E*myd"e*a
(?)
n. pl.
[NL., fr. Emys a genus of tortoises, L. emys a kind of fresh-water tortoise, Gr. _;.]
(Zoöl.)
A group of chelonians which comprises many species of fresh-water tortoises and terrapins.


word: En-
definition:
En-

En-
(?)
1.
[F. en-, L. in.]
A prefix signifying in or into, used in many English words, chiefly those borrowed from the French. Some English words are written indifferently with en-or in-. For ease of pronunciation it is commonly changed to em-before p, b, and m, as in employ, embody, emmew. It is sometimes used to give a causal force, as in enable, enfeeble, to cause to be, or to make, able, or feeble; and sometimes merely gives an intensive force, as in enchasten. See In-.

2.
A prefix from Gr. _; in, meaning in; as, encephalon, entomology. See In-.


word: -en
definition:
-en

-en
1.
A suffix from AS. -an, formerly used to form the plural of many nouns, as in ashen, eyen, oxen, all obs. except oxen. In some cases, such as children and brethren, it has been added to older plural forms.

2.
A suffix corresponding to AS. -en and -on, formerly used to form the plural of verbs, as in housen, escapen.

3.
A suffix signifying to make, to cause, used to form verbs from nouns and adjectives; as in strengthen, quicken, frighten. This must not be confused with -en corresponding in Old English to the AS. infinitive ending -an.

4.
[AS. -en; akin to Goth. -eins, L. -inus, Gr. _;.]
An adjectival suffix, meaning made of; as in golden, leaden, wooden.

5.
[AS. -en; akin to Skr. -na.]
The termination of the past participle of many strong verbs; as, in broken, gotten, trodden.


word: En
definition:
En

En
(?)
n.
(Print.)
Half an em, that is, half of the unit of space in measuring printed matter. See Em.


word: Enable
definition:
Enable

En*a"ble
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Enabled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Enabling (?).]
1.
To give strength or ability to; to make firm and strong.
[Obs.]
enabled
1 Tim. i. 12.

Receive the Holy Ghost, said Christ to his apostles, when he enabled them with priestly power.
Jer. Taylor.

2.
To make able (to do, or to be, something); to confer sufficient power upon; to furnish with means, opportunities, and the like; to render competent for; to empower; to endow.

Temperance gives Nature her full play, and enables her to exert herself in all her force and vigor.
Addison.


word: Enablement
definition:
Enablement

En*a"ble*ment
(?)
n.
The act of enabling, or the state of being enabled; ability.
Bacon.


word: Enact
definition:
Enact

En*act"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Enacted; p. pr. & vb. n. Enacting.]
1.
To decree; to establish by legal and authoritative act; to make into a law; especially, to perform the legislative act with reference to (a bill) which gives it the validity of law.

2.
To act; to perform; to do; to effect.
[Obs.]

The king enacts more wonders than a man.
Shak.

3.
To act the part of; to represent; to play.

I did enact Julius Caesar.
Shak.

Enacting clause, that clause of a bill which formally expresses the legislative sanction.


word: Enactment
definition:
Enactment

En*act"ment
(?)
n.
1.
The passing of a bill into a law; the giving of legislative sanction and executive approval to a bill whereby it is established as a law.

2.
That which is enacted or passed into a law; a law; a decree; a statute; a prescribed requirement; as, a prohibitory enactment; a social enactment.


word: Enactor
definition:
Enactor

En*act"or
(?)
n.
One who enacts a law; one who decrees or establishes as a law.
Atterbury.


word: Enaliosauria
definition:
Enaliosauria

En*al`i*o*sau"ri*a
(?)
n. pl.
[NL., from Gr.  _; marine (_; in + _; the sea) + _; a lizard.]
(Paleon.)
An extinct group of marine reptiles, embracing both the Ichthyosauria and the Plesiosauria, now regarded as distinct orders.


word: Enaliosaurian
definition:
Enaliosaurian

En*al`i*o*sau"ri*an
(?)
a.
(Paleon.)
Pertaining to the Enaliosauria.
n. One of the Enaliosauria.


word: Enallage
definition:
Enallage

E*nal"la*ge
(?)
n.
[L., fr. Gr. _; an exchange, fr. _; to exchange; _; in + _; to change.]
(Gram.)
A substitution, as of one part of speech for another, of one gender, number, case, person, tense, mode, or voice, of the same word, for another.


word: Enamel
definition:
Enamel

En*am"el
(?)
n.
[Pref. en- + amel. See Amel, Smelt, v. t.]
1.
A variety of glass, used in ornament, to cover a surface, as of metal or pottery, and admitting of after decoration in color, or used itself for inlaying or application in varied colors.

2.
(Min.)
A glassy, opaque bead obtained by the blowpipe.

3.
That which is enameled; also, any smooth, glossy surface, resembling enamel, especially if variegated.

4.
(Anat.)
The intensely hard calcified tissue entering into the composition of teeth. It merely covers the exposed parts of the teeth of man, but in many animals is intermixed in various ways with the dentine and cement.

5.
Any one of various preparations for giving a smooth, glossy surface like that of enamel.

6.
A cosmetic intended to give the appearance of a smooth and beautiful complexion.

Enamel painting, painting with enamel colors upon a ground of metal, porcelain, or the like, the colors being afterwards fixed by fire. -- Enamel paper, paper glazed a metallic coating.


word: Enamel₂
definition:
Enamel

En*am"el
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Enameled (?) or Enamelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Enameling or Enamelling.]
1.
To lay enamel upon; to decorate with enamel whether inlaid or painted.

2.
To variegate with colors as if with enamel.

Oft he [the serpent]bowed
His turret crest and sleek enameled neck.
Milton.

3.
To form a glossy surface like enamel upon; as, to enamel card paper; to enamel leather or cloth.

4.
To disguise with cosmetics, as a woman's complexion.


word: Enameled
definition:
Enameled

En*am"eled
(?)
a.
Coated or adorned with enamel; having a glossy or variegated surface; glazed.
[Written also enamelled.]


word: Enamelist
definition:
Enamelist

Enameler

{ En*am"el*er (?), En*am"el*ist, }
n.
One who enamels; a workman or artist who applies enamels in ornamental work.
[Written also enameller, enamellist.]


word: Enamor
definition:
Enamor

En*am"or
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Enamored (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Enamoring.]
[OF. enamourer, enamorer; pref. en- (L. in) + OF. & F. amour love, L. amor. See Amour, and cf. Inamorato.]
To inflame with love; to charm; to captivate; -- with of, or with, before the person or thing; as, to be enamored with a lady; to be enamored of books or science.
[Written also enamour.]

Passionately enamored of this shadow of a dream.
W. Irving.


word: Enantiomer
definition:
Enantiomer

E*nan"ti*o*mer
(?)
n.
[Gr. 'enanti`os opposite + -mer.]
(Chem.)
either of a pair of optical isomers of a chemical substance whose molecules are mirror images of each other, i. e., are related to each other as a right-handed to a left-handed glove; -- meaningful only for structures which have internal asymmetry.

E*nan`ti*o*mer"ic, a.


word: Enantiomorphous
definition:
Enantiomorphous

E*nan`ti*o*mor"phous
(?)
a.
[Gr. 'enanti`os opposite + morfh` form.]
(Crystallog.)
Similar, but not superposable, i. e., related to each other as a right-handed to a left-handed glove; -- said of certain hemihedral crystals.


word: Enantiopathy
definition:
Enantiopathy

E*nan`ti*op"a*thy
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; of contrary properties or affections; 'enanti`os opposite + _; suffering, affection, fr. _;, _;, to suffer.]
1.
An opposite passion or affection.
Sir W. Hamilton.

2.
(Med.)
Allopathy; -- a term used by followers of Hahnemann, or homeopathists.


word: Enantiosis
definition:
Enantiosis

E*nan`ti*o"sis
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. _; contradiction, fr. 'enanti`os opposite.]
(Rhet.)
A figure of speech by which what is to be understood affirmatively is stated negatively, and the contrary; affirmation by contraries.


word: Enargite
definition:
Enargite

En*ar"gite
(?)
n.
(Min.)
An iron-black mineral of metallic luster, occurring in small orthorhombic crystals, also massive. It contains sulphur, arsenic, copper, and often silver.


word: Enarration
definition:
Enarration

En`ar*ra"tion
(?)
n.
[L. enarratio. See Narration.]
A detailed exposition; relation.
[Obs.]
Hakewill.


word: Enarthrodia
definition:
Enarthrodia

En`ar*thro"di*a
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr.  _; in + _;. See Arthrodia.]
(Anat.)
See Enarthrosis.
En`ar*thro"di*al, a.


word: Enarthrosis
definition:
Enarthrosis

En`ar*thro"sis
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. _;, fr. _; jointed; _; in + _; joint.]
(Anat.)
A ball and socket joint, or the kind of articulation represented by such a joint. See Articulation.


word: Enascent
definition:
Enascent

E*nas"cent
(?)
a.
[L. enascens, p. pr. of enasci to spring up; e out + nasci to be born.]
Coming into being; nascent.
[Obs.]
Bp. Warburton.


word: Enatation
definition:
Enatation

E`na*ta"tion
(?)
n.
[L. enatare to swim out. See Natation.]
A swimming out.
[Obs.]
Bailey.


word: Enation
definition:
Enation

E*na"tion
(?)
n.
(Bot.)
Any unusual outgrowth from the surface of a thing, as of a petal; also, the capacity or act of producing such an outgrowth.


word: Enavigate
definition:
Enavigate

E*nav"i*gate
(?)
v. t.
[L. enavigatus, p. p. of enavigare.]
To sail away or over.
[Obs.]
Cockeram.


word: En bloc
definition:
En bloc

En` bloc"
(?)
[F. Cf. Block, n. ]
In a lump; as a whole; all together.
en bloc
Nature.
En bloc they are known as “the herd”.
W. A. Fraser.


word: Encage
definition:
Encage

En*cage"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Encaged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Engaging.]
[Pref. en- + cage: cf. F. encager.]
To confine in a cage; to coop up.
Shak.


word: Encamp
definition:
Encamp

En*camp"
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Encamped (?; 215); p. pr. & vb. n. Encamping.]
To form and occupy a camp; to prepare and settle in temporary habitations, as tents or huts; to halt on a march, pitch tents, or form huts, and remain for the night or for a longer time, as an army or a company traveling.

The host of the Philistines encamped in the valley of Rephaim.
1 Chron. xi. 15.


word: Encamp₂
definition:
Encamp

En*camp"
v. t.
To form into a camp; to place in a temporary habitation, or quarters.

Bid him encamp his soldiers.
Shak.


word: Encampment
definition:
Encampment

En*camp"ment
(?)
n.
1.
The act of pitching tents or forming huts, as by an army or traveling company, for temporary lodging or rest.

2.
The place where an army or a company is encamped; a camp; tents pitched or huts erected for temporary lodgings.

A square of about seven hundred yards was sufficient for the encampment of twenty thousand Romans.
Gibbon.

A green encampment yonder meets the eye.
Guardian.


word: Encapsulation
definition:
Encapsulation

En*cap`su*la"tion
(?)
n.
(Physiol.)
The act of inclosing in a capsule; the growth of a membrane around (any part) so as to inclose it in a capsule.


word: Encarpus
definition:
Encarpus

En*car"pus
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. _; containing fruit; _; in + _;  fruit; cf. L. encarpa, pl., Gr. _;.]
(Arch.)
An ornament on a frieze or capital, consisting of festoons of fruit, flowers, leaves, etc.
[Written also encarpa.]


word: Encase
definition:
Encase

En*case"
(?)
v. t.
[Cf. Enchase.]
To inclose in or as if in a case. See Incase.
Beau. & Fl.


word: encased
definition:
encased

encased
adj.
covered or protected with or as if with a case; as, products encased in leatherette.

Syn. -- cased, incased.


word: Encasement
definition:
Encasement

En*case"ment
(?)
n.
[Cf. Casement.]
1.
The act of encasing; also, that which encases.

2.
(Biol.)
An old theory of generation similar to emboîtement. See Ovulist.


word: Encauma
definition:
Encauma

En*cau"ma
(?)
n.
[NL., from Gr. _; mark caused by burning, fr. _;. See Encaustic.]
(Med.)
An ulcer in the eye, upon the cornea, which causes the loss of the humors.
Dunglison.


word: Encaustic
definition:
Encaustic

En*caus"tic
(?)
a.
[L. encausticus, Gr. _;, fr. _;  to burn in; _; in + _; to burn: cf. F. encaustique. See Caustic, and cf. Ink.]
(Fine Arts)
Prepared by means of heat; burned in.

Encaustic painting (Fine Arts), painting by means of wax with which the colors are combined, and which is afterwards fused with hot irons, thus fixing the colors. -- Encaustic tile (Fine Arts), an earthenware tile which has a decorative pattern and is not wholly of one color.


word: Encaustic₂
definition:
Encaustic

En*caus"tic
n.
[L. encaustica, Gr. _; (sc. _;): cf. F. encaustique. See Encaustic, a.]
The method of painting in heated wax, or in any way where heat is used to fix the colors.


word: Encave
definition:
Encave

En*cave"
(?)
v. t.
[Pref. en- + cave: cf. F. encaver.  Cf. Incavated.]
To hide in, or as in, a cave or recess.
encave
Shak.


word: -ence
definition:
-ence

-ence
(?)
[F. -ence, L. -entia.]
A noun suffix signifying action, state, or quality; also, that which relates to the action or state; as in emergence, diffidence, diligence, influence, difference, excellence. See -ance.


word: Enceinte
definition:
Enceinte

En`ceinte"
(?)
n.
[F., fr. enceindre to gird about, surround, L. incingere; in (intens). + cingere to gird. See Cincture.]
1.
(Fort.)
The line of works which forms the main inclosure of a fortress or place; -- called also body of the place.

2.
The area or town inclosed by a line of fortification.

The suburbs are not unfrequently larger than their enceinte.
S. W. Williams.


word: Enceinte₂
definition:
Enceinte

En`ceinte"
a.
[F., fr. L. in not + cinctus, p. p. of cingere to gird about.]
Pregnant; with child.


word: Encenia
definition:
Encenia

En*ce"ni*a
(?)
n. pl.
[LL. encaenia, fr. Gr. _; a feast of dedication; _; in + _; new.]
A festival commemorative of the founding of a city or the consecration of a church; also, the ceremonies (as at Oxford and Cambridge, England) commemorative of founders or benefactors.


word: Encense
definition:
Encense

En*cense"
(?)
v. t. &  i.
[F. encenser, fr. encens. See Incense, n.]
To offer incense to or upon; to burn incense.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.


word: encephalartos
definition:
encephalartos

encephalartos
n.
any of numerous cycads of the genus Encephalartos having stout cylindrical trunks and a terminal crown of long, often spiny pinnate leaves.


word: Encephalitis
definition:
Encephalitis

En*ceph`a*li"tis
(?)
n.
[NL., from Gr. 'egke`falos the brain + -itis.]
(Med.)
Inflammation of the brain.
En`ceph*a*lit"ic (#), a.


word: Encephalocele
definition:
Encephalocele

En*ceph"a*lo*cele
(?)
n.
[Gr. 'egke`falos the brain + kh`lh tumor.]
(Med.)
Hernia of the brain.


word: Encephaloid
definition:
Encephaloid

En*ceph"a*loid
(?)
a.
[Gr. 'egke`falos + -oid.]
Resembling the material of the brain; cerebriform.

Encephaloid cancer (Med.), a very malignant form of cancer of brainlike consistency. See under Cancer.


word: Encephalology
definition:
Encephalology

En*ceph`a*lol"o*gy
(?)
n.
[Gr. 'egke`falos the brain + -logy.]
The science which treats of the brain, its structure and functions.


word: encephalon
definition:
encephalon

en*ceph"a*lon
(?)
n.
pl. encephala (?).
[NL. See Encephalos.]
(Anat.)
The contents of the cranium; the brain.


word: Encephalopathy
definition:
Encephalopathy

En*ceph`a*lop"a*thy
(?)
n.
[Gr. 'egke`falos the brain + pa`schein, paqei^n, to suffer.]
(Med.)
Any disease or symptoms of disease referable to disorders of the brain; as, lead encephalopathy, the cerebral symptoms attending chronic lead poisoning.


word: Encephalos
definition:
Encephalos

En*ceph"a*los
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. 'egke`falos; 'en in + kefalh` head.]
(Anat.)
The encephalon.

In man the encephalos reaches its full size about seven years of age.
Sir W. Hamilton.


word: Encephalotomy
definition:
Encephalotomy

En*ceph`a*lot"o*my
(?)
n.
[Gr. 'egke`falos the brain + _; a cutting.]
(Surg.)
The act or art of dissecting the brain.


word: Encephalous
definition:
Encephalous

En*ceph"a*lous
(?)
a.
(Zoöl.)
Having a head; -- said of most Mollusca; -- opposed to acephalous.


word: Enchafing
definition:
Enchafing

En*chaf"ing
n.
Heating; burning.
[Obs.]

The wicked enchaufing or ardure of this sin [lust].
Chaucer.


word: Enchain
definition:
Enchain

En*chain"
(?)
v. t.
[F. enchaîner; pref. en- (L. in) chaîne chain. See Chain, and cf. Incatenation.]
1.
To bind with a chain; to hold in chains.

2.
To hold fast; to confine; as, to enchain attention.

3.
To link together; to connect.
Howell.


word: Enchainment
definition:
Enchainment

En*chain"ment
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. enchaînement.]
The act of enchaining, or state of being enchained.


word: Enchant
definition:
Enchant

En*chant"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Enchanted; p. pr. & vb. n. Enchanting.]
[F. enchanter, L. incantare to chant or utter a magic formula over or against one, to bewitch; in in, against + cantare to sing. See Chant, and cf. Incantation.]
1.
To charm by sorcery; to act on by enchantment; to get control of by magical words and rites.

And now about the caldron sing,
Like elves and fairies in a ring,
Enchanting all that you put in.
Shak.

He is enchanted, cannot speak.
Tennyson.

2.
To delight in a high degree; to charm; to enrapture; as, music enchants the ear.

Arcadia was the charmed circle where all his spirits forever should be enchanted.
Sir P. Sidney.


word: Enchanted
definition:
Enchanted

En*chant"ed
(?)
a.
Under the power of enchantment; possessed or exercised by enchanters; as, an enchanted castle.


word: Enchanter
definition:
Enchanter

En*chant"er
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. enchanteur.]
One who enchants; a sorcerer or magician; also, one who delights as by an enchantment.

Like ghosts from an enchanter fleeing.
Shelley.

Enchanter's nightshade (Bot.), a genus (Circæa) of low inconspicuous, perennial plants, found in damp, shady places.


word: Enchanting
definition:
Enchanting

En*chant"ing
a.
Having a power of enchantment; charming; fascinating.
En*chant"ing*ly, adv.


word: Enchantment
definition:
Enchantment

En*chant"ment
(?)
n.
[F. enchantement.]
1.
The act of enchanting; the production of certain wonderful effects by the aid of demons, or the agency of supposed spirits; the use of magic arts, spells, or charms; incantation.

After the last enchantment you did here.
Shak.

2.
The effect produced by the act; the state of being enchanted; as, to break an enchantment.

3.
That which captivates the heart and senses; an influence or power which fascinates or highly delights.

Such an enchantment as there is in words.
South.


word: Enchantress
definition:
Enchantress

En*chant"ress
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. enchanteresse.]
A woman versed in magical arts; a sorceress; also, a woman who fascinates.
Shak.


word: Encharge
definition:
Encharge

En*charge"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Encharged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Encharging (?).]
[OF. enchargier, F. encharger; pref. en- (L. in) + F. charger. See Charge.]
To charge (with); to impose (a charge) upon.

His countenance would express the spirit and the passion of the part he was encharged with.
Jeffrey.


word: Enchase
definition:
Enchase

En*chase"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Enchased (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Enchasing.]
[F. enchâsser; pref. en- (L. in) + châsse box containing relics, frame, case, the same word as caisse case. See 1st Case, and cf. Chase, Encase, Incase.]
1.
To incase or inclose in a border or rim; to surround with an ornamental casing, as a gem with gold; to encircle; to inclose; to adorn.

Enchased with a wanton ivy twine.
Spenser.

An precious stones, in studs of gold enchased,
The shaggy velvet of his buskins graced.
Mickle.

2.
To chase; to ornament by embossing or engraving; as, to enchase a watch case.

With golden letters . . . well enchased.
Spenser.

3.
To delineate or describe, as by writing.
[Obs.]

All which . . . for to enchase,
Him needeth sure a golden pen, I ween.
Spenser.


word: Encheason
definition:
Encheason

Encheson

{ En*che"son, En*chea"son (?) }
n.
[OF. enchaison, fr. L. incidere to happen; in + cadere to fall.]
Occasion, cause, or reason.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.


word: Enchiridion
definition:
Enchiridion

En`chi*rid"i*on
(?)
n.
[L., from Gr. _;; _; in + _; hand.]
Handbook; a manual of devotions.
Evelyn.


word: Enchodus
definition:
Enchodus

En"cho*dus
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. _; a spear + 'odoy`s, 'odo`ntos, a tooth.]
(Paleon.)
A genus of extinct Cretaceous fishes; -- so named from their spear-shaped teeth. They were allied to the pike (Esox).


word: Enchondroma
definition:
Enchondroma

En`chon*dro"ma
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. _; in + _; cartilage + -oma.]
(Med.)
A cartilaginous tumor growing from the interior of a bone.
Quain.


word: Enchoric
definition:
Enchoric

Enchorial

{ En*cho"ri*al (?), En*chor"ic (?), }
a.
[Gr. _; domestic, native; _; in + _; place, country.]
Belonging to, or used in, a country; native; domestic; popular; common; -- said especially of the written characters employed by the common people of ancient Egypt, in distinction from the hieroglyphics. See Demotic.


word: Enchylemma
definition:
Enchylemma

En`chy*lem"ma
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. _; to pour in + _; anything received.]
(Biol.)
The basal substance of the cell nucleus; a hyaline or granular substance, more or less fluid during life, in which the other parts of the nucleus are imbedded.


word: Enchyma
definition:
Enchyma

En"chy*ma
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. 'e`gchyma an infusion; 'en in + chei^n to pour.]
(Biol.)
The primitive formative juice, from which the tissues, particularly the cellular tissue, are formed.


word: Encincture
definition:
Encincture

En*cinc"ture
(?)
n.
A cincture.
[Poetic]

The vast encincture of that gloomy sea.
Wordsworth.


word: Encircle
definition:
Encircle

En*cir"cle
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Encircled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Encircling (?).]
[Pref. en- + circle: cf. OF. encercler.]
To form a circle about; to inclose within a circle or ring; to surround; as, to encircle one in the arms; the army encircled the city.

Her brows encircled with his serpent rod.
Parnell.


word: encircling
definition:
encircling

encircling
adj.
surrounding.
[prenominal]

Syn. -- circumferential, skirting(prenominal).


word: Enclave
definition:
Enclave

En*clave"
(?)
n.
[F., fr. L. in + clavus a nail.]
A tract of land or a territory inclosed within another territory of which it is independent. See Exclave.
[Recent]


word: Enclitical
definition:
Enclitical

Enclitic

{ En*clit"ic (ĕn*klĭt"ĭk), En*clit"ic*al (ĕn*klĭt"ĭ*kal), }
a.
[L. encliticus, Gr. 'egkli`tikos, fr. 'egkli`nein to incline; 'en in + kli`nein to bend. See In, and Lean, v. i.]
(Gram.)
Affixed; subjoined; -- said of a word or particle which leans back upon the preceding word so as to become a part of it, and to lose its own independent accent, generally varying also the accent of the preceding word.


word: Enclitic
definition:
Enclitic

En*clit"ic
n.
(Gram.)
A word which is joined to another so closely as to lose its proper accent, as the pronoun thee in prithee (pray thee).


word: Enclose
definition:
Enclose

En*close"
(?)
v. t.
[F. enclos, p. p. of enclore to enclose; pref. en- (L. in) + clore to close. See Close, and cf. Inclose, Include.]
To inclose. See Inclose.


word: enclosed
definition:
enclosed

enclosed
adj.
surrounded or closed in, usually on all sides.  Opposite of unenclosed.
basined
capsulate, capsulated
closed, closed in(predicate)
coarctate
confined, fenced in, penned
embedded, fixed
embedded, surrounded
encircled
enveloped
fogbound
self-enclosed
surrounded, encircled


word: enclosing
definition:
enclosing

enclosing
n.
the act of surrounding something with something else, so that it is inside the surrounding object.

Syn. -- inclosing, enclosure, envelopment, enveloping, inclosure.


word: Enclosure
definition:
Enclosure

En*clo"sure
(?; 135)
n.
Inclosure. See Inclosure.

&hand_; The words enclose and enclosure are written indiscriminately enclose or inclose and enclosure or inclosure.


word: encode
definition:
encode

en*code"
(ĕn*k&omacrd")
v. t.
To convert (a text, data) into a series of secret symbols by means of a code{5}; to encrypt.

Syn. -- encrypt, code, encipher, cipher, cypher, inscribe, write in code.


word: Encomiast
definition:
Encomiast

En*co"mi*ast
(?)
n.
[Gr. _;, fr. _; to praise, fr. _; encomium: cf. F. encomiaste. See Encomium.]
One who praises; a panegyrist.
Locke.


word: Encomiastical
definition:
Encomiastical

Encomiastic

{ En*co`mi*as"tic (?), En*co`mi*as"tic*al (?), }
a.
[Gr. _;.]
Bestowing praise; praising; eulogistic; laudatory; as, an encomiastic address or discourse.
En*co`mi*as"tic*al*ly, adv.


word: Encomium
definition:
Encomium

En*co"mi*um
(?)
n.
pl. Encomiums (#).
[NL., fr. Gr. _; (a song) chanted in a Bacchic festival in praise of the god; _; in + _; a jovial festivity, revel. See Comedy.]
Warm or high praise; panegyric; strong commendation.

His encomiums awakened all my ardor.
W. Irving.


word: Encompass
definition:
Encompass

En*com"pass
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Encompassed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Encompassing.]
To circumscribe or go round so as to surround closely; to encircle; to inclose; to environ; as, a ring encompasses the finger; an army encompasses a city; a voyage encompassing the world.
Shak.

A question may be encompassed with difficulty.
C. J. Smith.

The love of all thy sons encompass thee.
Tennyson.


word: encompassing
definition:
encompassing

encompassing
adj.
closely enveloping or surrounding on all sides.

Syn. -- ambient, enveloping, surrounding(prenominal).


word: Encompassment
definition:
Encompassment

En*com"pass*ment
(?)
n.
The act of surrounding, or the state of being surrounded; circumvention.

By this encompassment and drift of question.
Shak.


word: Encore
definition:
Encore

En`core"
(?)
adv. or interj.
[F. The last part of the word is fr. L. hora hour. See Hour.]
Once more; again; -- used by the auditors and spectators of plays, concerts, and other entertainments, to call for a repetition of a particular part.


word: Encore₂
definition:
Encore

En`core"
n.
A call or demand (as, by continued applause) for a repetition; as, the encores were numerous.


word: Encore₃
definition:
Encore

En`core"
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Encored (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Encoring.]
To call for a repetition or reappearance of; as, to encore a song or a singer.

[Rebecca] insisted upon encoring one of the duets.
Thackeray.


word: Encoubert
definition:
Encoubert

En`cou`bert"
(?)
n.
[F., Pg. encorberto, encuberto, lit., covered.]
(Zoöl.)
One of several species of armadillos of the genera Dasypus and Euphractus, having five toes both on the fore and hind feet.


word: Encounter
definition:
Encounter

En*coun"ter
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Encountered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Encountering.]
[OF. encontrer; pref. en- (L. in) + contre against, L. contra. See Counter, adv.]
To come against face to face; to meet; to confront, either by chance, suddenly, or deliberately; especially, to meet in opposition or with hostile intent; to engage in conflict with; to oppose; to struggle with; as, to encounter a friend in traveling; two armies encounter each other; to encounter obstacles or difficulties, to encounter strong evidence of a truth.

Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoics, encountered him.
Acts xvii. 18.

I am most fortunate thus accidentally to encounter you.
Shak.


word: Encounter₂
definition:
Encounter

En*coun"ter
v. i.
To meet face to face; to have a meeting; to meet, esp. as enemies; to engage in combat; to fight; as, three armies encountered at Waterloo.

I will encounter with Andronicus.
Shak.

Perception and judgment, employed in the investigation of all truth, have in the first place to encounter with particulars.
Tatham.


word: Encounter₃
definition:
Encounter

En*coun"ter
n.
[OF. encontre, fr. encontrer. See Encounter, v. t.]
1.
A meeting face to face; a running against; a sudden or incidental meeting; an interview.

To shun the encounter of the vulgar crowd.
Pope.

2.
A meeting, with hostile purpose; hence, a combat; a battle; as, a bloody encounter.

As one for . . . fierce encounters fit
Spenser.

To join their dark encounter in mid-air
Milton


word: Encourage
definition:
Encourage

En*cour"age
(?; 48)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Encouraged (?; 48); p. pr. & vb. n. Encouraging (?).]
[F. encourager; pref. en- (L. in) + courage courage. See Courage.]
To give courage to; to inspire with courage, spirit, or hope; to raise, or to increase, the confidence of; to animate; enhearten; to incite; to help forward; -- the opposite of discourage.

David encouraged himself in the Lord.
1 Sam. xxx. 6.


word: encouraged
definition:
encouraged

encouraged
adj.
made to feel more courage, hope, or optimism.

Syn. -- bucked up(predicate).


word: Encouragement
definition:
Encouragement

En*cour"age*ment
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. encouragement.]
1.
The act of encouraging; incitement to action or to practice; as, the encouragement of youth in generosity.

All generous encouragement of arts.
Otway.

2.
That which serves to incite, support, promote, or advance, as favor, countenance, reward, etc.; incentive; increase of confidence; as, the fine arts find little encouragement among a rude people.

To think of his paternal care,
Is a most sweet encouragement to prayer.
Byron.


word: Encourager
definition:
Encourager

En*cour"a*ger
(?)
n.
One who encourages, incites, or helps forward; a favorer.

The pope is . . . a great encourager of arts.
Addison.


word: Encouraging
definition:
Encouraging

En*cour"a*ging
(?)
a.
Furnishing ground to hope; inspiriting; favoring.
En*cour"a*ging*ly, adv.


word: Encratite
definition:
Encratite

En"cra*tite
(?)
n.
[L. Encratitae, pl., fr. Gr. _; self-disciplined; _; in + _; strength.]
(Eccl. Hist.)
One of a sect in the 2d century who abstained from marriage, wine, and animal food; -- called also Continent.


word: Encrinital
definition:
Encrinital

Encrinal

Encrinic

{ En*crin"ic (?), En*cri"nal (?), En*crin"i*tal (?), }
a.
(Paleon.)
Relating to encrinites; containing encrinites, as certain kinds of limestone.


word: Encrinite
definition:
Encrinite

En"cri*nite
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; in + _; a lily: cf. F. encrinite.]
(Paleon.)
A fossil crinoid, esp. one belonging to, or resembling, the genus Encrinus. Sometimes used in a general sense for any crinoid.


word: Encrinitical
definition:
Encrinitical

Encrinitic

{ En`cri*nit"ic (?), En`cri*nit"ic*al (?), }
a.
(Paleon.)
Pertaining to encrinites; encrinal.


word: Encrinoidea
definition:
Encrinoidea

En`cri*noid"e*a
(?)
n. pl.
[NL. See Encrinus and -oid.]
(Zoöl.)
That order of the Crinoidea which includes most of the living and many fossil forms, having jointed arms around the margin of the oral disk; -- also called Brachiata and Articulata. See Illusts. under Comatula and Crinoidea.


word: Encrinus
definition:
Encrinus

En"cri*nus
(?)
n.
pl. Encrini (#).
[NL. See Encrinite.]
(Paleon.)
A genus of fossil encrinoidea, from the Mesozoic rocks.


word: Encroach
definition:
Encroach

En*croach"
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Encroached (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Encroaching.]
[OF. encrochier to perch, prop., to hook, fasten a hook (perh. confused with acrochier, F. accrocher, to hook, get hold of, E. accroach); pref. en- (L. in) + F. croc hook. See Crook, and cf. Accroach.]
To enter by gradual steps or by stealth into the possessions or rights of another; to trespass; to intrude; to trench; -- commonly with on or upon; as, to encroach on a neighbor; to encroach on the highway.

No sense, faculty, or member must encroach upon or interfere with the duty and office of another.
South.

Superstition, . . . a creeping and encroaching evil.
Hooker.

Exclude the encroaching cattle from thy ground.
Dryden.


word: Encroacher
definition:
Encroacher

En*croach"er
(?)
n.
One who by gradual steps enters on, and takes possession of, what is not his own.


word: Encroachment
definition:
Encroachment

En*croach"ment
(?)
n.
1.
The act of entering gradually or silently upon the rights or possessions of another; unlawful intrusion.

An unconstitutional encroachment of military power on the civil establishment.
Bancroft.

2.
That which is taken by encroaching on another.

3.
(Law)
An unlawful diminution of the possessions of another.


word: encrustment
definition:
encrustment

en*crust"ment
(?)
n.
That which is formed as a crust; incrustment; incrustation.

Disengaging truth from its encrustment of error.
I. Taylor.


word: encrypt
definition:
encrypt

encrypt
v. t.
To convert ordinary language or other data into code; to hide the meaning of a message by converting it into a form that cannot be interpreted without knowing the secret method for interpretation, called the key; to encode.

Syn. -- encode, code, encipher, cipher, cypher, inscribe, write in code.


word: encrypted
definition:
encrypted

encrypted
a.
converted into a coded form that cannot be interpreted without knowing the secret method for interpretation, called the key; -- of messages or other forms of information.

Syn. -- encoded, coded, enciphered, ciphered, cyphered, written in code.


word: encryption
definition:
encryption

encryption
n.
the process of converting messages in ordinary language, or other information into a secret coded form that cannot be interpreted without knowing the secret method for interpretation, called the key.
Encryption is used commonly to allow messages to be transmitted between parties at a distance without permitting others to read and understand the message. It is also used to make data more secure from possible discovery and uninterpretable by unauthorized people accessing the data.  In order to read an encrypted message, a party normally requires knowledge of both the method of encryption and the secret key, which may be a single word or more complex sequence of characters.  Until recently, transmission of such secret messages required that the key be transmitted secretly by some seecure and reliable method to the party receiving the message.  More recently, a mathematical method was discovered to allow a party to publish an encoding key (the public key) which allows anyone to encode a message, but the message thus encoded can only be decoded by the person possessing a corresponding key, called the private key.  This two-key system is called the public-key encryption method.

Syn. -- encoding, coding, enciphering, ciphering, cyphering, writing in code.


word: Encumber
definition:
Encumber

En*cum"ber
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Encumbered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Encumbering.]
[F. encombrer; pref. en- (L. in) + OF. combrer to hinder. See Cumber, and cf. Incumber.]
[Written also incumber.]
1.
To impede the motion or action of, as with a burden; to retard with something superfluous; to weigh down; to obstruct or embarrass; as, his movements were encumbered by his mantle; his mind is encumbered with useless learning.

Not encumbered with any notable inconvenience.
Hooker.

2.
To load with debts, or other legal claims; as, to encumber an estate with mortgages.


word: Encumbrance
definition:
Encumbrance

En*cum"brance
(?)
n.
[Cf. OF. encombrance.  Cf. Incumbrance.]
1.
That which encumbers; a burden which impedes action, or renders it difficult and laborious; a clog; an impediment. See Incumbrance.

2.
(Law)
Same as Incumbrance.


word: -ency
definition:
-ency

-en*cy
(?)
[L. -entia.]
A noun suffix having much the same meaning as -ence, but more commonly signifying the quality or state; as, emergency, efficiency. See -ancy.


word: Encyclical
definition:
Encyclical

Encyclic

{ En*cyc"lic (?), En*cyc"li*cal (?), }
a.
[L. encyclios of a circle, general, Gr. _;; _; in + _; circle: cf. F. encyclique. See Cycle.]
Sent to many persons or places; intended for many, or for a whole order of men; general; circular; as, an encyclical letter of a council, of a bishop, or the pope.


word: Encyclical₂
definition:
Encyclical

Encyclic

{ En*cyc"lic, En*cyc"li*cal, }
n.
An encyclical letter, esp. one from a pope.
Shipley.


word: Encyclopaedia
definition:
Encyclopaedia

Encyclopedia

{ En*cy`clo*pe"di*a, En*cy`clo*pæ"di*a  }
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. _;, for _; _;, instruction in the circle of arts and sciences: cf. F. encyclopédie. See Cyclopedia, and Encyclical.]
[Formerly written encyclopædy and encyclopedy.]
The full circle of arts and sciences; a comprehensive summary of knowledge, or of a branch of knowledge; esp., a work in which the various branches of science or art are discussed separately, and usually in alphabetical order; a cyclopedia.


word: Encyclopedian
definition:
Encyclopedian

En*cy`clo*pe"di*an
(?)
a.
Embracing the whole circle of learning, or a wide range of subjects.


word: Encyclopedical
definition:
Encyclopedical

Encyclopedic

{ En*cy`clo*ped"ic (?), En*cy`clo*ped"ic*al (?), }
a.
[Cf. F. encyclopédique.]
Pertaining to, or of the nature of, an encyclopedia; broad in scope or content; embracing a wide range of subjects; as, a person having encyclopedic knowledge of a subject.
[Also spelled encyclopaedic.]


word: Encyclopedism
definition:
Encyclopedism

En*cy`clo*pe"dism
(?)
n.
The art of writing or compiling encyclopedias; also, possession of the whole range of knowledge; encyclopedic learning.


word: Encyclopedist
definition:
Encyclopedist

En*cy`clo*pe"dist
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. encyclopédiste.]
The compiler of an encyclopedia, or one who assists in such compilation; also, one whose knowledge embraces the whole range of the sciences.

The Encyclopedists, the writers of the great French encyclopedia which appeared in 1751-1772. The editors were Diderot and D'Alembert. Among the contributors were Voltaire and Rousseau.


word: Encysted
definition:
Encysted

En*cyst"ed
(?)
a.
Inclosed in a cyst, or a sac, bladder, or vesicle; as, an encysted tumor.

The encysted venom, or poison bag, beneath the adder's fang.
Coleridge.


word: Encystment
definition:
Encystment

En*cyst"ment
(?)
n.
1.
(Biol.)
A process which, among some of the lower forms of life, precedes reproduction by budding, fission, spore formation, etc.

&hand_; The animal (a) first contracts its body to a globular mass (b) and then secretes a transparent cyst (c), after which the mass divides into two or more parts (as in d e), each of which attains freedom by the bursting of the cyst, and becomes an individual animal.

2.
(Zoöl.)
A process by which many internal parasites, esp. in their larval states, become inclosed within a cyst in the muscles, liver, etc. See Trichina.


word: End
definition:
End

End
(ĕnd)
n.
[OE. &  AS. ende; akin to OS. endi, D. einde, eind, OHG. enti, G. ende, Icel. endir, endi, Sw. ände, Dan. ende, Goth. andeis, Skr. anta. √208.  Cf. Ante-, Anti-, Answer.]
1.
The extreme or last point or part of any material thing considered lengthwise (the extremity of breadth being side); hence, extremity, in general; the concluding part; termination; close; limit; as, the end of a field, line, pole, road; the end of a year, of a discourse; put an end to pain; -- opposed to beginning, when used of anything having a first part.

Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof.
Eccl. vii. 8.

2.
Point beyond which no procession can be made; conclusion; issue; result, whether successful or otherwise; conclusive event; consequence.

My guilt be on my head, and there an end.
Shak.

O that a man might know
The end of this day's business ere it come!
Shak.

3.
Termination of being; death; destruction; extermination; also, cause of death or destruction.

Unblamed through life, lamented in thy end.
Pope.

Confound your hidden falsehood, and award
Either of you to be the other's end.
Shak.

I shall see an end of him.
Shak.

4.
The object aimed at in any effort considered as the close and effect of exertion; ppurpose; intention; aim; as, to labor for private or public ends.

Losing her, the end of living lose.
Dryden.

When every man is his own end, all things will come to a bad end.
Coleridge.

5.
That which is left; a remnant; a fragment; a scrap; as, odds and ends.

I clothe my naked villainy
With old odd ends stolen out of holy writ,
And seem a saint, when most I play the devil.
Shak.

6.
(Carpet Manuf.)
One of the yarns of the worsted warp in a Brussels carpet.

An end. (a) On end; upright; erect; endways. Spenser (b) To the end; continuously. [Obs.] Richardson. -- End bulb (Anat.), one of the bulblike bodies in which some sensory nerve fibers end in certain parts of the skin and mucous membranes; -- also called end corpuscles. -- End fly, a bobfly. -- End for end, one end for the other; in reversed order. -- End man, the last man in a row; one of the two men at the extremities of a line of minstrels. -- End on (Naut.), bow foremost. -- End organ (Anat.), the structure in which a nerve fiber ends, either peripherally or centrally. -- End plate (Anat.), one of the flat expansions in which motor nerve fibers terminate on muscular fibers. -- End play (Mach.), movement endwise, or room for such movement. -- End stone (Horol.), one of the two plates of a jewel in a timepiece; the part that limits the pivot's end play. -- Ends of the earth, the remotest regions of the earth. -- In the end, finally. Shak. -- On end, upright; erect. -- To the end, in order. Bacon. -- To make both ends meet, to live within one's income. Fuller. -- To put an end to, to destroy.


word: End₂
definition:
End

End
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Ended; p. pr. & vb. n. Ending.]
1.
To bring to an end or conclusion; to finish; to close; to terminate; as, to end a speech.
end
Shak.

On the seventh day God ended his work.
Gen. ii. 2.

2.
To form or be at the end of; as, the letter k ends the word back.

3.
To destroy; to put to death.
ended
Shak.

To end up, to lift or tilt, so as to set on end; as, to end up a hogshead.


word: End₃
definition:
End

End
v. i.
To come to the ultimate point; to be finished; to come to a close; to cease; to terminate; as, a voyage ends; life ends; winter ends.


word: End-all
definition:
End-all

End"-all`
(?)
n.
1.
Complete termination.
[R.]

That but this blow
Might be the be-all and the end-all here.
Shak.

2.
the primary or only purpose or goal; as, winning office is the be-all and end-all of a politician's life.


word: Endamage
definition:
Endamage

En*dam"age
(?; 48)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Endamaged (?; 48); p. pr. & vb. n. Endamaging (?).]
[Pref. en- + damage: cf. F. endommager.]
To bring loss or damage to; to harm; to injure.
[R.]

The trial hath endamaged thee no way.
Milton.


word: Endanger
definition:
Endanger

En*dan"ger
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Endangered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Endangering.]
1.
To put to hazard; to bring into danger or peril; to expose to loss or injury; as, to endanger life or peace.

All the other difficulties of his reign only exercised without endangering him.
Burke.

2.
To incur the hazard of; to risk.
[Obs.]

He that turneth the humors back . . . endangereth malign ulcers.
Bacon.


word: endangered
definition:
endangered

en*dan"gered
(?)
a.
1.
Being in a condition or situation where life or serious harm is possible; in danger; at risk.

2.
Small in numbers, with significant possibility of extinction; -- of species.


word: endangered species
definition:
endangered species

en*dan"gered spe"cies
(?)
n. sing. & pl.
A species of plant or animal that has declined in numbers to a point where further irreversible decline and extinction{3} has a significant chance.  Lists of endangered species are maintained by government agencies, and in many cases the killing of such species or destruction of their habitat is prohibited by law.
In the U. S. in recent years, development of certain tracts of land has been prohibited due to the likelihood that it will cause a reduction in the numbers of an endangered species.  In some cases environmental organizations have initiated litigation to cause the courts to rule that a certain development plan is illegal due to a threat to an endangered species.  Laws protecting endangered species have become in some cases a contentious political issue.


word: Endaspidean
definition:
Endaspidean

En`das*pid"e*an
(?)
a.
[Endo- + Gr. _;, _;, a shield.]
(Zoöl.)
Having the anterior scutes extending around the tarsus on the inner side; -- said of certain birds.


word: Endear
definition:
Endear

En*dear"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Endeared (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Endearing.]
1.
To make dear or beloved.
endeared
Shak.

2.
To raise the price or cost of; to make costly or expensive.
[R.]
King James I. (1618).


word: Endearment
definition:
Endearment

En*dear"ment
(?)
n.
The act of endearing or the state of being endeared; also, that which manifests, excites, or increases, affection.
endearments
Jer. Taylor.

Her first endearments twining round the soul.
Thomson.


word: Endeavor
definition:
Endeavor

En*deav"or
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Endeavored (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Endeavoring.]
[OE. endevor; pref. en- + dever, devoir, duty, F. devoir: cf. F. se mettre en devoir de faire quelque chose to try to do a thing, to go about it. See Devoir, Debt.]
[Written also endeavour.]
To exert physical or intellectual strength for the attainment of; to use efforts to effect; to strive to achieve or reach; to try; to attempt.

It is our duty to endeavor the recovery of these beneficial subjects.
Ld. Chatham.

To endeavor one's self, to exert one's self strenuously to the fulfillment of a duty. [Obs.] “A just man that endeavoreth himself to leave all wickedness.”  Latimer.


word: Endeavor₂
definition:
Endeavor

En*deav"or
v. i.
To exert one's self; to work for a certain end.

And such were praised who but endeavored well.
Pope.

Usually with an infinitive; as, to endeavor to outstrip an antagonist.
[1913 Webster]
He had . . . endeavored earnestly to do his duty. Prescott.


word: Endeavor₃
definition:
Endeavor

En*deav"or
n.
[Written also endeavour.]
An exertion of physical or intellectual strength toward the attainment of an object; a systematic or continuous attempt; an effort; a trial.

To employ all my endeavor to obey you.
Sir P. Sidney.

To do one's endeavor, to do one's duty; to put forth strenuous efforts to attain an object; -- a phrase derived from the Middle English phrase “to do one's dever” (duty). “Mr. Prynne proceeded to show he had done endeavor to prepare his answer.”  Fuller.


word: Endecagon
definition:
Endecagon

En*dec"a*gon
(?)
n.
[See Hendecagon.]
(Geom.)
A plane figure of eleven sides and angles.


word: Endecagynous
definition:
Endecagynous

En`de*cag"y*nous
(?)
a.
[Gr. _; eleven + _; female.]
(Bot.)
Having eleven pistils; as, an endecagynous flower.


word: Endecane
definition:
Endecane

En"de*cane
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; eleven.]
(Chem.)
One of the higher hydrocarbons of the paraffin series, C11H24, found as a constituent of petroleum.
[Written also hendecane.]


word: Endecaphyllous
definition:
Endecaphyllous

En`de*caph"yl*lous
(?)
a.
[Gr. _; eleven + _; leaf.]
(Bot.)
Composed of eleven leaflets; -- said of a leaf.


word: Endeictic
definition:
Endeictic

En*deic"tic
(?)
a.
[Gr. _;, fr. _; to point out, show; _; in + _; to show.]
Serving to show or exhibit; as, an endeictic dialogue, in the Platonic philosophy, is one which exhibits a specimen of skill.
Enfield.


word: Endemical
definition:
Endemical

Endemic

{ En*de"mic (?), En*de"mic*al (?), }
a.
[Gr. _;, _;; _; + _; the people: cf. F. endémique.]
(Med.)
1.
Peculiar to a district or particular locality, or class of persons; as, an endemic disease.

&hand_; An endemic disease is one which is constantly present to a greater or less degree in any place, as distinguished from an epidemic disease, which prevails widely at some one time, or periodically, and from a sporadic disease, of which a few instances occur now and then.

2.
Belonging or native to a particular people or country; native as distinguished from introduced or naturalized; hence, regularly or ordinarily occurring in a given region; local; as, a plant endemic in Australia; -- often distinguished from exotic.
The traditions of folklore . . . form a kind of endemic symbolism.
F. W. H. Myers.


word: Endemic
definition:
Endemic

En*dem"ic
n.
(Med.)
An endemic disease.

Fear, which is an endemic latent in every human heart, sometimes rises into an epidemic.
J. B. Heard.


word: Endenizen
definition:
Endenizen

En*den"i*zen
(?)
v. t.
[Pref. en- + denizen.  Cf. Indenizen.]
To admit to the privileges of a denizen; to naturalize.
[Obs.]
B. Jonson.


word: Endermic
definition:
Endermic

En*der"mic
(?)
a.
[Gr. _; in + _; skin.]
(Med.)
Acting through the skin, or by direct application to the skin.

Endermic method, that in which the medicine enters the system through the skin, being applied either to the sound skin, or to the surface denuded of the cuticle by a blister.


word: Enderon
definition:
Enderon

En"de*ron
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. _; in + _; skin.]
(Anat.)
The deep sensitive and vascular layer of the skin and mucous membranes.
En`de*ron"ic, a.


word: Ending
definition:
Ending

End"ing
(?)
n.
1.
Termination; concluding part; result; conclusion; destruction; death.

2.
(Gram.)
The final syllable or letter of a word; the part joined to the stem. See 3d Case, 5.

Ending day, day of death. Chaucer.


word: Endive
definition:
Endive

En"dive
(?)
n.
[F. endive (cf. Pr., Sp. Pg.,  & It. endivia), fr. a deriv. of L. intibus, intybus, endive.]
(Bot.)
A composite herb (Cichorium Endivia). Its finely divided and much curled leaves, when blanched, are used for salad.

Wild endive (Bot.), chicory or succory.


word: Endless
definition:
Endless

End"less
(?)
a.
[AS. endeleás. See End.]
1.
Without end; having no end or conclusion; perpetual; interminable; -- applied to length, and to duration; as, an endless line; endless time; endless bliss; endless praise; endless clamor.

2.
Infinite; excessive; unlimited.
Shak.

3.
Without profitable end; fruitless; unsatisfying.
[R.]
endless
Beau. & Fl.

4.
Void of design; objectless; as, an endless pursuit.

5.
having a linear or ribbonlike form with the two ends connected together, such as in a circle, ellipse, torus, or any other closed loop.  Belts or chains used in drive mechanisms are considered endless in this sense.  See endless chain.

Endless chain, a chain which is made continuous by uniting its two ends. -- Endless screw. (Mech.) See under Screw.


word: Endlong
definition:
Endlong

End"long`
(?; 115)
adv. & prep.
[Cf. Along.]
Lengthwise; along.
[Archaic]

The doors were all of adamants eterne,
I-clenched overthwart and endelong
With iron tough.
Chaucer.

He pricketh endelong the large space.
Chaucer.

To thrust the raft endlong across the moat.
Sir W. Scott.


word: End-
definition:
End-

Endo-

{ En"do- (?), End- (?) }
[Gr. 'e`ndon within, fr. _; in. See In.]
A combining form signifying within; as, endocarp, endogen, endocuneiform, endaspidean.


word: Endocardial
definition:
Endocardial

Endocardiac

{ En`do*car"di*ac (?), En`do*car"di*al (?), }
a.
1.
Pertaining to the endocardium.

2.
(Med.)
Seated or generated within the heart; as, endocardial murmurs.


word: Endocardium
definition:
Endocardium

En`do*car"di*um
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. 'e`ndon within + kardi`a heart.]
(Anat.)
The membrane lining the cavities of the heart.


word: Endocarp
definition:
Endocarp

En"do*carp
(?)
n.
[Endo- + Gr. _; fruit: cf. F. endocarpe.]
(Bot.)
The inner layer of a ripened or fructified ovary.


word: Endochondral
definition:
Endochondral

En`do*chon"dral
(?)
a.
[Endo- + Gr. _; cartilage.]
(Physiol.)
Growing or developing within cartilage; -- applied esp. to developing bone.


word: Endochrome
definition:
Endochrome

En"do*chrome
(?)
n.
[Endo- + Gr. _; color.]
(Bot.)
The coloring matter within the cells of plants, whether green, red, yellow, or any other color.


word: Endoctrine
definition:
Endoctrine

En*doc"trine
(?)
v. t.
[Pref. en- + doctrine.]
To teach; to indoctrinate.
[Obs.]
Donne.


word: Endocyst
definition:
Endocyst

En"do*cyst
(?)
n.
[Endo- + Gr. _; bladder, a bag.]
(Zoöl.)
The inner layer of the cells of Bryozoa.


word: Endoderm
definition:
Endoderm

En"do*derm
(?)
n.
[Endo- + Gr. _; skin.]
(Biol.)
(a)
The inner layer of the skin or integument of an animal.
(b)
The innermost layer of the blastoderm and the structures derived from it; the hypoblast; the entoblast. See Illust. of Ectoderm.


word: Endodermic
definition:
Endodermic

Endodermal

{ En`do*der"mal (?), En`do*der"mic (?), }
a.
(Biol.)
Of or pertaining to the endoderm.


word: Endodermis
definition:
Endodermis

En`do*der"mis
(?)
n.
[NL. See Endoderm.]
(Bot.)
A layer of cells forming a kind of cuticle inside of the proper cortical layer, or surrounding an individual fibrovascular bundle.


word: endodontics
definition:
endodontics

endodontics
n.
1.
the branch of dentistry dealing with diseases of the dental pulp.

Syn. -- endodontia.

2.
the treatment of diseases of the dental pulp, especially by completely removing the pulp and nerve inside a tooth and its root, and replacing it with a filling material; root canal therapy; pulp canal therapy.


word: endoergic
definition:
endoergic

endoergic
adj.
occurring with absorption of energy.
endothermic
exoergic

Syn. -- energy-absorbing.


word: endogamic
definition:
endogamic

endogamic
adj.
1.
fertilized by pollen from another flower of the same plant.

2.
of marriage within a class or tribe as required by custom or law; same as endogamous.

Syn. -- endogamous, within-group.


word: Endogamous
definition:
Endogamous

En*dog"a*mous
(?)
a.
[Endo- + Gr. _; marriage.]
Marrying within the same tribe; -- opposed to exogamous.


word: Endogamy
definition:
Endogamy

En*dog"a*my
(?)
n.
Marriage only within the tribe; a custom restricting a man in his choice of a wife to the tribe to which he belongs; -- opposed to exogamy.


word: Endogen
definition:
Endogen

En"do*gen
(?)
n.
[Endo- + -gen: cf. F. endogène.]
(Bot.)
A plant which increases in size by internal growth and elongation at the summit, having the wood in the form of bundles or threads, irregularly distributed throughout the whole diameter, not forming annual layers, and with no distinct pith. The leaves of the endogens have, usually, parallel veins, their flowers are mostly in three, or some multiple of three, parts, and their embryos have but a single cotyledon, with the first leaves alternate. The endogens constitute one of the great primary classes of plants, and included all palms, true lilies, grasses, rushes, orchids, the banana, pineapple, etc. See Exogen.


