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<p><centered><point26>E.</point26></centered><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>E</hw> <pr>(&emacr;)</pr>. <sn>1.</sn> <def>The fifth letter of the English alphabet.</def> <note>It derives its form, name, and value from the Latin, the form and value being further derived from the Greek, into which it came from the Ph&oelig;nician, and ultimately, probably, from the Egyptian. Its etymological relations are closest with the vowels <xex>i</xex>, <xex>a</xex>, and <xex>o</xex>, as illustrated by to f<xex>a</xex>ll, to f<xex>e</xex>ll; m<xex>a</xex>n, pl. m<xex>e</xex>n; dr<xex>i</xex>nk, dr<xex>a</xex>nk, dr<xex>e</xex>nch; d<xex>i</xex>nt, d<xex>e</xex>nt; d<xex>oo</xex>m, d<xex>ee</xex>m; g<xex>oo</xex>se, pl. g<xex>ee</xex>se; b<xex>ee</xex>f, OF. b<xex>oe</xex>f, L. b<xex>o</xex>s; and E. ch<xex>ee</xex>r, OF. ch<xex>ie</xex>re, LL. <xex>ca</xex>ra.</note><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><note>The letter <xex>e</xex> has in English several vowel sounds, the two principal being its long or name sound, as in <xex>e</xex>ve, m<xex>e</xex>, and the short, as in <xex>e</xex>nd, b<xex>e</xex>st. Usually at the end of words it is silent, but serves to indicate that the preceding vowel has its long sound, where otherwise it would be short, as in <xex>m&amacr;ne</xex>, <xex>c&amacr;ne</xex>, <xex>m&emacr;te</xex>, which without the final <xex>e</xex> would be pronounced <xex>m&abreve;n</xex>, <xex>c&abreve;n</xex>, <xex>m&ebreve_;t</xex>. After <xex>c</xex> and <xex>g</xex>, the final <xex>e</xex> indicates that these letters are to be pronounced as <xex>s</xex> and <xex>j</xex>; respectively, as in <xex>lace</xex>, <xex>rage</xex>.</note></p>

<p>See <xex>Guide to Pronunciation</xex>, &sect;&sect; 74-97.<br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>E is the third tone of the model diatonic scale. E&flat;  (E flat) is a tone which is intermediate between D and E.</def><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>E-</hw>. <def>A Latin prefix meaning <xex>out</xex>, <xex>out of</xex>, <xex>from</xex>; also, <xex>without</xex>. See <er>Ex-</er>.</def><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Ea</hw> <pos>prop. n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>the Akkadian god of wisdom; son of Apsu and father of Marduk; counterpart of the Sumerian Enki.</def><br/>
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>the Babylonian god of waters and one of the supreme triad including Anu and Bel.</def><br/>
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Each</hw> <pr>(&emacr;ch)</pr>, <pos>a. <i>or</i> a. pron.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>eche</ets>, <ets>&aelig;lc</ets>, <ets>elk</ets>, <ets>ilk</ets>, AS. <ets>&aelig;lc</ets>; <ets>&amacr;</ets> always + <ets>gel&imacr;c</ets> like; akin to OD. <ets>iegelik</ets>, OHG. <ets>&emacr;ogil&imacr;h</ets>, MHG. <ets>iegel&imacr;ch</ets>, G. <ets>jeglich</ets>. &radic;209. See 3d <er>Aye</er>, <er>Like</er>, and cf. <er>Either</er>, <er>Every</er>, <er>Ilk</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Every one of the two or more individuals composing a number of objects, considered separately from the rest. It is used either with or without a following noun; <as>as, <ex>each</ex> of you or <ex>each</ex> one of you</as>.</def> &ldquo;<xex>Each</xex> of the combatants.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Fielding.</au></rj><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><note>&hand_; To <xex>each</xex> corresponds <xex>other</xex>. &ldquo;Let <xex>each</xex> esteem <xex>other</xex> better than himself.&rdquo; <xex>Each other</xex>, used elliptically for <xex>each the other</xex>. It is our duty to assist <xex>each other</xex>; that is, it is our duty, <xex>each</xex> to assist the <xex>other</xex>, <xex>each</xex> being in the nominative and <xex>other</xex> in the objective case.</note><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>It is a bad thing that men should hate <qex>each</qex> other; but it is far worse that they should contract the habit of cutting one another's throats without hatred.</q> <rj><qau>Macaulay.</qau></rj><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>Let <qex>each</qex><br/>
His adamantine coat gird well.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>In <qex>each</qex> cheek appears a pretty dimple.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>Then draw we nearer day by day,<br/>
<qex>Each</qex> to his brethren, all to God.</q> <rj><qau>Keble.</qau></rj><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>The oak and the elm have <qex>each</qex> a distinct character.</q> <rj><qau>Gilpin.</qau></rj><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Every; -- sometimes used interchangeably with <xex>every</xex>.</def>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>I know <qex>each</qex> lane and every alley green.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>In short <qex>each</qex> man's happiness depends upon himself.</q> <rj><qau>Sterne.</qau></rj><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><note>&hand_; This use of <xex>each</xex> for <xex>every</xex>, though common in Scotland and in America, is now un-English.</note>  <rj><au>Fitzed. Hall.</au></rj></p>

<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- See <er>Every</er>.</syn><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Each"where`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>Everywhere.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>The sky <qex>eachwhere</qex> did show full bright and fair.</q> <rj><qau>Spenser.</qau></rj><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Eacles</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>a genus of moths including the <stype>imperial moth</stype> (<spn>Eacles imperialis</spn>).</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> genus <gen>Eacles</gen>.</syn><br/>
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Ead"ish</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Eddish</er>.</def><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Ea"ger</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>egre</ets> sharp, sour, eager, OF. <ets>agre</ets>, <ets>aigre</ets>, F. <ets>aigre</ets>, fr. L. <ets>acer</ets> sharp, sour, spirited, zealous; akin to Gr. &unr_; highest, extreme, Skr. <ets>a&unr_;ra</ets> point; fr. a root signifying <ets>to be sharp</ets>.  Cf. <er>Acrid</er>, <er>Edge</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Sharp; sour; acid.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> &ldquo;Like <xex>eager</xex> droppings into milk.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Sharp; keen; bitter; severe.</def>  <mark>[Obs.]</mark> &ldquo;A nipping and an <xex>eager</xex> air.&rdquo;  &ldquo;<xex>Eager</xex> words.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Excited by desire in the pursuit of any object; ardent to pursue, perform, or obtain; keenly desirous; hotly longing; earnest; zealous; impetuous; vehement; <as>as, the hounds were <ex>eager</ex> in the chase</as>.</def><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>And gazed for tidings in my <qex>eager</qex> eyes.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>How <qex>eagerly</qex> ye follow my disgraces!</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>When to her <qex>eager</qex> lips is brought<br/>
Her infant's thrilling kiss.</q> <rj><qau>Keble.</qau></rj><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>A crowd of <qex>eager</qex> and curious schoolboys.</q> <rj><qau>Hawthorne.</qau></rj><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>Conceit and grief an <qex>eager</qex> combat fight.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Brittle; inflexible; not ductile.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>Gold will be sometimes so <qex>eager</qex>, as artists call it, that it will as little endure the hammer as glass itself.</q> <rj><qau>Locke.</qau></rj></p>

<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Earnest; ardent; vehement; hot; impetuous; fervent; intense; impassioned; zealous; forward.</syn>  <usage>See <er>Earnest</er>. -- <er>Eager</er>, <er>Earnest</er>. <xex>Eager</xex> marks an excited state of desire or passion; thus, a child is <xex>eager</xex> for a plaything, a hungry man is <xex>eager</xex> for food, a covetous man is <xex>eager</xex> for gain. Eagerness is liable to frequent abuses, and is good or bad, as the case may be. It relates to what is praiseworthy or the contrary. <xex>Earnest</xex> denotes a permanent state of mind, feeling, or sentiment. It is always taken in a good sense; <as>as, a preacher is <ex>earnest</ex> in his appeals to the conscience; an agent is <ex>earnest</ex> in his solicitations</as>.</usage><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Ea"ger</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Same as <er>Eagre</er>.</def><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Ea"ger*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an eager manner.</def><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Ea"ger*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The state or quality of being eager; ardent desire.</def> &ldquo;The <xex>eagerness</xex> of love.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Addison.</au></rj><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Tartness; sourness.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark></p>

<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Ardor; vehemence; earnestness; impetuosity; heartiness; fervor; fervency; avidity; zeal; craving; heat; passion; greediness.</syn><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Ea"gle</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>egle</ets>, F. <ets>aigle</ets>, fr. L. <ets>aquila</ets>; prob. named from its color, fr. <ets>aquilus</ets> dark-colored, brown; cf. Lith. <ets>aklas</ets> blind.  Cf. <er>Aquiline</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Any large, rapacious bird of the Falcon family, esp. of the genera <gen>Aquila</gen> and <gen>Hali&aelig;etus</gen>.  The eagle is remarkable for strength, size, graceful figure, keenness of vision, and extraordinary flight.  The most noted species are the golden eagle (<spn>Aquila chrysa&euml;tus</spn>); the imperial eagle of Europe (<spn>Aquila mogilnik</spn> <it>or</it> <spn>Aquila imperialis</spn>); the American bald eagle (<spn>Hali&aelig;etus leucocephalus</spn>); the European sea eagle (<spn>Hali&aelig;etus albicilla</spn>); and the great harpy eagle (<spn>Thrasaetus harpyia</spn>).  The figure of the eagle, as the king of birds, is commonly used as an heraldic emblem, and also for standards and emblematic devices.  See <er>Bald eagle</er>, <er>Harpy</er>, and <er>Golden eagle</er>.</def><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A gold coin of the United States, of the value of ten dollars.</def><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Astron.)</fld> <def>A northern constellation, containing Altair, a star of the first magnitude. See <er>Aquila</er>.</def><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>The figure of an eagle borne as an emblem on the standard of the ancient Romans, or so used upon the seal or standard of any people.</def><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>Though the Roman <qex>eagle</qex> shadow thee.</q> <rj><qau>Tennyson.</qau></rj><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><note>&hand_; Some modern nations, as the United States, and France under the Bonapartes, have adopted the eagle as their national emblem. Russia, Austria, and Prussia have for an emblem a double-headed eagle.</note><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><cs><col><b>Bald eagle</b></col>. <cd>See <er>Bald eagle</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Bold eagle</b></col>. <cd>See under <er>Bold</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Double eagle</b></col>, <cd>a gold coin of the United States worth twenty dollars.</cd> -- <col><b>Eagle hawk</b></col> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld>, <cd>a large, crested, South American hawk of the genus <gen>Morphnus</gen>.</cd> -- <col><b>Eagle owl</b></col> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld>, <cd>any large owl of the genus <gen>Bubo</gen>, and allied genera; as the American great horned owl (<spn>Bubo Virginianus</spn>), and the allied European species (<spn>B. maximus</spn>). See <er>Horned owl</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Eagle ray</b></col> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld>, <cd>any large species of ray of the genus <gen>Myliobatis</gen> (esp. <spn>M. aquila</spn>).</cd> -- <col><b>Eagle vulture</b></col> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld>, <cd>a large West African bid (<spn>Gypohierax Angolensis</spn>), intermediate, in several respects, between the eagles and vultures.</cd></cs><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Ea"gle-eyed`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Sharp-sighted as an eagle.</def> &ldquo;Inwardly <xex>eagle-eyed</xex>.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Howell.</au></rj><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Ea"gle-sight`ed</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Farsighted and strong-sighted; sharp-sighted.</def>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

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<p><hw>Ea"gless</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. OF. <ets>aiglesse</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A female or hen eagle.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Sherwood.</au></rj><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Ea"gle*stone</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A concretionary nodule of clay ironstone, of the size of a walnut or larger, so called by the ancients, who believed that the eagle transported these stones to her nest to facilitate the laying of her eggs; a&euml;tites.</def><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Ea"glet</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. OF. <ets>aiglet</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A young eagle, or a diminutive eagle.</def><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Ea"gle-winged`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having the wings of an eagle; swift, or soaring high, like an eagle.</def>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Ea"gle*wood`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[From Skr. <ets>aguru</ets>, through Pg. <ets>aguila</ets>; cf. F. bois d'<ets>aigle</ets>.]</ety> <def>A kind of fragrant wood. See <er>Agallochum</er>.</def><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Ea"grass</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Eddish</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Ea"gre</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>e&aacute;gor</ets>, <ets>&unr_;gor</ets>, in comp., water, sea, <ets>e&aacute;gor-stre&aacute;m</ets> water stream, sea.]</ety> <def>A wave, or two or three successive waves, of great height and violence, at flood tide moving up an estuary or river; -- commonly called the <xex>bore</xex>. See <er>Bore</er>.</def></p>

<p><mhw>{ <hw>Eal"der*man</hw>, <hw>Eal"dor*man</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> }</mhw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>An alderman.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Eale</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Ale</er>.]</ety> <def>Ale.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Eame</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>e&aacute;m</ets>; akin to D. <ets>oom</ets>, G. <ets>ohm</ets>, <ets>oheim</ets>; cf. L. <ets>avunculus</ets>.]</ety> <def>Uncle.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Spenser.</au></rj><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Ean</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t. &amp; i.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>e&aacute;nian</ets>. See <er>Yean</er>.]</ety> <def>To bring forth, as young; to yean.</def> &ldquo;In <xex>eaning</xex> time.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Ean"ling</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Ean</er>, <er>Yeanling</er>.]</ety> <def>A lamb just brought forth; a yeanling.</def>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Ear</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>e&aacute;re</ets>; akin to OFries. <ets>&aacute;re</ets>, <ets>&aacute;r</ets>, OS. <ets>&unr_;ra</ets>, D. <ets>oor</ets>, OHG. <ets>&unr_;ra</ets>, G. <ets>ohr</ets>, Icel. <ets>eyra</ets>, Sw. <ets>&ouml;ra</ets>, Dan. <ets>&ouml;re</ets>, Goth. <ets>auso</ets>, L. <ets>auris</ets>, Lith. <ets>ausis</ets>, Russ. <ets>ukho</ets>, Gr. &unr_;; cf. L. <ets>audire</ets> to hear, Gr. &unr_;, Skr. <ets>av</ets> to favor , protect.  Cf. <er>Auricle</er>, <er>Orillon</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The organ of hearing; the external ear.</def><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; In man and the higher vertebrates, the organ of hearing is very complicated, and is divisible into three parts: the external ear, which includes the <part>pinna</part> or <part>auricle</part> and <part>meatus</part> or external opening; the middle ear, drum, or <part>tympanum</part>; and the internal ear, or <part>labyrinth</part>. The middle ear is a cavity connected by the <part>Eustachian tube</part> with the pharynx, separated from the opening of the external ear by the <part>tympanic membrane</part>, and containing a chain of three small bones, or ossicles, named <part>malleus</part>, <part>incus</part>, and <part>stapes</part>, which connect this membrane with the internal ear. The essential part of the internal ear where the fibers of the auditory nerve terminate, is the <part>membranous labyrinth</part>, a complicated system of sacs and tubes filled with a fluid (the endolymph), and lodged in a cavity, called the <part>bony labyrinth</part>, in the periotic bone. The membranous labyrinth does not completely fill the bony labyrinth, but is partially suspended in it in a fluid (the perilymph). The bony labyrinth consists of a central cavity, the <part>vestibule</part>, into which three <part>semicircular canals</part> and the canal of the <part>cochlea</part> (spirally coiled in mammals) open. The vestibular portion of the membranous labyrinth consists of two sacs, the <part>utriculus</part> and <part>sacculus</part>, connected by a narrow tube, into the former of which three membranous semicircular canals open, while the latter is connected with a membranous tube in the cochlea containing the <part>organ of Corti</part>. By the help of the external ear the sonorous vibrations of the air are concentrated upon the tympanic membrane and set it vibrating, the chain of bones in the middle ear transmits these vibrations to the internal ear, where they cause certain delicate structures in the organ of Corti, and other parts of the membranous labyrinth, to stimulate the fibers of the auditory nerve to transmit sonorous impulses to the brain.</note><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The sense of hearing; the perception of sounds; the power of discriminating between different tones; <as>as, a nice <ex>ear</ex> for music</as>; -- in the singular only.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Songs . . . not all ungrateful to thine <qex>ear</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Tennyson.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>That which resembles in shape or position the ear of an animal; any prominence or projection on an object, -- usually one for support or attachment; a lug; a handle; <as>as, the <ex>ears</ex> of a tub, a skillet, or dish</as>. The <xex>ears</xex> of a boat are outside kneepieces near the bow. See <xex>Illust.</xex> of <er>Bell</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Same as <er>Acroterium</er>.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Same as <er>Crossette</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>Privilege of being kindly heard; favor; attention.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Dionysius . . . would give no <qex>ear</qex> to his suit.</q> <rj><qau>Bacon.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your <qex>ears</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>About the ears</b></col>, <cd>in close proximity to; near at hand.</cd> -- <col><b>By the ears</b></col>, <cd>in close contest; as, to set <xex>by the ears</xex>; to fall together <xex>by the ears</xex>; to be <xex>by the ears</xex>.</cd> -- <col><b>Button ear</b></col> (in dogs), <cd>an ear which falls forward and completely hides the inside.</cd> -- <col><b>Ear finger</b></col>, <cd>the little finger.</cd> -- <col><b>Ear of Dionysius</b></col>, <cd>a kind of ear trumpet with a flexible tube; -- named from the Sicilian tyrant, who constructed a device to overhear the prisoners in his dungeons.</cd> -- <col><b>Ear sand</b></col> <fld>(Anat.)</fld>, <cd>otoliths. See <er>Otolith</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Ear snail</b></col> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld>, <cd>any snail of the genus <gen>Auricula</gen> and allied genera.</cd> -- <col><b>Ear stones</b></col> <fld>(Anat.)</fld>, <cd>otoliths. See <er>Otolith</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Ear trumpet</b></col>, <cd>an instrument to aid in hearing. It consists of a tube broad at the outer end, and narrowing to a slender extremity which enters the ear, thus collecting and intensifying sounds so as to assist the hearing of a partially deaf person.</cd> -- <col><b>Ear vesicle</b></col> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld>, <cd>a simple auditory organ, occurring in many worms, mollusks, etc. It consists of a small sac containing a fluid and one or more solid concretions or otocysts.</cd> -- <col><b>Rose ear</b></col> (in dogs), <cd>an ear which folds backward and shows part of the inside.</cd> -- <col><b>To give ear to</b></col>, <cd>to listen to; to heed, as advice or one advising.</cd> &ldquo;<xex>Give ear unto</xex> my song.&rdquo; <au>Goldsmith.</au> -- <col><b>To have one's ear</b></col>, <cd>to be listened to with favor.</cd> -- <col><b>Up to the ears</b></col>, <cd>deeply submerged; almost overwhelmed; as, to be in trouble <xex>up to one's ears</xex>.</cd> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Ear</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Eared</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Earing</conjf>.]</vmorph> <def>To take in with the ears; to hear.</def> <mark>[Sportive]</mark> &ldquo;I <xex>eared</xex> her language.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Two Noble Kinsmen.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ear</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>ear</ets>; akin to D. <ets>aar</ets>, OHG. <ets>ahir</ets>, G. <ets>&auml;hre</ets>, Icel., Sw., &amp; Dan. <ets>ax</ets>, Goth. <ets>ahs</ets>. <ets>&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;</ets>.  Cf. <er>Awn</er>, <er>Edge</er>.]</ety> <def>The spike or head of any cereal  (as, wheat, rye, barley, Indian corn, etc.), containing the kernels.</def><br/>
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<p><q>First the blade, then the <qex>ear</qex>, after that the full corn in the <qex>ear</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Mark iv. 28.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ear</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To put forth ears in growing; to form ears, as grain; <as>as, this corn <ex>ears</ex> well</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ear</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>erien</ets>, AS. <ets>erian</ets>; akin to OFries. <ets>era</ets>, OHG. <ets>erran</ets>, MHG. <ets>eren</ets>, <ets>ern</ets>, Prov. G. <ets>aren</ets>, <ets>&auml;ren</ets>, Icel. <ets>erja</ets>, Goth. <ets>arjan</ets>, Lith. <ets>arti</ets>, OSlav. <ets>orati</ets>, L. <ets>arare</ets>, Gr. &unr_;.  Cf. <er>Arable</er>.]</ety> <def>To plow or till; to cultivate.</def> &ldquo;To <xex>ear</xex> the land.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ear"a*ble</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Arable; tillable.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Ear"ache`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Ache or pain in the ear.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ear"al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Receiving by the ear.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Hewyt.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ear"-bored`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having the ear perforated.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ear"cap`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A cap or cover to protect the ear from cold.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ear"coc`kle</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A disease in wheat, in which the blackened and contracted grain, or ear, is filled with minute worms.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ear"drop`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A pendant for the ear; an earring; <as>as, a pair of <ex>eardrops</ex></as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A species of primrose. See <er>Auricula</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ear"drum`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>The tympanum. See <xex>Illust.</xex> of <er>Ear</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Eared</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Having (such or so many) ears; -- used in composition; <as>as, long-<ex>eared-eared</ex>; sharp-<ex>eared</ex>; full-<ex>eared</ex>; ten-<ex>eared</ex>.</as></def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Having external ears; having tufts of feathers resembling ears.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Eared owl</b></col> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld>, <cd>an owl having earlike tufts of feathers, as the <stype>long-eared owl</stype>, and <stype>short-eared owl</stype>.</cd> -- <col><b>Eared seal</b></col> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld>, <cd>any seal of the family <fam>Otariid&aelig;</fam>, including the fur seals and hair seals. See <er>Seal</er>.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>earflap</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>one of two flaps attached to a cap to keep the ears warm.  On some hats the <ex>earflaps</ex> may be adjusted or tied to the top of the hat, and lowered when needed in colder weather.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> earlap.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Ear"i*ness</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Scotch <ets>ery</ets> or <ets>eiry</ets> affected with fear.]</ety> <def>Fear or timidity, especially of something supernatural.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>eiryness</asp>.]</altsp><br/>
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<p><q>The sense of <qex>eariness</qex>, as twilight came on.</q> <rj><qau>De Quincey.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ear"ing</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A line used to fasten the upper corners of a sail to the yard or gaff; -- also called <altname>head earing</altname>.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A line for hauling the reef cringle to the yard; -- also called <xex>reef earing</xex>.</def> <sd>(c)</sd> <def>A line fastening the corners of an awning to the rigging or stanchions.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ear"ing</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Coming into ear, as corn.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ear"ing</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A plowing of land.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>Neither <qex>earing</qex> nor harvest.</q> <rj><qau>Gen. xlv. 6.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Earl</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>eorl</ets>, <ets>erl</ets>, AS. <ets>eorl</ets> man, noble; akin to OS. <ets>erl</ets> boy, man, Icel. <ets>jarl</ets> nobleman, count, and possibly to Gr. &unr_; male, Zend <ets>arshan</ets> man.  Cf. <er>Jarl</er>.]</ety> <def>A nobleman of England ranking below a marquis, and above a viscount. The rank of an earl corresponds to that of a <xex>count</xex> (<xex>comte</xex>) in France, and <xex>graf</xex> in Germany. Hence the wife of an earl is still called countess. See <er>Count</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Earl</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>The needlefish.</def> <mark>[Ireland]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Ear"lap`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The lobe of the ear.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Earl"dom</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>eorl-d&unr_;m</ets>; <ets>eorl</ets> man, noble + <ets>-d&unr_;m</ets> -dom.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The jurisdiction of an earl; the territorial possessions of an earl.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The status, title, or dignity of an earl.</def><br/>
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<p><q>He [Pulteney] shrunk into insignificancy and an <qex>earldom</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Chesterfield.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Earl"dor*man</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Alderman.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Earl"duck`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>The red-breasted merganser (<spn>Merganser serrator</spn>).</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Earles" pen`ny</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <ety>[Cf. <er>Arles</er>, 4th <er>Earnest</er>.]</ety> <def>Earnest money. Same as <er>Arles penny</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Ear"less</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Without ears; hence, deaf or unwilling to hear.</def>  <rj><au>Pope.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ear"let</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Ear</ets> + <ets>-let</ets>.]</ety> <def>An earring.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>The Ismaelites were accustomed to wear golden <qex>earlets</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Judg. viii. 24 (Douay version).</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>earlier</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <def>occurring at a prior time; <as>as, on <ex>earlier</ex> occasions</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>earliest</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <def>preceding all others in time.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> premier, premiere.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Ear"li*ness</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state of being early or forward; promptness.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Earl" mar"shal</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <def>An officer of state in England who marshals and orders all great ceremonials, takes cognizance of matters relating to honor, arms, and pedigree, and directs the proclamation of peace and war. The court of chivalry was formerly under his jurisdiction, and he is still the head of the herald's office or college of arms.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ear"lock`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>e&aacute;r-locca</ets>.]</ety> <def>A lock or curl of hair near the ear; a lovelock. See <er>Lovelock</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ear"ly</hw> <pr>(&etilde_;r"l&ybreve_;)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>erli</ets>, <ets>erliche</ets>, AS. <ets>&aemacr_;rl&imacr;ce</ets>; <ets>&aemacr_;r</ets> sooner + <ets>l&imacr;c</ets> like. See <er>Ere</er>, and <er>Like</er>.]</ety> <def>Soon; in good season; seasonably; betimes; <as>as, come <ex>early</ex></as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Those that me <qex>early</qex> shall find me.</q> <rj><qau>Prov. viii. 17.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>You must wake and call me <qex>early</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Tennyson.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ear"ly</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <amorph>[<pos>Compar.</pos> <adjf>Earlier</adjf> <pr>(&etilde_;r"l&ibreve_;*&etilde_;r)</pr>; <pos>superl.</pos> <adjf>Earliest</adjf>.]</amorph> <ety>[OE. <ets>earlich</ets>. &radic;204. See <er>Early</er>, <pos>adv.</pos>]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>In advance of the usual or appointed time; in good season; prior in time; among or near the first; -- opposed to <ant>late</ant>; <as>as, the <ex>early</ex> bird; an <ex>early</ex> spring; <ex>early</ex> fruit.</as></def><br/>
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<p><q><qex>Early</qex> and provident fear is the mother of safety.</q> <rj><qau>Burke.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>The doorsteps and threshold with the <qex>early</qex> grass springing up about them.</q> <rj><qau>Hawthorne.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Coming in the first part of a period of time, or among the first of successive acts, events, etc.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Seen in life's <qex>early</qex> morning sky.</q> <rj><qau>Keble.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>The forms of its <qex>earlier</qex> manhood.</q> <rj><qau>Longfellow.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>The <qex>earliest</qex> poem he composed was in his seventeenth summer.</q> <rj><qau>J. C. Shairp.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Early English</b></col> <fld>(Philol.)</fld> <cd>See the Note under <er>English</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Early English architecture</b></col>, <cd>the first of the pointed or Gothic styles used in England, succeeding the Norman style in the 12th and 13th centuries.</cd></cs></p>

<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Forward; timely; not late; seasonable.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>earlyish</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <def>being somewhat early.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ear"mark`</hw> <pr>(&emacr;r"m&auml;rk`)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A mark on the ear of sheep, oxen, dogs, etc., as by cropping or slitting.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A mark for identification; a distinguishing mark.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Money is said to have no <qex>earmark</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Wharton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Flying, he [a slave] should be described by the rounding of his head, and his <qex>earmark</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Robynson (More's Utopia).</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>A set of intellectual ideas . . . have <qex>earmarks</qex> upon them, no tokens of a particular proprietor.</q> <rj><qau>Burrow.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ear"mark`</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Earmarked</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Earmarking</conjf>.]</vmorph> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To mark, as sheep, by cropping or slitting the ear.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To designate or reserve for a specific purpose; <as>as, the alumni fund was <ex>earmarked</ex> for dormitory construction</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ear"-mind"ed</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Physiol. Psychol.)</fld> <def>Thinking chiefly or most readily through, or in terms related to, the sense of hearing; specif., thinking words as spoken, as a result of familiarity with speech or of mental peculiarity; -- opposed to <contr>eye-minded</contr>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Earn</hw> <pr>(&etilde_;rn)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>See <er>Ern</er>, <pos>n.</pos></def>  <rj><au>Sir W. Scott.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Earn</hw> <pr>(&etilde_;rn)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Earned</conjf> <pr>(&etilde_;rnd)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Earning</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[AS. <ets>earnian</ets>; akin to OHG. <ets>arn&omacr;n</ets> to reap, <ets>aran</ets> harvest, G. <ets>ernte</ets>, Goth. <ets>asans</ets> harvest, <ets>asneis</ets> hireling, AS. <ets>esne</ets>; cf. Icel. <ets>&ouml;nn</ets> working season, work.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To merit or deserve, as by labor or service; to do that which entitles one to (a reward, whether the reward is received or not).</def><br/>
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<p><q>The high repute<br/>
Which he through hazard huge must <qex>earn</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To acquire by labor, service, or performance; to deserve and receive as compensation or wages; <as>as, to <ex>earn</ex> a good living; to <ex>earn</ex> honors or laurels.</as></def><br/>
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<p><q>I <qex>earn</qex> that [what] I eat.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>The bread I have <qex>earned</qex> by the hazard of my life or the sweat of my brow.</q> <rj><qau>Burke.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Earned run</b></col> <fld>(Baseball)</fld>, <cd>a run which is made without the assistance of errors on the opposing side.</cd></cs></p>

<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- See <er>Obtain</er>.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Earn</hw> <pr>(&etilde_;rn)</pr>, <pos>v. t. &amp; i.</pos> <ety>[See 1st <er>Yearn</er>.]</ety> <def>To grieve.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Earn</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <ety>[See 4th <er>Yearn</er>.]</ety> <def>To long; to yearn.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>And ever as he rode, his heart did <qex>earn</qex><br/>
To prove his puissance in battle brave.</q> <rj><qau>Spenser.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Earn</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>irnan</ets> to run. &radic;11. See <er>Rennet</er>, and cf. <er>Yearnings</er>.]</ety> <def>To curdle, as milk.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>earned</hw> <pr>(&etilde_;rnd)</pr>, <pos>adj.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Gained as a result of effort or action; -- used especially of income; <as>as, <ex>earned</ex> income</as>.  Contrasted with <ant>unearned</ant>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Baseball)</fld> <def>not resulting from an error by an opposing team; -- used in the phrase <ex>earned</ex> runs.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>ear"ner</hw> <pr>(&etilde_;r"n&etilde_;r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>someone who earns wages in return for labor.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> wage earner.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Ear"nest</hw> <pr>(&etilde_;r"n&ebreve_;st)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>eornost</ets>, <ets>eornest</ets>; akin to OHG. <ets>ernust</ets>, G. <ets>ernst</ets>; cf. Icel. <ets>orrosta</ets> battle, perh. akin to Gr. <grk>'orny`nai</grk> to excite, L. <ets>oriri</ets> to rise.]</ety> <def>Seriousness; reality; fixed determination; eagerness; intentness.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Take heed that this jest do not one day turn to <qex>earnest</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Sir P. Sidney.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>And given in <qex>earnest</qex> what I begged in jest.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>In earnest</b></col>, <cd>serious; seriously; not in jest; earnestly.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Ear"nest</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Ardent in the pursuit of an object; eager to obtain or do; zealous with sincerity; with hearty endeavor; heartfelt; fervent; hearty; -- used in a good sense; <as>as, <ex>earnest</ex> prayers</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>An <qex>earnest</qex> advocate to plead for him.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Intent; fixed closely; <as>as, <ex>earnest</ex> attention</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Serious; important.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>They whom <qex>earnest</qex> lets do often hinder.</q> <rj><qau>Hooker.</qau></rj></p>

<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Eager; warm; zealous; ardent; animated; importunate; fervent; sincere; serious; hearty; urgent. See <er>Eager</er>.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Ear"nest</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To use in earnest.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>To <qex>earnest</qex> them [our arms] with men.</q> <rj><qau>Pastor Fido (1602).</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ear"nest</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Prob. corrupted fr. F. <ets>arrhes</ets>, L. <ets>arra</ets>, <ets>arrha</ets>, <ets>arrhabo</ets>, Gr. <grk>'arrabw`n</grk>, of Semitic origin, cf. Heb. <ets>&emacr;r&amacr;v&omacr;n</ets>; or perh. fr. W. <ets>ernes</ets>, akin to Gael. <ets>earlas</ets>, perh. fr. L. <ets>arra</ets>.  Cf. <er>Arles</er>, <er>Earles penny</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Something given, or a part paid beforehand, as a pledge; pledge; handsel; a token of what is to come.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Who hath also sealed us, and given the <qex>earnest</qex> of the Spirit in our hearts.</q> <rj><qau>2 Cor. i. 22.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>And from his coffers<br/>
Received the golden <qex>earnest</qex> of our death.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>Something of value given by the buyer to the seller, by way of token or pledge, to bind the bargain and prove the sale.</def>  <rj><au>Kent. Ayliffe. Benjamin.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Earnest money</b></col> <fld>(Law)</fld>, <cd>money paid as earnest, to bind a bargain or to ratify and prove a sale.</cd></cs></p>

<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- <er>Earnest</er>, <er>Pledge</er>.</syn>  <usage>These words are here compared as used in their figurative sense. <xex>Earnest</xex> is not so strong as <xex>pledge</xex>. An <xex>earnest</xex>, like first fruits, gives assurance, or at least a high probability, that more is coming of the same kind; a <xex>pledge</xex>, like money deposited, affords security and ground of reliance for the future. Washington gave <xex>earnest</xex> of his talent as commander by saving his troops after Braddock's defeat; his fortitude and that of his soldiers during the winter at Valley Forge might rightly be considered a <xex>pledge</xex> of their ultimate triumph.</usage><br/>
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<p><hw>Ear"nest*ful</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Serious.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ear"nest*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an earnest manner.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ear"nest*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state or quality of being earnest; intentness; anxiety.</def><br/>
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<p><q>An honest <qex>earnestness</qex> in the young man's manner.</q> <rj><qau>W. Irving.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Earn"ful</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[From <er>Earn</er> to yearn.]</ety> <def>Full of anxiety or yearning.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>P. Fletcher.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Earn"ing</hw>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Earnings</plw> <pr>(&unr_;)</pr>.</plu> <def>That which is earned; wages gained by work or services; money earned; -- used commonly in the plural.</def><br/>
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<p><q>As to the common people, their stock is in their persons and in their <qex>earnings</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Burke.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ear"pick`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>An instrument for removing wax from the ear.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>earpiece</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>a device for converting electric signals into sounds, designed to be held over or inserted into the ear; <as>as, The common <partof>telephone handset</partof> has a speaker and an <ex>earpiece</ex></as>.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> earphone, headphone, phone.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Ear"-pier`cer</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>The earwig.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ear"reach`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Earshot.</def>  <rj><au>Marston.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ear"ring`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>An ornament consisting of a ring passed through the lobe of the ear, with or without a pendant.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Earsh</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Arrish</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>ear-shaped</hw> <pos>adj.</pos>  <def>having the shape of an ear.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> auriform.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Ear"-shell`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>any of various large edible marine gastropod <isa>mollusks</isa> of the genus <gen>Haliotis</gen>, having a flattened ear-shaped shell with a pearly interior; -- called also <altname>sea-ear</altname>. See <er>Abalone</er>.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> abalone.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Ear"shot`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Reach of the ear; distance at which words may be heard.</def>  <rj><au>Dryden.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ear"shrift`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A nickname for auricular confession; shrift.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Cartwright.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ear"sore`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>An annoyance to the ear.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>The perpetual jangling of the chimes . . . is no small <qex>earsore</qex> &unr_;s.</q> <rj><qau>Sir T. Browne.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ear"-split`ting</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Deafening; disagreeably loud or shrill; <as>as, <ex>ear-splitting</ex> strains</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Earst</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>See <er>Erst</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Spenser.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Earth</hw> <pr>(&etilde_;rth)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>eor&eth;e</ets>; akin to OS. <ets>ertha</ets>, OFries. <ets>irthe</ets>, D. <ets>aarde</ets>, OHG. <ets>erda</ets>, G. <ets>erde</ets>, Icel. <ets>j&ouml;r&eth;</ets>, Sw. &amp; Dan. <ets>jord</ets>, Goth. <ets>a&imacr;r&thorn;a</ets>, OHG. <ets>ero</ets>, Gr. &unr_;, adv., to earth, and perh. to E. <ets>ear</ets> to plow.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The globe or planet which we inhabit; the world, in distinction from the sun, moon, or stars. Also, this world as the dwelling place of mortals, in distinction from the dwelling place of spirits.</def><br/>
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<p><q>That law preserves the <qex>earth</qex> a sphere<br/>
And guides the planets in their course.</q> <rj><qau>S. Rogers.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>In heaven, or <qex>earth</qex>, or under <qex>earth</qex>, in hell.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The solid materials which make up the globe, in distinction from the air or water; the dry land.</def><br/>
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<p><q>God called the dry land <qex>earth</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Gen. i. 10.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>He is pure air and fire, and the dull elements of <qex>earth</qex> and water never appear in him.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>The softer inorganic matter composing part of the surface of the globe, in distinction from the firm rock; soil of all kinds, including gravel, clay, loam, and the like; sometimes, soil favorable to the growth of plants; the visible surface of the globe; the ground; <as>as, loose <ex>earth</ex>; rich <ex>earth</ex>.</as></def><br/>
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<p><q>Give him a little <qex>earth</qex> for charity.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>A part of this globe; a region; a country; land.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Would I had never trod this English <qex>earth</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>Worldly things, as opposed to spiritual things; the pursuits, interests, and allurements of this life.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Our weary souls by <qex>earth</qex> beguiled.</q> <rj><qau>Keble.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <def>The people on the globe.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The whole <qex>earth</qex> was of one language.</q> <rj><qau>Gen. xi. 1.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>7.</sn> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Any earthy-looking metallic oxide, as alumina, glucina, zirconia, yttria, and thoria.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A similar oxide, having a slight alkaline reaction, as lime, magnesia, strontia, baryta.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>8.</sn> <def>A hole in the ground, where an animal hides himself; <as>as, the <ex>earth</ex> of a fox</as>.</def>  <rj><au>Macaulay.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>They [ferrets] course the poor conies out of their <qex>earths</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Holland.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>9.</sn> <fld>(Elec.)</fld> <def>The connection of any part an electric conductor with the ground; specif., the connection of a telegraph line with the ground through a fault or otherwise.</def></p>

<p><note>&hand_; When the resistance of the earth connection is low it is termed a <xex>good earth</xex>.</note><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; <xex>Earth</xex> is used either adjectively or in combination to form compound words; as, <xex>earth</xex> apple or <xex>earth</xex>-apple; <xex>earth</xex> metal or <xex>earth</xex>-metal; <xex>earth</xex> closet or <xex>earth</xex>-closet.</note><br/>
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<p><cs><mcol><col><b>Adamic earth</b></col>, <col><b>Bitter earth</b></col>, <col><b>Bog earth</b></col>, <col><b>Chian earth</b></col></mcol>, <cd>etc. See under <er>Adamic</er>, <er>Bitter</er>, etc.</cd> -- <col><b>Alkaline earths</b></col>. <cd>See under <er>Alkaline</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Earth apple</b></col>. <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>A potato.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>A cucumber.</cd> -- <col><b>Earth auger</b></col>, <cd>a form of auger for boring into the ground; -- called also <altname>earth borer</altname>.</cd> -- <col><b>Earth bath</b></col>, <cd>a bath taken by immersing the naked body in earth for healing purposes.</cd> -- <col><b>Earth battery</b></col> <fld>(Physics)</fld>, <cd>a voltaic battery the elements of which are buried in the earth to be acted on by its moisture.</cd> -- <col><b>Earth chestnut</b></col>, <cd>the pignut.</cd> -- <col><b>Earth closet</b></col>, <cd>a privy or commode provided with dry earth or a similar substance for covering and deodorizing the f&aelig;cal discharges.</cd> -- <col><b>Earth dog</b></col> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld>, <cd>a dog that will dig in the earth, or enter holes of foxes, etc.</cd> -- <mcol><col><b>Earth hog</b></col>, <col><b>Earth pig</b></col></mcol> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld>, <cd>the aard-vark.</cd> -- <col><b>Earth hunger</b></col>, <cd>an intense desire to own land, or, in the case of nations, to extend their domain.</cd> -- <col><b>Earth light</b></col> <fld>(Astron.)</fld>, <cd>the light reflected by the earth, as upon the moon, and corresponding to moonlight; -- called also <altname>earth shine</altname>.</cd> <au>Sir J. Herschel.</au> -- <col><b>Earth metal</b></col>. <cd>See 1st <er>Earth</er>, 7. <fld>(Chem.)</fld></cd> -- <col><b>Earth oil</b></col>, <cd>petroleum.</cd> -- <mcol><col><b>Earth pillars</b></col> <it>or</it> <col><b>Earth pyramids</b></col></mcol> <fld>(Geol.)</fld>, <cd>high pillars or pyramids of earth, sometimes capped with a single stone, found in Switzerland.</cd> <au>Lyell.</au> -- <col><b>Earth pitch</b></col> <fld>(Min.)</fld>, <cd>mineral tar, a kind of asphaltum.</cd> -- <col><b>Earth quadrant</b></col>, <cd>a fourth of the earth's circumference.</cd> -- <col><b>Earth table</b></col> <fld>(Arch.)</fld>, <cd>the lowest course of stones visible in a building; the ground table.</cd> -- <col><b>On earth</b></col>, <cd>an intensive expression, oftenest used in questions and exclamations; <as>as, What <ex>on earth</ex> shall I do? Nothing <ex>on earth</ex> will satisfy him</as>.</cd> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Earth</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Earthed</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Earthing</conjf>.]</vmorph> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To hide, or cause to hide, in the earth; to chase into a burrow or den.</def> &ldquo;The fox is <xex>earthed</xex>.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Dryden.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To cover with earth or mold; to inter; to bury; -- sometimes with <xex>up</xex>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The miser <qex>earths</qex> his treasure, and the thief,<br/>
Watching the mole, half beggars him ere noon.</q> <rj><qau>Young.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Why this in <qex>earthing</qex> up a carcass?</q> <rj><qau>R. Blair.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Earth</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To burrow.</def>  <rj><au>Tickell.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Earth</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[From <er>Ear</er> to plow.]</ety> <def>A plowing.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>Such land as ye break up for barley to sow,<br/>
Two <qex>earths</qex> at the least, ere ye sow it, bestow.</q> <rj><qau>Tusser.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Earth"bag`</hw> <pr>(&etilde_;rth"b&abreve;g`)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Mil.)</fld> <def>A bag filled with earth, used commonly to raise or repair a parapet.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>earth"ball`</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>any of various fungi of the genus <gen>Scleroderma</gen> having hard-skinned subterranean trufflelike fruiting bodies.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> earth-ball, false truffle.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Earth"bank`</hw> <pr>(&etilde_;rth"b&abreve;&nsmacr_;k`)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A bank or mound of earth.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Earth"board`</hw> <pr>(&etilde_;rth"b&omacr;rd`)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Agric.)</fld> <def>The part of a plow, or other implement, that turns over the earth; the moldboard.</def><br/>
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<p><mhw><hw>Earth"born`</hw>, <hw>earth"-born</hw></mhw> <pr>(&etilde_;rth"b&ocirc;rn`)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Born of the earth; terrigenous; springing originally from the earth; human; having the characteristics of earthly life; <as>as, <ex>earth-born</ex> beings</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Some <qex>earthborn</qex> giant.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Relating to, or occasioned by, earthly objects.</def><br/>
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<p><q>All <qex>earthborn</qex> cares are wrong.</q> <rj><qau>Goldsmith.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Earth"bred`</hw> <pr>(&etilde_;rth"br&ebreve_;d`)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Low; grovelling; vulgar.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>earth-closet</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>a small building with a bench having holes through which a user can defecate.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> outhouse, privy, jakes.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>earth colors</hw> <pos>n. pl.</pos> <def>colors like those of soil or earth; brownish-reds and browns.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> earth tones.</syn>
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<p><hw>earth-colored</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <def>having the color of soil or earth; reddish or reddish-brown.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> earthlike.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Earth"din`</hw> <pr>(&etilde_;rth"d&ibreve_;n`)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>An earthquake.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Earth"drake`</hw> <pr>(&etilde_;rth"dr&amacr;k`)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A mythical monster of the early Anglo-Saxon literature; a dragon.</def>  <rj><au>W. Spalding.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Earth"en</hw> <pr>(&etilde_;rth"'n)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Made of earth; made of burnt or baked clay, or other like substances; <as>as, an <ex>earthen</ex> vessel or pipe</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Earth"en-heart`ed</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Hard-hearted; sordid; gross.</def> <mark>[Poetic]</mark>  <rj><au>Lowell.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Earth"en*ware`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Vessels and other utensils, ornaments, or the like, made of baked clay. See <er>Crockery</er>, <er>Pottery</er>, <er>Stoneware</er>, and <er>Porcelain</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Earth" flax`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A variety of asbestus. See <er>Amianthus</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Earth"fork`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A pronged fork for turning up the earth.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>earth-god</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>a god of fertility and vegetation.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>earth-goddess</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>a goddess of fertility and vegetation.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Earth"i*ness</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The quality or state of being earthy, or of containing earth; hence, grossness.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Earth"li*ness</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The quality or state of being earthly; worldliness; grossness; perishableness.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Earth"ling</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Earth</ets> + <ets>-ling</ets>.]</ety> <def>An inhabitant of the earth; a mortal.</def><br/>
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<p><q><qex>Earthlings</qex> oft her deemed a deity.</q> <rj><qau>Drummond.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Earth"light`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Astron.)</fld> <def>The sunlight reflected from the earth to the moon, by which we see faintly, when the moon is near the sun (either before or after new moon), that part of the moon's disk unillumined by direct sunlight, or &ldquo;the old moon in the arms of the new.&rdquo;</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Earth"ly</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Pertaining to the earth; belonging to this world, or to man's existence on the earth; not heavenly or spiritual; carnal; worldly; <as>as, <ex>earthly</ex> joys; <ex>earthly</ex> flowers; <ex>earthly</ex> praise.</as></def><br/>
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<p><q>This <qex>earthly</qex> load<br/>
Of death, called life.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Whose glory is in their shame, who mind <qex>earthly</qex> things.</q> <rj><qau>Phil. iii. 19.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Of all things on earth; possible; conceivable.</def><br/>
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<p><q>What <qex>earthly</qex> benefit can be the result?</q> <rj><qau>Pope.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Made of earth; earthy.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Holland.</au></rj></p>

<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Gross; material; sordid; mean; base; vile; low; unsubstantial; temporary; corrupt; groveling.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Earth"ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In the manner of the earth or its people; worldly.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Took counsel from his guiding eyes<br/>
To make this wisdom <qex>earthly</qex> wise.</q> <rj><qau>Emerson.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Earth"ly-mind`ed</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having a mind devoted to earthly things; worldly-minded; -- opposed to <contr>spiritual-minded</contr>.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Earth"ly-mind`ed*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>Earth"mad`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Earth</ets> + <ets>mad</ets> an earthworm.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>The earthworm.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>The <qex>earthmads</qex> and all the sorts of worms . . . are without eyes.</q> <rj><qau>Holland.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Earth"nut`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A name given to various roots, tubers, or pods grown under or on the ground</def>; as to: <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The esculent tubers of the umbelliferous plants <spn>Bunium flexuosum</spn> and <spn>Carum Bulbocastanum</spn>.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The peanut. See <er>Peanut</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Earth"pea`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A species of pea (<spn>Amphicarp&aelig;a monoica</spn>). It is a climbing leguminous plant, with hairy underground pods.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Earth"quake`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A shaking, trembling, or concussion of the earth, due to subterranean causes, often accompanied by a rumbling noise. The wave of shock sometimes traverses half a hemisphere, destroying cities and many thousand lives; -- called also <altname>earthdin</altname>, <altname>earthquave</altname>, and <altname>earthshock</altname>.</def><!-- also temblor, tremor --><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Earthquake alarm</b></col>, <cd>a bell signal constructed to operate on the theory that a few seconds before the occurrence of an earthquake the magnet temporarily loses its power.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Earth"quake`</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Like, or characteristic of, an earthquake; loud; startling.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The <qex>earthquake</qex> voice of victory.</q> <rj><qau>Byron.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Earth"quave`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>An earthquake.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>earth-shaking</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <def>sufficiently significant to affect the whole world; <as>as, <ex>earth-shaking</ex> proposals; an <ex>earth-shaking</ex> event</as>.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> world-shaking, world-shattering(predicate), world shattering(predicate).</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Earth" shine`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <def>See <cref>Earth light</cref>, under <er>Earth</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Earth"shock`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>An earthquake.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Earth"star`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A curious fungus of the genus <gen>Geaster</gen>, in which the outer coating splits into the shape of a star, and the inner one forms a ball containing the dustlike spores.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>earth tones</hw> <pos>n. pl.</pos> <def>colors like those of soil or earth; brownish-reds and browns.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> earth colors.</syn>
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<p><hw>Earth"-tongue`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A fungus of the genus <gen>Geoglossum</gen>.</def></p>

<p><mhw>{ <hw>Earth"ward</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Earth"wards</hw> <pr>(&unr_;)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>adv.</pos> <def>Toward the earth; -- opposed to <ant>heavenward</ant> or <ant>skyward</ant>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Earth"work`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Mil.)</fld> <def>Any construction, whether a temporary breastwork or permanent fortification, for attack or defense, the material of which is chiefly earth.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Engin.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The operation connected with excavations and embankments of earth in preparing foundations of buildings, in constructing canals, railroads, etc.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>An embankment or construction made of earth.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Earth"worm`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Any worm of the genus <gen>Lumbricus</gen> and allied genera, found in damp soil. One of the largest and most abundant species in Europe and America is <spn>L. terrestris</spn>; many others are known; -- called also <altname>angleworm</altname> and <altname>dewworm</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A mean, sordid person; a niggard.</def>  <rj><au>Norris.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Earth"y</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Consisting of, or resembling, earth; terrene; earthlike; <as>as, <ex>earthy</ex> matter</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>How pale she looks,<br/>
And of an <qex>earthy</qex> cold!</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>All over <qex>earthy</qex>, like a piece of earth.</q> <rj><qau>Tennyson.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Of or pertaining to the earth or to, this world; earthly; terrestrial; carnal.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark> &ldquo;Their <xex>earthy</xex> charge.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Milton.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>The first man is of the earth, <qex>earthy</qex>; the second man is from heaven. As is the earthy, such are they also that are <qex>earthy</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>1 Cor. xv. 47, 48 (Rev. Ver. )</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q><qex>Earthy</qex> spirits black and envious are.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Gross; low; unrefined.</def> &ldquo;Her <xex>earthy</xex> and abhorred commands.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>Without luster, or dull and roughish to the touch; <as>as, an <ex>earthy</ex> fracture</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ear"wax`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>See <er>Cerumen</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ear"wig`</hw> <pr>(&emacr;r"w&ibreve_;g`)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>e&aacute;rwicga</ets>; <ets>e&aacute;re</ets> ear + <ets>wicga</ets> beetle, worm: cf. Prov. E. <ets>erri-wiggle</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Any insect of the genus <gen>Forficula</gen> and related genera, belonging to the order <ord>Dermaptera</ord> (formerly <ord>Euplexoptera</ord>).  They have elongated bodies and a prominent pair of curved pincers at the rear of their abdomen.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>In America, any small chilopodous myriapod, esp. of the genus <gen>Geophilus</gen>.  See <er>Geophilus</er></def><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; Both insects are so called from the supposition that they creep into the human ear.</note><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A whisperer of insinuations; a secret counselor.</def>  <rj><au>Johnson.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ear"wig`</hw> <pr>(&emacr;r"w&ibreve_;g`)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Earwigged</conjf> <pr>(&emacr;r"w&ibreve_;gd`)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Earwigging</conjf> <pr>(&emacr;r"w&ibreve_;g*g&ibreve_;ng)</pr>.]</vmorph> <def>To influence, or attempt to influence, by whispered insinuations or private talk.</def> &ldquo;No longer was he <xex>earwigged</xex> by the Lord Cravens.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Lord Campbell.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ear"wit`ness</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A witness by means of his ears; one who is within hearing and does hear; a hearer.</def>  <rj><au>Fuller.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ease</hw> <pr>(&emacr;z)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>ese</ets>, <ets>eise</ets>, F. <ets>aise</ets>; akin to Pr. <ets>ais</ets>, <ets>aise</ets>, OIt. <ets>asio</ets>, It. <ets>agio</ets>; of uncertain origin; cf. L. <ets>ansa</ets> handle, occasion, opportunity.  Cf. <er>Agio</er>, <er>Disease</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Satisfaction; pleasure; hence, accommodation; entertainment.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>They him besought<br/>
Of harbor and or <qex>ease</qex> as for hire penny.</q> <rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Freedom from anything that pains or troubles; as: <sd>(a)</sd> Relief from labor or effort; rest; quiet; relaxation; <as>as, <ex>ease</ex> of body</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Usefulness comes by labor, wit by <qex>ease</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Herbert.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Give yourself <qex>ease</qex> from the fatigue of watching.</q> <rj><qau>Swift.</qau></rj></p>

<p><sd>(b)</sd> <def>Freedom from care, solicitude, or anything that annoys or disquiets; tranquillity; peace; comfort; security; as, <xex>ease</xex> of mind.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Among these nations shalt thou find no <qex>ease</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Deut. xxviii. 65.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Take thine <qex>ease</qex>, eat, drink, and be merry.</q> <rj><qau>Luke xii. 19.</qau></rj></p>

<p><sd>(c)</sd> <def>Freedom from constraint, formality, difficulty, embarrassment, etc.; facility; liberty; naturalness; -- said of manner, style, etc.; <as>as, <ex>ease</ex> of style, of behavior, of address</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>True <qex>ease</qex> in writing comes from art, not chance.</q> <rj><qau>Pope.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Whate'er he did was done with so much <qex>ease</qex>,<br/>
In him alone 't was natural to please.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>At ease</b></col>, <cd>free from pain, trouble, or anxiety.</cd> &ldquo;His soul shall dwell <xex>at ease</xex>.&rdquo; <au>Ps. xxv. 12.</au> -- <col><b>Chapel of ease</b></col>. <cd>See under <er>Chapel</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Ill at ease</b></col>, <cd>not at ease, disquieted; suffering; anxious.</cd> -- <col><b>To stand at ease</b></col> <fld>(Mil.)</fld>, <cd>to stand in a comfortable attitude in one's place in the ranks.</cd> -- <col><b>With ease</b></col>, <cd>easily; without much effort.</cd></cs></p>

<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Rest; quiet; repose; comfortableness; tranquillity; facility; easiness; readiness.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Ease</hw> <pr>(&emacr;z)</pr>, <pos>v. t. &amp;  i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Eased</conjf> <pr>(&emacr;zd)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Easing</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[OE. <ets>esen</ets>, <ets>eisen</ets>, OF. <ets>aisier</ets>. See <er>Ease</er>, <pos>n.</pos>]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To free from anything that pains, disquiets, or oppresses; to relieve from toil or care; to give rest, repose, or tranquillity to; -- often with <xex>of</xex>; <as>as, to <ex>ease</ex> of pain; to <ex>ease</ex> the body or mind.</as></def><br/>
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<p><q><qex>Eased</qex> [from] the putting off<br/>
These troublesome disguises which we wear.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Sing, and I 'll <qex>ease</qex> thy shoulders of thy load.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To render less painful or oppressive; to mitigate; to alleviate.</def><br/>
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<p><q>My couch shall <qex>ease</qex> my complaint.</q> <rj><qau>Job vii. 13.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To release from pressure or restraint; to move gently; to lift slightly; to shift a little; <as>as, to <ex>ease</ex> a bar or nut in machinery</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>To entertain; to furnish with accommodations.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><mcol><col><b>To ease off</b></col>, <col><b>To ease away</b></col></mcol> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>to slacken a rope gradually.</cd> -- <col><b>To ease a ship</b></col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>to put the helm hard, or regulate the sail, to prevent pitching when closehauled.</cd> -- <col><b>To ease the helm</b></col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>to put the helm more nearly amidships, to lessen the effect on the ship, or the strain on the wheel rope.</cd>  <rj><au>Ham. Nav. Encyc.</au></rj></cs></p>

<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- To relieve; disburden; quiet; calm; tranquilize; assuage; alleviate; allay; mitigate; appease; pacify.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>eased</hw> <pos>adj.</pos>  <def>made less severe or intense; mitigated.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> alleviated, relieved.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Ease"ful</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Full of ease; suitable for affording ease or rest; quiet; comfortable; restful.</def> <au>Shak.</au> -- <wordforms><wf>Ease"ful*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> -- <wf>Ease"ful*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>Ea"sel</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[D. <ets>ezel</ets> ass, donkey, hence, easel, or G. <ets>esel</ets>; akin to E. <ets>ass</ets>. See <er>Ass</er>.]</ety> <def>A frame (commonly) of wood serving to hold a canvas upright, or nearly upright, for the painter's convenience or for exhibition.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><mcol><col><b>Easel picture</b></col>, <col><b>Easel piece</b></col></mcol>, <cd>a painting of moderate size such as is made while resting on an easel, as distinguished from a painting on a wall or ceiling.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Ease"less</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Without ease.</def>  <rj><au>Donne.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ease"ment</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OF. <ets>aisement</ets>. See <er>Ease</er>, <pos>n.</pos>]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>That which gives ease, relief, or assistance; convenience; accommodation.</def><br/>
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<p><q>In need of every kind of relief and <qex>easement</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Burke.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>A liberty, privilege, or advantage, which one proprietor has in the estate of another proprietor, distinct from the ownership of the soil, as a way, water course, etc. It is a species of what the civil law calls <xex>servitude</xex>.</def>  <rj><au>Kent.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>A curved member instead of an abrupt change of direction, as in a baseboard, hand rail, etc.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Eas"i*ly</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <ety>[From <er>Easy</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>With ease; without difficulty or much effort; <as>as, this task may be <ex>easily</ex> performed; that event might have been <ex>easily</ex> foreseen.</as></def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Without pain, anxiety, or disturbance; <as>as, to pass life well and <ex>easily</ex></as>.</def>  <rj><au>Sir W. Temple.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Readily; without reluctance; willingly.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Not soon provoked, she <qex>easily</qex> forgives.</q> <rj><qau>Prior.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Smoothly; quietly; gently; gracefully; without &unr_;umult or discord.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>Without shaking or jolting; commodiously; <as>as, a carriage moves <ex>easily</ex></as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Eas"i*ness</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The state or condition of being easy; freedom from distress; rest.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Freedom from difficulty; ease; <as>as, the <ex>easiness</ex> of a task</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Freedom from emotion; compliance; disposition to yield without opposition; unconcernedness.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Give to him, and he shall but laugh at your <qex>easiness</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>South.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Freedom from effort, constraint, or formality; -- said of style, manner, etc.</def><br/>
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<p><q>With painful care, but seeming <qex>easiness</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Roscommon.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>Freedom from jolting, jerking, or straining.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>easing</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>a change for the better.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> moderation, relief.</syn><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>the act of reducing something unpleasant, such as pain.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> alleviation, relief.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>East</hw> <pr>(&emacr;st)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>est</ets>, <ets>east</ets>, AS. <ets>e&aacute;st</ets>; akin to D. <ets>oost</ets>, <ets>oosten</ets>, OHG. <ets>&omacr;stan</ets>, G. <ets>ost</ets>, <ets>osten</ets>, Icel. <ets>austr</ets>, Sw. <ets>ost</ets>, Dan. <ets>&ouml;st</ets>, <ets>&ouml;sten</ets>, Lith. <ets>auszra</ets> dawn, L. <ets>aurora</ets> (for <ets>ausosa</ets>), Gr. <grk>'hw`s</grk>, <grk>"e`os</grk>, <grk>'a`yws</grk>, Skr. <ets>ushas</ets>; cf. Skr. <ets>ush</ets> to burn, L. <ets>urere</ets>. &radic;149, 288.  Cf. <er>Aurora</er>, <er>Easter</er>, <er>Sterling</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The point in the heavens where the sun is seen to rise at the equinox, or the corresponding point on the earth; that one of the four cardinal points of the compass which is in a direction at right angles to that of north and south, and which is toward the right hand of one who faces the north; the point directly opposite to the west.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The <qex>east</qex> began kindle.</q> <rj><qau>E. Everett.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The eastern parts of the earth; the regions or countries which lie east of Europe; the orient. In this indefinite sense, the word is applied to Asia Minor, Syria, Chaldea, Persia, India, China, etc.; <as>as, the riches of the <ex>East</ex>; the diamonds and pearls of the <ex>East</ex>; the kings of the <ex>East</ex>.</as></def><br/>
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<p><q>The gorgeous <qex>East</qex>, with richest hand,<br/>
Showers on her kings barbaric pearl and gold.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(U. S. Hist. and Geog.)</fld> <def>Formerly, the part of the United States east of the Alleghany Mountains, esp. the Eastern, or New England, States; now, commonly, the whole region east of the Mississippi River, esp. that which is north of Maryland and the Ohio River; -- usually with the definite article; <as>as, the commerce of the <ex>East</ex> is not independent of the agriculture of the West</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><mcol><col><b>East by north</b></col>, <col><b>East by south</b></col></mcol>, <cd>according to the notation of the mariner's compass, that point which lies 11<frac>1/4</frac>&deg; to the north or south, respectively, of the point due east.</cd> -- <mcol><col><b>East-northeast</b></col>, <col><b>East-southeast</b></col></mcol>, <cd>that which lies 22<frac>1/2</frac>&deg; to the north or south of east, or half way between east and northeast or southeast, respectively. See <xex>Illust.</xex> of <er>Compass</er>.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>East</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Toward the rising sun; or toward the point where the sun rises when in the equinoctial; <as>as, the <ex>east</ex> gate; the <ex>east</ex> border; the <ex>east</ex> side; the <ex>east</ex> wind is a wind that blows from the east.</as></def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Eccl.)</fld> <def>Designating, or situated in, that part of a church which contains the choir or chancel; <as>as, the <ex>east</ex> front of a cathedral</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>East</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>Eastward.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>East</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To move toward the east; to veer from the north or south toward the east; to orientate.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>eastbound</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>moving toward the east; <as>as, <ex>eastbound</ex> trains</as>.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> eastward.</syn><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>designated for traffic moving toward the east; -- of lanes in roads or railroads, or other traffic lanes; <as>as, the <ex>eastbound</ex> lanes of Interstate 80 are blocked by an overturned tractor-trailer; the train will leave on <ex>eastbound</ex> platform 5</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>east-central</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <def>of a region of the U. S. generally including Kentucky and West Virginia.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Eas"ter</hw> <pr>(&emacr;s"t&etilde_;r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>e&aacute;ster</ets>, <ets>e&aacute;stran</ets>, paschal feast, Easter; akin to G. <ets>ostern</ets>; fr. AS. <ets>E&aacute;stre</ets>, a goddess of light or spring, in honor of whom a festival was celebrated in April; whence this month was called in AS. <ets>E&aacute;sterm&omacr;na&eth;</ets>. From the root of E. <ets>east</ets>. See <er>East</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>An annual church festival commemorating Christ's resurrection, and occurring on Sunday, the second day after Good Friday. It corresponds to the pascha or passover of the Jews, and most nations still give it this name under the various forms of <altname>pascha</altname>, <altname>pasque</altname>, <altname>p&acirc;que</altname>, or <altname>pask</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The day on which the festival is observed; Easter day.</def><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; <xex>Easter</xex> is used either adjectively or as the first element of a compound; as, <xex>Easter</xex> day or <xex>Easter</xex>-day, <xex>Easter</xex> Sunday, <xex>Easter</xex> week, <xex>Easter</xex> gifts, <xex>Easter</xex> eggs.</note><br/>
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<p><q>Sundays by thee more glorious break,<br/>
An <qex>Easter</qex> day in every week.</q> <rj><qau>Keble.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; <xex>Easter day</xex>, on which the rest of the movable feasts depend, is always the first Sunday after the fourteenth day of the calendar moon which (fourteenth day) falls on, or next after, the 21st of March, according to the rules laid down for the construction of the calendar; so that if the fourteenth day happen on a Sunday, Easter day is the Sunday after.</note>  <rj><au>Eng. Cyc.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Easter dues</b></col> <fld>(Ch. of Eng.)</fld>, <cd>money due to the clergy at Easter, formerly paid in communication of the tithe for personal labor and subject to exaction. For <xex>Easter dues</xex>, Easter offerings, voluntary gifts, have been substituted.</cd> -- <col><b>Easter egg</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>A painted or colored egg used as a present at Easter.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>An imitation of an egg, in sugar or some fine material, sometimes made to serve as a box for jewelry or the like, used as an Easter present.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>East"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>To veer to the east; -- said of the wind.</def>  <rj><au>Russell.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Eas"ter lil`y</hw>. <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Any one of various lilies or lilylike flowers which bloom about Easter;</def> <specif>specif.</specif>: <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The common white lily (<spn>Lilium candidum</spn>), called also <stype>Annunciation lily</stype>.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The larger white lily (<spn>Lilium longiflorum eximium</spn>, syn. <spn>L. Harrisii</spn>) called also <stype>Bermuda lily</stype>.</def> <sd>(c)</sd> <def>The daffodil (<spn>Narcissus Pseudo-Narcissus</spn>).</def> <sd>(d)</sd> <def>The Atamasco lily.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>East"er*ling</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. <er>Sterling</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A native of a country eastward of another; -- used, by the English, of traders or others from the coasts of the Baltic.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Merchants of Norway, Denmark, . . . called . . . <qex>Easterlings</qex> because they lie east in respect of us.</q> <rj><qau>Holinshed.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A piece of money coined in the east by <person>Richard II.</person> of England.</def>  <rj><au>Crabb.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>The smew.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>East"er*ling</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Relating to the money of the Easterlings, or Baltic traders. See <er>Sterling</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>East"er*ly</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Coming from the east; <as>as, it was <ex>easterly</ex> wind</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Situated, directed, or moving toward the east; <as>as, the <ex>easterly</ex> side of a lake; an <ex>easterly</ex> course or voyage.</as></def><br/>
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<p><hw>East"er*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>Toward, or in the direction of, the east.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>East"ern</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>e&aacute;stern</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Situated or dwelling in the east; oriental; <as>as, an <ex>eastern</ex> gate; <ex>Eastern</ex> countries.</as></def><br/>
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<p><q><qex>Eastern</qex> churches first did Christ embrace.</q> <rj><qau>Stirling.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Going toward the east, or in the direction of east; <as>as, an <ex>eastern</ex> voyage</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Eastern Church</hw>. <def>That portion of the Christian church which prevails in the countries once comprised in the Eastern Roman Empire and the countries converted to Christianity by missionaries from them. Its full official title is <altname>The Orthodox Catholic Apostolic Eastern Church</altname>. It became estranged from the Western, or Roman, Church over the question of papal supremacy and the doctrine of the filioque, and a separation, begun in the latter part of the 9th century, became final in 1054. The Eastern Church consists of twelve (thirteen if the Bulgarian Church be included) mutually independent churches (including among these the Hellenic Church, or Church of Greece, and the Russian Church), using the vernacular (or some ancient form of it) in divine service and varying in many points of detail, but standing in full communion with each other and united as equals in a great federation. The highest five authorities are the patriarch of Constantinople, or ecumenical patriarch (whose position is not one of supremacy, but of precedence), the patriarch of Alexandria, the patriarch of Jerusalem, the patriarch of Antioch, and the Holy Synod of Russia. The Eastern Church accepts the first seven ecumenical councils (and is hence styled only schismatic, not heretical, by the Roman Catholic Church), has as its creed the Niceno-Constantinopolitan (without the later addition of the filioque, which, with the doctrine it represents, the church decisively rejects), baptizes infants with trine immersion, makes confirmation follow immediately upon baptism, administers the Communion in both kinds (using leavened bread) and to infants as well as adults, permits its secular clergy to marry before ordination and to keep their wives afterward, but not to marry a second time, selects its bishops from the monastic clergy only, recognizes the offices of bishop, priest, and deacon as the three necessary degrees of orders, venerates relics and icons, and has an elaborate ritual. See also <cref>Greek Church</cref>, under <er>Greek</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>easterner</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>an inhabitant of an eastern area; especially of the eastern U. S.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>East"ern*most`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Most eastern.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>East" In"di*an</hw> <pr>(?; see <er>Indian</er>)</pr>. <def>Belonging to, or relating to, the East Indies.</def> -- <def2><pos>n.</pos> <def>A native of, or a dweller in, the East Indies.</def></def2><br/>
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<p><hw>East"ing</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Naut. &amp; Surv.)</fld> <def>The distance measured toward the east between two meridians drawn through the extremities of a course; distance of departure eastward made by a vessel.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>East`-in"su*lar</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Relating to the Eastern Islands; East Indian.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Ogilvie.</au></rj></p>

<p><mhw>{ <hw>East"ward</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>East"wards</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>adv.</pos> <def>Toward the east; in the direction of east from some point or place; <as>as, New Haven lies <ex>eastward</ex> from New York</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Eas"y</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <amorph>[<pos>Compar.</pos> <adjf>Easier</adjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>superl.</pos> <adjf>Easiest</adjf>.]</amorph> <ety>[OF. <ets>aisi&eacute;</ets>, F. <ets>ais&eacute;</ets>, prop. p. p. of OF. <ets>aisier</ets>. See <er>Ease</er>, <pos>v. t.</pos>]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>At ease; free from pain, trouble, or constraint</def>; as: <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Free from pain, distress, toil, exertion, and the like; quiet; <as>as, the patient is <ex>easy</ex></as>.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Free from care, responsibility, discontent, and the like; not anxious; tranquil; <as>as, an <ex>easy</ex> mind</as>.</def> <sd>(c)</sd> <def>Free from constraint, harshness, or formality; unconstrained; smooth; <as>as, <ex>easy</ex> manners; an <ex>easy</ex> style.</as></def> &ldquo;The <xex>easy</xex> vigor of a line.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Pope.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Not causing, or attended with, pain or disquiet, or much exertion; affording ease or rest; <as>as, an <ex>easy</ex> carriage; a ship having an <ex>easy</ex> motion; <ex>easy</ex> movements, as in dancing</as>.</def> &ldquo;<xex>Easy</xex> ways to die.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Not difficult; requiring little labor or effort; slight; inconsiderable; <as>as, an <ex>easy</ex> task; an <ex>easy</ex> victory.</as></def><br/>
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<p><q>It were an <qex>easy</qex> leap.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Causing ease; giving freedom from care or labor; furnishing comfort; commodious; <as>as, <ex>easy</ex> circumstances; an <ex>easy</ex> chair or cushion.</as></def><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>Not making resistance or showing unwillingness; tractable; yielding; complying; ready.</def><br/>
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<p><q>He gained their <qex>easy</qex> hearts.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>He is too tyrannical to be an <qex>easy</qex> monarch.</q> <rj><qau>Sir W. Scott.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <def>Moderate; sparing; frugal.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>7.</sn> <fld>(Com.)</fld> <def>Not straitened as to money matters; <as>as, the market is <ex>easy</ex></as>; -- opposed to <ant>tight</ant>.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Honors are easy</b></col> <fld>(Card Playing)</fld>, <cd>said when each side has an equal number of honors, in which case they are not counted as points.</cd></cs></p>

<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Quiet; comfortable; manageable; tranquil; calm; facile; unconcerned.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Eas"y-chair`</hw> <pr>(&emacr;z"&ybreve_;*ch&acirc;r`)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>An armchair for ease or repose.</def> &ldquo;Laugh . . . in Rabelais' <xex>easy-chair</xex>.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Pope.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><mhw><hw>eas"y*go`ing</hw>, <hw>eas"y-go`ing</hw></mhw> <pr>(&emacr;z"&ybreve_;*g&omacr;`&ibreve_;ng)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Moving easily; hence, mild-tempered; relaxed and casual; ease-loving; inactive.  Contrasted with <ant>tense</ant>.</def> <wns>[wns=2]</wns><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> degage, easy-going, laid-back.</syn><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>having a lax moral or disciplinary standard.</def> <wns>[wns=1]</wns> <ant>strict</ant><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> lenient.</syn><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn>  <def>unhurried; <as>as, an <ex>easygoing</ex> pace</as>.  Opposite of <ant>hurried</ant>.</def> <wns>[wns=3]</wns><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> easy, leisurely.</syn><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn>  <def>unaggressive; <as>as, his <ex>easygoing</ex> approach to business</as>.  Opposite of <ant>aggressive</ant>.</def> <wns>[wns=4]</wns><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> low-pressure.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>easygoingness</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>being without worry or concern.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Eat</hw> <pr>(&emacr;t)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp.</pos> <conjf>Ate</conjf> <pr>(&amacr;t; 277)</pr>, <mark>Obsolescent &amp; Colloq.</mark> <conjf>Eat</conjf> <pr>(&ebreve_;t)</pr>; <pos>p. p.</pos> <conjf>Eaten</conjf> <pr>(&emacr;t"'n)</pr>, <mark>Obs. or Colloq.</mark> <conjf>Eat</conjf> (&ebreve_;t); <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Eating</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[OE. <ets>eten</ets>, AS. <ets>etan</ets>; akin to OS. <ets>etan</ets>, OFries. <ets>eta</ets>, D. <ets>eten</ets>, OHG. <ets>ezzan</ets>, G. <ets>essen</ets>, Icel. <ets>eta</ets>, Sw. <ets>&auml;ta</ets>, Dan. <ets>&aelig;de</ets>, Goth. <ets>itan</ets>, Ir. &amp; Gael. <ets>ith</ets>, W. <ets>ysu</ets>, L. <ets>edere</ets>, Gr. <grk>'e`dein</grk>, Skr. <ets>ad</ets>. &radic;6.  Cf. <er>Etch</er>, <er>Fret</er> to rub, <er>Edible</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To chew and swallow as food; to devour; -- said especially of food not liquid; <as>as, to <ex>eat</ex> bread</as>.</def> &ldquo;To <xex>eat</xex> grass as oxen.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Dan. iv. 25.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>They . . . <qex>ate</qex> the sacrifices of the dead.</q> <rj><qau>Ps. cvi. 28.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>The lean . . . did <qex>eat</qex> up the first seven fat kine.</q> <rj><qau>Gen. xli. 20.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>The lion had not <qex>eaten</qex> the carcass.</q> <rj><qau>1 Kings xiii. 28.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>With stories told of many a feat,<br/>
How fairy Mab the junkets <qex>eat</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>The island princes overbold<br/>
Have <qex>eat</qex> our substance.</q> <rj><qau>Tennyson.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>His wretched estate is <qex>eaten</qex> up with mortgages.</q> <rj><qau>Thackeray.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>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.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>To eat humble pie</b></col>. <cd>See under <er>Humble</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>To eat of</b></col> <cd>(<mark>partitive use</mark>).</cd> &ldquo;<xex>Eat of</xex> the bread that can not waste.&rdquo; <au>Keble.</au> -- <col><b>To eat one's words</b></col>, <cd>to retract what one has said. (See the Citation under <er>Blurt</er>.)</cd> -- <col><b>To eat out</b></col>, <cd>to consume completely.</cd> &ldquo;<xex>Eat out</xex> the heart and comfort of it.&rdquo;  <au>Tillotson.</au> -- <col><b>To eat the wind out of a vessel</b></col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>to gain slowly to windward of her.</cd></cs></p>

<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- To consume; devour; gnaw; corrode.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Eat</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To take food; to feed; especially, to take solid, in distinction from liquid, food; to board.</def><br/>
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<p><q>He did <qex>eat</qex> continually at the king's table.</q> <rj><qau>2 Sam. ix. 13.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To taste or relish; <as>as, it <ex>eats</ex> like tender beef</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To make one's way slowly.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><mcol><col><b>To eat</b></col>, <col><b>To eat in</b></col> <it>or</it> <col><b>To eat into</b></col></mcol>, <cd>to make way by corrosion; to gnaw; to consume.</cd> &ldquo;A sword laid by, which <xex>eats into</xex> itself.&rdquo; <au>Byron.</au> -- <col><b>To eat to windward</b></col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>to keep the course when closehauled with but little steering; -- said of a vessel.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Eat"a*ble</hw> <pr>(&emacr;t"&adot_;*b'l)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Capable of being eaten; fit to be eaten; proper for food; esculent; edible.</def> -- <def2><pos>n.</pos> <def>Something fit to be eaten.</def></def2><br/>
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<p><hw>Eat"age</hw> <pr>(&emacr;t"&auptack_;j; 48)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Eatable growth of grass for horses and cattle, esp. that of aftermath.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>eaten</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <def>ingested through the mouth.  Contrasted with <ant>uneaten</ant>.</def> [Narrower terms: <stype>consumed</stype>; <stype>devoured, eaten up(predicate)</stype>]<br/>
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<p><hw>Eat"er</hw> <pr>(&emacr;t"&etilde_;r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who, or that which, eats.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Eath</hw> <pr>(&emacr;th)</pr>, <pos>a. &amp; adv.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>e&aacute;&eth;e</ets>.]</ety> <def>Easy or easily.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> &ldquo;<xex>Eath</xex> to move with plaints.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Fairfax.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Eat"ing</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of tasking food; the act of consuming or corroding.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Something fit to be eaten; food; <as>as, a peach is good <ex>eating</ex></as>.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Eating house</b></col>, <cd>a house where cooked provisions are sold, to be eaten on the premises.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Eau` de Co*logne"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <ety>[F. <ets>eau</ets> water (L. <ets>aqua</ets>) +  <ets>de</ets> of + <ets>Cologne</ets>.]</ety> <def>Same as <er>Cologne</er>.</def><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Eau` de vie"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <ety>[F., water of life; <ets>eau</ets> (L. <ets>aqua</ets>) water  + <ets>de</ets> of + <ets>vie</ets> (L. <ets>vita</ets>) life.]</ety> <def>French name for brandy.  Cf. <xex>Aqua vit&aelig;</xex>, under <er>Aqua</er>.</def>  <rj><au>Bescherelle.</au></rj><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Eau` forte"</hw> <pr>(&omacr;` f&ouptack_;rt")</pr>. <ety>[F., strong water, nitric acid (which is used in etching plates).]</ety> <fld>(Art)</fld> <def>An etching or a print from an etched plate.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Eave"drop`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A drop from the eaves; eavesdrop.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Tennyson.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Eaves</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>evese</ets>, pl. <ets>eveses</ets>, AS. <ets>efese</ets> eaves, brim, brink; akin to OHG. <ets>obisa</ets>, <ets>opasa</ets>, porch, hall, MHG. <ets>obse</ets> eaves, Icel. <ets>ups</ets>, Goth. <ets>ubizwa</ets> porch; cf. Icel. <ets>upsar</ets>-dropi, OSw. <ets>ops&auml;</ets>-drup water dropping from the eaves. Probably from the root of E. <ets>over</ets>. The <it>s</it> of <ets>eaves</ets> is in English regarded as a plural ending, though not so in Saxon. See <er>Over</er>, and cf. <er>Eavesdrop</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>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.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Brow; ridge.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> &ldquo;<xex>Eaves</xex> of the hill.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Wyclif.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Eyelids or eyelashes.</def><br/>
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<p><q>And closing <qex>eaves</qex> of wearied eyes.</q> <rj><qau>Tennyson.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Eaves board</b></col> <fld>(Arch.)</fld>, <cd>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 <altname>eaves catch</altname> and <altname>eaves lath</altname>.</cd> -- <mcol><col><b>Eaves channel</b></col>, <col><b>Eaves gutter</b></col>, <col><b>Eaves trough</b></col></mcol>. <cd>Same as <er>Gutter</er>, 1.</cd> -- <col><b>Eaves molding</b></col> <fld>(Arch.)</fld>, <cd>a molding immediately below the eaves, acting as a cornice or part of a cornice.</cd> -- <col><b>Eaves swallow</b></col> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>The cliff swallow; -- so called from its habit of building retort-shaped nests of mud under the eaves of buildings. See <cref>Cliff swallow</cref>, under <er>Cliff</er>.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>The European swallow.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Eaves"drop`</hw> <pr>(&emacr;vz"dr&obreve_;p`)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Eaves</ets> + <ets>drop</ets>.]</ety> <def>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.</def><br/>
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<p><q>To <qex>eavesdrop</qex> in disguises.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Eaves"drop`</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The water which falls in drops from the eaves of a house.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Eaves"drop`per</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who stands under the eaves, or near the window or door of a house, to listen; hence, a secret listener.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Eaves"drop`ping</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>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.</def>  <rj><au>Wharton.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ebb</hw> <pr>(&ebreve_;b)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>The European bunting.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ebb</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>ebba</ets>; akin to Fries. <ets>ebba</ets>, D. <ets>eb</ets>, <ets>ebbe</ets>, Dan. &amp; G. <ets>ebbe</ets>, Sw. <ets>ebb</ets>, cf. Goth. <ets>ibuks</ets> backward; prob. akin to E. <ets>even.</ets>]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The reflux or flowing back of the tide; the return of the tidal wave toward the sea; -- opposed to <ant>flood</ant>; <as>as, the boats will go out on the <ex>ebb</ex></as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Thou shoreless flood which in thy <qex>ebb</qex> and flow<br/>
Claspest the limits of morality!</q> <rj><qau>Shelley.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The state or time of passing away; a falling from a better to a worse state; low state or condition; decline; decay.</def> &ldquo;Our <xex>ebb</xex> of life.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Roscommon.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Painting was then at its lowest <qex>ebb</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Ebb and flow</b></col>, <cd>the alternate ebb and flood of the tide; often used figuratively.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><q>This alternation between unhealthy activity and depression, this <qex>ebb and flow</qex> of the industrial.</q> <rj><qau>A. T. Hadley.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ebb</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Ebbed</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Ebbing</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[AS. <ets>ebbian</ets>; akin to D. &amp; G. <ets>ebben</ets>, Dan. <ets>ebbe</ets>. See 2d <er>Ebb</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To flow back; to return, as the water of a tide toward the ocean; -- opposed to <ant>flow</ant>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>That Power who bids the ocean <qex>ebb</qex> and flow.</q> <rj><qau>Pope.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To return or fall back from a better to a worse state; to decline; to decay; to recede.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The hours of life <qex>ebb</qex> fast.</q> <rj><qau>Blackmore.</qau></rj></p>

<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- To recede; retire; withdraw; decay; decrease; wane; sink; lower.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Ebb</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To cause to flow back.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Ford.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ebb</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Receding; going out; falling; shallow; low.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The water there is otherwise very low and <qex>ebb</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Holland.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ebb" tide`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <def>The reflux of tide water; the retiring tide; -- opposed to <contr>flood tide</contr>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>EBCDIC</hw> <pr>(&ebreve_;b"s&ebreve_;*d&ibreve_;k`)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[acronym from <ets>E</ets>xtended <ets>B</ets>inary <ets>C</ets>oded <ets>D</ets>ecimal <ets>I</ets>nterchange <ets>C</ets>ode.]</ety> <fld>(Computers)</fld> <def>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.</def> <mark>[acronym]</mark> <br/>
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<p><hw>E"bi*o*nite</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Heb. <ets>ebyon&imacr;m</ets> poor people.]</ety> <fld>(Eccl. Hist.)</fld> <def>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.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E"bi*o*ni`tism</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Eccl. Hist.)</fld> <def>The system or doctrine of the Ebionites.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Eb"la*nin</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>See <er>Pyroxanthin</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Eb"lis</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Ar. <ets>iblis</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Moham. Myth.)</fld> <def>The prince of the evil spirits; Satan.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>Eblees</asp>.]</altsp><br/>
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<p><hw>E*bo"la vir`us</hw> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <pr>(&euptack_;*b&omacr;"l&adot_; v&imacr;'r&ubreve;s)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>an exceptionally virulent hemorrhaic virus with a high mortality rate, first recognized in an outbreak on the <etsep>Ebola</etsep> river in africa.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Eb"on</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Consisting of ebony.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Like ebony, especially in color; black; dark.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Night, sable goddess! from her <qex>ebon</qex> throne.</q> <rj><qau>Young.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Eb"on</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Ebony.</def> <mark>[Poetic]</mark> &ldquo;Framed of <xex>ebon</xex> and ivory.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Sir W. Scott.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Eb"on*ist</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who works in ebony.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Eb"on*ite</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>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.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Eb"on*ize</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Ebonized</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Ebonizing</conjf>.]</vmorph> <def>To make black, or stain black, in imitation of ebony; <as>as, to <ex>ebonize</ex> wood</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Eb"on*y</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Ebonies</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[F. <ets>&eacute;b&egrave;ne</ets>, L. <ets>ebenus</ets>, fr. Gr. &unr_;; prob. of Semitic origin; cf. Heb.  <ets>hobn&imacr;m</ets>, pl.  Cf. <er>Ebon</er>.]</ety> <def>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.</def><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; The finest black ebony is the heartwood of <spn>Diospyros reticulata</spn>, of the Mauritius. Other species of the same genus (<spn>D. Ebenum</spn>, <spn>Melanoxylon</spn>, etc.), furnish the ebony of the East Indies and Ceylon. The West Indian green ebony is from a leguminous tree (<spn>Brya Ebenus</spn>), and from the <spn>Exc&aelig;caria glandulosa</spn>.</note><br/>
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<p><hw>Eb"on*y</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Made of ebony, or resembling ebony; black; <as>as, an <ex>ebony</ex> countenance</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>This <qex>ebony</qex> bird beguiling my sad fancy into smiling.</q> <rj><qau>Poe.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>E*brac"te*ate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Pref. <ets>e-</ets> + <ets>bracteate</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Without bracts.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*brac"te*o*late</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Pref. <ets>e-</ets> + <ets>bracteolate</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Without bracteoles, or little bracts; -- said of a pedicel or flower stalk.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*brau"ke</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>Hebraicus</ets>: cf. F. <ets>H&eacute;bra&iuml;que</ets>.]</ety> <def>Hebrew.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>E*bri"e*ty</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Ebrieties</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L. <ets>ebrietas</ets>, from. <ets>ebrius</ets> intoxicated: cf. F. <ets>&eacute;bri&eacute;te</ets>.  Cf. <er>So&unr_;er</er>.]</ety> <def>Drunkenness; intoxication by spirituous liquors; inebriety.</def> &ldquo;Ruinous <xex>ebriety</xex>.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Cowper.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>E*bril"lade</hw> <pr>(&euptack_;*br&ibreve_;l"l&abreve;d)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F.]</ety> <fld>(Man.)</fld> <def>A bridle check; a jerk of one rein, given to a horse when he refuses to turn.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E`bri*os"i*ty</hw> <pr>(&emacr;`br&ibreve_;*&obreve_;s"&ibreve_;*t&ybreve_;)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>ebriositas</ets>, from <ets>ebriousus</ets> given to drinking, fr. <ets>ebrius</ets>. See <er>Ebriety</er>.]</ety> <def>Addiction to drink; habitual drunkenness.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E"bri*ous</hw> <pr>(&emacr;`br&ibreve_;*&ubreve;s)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>ebrius</ets>.]</ety> <def>Inclined to drink to excess; intoxicated; tipsy.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>M. Collins.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>E*bul"li*ate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To boil or bubble up.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Prynne.</au></rj></p>

<p><mhw>{ <hw>E*bul"lience</hw> <pr>(?; 106)</pr>, <hw>E*bul"lien*cy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A boiling up or over; effervescence.</def>  <rj><au>Cudworth.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>E*bul"lient</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>ebulliens</ets>, <ets>-entis</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>ebullire</ets> to boil up, bubble up; <ets>e</ets> out, from + <ets>bullire</ets> to boil. See 1st <er>Boil</er>.]</ety> <def>Boiling up or over; hence, manifesting exhilaration or excitement, as of feeling; effervescing.</def> &ldquo;<xex>Ebullient</xex> with subtlety.&rdquo;  <rj><au>De Quincey.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>The <qex>ebullient</qex> enthusiasm of the French.</q> <rj><qau>Carlyle.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>E*bul"li*o*scope</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>ebullire</ets> to boil up + <ets>-scope</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Phys. Chem.)</fld> <def>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.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Eb`ul*li"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>&eacute;bullition</ets>, L. <ets>ebullitio</ets>, fr. <ets>ebullire</ets>.  See <er>Ebullient</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A boiling or bubbling up of a liquid; the motion produced in a liquid by its rapid conversion into vapor.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Effervescence occasioned by fermentation or by any other process which causes the liberation of a gas or an a&euml;riform fluid, as in the mixture of an acid with a carbonated alkali.</def> <altsp>[Formerly written <asp>bullition</asp>.]</altsp><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A sudden burst or violent display; an outburst; <as>as, an <ex>ebullition</ex> of anger or ill temper</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Eb"ur*in</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A composition of dust of ivory or of bone with a cement; -- used for imitations of valuable stones and in making moldings, seals, etc.</def>  <rj><au>Knight.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>E`bur*na"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>eburnus</ets> of ivory, fr. <ets>ebur</ets> ivory: cf. F. <ets>&eacute;burnation</ets>. See <er>Ivory</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A condition of bone cartilage occurring in certain diseases of these tissues, in which they acquire an unnatural density, and come to resemble ivory.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*bur"ne*an</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>eburneus</ets>, fr. <ets>ebur</ets> ivory. See <er>Ivory</er>.]</ety> <def>Made of or relating to ivory.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*bur`ni*fi*ca"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>eburnus</ets> of ivory (fr. <ets>ebur</ets> ivory) + <ets>facere</ets> to make.]</ety> <def>The conversion of certain substances into others which have the appearance or characteristics of ivory.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Eb"ur*nine</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining to ivory.</def> &ldquo;[She] read from tablet <xex>eburnine</xex>.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Sir W. Scott.</au></rj><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>E*car"di*nes</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. L. <ets>e</ets> out, without + <ets>cardo</ets> a hinge.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>An order of Brachiopoda; the Lyopomata. See <er>Brachiopoda</er>.</def><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>&Eacute;`car`t&eacute;"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F., prop. fr. <ets>&eacute;carter</ets> to reject, discard.]</ety> <def>A game at cards, played usually by two persons, in which the players may discard any or all of the cards dealt and receive others from the pack.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*cau"date</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Pref. <ets>e-</ets> + <ets>caudate</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Without a tail or spur.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Tailless.</def><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Ec*bal"li*um</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;. See <er>Ecbole</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A genus of cucurbitaceous plants consisting of the single species <xex>Ecballium agreste</xex> (or <xex>Elaterium</xex>), 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.</def><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Ec"ba*sis</hw> <pr>(&ebreve_;k"b&adot_;*s&ibreve_;s)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L., fr. Gr. <grk>'e`kbasis</grk> a going out, issue, or event; <grk>'ek</grk> out + <grk>bai`nein</grk> to go.]</ety> <fld>(Rhet.)</fld> <def>A figure in which the orator treats of things according to their events consequences.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ec*bat"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Ecbasis</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Gram.)</fld> <def>Denoting a mere result or consequence, as distinguished from <xex>telic</xex>, which denotes intention or purpose; thus the phrase <grk>"i`na plhrw`qh</grk>, if rendered &ldquo;<xex>so that</xex> it was fulfilled,&rdquo; is ecbatic; if rendered &ldquo;<xex>in order that</xex> it might be.&rdquo; etc., is telic.</def><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Ec"bo*le</hw> <pr>(&ebreve_;k"b&ouptack_;*l&emacr;)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <grk>'ekbolh`</grk> a throwing out, a digression, fr. <grk>'ekba`llein</grk> to throw out; <grk>'ek</grk> out of + <grk>ba`llein</grk> to throw.]</ety> <fld>(Rhet.)</fld> <def>A digression in which a person is introduced speaking his own words.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ec*bol"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Ecbole</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A drug, as ergot, which by exciting uterine contractions promotes the expulsion of the contents of the uterus.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ec"bo*line</hw> <pr>(?; 104)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>'ekbolh`</grk> a throwing out; <grk>'ek</grk> out + <grk>ba`llein</grk> to throw.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>An alkaloid constituting the active principle of ergot; -- so named from its power of producing abortion.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ec`ca*le*o"bi*on</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>'ekkalei^n</grk> to call out (<grk>'ek</grk> out of + <grk>kalei^n</grk> to call) + <grk>bi`os</grk> life.]</ety> <def>A contrivance for hatching eggs by artificial heat.</def><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>&Eacute;`car`t&eacute;"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F., prop. p. p. fr. <ets>&eacute;carter</ets> to reject, discard.]</ety> <def>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.</def><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Ec"ce ho"mo</hw> <pr>(&ebreve_;k"s&euptack_; h&omacr;"m&ouptack_;)</pr>. <ety>[L., behold the man. See John xix. 5.]</ety> <fld>(Paint.)</fld> <def>A picture which represents the Savior as given up to the people by Pilate, and wearing a crown of thorns.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ec*cen"tric</hw> <pr>(&ebreve_;k*s&ebreve_;n"tr&ibreve_;k)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>excentrique</ets>, formerly also spelled <ets>eccentrique</ets>, fr. LL. <ets>eccentros</ets> out of the center, eccentric, Gr. <grk>'e`kkentros</grk>; <grk>'ek</grk> out of + <grk>ke`ntron</grk> center. See <er>Ex-</er>, and <er>Center</er>, and cf. <er>Excentral</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Deviating or departing from the center, or from the line of a circle; <as>as, an <ex>eccentric</ex> or elliptical orbit</as>; pertaining to deviation from the center or from true circular motion.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>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 <contr>concentric</contr>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Mach.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to an eccentric; <as>as, the <ex>eccentric</ex> rod in a steam engine</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Not coincident as to motive or end.</def><br/>
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<p><q>His own ends, which must needs be often <qex>eccentric</qex> to those of his master.</q> <rj><qau>Bacon.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>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>as, <ex>eccentric</ex> conduct</as>.</def> &ldquo;This brave and <xex>eccentric</xex> young man.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Macaulay.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>He shines <qex>eccentric</qex>, like a comet's blaze.</q> <rj><qau>Savage.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Eccentric anomaly</b></col>. <fld>(Astron.)</fld> <cd>See <er>Anomaly</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Eccentric chuck</b></col> <fld>(Mach.)</fld>, <cd>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.</cd> -- <col><b>Eccentric gear</b></col>. <fld>(Mach.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>The whole apparatus, strap, and other parts, by which the motion of an eccentric is transmitted, as in the steam engine.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>A cogwheel set to turn about an eccentric axis used to give variable rotation.</cd> -- <mcol><col><b>Eccentric hook</b></col> <it>or</it> <col><b>Eccentric  gab</b></col></mcol>, <cd>a hook-shaped journal box on the end of an eccentric rod, opposite the strap.</cd> -- <col><b>Eccentric rod</b></col>, <cd>the rod that connects an eccentric strap with any part to be acted upon by the eccentric.</cd> -- <mcol><col><b>Eccentric sheave</b></col>, <it>or</it> <col><b>Eccentric pulley</b></col></mcol>, <cd>an eccentric.</cd> -- <col><b>Eccentric strap</b></col>, <cd>the ring, operating as a journal box, that encircles and receives motion from an eccentric; -- called also <altname>eccentric hoop</altname>.</cd></cs></p>

<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Irregular; anomalous; singular; odd; peculiar; erratic; idiosyncratic; strange; whimsical.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Ec*cen"tric</hw> <pr>(&ebreve_;k*s&ebreve_;n"tr&ibreve_;k)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A circle not having the same center as another contained in some measure within the first.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>One who, or that which, deviates from regularity; an anomalous or irregular person or thing.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Astron.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>In the Ptolemaic system, the supposed circular orbit of a planet about the earth, but with the earth not in its center.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A circle described about the center of an elliptical orbit, with half the major axis for radius.</def>  <rj><au>Hutton.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <fld>(Mach.)</fld> <def>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.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Back eccentric</b></col>, <cd>the eccentric that reverses or backs the valve gear and the engine.</cd> -- <col><b>Fore eccentric</b></col>, <cd>the eccentric that imparts a forward motion to the valve gear and the engine.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Ec*cen"tric*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>See <er>Eccentric</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ec*cen"tric*al*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an eccentric manner.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Drove <qex>eccentrically</qex> here and there.</q> <rj><qau>Lew Wallace.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ec`cen*tric"i*ty</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Eccentricities</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>excentricit&eacute;</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The state of being eccentric; deviation from the customary line of conduct; oddity.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Math.)</fld> <def>The ratio of the distance between the center and the focus of an ellipse or hyperbola to its semi-transverse axis.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Astron.)</fld> <def>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.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <fld>(Mech.)</fld> <def>The distance of the center of figure of a body, as of an eccentric, from an axis about which it turns; the throw.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ec"chy*mose</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>To discolor by the production of an ecchymosis, or effusion of blood, beneath the skin; -- chiefly used in the passive form; <as>as, the parts were much <ex>ecchymosed</ex></as>.</def><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Ec`chy*mo"sis</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Ecchymoses</plw> <pr>(&unr_;)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to extravasate; <grk>'ek</grk> out of + &unr_; to pour.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A livid or black and blue spot, produced by the extravasation or effusion of blood into the areolar tissue from a contusion.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ec`chy*mot"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Pertaining to ecchymosis.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ec"cle</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>The European green woodpecker; -- also called <xex>ecall</xex>, <xex>eaquall</xex>, <xex>yaffle</xex>.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Ec*cle"si*a</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Ecclesi&aelig;</plw> <pr>(&unr_;)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L., fr. Gr. &unr_;.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Gr. Antiq.)</fld> <def>The public legislative assembly of the Athenians.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Eccl.)</fld> <def>A church, either as a body or as a building.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ec*cle"si*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Ecclesiastical.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Milton.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ec*cle"si*arch</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[LL. <ets>ecclesiarcha</ets>, fr. Gr. &unr_; church + &unr_; to rule: cf. F. <ets>eccl&eacute;siarque</ets>.]</ety> <def>An official of the Eastern Church, resembling a sacrist in the Western Church.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ec*cle"si*ast</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>An ecclesiastic.</def>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The Apocryphal book of Ecclesiasticus.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Ec*cle`si*as"tes</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L., fr. Gr. &unr_; a preacher. See <er>Ecclesiastic</er>, <pos>a.</pos>]</ety> <def>One of the canonical books of the Old Testament.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ec*cle`si*as"tic</hw> <pr>(?; 277)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>ecclesiasticus</ets>, Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; an assembly of citizens called out by the crier; also, the church, fr. &unr_; called out, fr. &unr_; to call out; <grk>'ek</grk> out + &unr_; to call. See <er>Ex-</er>, and <er>Hale</er>, <pos>v. t.</pos>, <er>Haul</er>.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to the church. See <er>Ecclesiastical</er>.</def> &ldquo;<xex>Ecclesiastic</xex> government.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Swift.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ec*cle`si*as"tic</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A person in holy orders, or consecrated to the service of the church and the ministry of religion; a clergyman; a priest.</def><br/>
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<p><q>From a humble <qex>ecclesiastic</qex>, he was subsequently preferred to the highest dignities of the church.</q> <rj><qau>Prescott.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ec*cle`si*as"tic*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Ecclesiastical</er>, <pos>a.</pos>]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to the church; relating to the organization or government of the church; not secular; <as>as, <ex>ecclesiastical</ex> affairs or history; <ex>ecclesiastical</ex> courts.</as></def><br/>
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<p><q>Every circumstance of <qex>ecclesiastical</qex> order and discipline was an abomination.</q> <rj><qau>Cowper.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Ecclesiastical commissioners for England</b></col>, <cd>a permanent commission established by Parliament in 1836, to consider and report upon the affairs of the Established Church.</cd> -- <col><b>Ecclesiastical courts</b></col>, <cd>courts for maintaining the discipline of the Established Church; -- called also <altname>Christian courts</altname>.</cd> <mark>[Eng.]</mark> -- <col><b>Ecclesiastical law</b></col>, <cd>a combination of civil and canon law as administered in ecclesiastical courts.</cd> <mark>[Eng.]</mark> -- <col><b>Ecclesiastical modes</b></col> <fld>(Mus.)</fld>, <cd>the church modes, or the scales anciently used.</cd> -- <col><b>Ecclesiastical States</b></col>, <cd>the territory formerly subject to the Pope of Rome as its temporal ruler; -- called also <altname>States of the Church</altname>.</cd><!-- and Papal States. --></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Ec*cle`si*as"tic*al*ly</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an ecclesiastical manner; according ecclesiastical rules.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ec*cle`si*as"ti*cism</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Strong attachment to ecclesiastical usages, forms, etc.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ec*cle`si*as"ti*cus</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L.]</ety> <def>A book of the Apocrypha.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ec*cle`si*o*log"ic*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Belonging to ecclesiology.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ec*cle`si*ol"o*gist</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One versed in ecclesiology.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ec*cle`si*ol"o*gy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Ecclesia</ets> + <ets>-logy</ets>.]</ety> <def>The science or theory of church building and decoration.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ec*crit"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. &unr_; secretive, fr. &unr_; to choose out.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A remedy which promotes discharges, as an emetic, or a cathartic.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ec"der*on</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <grk>'ek</grk> out + &unr_;  skin.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>See <er>Ecteron</er>.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Ec`der*on"ic</wf> <pr>(#)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Ec"dy*sis</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Ecdyses</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <grk>'e`kdysis</grk> a getting out, fr. <grk>'ekdy`ein</grk>, to put off; <grk>'ek</grk> out + <grk>dy`ein</grk> to enter.]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>The act of shedding, or casting off, an outer cuticular layer, as in the case of serpents, lobsters, etc.; a coming out; <as>as, the <ex>ecdysis</ex> of the pupa from its shell</as>; exuviation.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ec"go*nine</hw> <pr>(?; 104)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>'e`kgonos</grk> sprung from.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A colorless, crystalline, nitrogenous base, obtained by the decomposition of cocaine.</def><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>&Eacute;`chau`guette"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F.]</ety> <def>A small chamber or place of protection for a sentinel, usually in the form of a projecting turret, or the like. See <er>Castle</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ech"e</hw> <pr>(&emacr;sh"&eitalic_;)</pr>, <pos>a. <i>or</i> a. pron.</pos> <def>Each.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ech"e*lon</hw> <pr>(&ebreve_;sh"&eitalic_;*l&obreve_;n)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F., fr. <ets>&eacute;chelle</ets> ladder, fr. L. <ets>scala</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Mil.)</fld> <def>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>as, <ex>echelon</ex> distance</as>.</def>  <rj><au>Upton (Tactics).</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Naval)</fld> <def>An arrangement of a fleet in a wedge or <universbold>V</universbold> form.</def>  <rj><au>Encyc. Dict.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Echelon lens</b></col> <fld>(Optics)</fld>, <cd>a large lens constructed in several parts or layers, extending in a succession of annular rings beyond the central lens; -- used in lighthouses.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Ech"e*lon</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <fld>(Mil.)</fld> <def>To place in echelon; to station divisions of troops in echelon.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ech"e*lon</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To take position in echelon.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Change direction to the left, <qex>echelon</qex> by battalion from the right.</q> <rj><qau>Upton (Tactics).</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Echeneididae</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>a natural family of fishes having a sucking disk on the head for clinging to other fishes and to ships.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> family <fam>Echeneididae</fam>, family <fam>Echeneidae</fam>.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Echeneis</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>the type genus of the <fam>Echeneididae</fam>; they are typical remoras.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> genus <gen>Echeneis</gen>.</syn><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>E*chid"na</hw> <pr>(&euptack_;*k&ibreve_;d"n&adot_;)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L., a viper, adder, Gr. <grk>'e`chidna</grk>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Gr. Myth.)</fld> <def>A monster, half maid and half serpent.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A genus of <ord>Monotremata</ord> found in Australia, Tasmania, and New Guinea. They are toothless and covered with spines; -- called also <altname>porcupine ant-eater</altname>, and <altname>Australian ant-eater</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*chid"nine</hw> <pr>(?; 104)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Echidna</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>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.</def>  <rj><au>Brande &amp; C.</au></rj></p>

<p><hw>E*chid"no*pha*ga</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>a genus of fleas including the <stype>stick-tight flea</stype> (<spn>Echidnophaga gallinacea</spn>), which is a serious pest in subtropical America, infesting poultry and frequently attacking man and domestic animals.</def> <au>[Stedman]</au><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>Ech"i*nate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Ech"i*na`ted</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>echinatus</ets>. See <er>Echinus</er>.]</ety> <def>Set with prickles; prickly, like a hedgehog; bristled; <as>as, an <ex>echinated</ex> pericarp</as>.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> echinulate.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>E*chi"nid</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a. &amp; n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Echinoid</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*chin"i*dan</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>&eacute;chinide</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>One the Echinoidea.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*chin"i*tal</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of, or like, an echinite.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ech"i*nite</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>&eacute;chinite</ets>. See <er>Echinus</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Paleon.)</fld> <def>A fossil echinoid.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Echinochloa</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>annual or perennial succulent grasses of warm regions.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> genus Echinochloa.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>e*chi"no*coc*co`sis</hw> <pr>(&ebreve_;*k&imacr;"n&ouptack_;*k&obreve_;k*k&omacr;`s&ibreve_;s)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>infestation with echinococci (tapeworms).  An infection with the larval form is called <stype>hydatid disease</stype>.</def><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>E*chi`no*coc"cus</hw> <pr>(&ebreve_;*k&imacr;"n&ouptack_;*k&obreve_;k*k)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <grk>'echi^nos</grk> hedgehog, sea urchin + <grk>ko`kkos</grk> grain, seed, berry. So called because forming little granular bodies, each armed with hooklets and disposed upon the inner wall of the hydatid cysts.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>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 <spn>T&aelig;nia echinococcus</spn>, a small tapeworm peculiar to the dog.  The adult form is not found in man.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>ech"i*no*cyte</hw> <pr>(&ebreve_;k"&ibreve_;*n&ouptack_;*s&imacr;t)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>a red blood cell which has become crenated.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*chin"o*derm`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>One of the Echinodermata.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*chi`no*der"mal</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Relating or belonging to the echinoderms.</def><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>E*chi`no*der"ma*ta</hw> <pr>(&euptack_;*k&imacr;`n&ouptack_;*d&etilde_;r"m&adot_;*t&adot_;)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <grk>'echi^nos</grk> hedgehog, sea urchin + <grk>de`rma</grk>, <grk>-atos</grk>, skin.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>One of the grand divisions of the animal kingdom. By many writers it was formerly included in the Radiata.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>Echinoderma</asp>.]</altsp><br/>
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<p><note>&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 (<xex>spheromeres</xex>) 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 <er>Ambulacrum</er>.</note><br/>
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<p><hw>E*chi`no*der"ma*tous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Relating to Echinodermata; echinodermal.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*chi"noid</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Echinus</ets> + <ets>-oid</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to the Echinoidea.</def> -- <def2><pos>n.</pos> <def>One of the Echinoidea.</def></def2><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Ech`i*noi"de*a</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL. See <er>Echinus</er>, and <er>-oid</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>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 <er>Spatangoid</er>, <er>Clypeastroid</er>.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>Echinidea</asp>, and <asp>Echinoida</asp>.]</altsp><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>E*chi`no*zo"a</hw> <pr>(&euptack_;*k&imacr;`n&ouptack_;*z&omacr;"&adot_;)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <grk>'echi^nos</grk> an echinus + <grk>zw^,on</grk> an animal.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>The Echinodermata.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*chin"u*late</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Bot. &amp; Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Set with small spines or prickles.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> echinate.</syn>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>E*chi"nus</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Echini</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L., a hedgehog, sea urchin, Gr. <grk>'echi^nos</grk>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A hedgehog.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A genus of echinoderms, including the common edible sea urchin of Europe.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The rounded molding forming the bell of the capital of the Grecian Doric style, which is of a peculiar elastic curve. See <er>Entablature</er>.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The quarter-round molding (ovolo) of the Roman Doric style. See <xex>Illust.</xex> of <er>Column</er></def> <sd>(c)</sd> <def>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.</def><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Ech`i*u*roi"de*a</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. <ets>echiurus</ets>, the name of one genus (Gr. <grk>'e`chis</grk> an adder + <grk>o'yra`</grk> tail) + <ets>-oid</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A division of Annelida which includes the genus <gen>Echiurus</gen> and allies. They are often classed among the Gephyrea, and called the <altname>armed Gephyreans</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ech"o</hw> <pr>(&ebreve_;k"&ouptack_;)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Echoes</plw> <pr>(&ebreve_;k"&omacr;z)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L. <ets>echo</ets>, Gr. <grk>'hchw`</grk> echo, sound, akin to <grk>'hchh`</grk>, <grk>'h^chos</grk>, sound, noise; cf. Skr. <ets>v&amacr;&ccedil;</ets> to sound, bellow; perh. akin to E. <ets>voice</ets>: cf. F. <ets>&eacute;cho</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A sound reflected from an opposing surface and repeated to the ear of a listener; repercussion of sound; repetition of a sound.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The babbling <qex>echo</qex> mocks the hounds.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>The woods shall answer, and the <qex>echo</qex> ring.</q> <rj><qau>Pope.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Fig.: Sympathetic recognition; response; answer.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Fame is the <qex>echo</qex> of actions, resounding them.</q> <rj><qau>Fuller.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Many kind, and sincere speeches found an <qex>echo</qex> in his heart.</q> <rj><qau>R. L. Stevenson.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <sd>(a)</sd> <fld>(Myth. &amp; Poetic)</fld> <def>A wood or mountain nymph, regarded as repeating, and causing the reverberation of them.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Sweet <qex>Echo</qex>, sweetest nymph, that liv'st unseen<br/>
Within thy airy shell.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj></p>

<p><sd>(b)</sd> <fld>(Gr. Myth.)</fld> <def>A nymph, the daughter of Air and Earth, who, for love of Narcissus, pined away until nothing was left of her but her voice.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Compelled me to awake the courteous <qex>Echo</qex><br/>
To give me answer from her mossy couch.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <fld>(Whist, Contract Bridge)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>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.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A signal showing the number held of a plain suit when a high card in that suit is led by one's partner.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Echo organ</b></col> <fld>(Mus.)</fld>, <cd>a set organ pipes inclosed in a box so as to produce a soft, distant effect; -- generally superseded by the swell.</cd> -- <col><b>Echo stop</b></col> <fld>(Mus.)</fld>, <cd>a stop upon a harpsichord contrived for producing the soft effect of distant sound.</cd> -- <col><b>To applaud to the echo</b></col>, <cd>to give loud and continuous applause.</cd>  <rj><au>M. Arnold.</au></rj></cs><br/>
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<p><q>I would <qex>applaud</qex> thee <qex>to the very echo</qex>,<br/>
That should applaud again.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ech"o</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Echoed</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Echoing</conjf>. -- <pos>3d pers. sing. pres.</pos> <conjf>Echoes</conjf> <pr>(&unr_;)</pr>.]</vmorph> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To send back (a sound); to repeat in sound; to reverberate.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Those peals are <qex>echoed</qex> by the Trojan throng.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>The wondrous sound<br/>
Is <qex>echoed</qex> on forever.</q> <rj><qau>Keble.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To repeat with assent; to respond; to adopt.</def><br/>
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<p><q>They would have <qex>echoed</qex> the praises of the men whom they envied, and then have sent to the newspaper anonymous libels upon them.</q> <rj><qau>Macaulay.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ech"o</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To give an echo; to resound; to be sounded back; <as>as, the hall <ex>echoed</ex> with acclamations</as>.</def> &ldquo;<xex>Echoing</xex> noise.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Blackmore.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ech"o*er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who, or that which, echoes.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>ech"o cham"ber</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Music, broadcasting)</fld> <def>A room with walls that resonate sound, producing audible echoes; it is used especially to create special sound effects in recording music.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>echoic</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(linguistics)</fld> <def>Formed in imitation of a natural sound; -- of words.  Contrasted to <ant>nonechoic</ant>.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> imitative, onomatopoeic, onomatopoeical, onomatopoetic.</syn><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Like or characteristic of an echo.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> echolike.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>echoing</hw> <pos>adj.</pos>  <def>Reflecting sounds so as to create multiple echoes; <as>as, a hotel with <ex>echoing</ex> halls</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ech"o*less</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Without echo or response.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*chom"e*ter</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, sound + <ets>-meter</ets>: cf. F. <ets>&eacute;chom&egrave;tre</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Mus)</fld> <def>A graduated scale for measuring the duration of sounds, and determining their different, and the relation of their intervals.</def>  <rj><au>J. J. Rousseau.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>E*chom"e*try</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>&eacute;chom&eacute;trie</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The art of measuring the duration of sounds or echoes.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The art of constructing vaults to produce echoes.</def></p>

<p><mhw>{ <hw>Ech*on"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Ech*oon"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> }</mhw>, <pos>pron.</pos> <def>Each one.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>E*chop"a*thy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>  <ety>[<ets>Echo</ets> + <ets>-pathy</ets>, as in <ets>homeopathy</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A morbid condition characterized by automatic and purposeless repetition of words or imitation of actions.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ech"o*scope</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, sound + <ets>-scope</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>An instrument for intensifying sounds produced by percussion of the thorax.</def>  <rj><au>Knight.</au></rj><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>&Eacute;`clair"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F.]</ety> <fld>(Cookery)</fld> <def>A kind of frosted cake, containing flavored cream.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*clair"cise</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>&eacute;claircir</ets>; pref. <ets>es-</ets> (L. <ets>ex</ets>) + <ets>clair</ets> clear, L. <ets>clarus</ets>.]</ety> <def>To make clear; to clear up what is obscure or not understood; to explain.</def><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>E*clair"cisse*ment</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F., fr. <ets>&eacute;claircir</ets>. See <er>Eclaircise</er>, <pos>v. t.</pos>]</ety> <def>The clearing up of anything which is obscure or not easily understood; an explanation.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The <qex>eclaircissement</qex> ended in the discovery of the informer.</q> <rj><qau>Clarendon.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Ec*lamp"si*a</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., from Gr. &unr_; a shining forth, fr. &unr_; to shine forth; &unr_;  out + &unr_; to shine.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A fancied perception of flashes of light, a symptom of epilepsy; hence, epilepsy itself; convulsions.</def><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; The term is generally restricted to a convulsive affection attending pregnancy and parturition, and to infantile convulsions.</note><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Ec*lamp"sy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Eclampsia</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*clat"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>&eacute;clat</ets> a fragment, splinter, explosion, brilliancy, splendor, fr. <ets>&eacute;clater</ets> to splinter, burst, explode, shine brilliantly, prob. of German origin; cf. OHG. <ets>sleizan</ets> to slit, split, fr. <ets>sl&imacr;zan</ets>, G. <ets>schleissen</ets>; akin to E. <ets>slit</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Brilliancy of success or effort; splendor; brilliant show; striking effect; glory; renown.</def> &ldquo;The <xex>eclat</xex> of Homer's battles.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Pope.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Demonstration of admiration and approbation; applause.</def>  <rj><au>Prescott.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ec*lec"tic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to pick out, choose out: cf. F. <ets>&eacute;clectique</ets>. See <er>Eclogue</er>, and cf. <er>Elect</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Selecting; choosing (what is true or excellent in doctrines, opinions, etc.) from various sources or systems; <as>as, an <ex>eclectic</ex> philosopher</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Consisting, or made up, of what is chosen or selected; <as>as, an <ex>eclectic</ex> method; an <ex>eclectic</ex> magazine.</as></def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Eclectic physician</b></col>, one of a class of practitioners of medicine, who select their modes of practice and medicines from all schools; formerly, sometimes the same as <xex>botanic physician</xex>. <mark>[U.S.]</mark> -- <col><b>Eclectic school</b></col>. <fld>(Paint.)</fld> <cd>See <cref>Bolognese school</cref>, under <er>Bolognese</er>.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Ec*lec"tic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who follows an eclectic method.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ec*lec"tic*al*ly</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an eclectic manner; by an eclectic method.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ec*lec"ti*cism</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>&eacute;clecticisme</ets>.  Cf. <er>Electicism</er>.]</ety> <def>Theory or practice of an eclectic.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ec*legm"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>&eacute;clegme</ets>, L. <ets>ecligma</ets>, fr. Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to lick up.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A medicine made by mixing oils with sirups.</def>  <rj><au>John Quincy.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>E*clipse"</hw> <pr>(&euptack_;*kl&ibreve_;ps")</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>&eacute;clipse</ets>, L. <ets>eclipsis</ets>, fr. Gr. <grk>'e`kleipsis</grk>, prop., a forsaking, failing, fr. <grk>'eklei`pein</grk> to leave out, forsake; <grk>'ek</grk> out + <grk>lei`pein</grk> to leave. See <er>Ex-</er>, and <er>Loan</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Astron.)</fld> <def>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 <stype>occultation</stype>. The eclipse of a small portion of the sun by Mercury or Venus is called a <stype>transit</stype> of the planet.</def><br/>
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<p><note>&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.</note><br/>
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<p><q>That fatal and perfidious bark,<br/>
Built in the <qex>eclipse</qex>, and rigged with curses dark.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The loss, usually temporary or partial, of light, brilliancy, luster, honor, consciousness, etc.; obscuration; gloom; darkness.</def><br/>
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<p><q>All the posterity of our fist parents suffered a perpetual <qex>eclipse</qex> of spiritual life.</q> <rj><qau>Sir W. Raleigh.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>As in the soft and sweet <qex>eclipse</qex>,<br/>
When soul meets soul on lovers' lips.</q> <rj><qau>Shelley.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Annular eclipse</b></col>. <fld>(Astron.)</fld> <cd>See under <er>Annular</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Cycle of eclipses</b></col>. <cd>See under <er>Cycle</er>.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>E*clipse"</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Eclipsed</conjf> <pr>(&euptack_;*kl&ibreve_;pst")</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Eclipsing</conjf>.]</vmorph> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To cause the obscuration of; to darken or hide; -- said of a heavenly body; <as>as, the moon <ex>eclipses</ex> the sun</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To obscure, darken, or extinguish the beauty, luster, honor, etc., of; to sully; to cloud; to throw into the shade by surpassing.</def> &ldquo;His <xex>eclipsed</xex> state.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Dryden.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>My joy of liberty is half <qex>eclipsed</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>E*clipse"</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To suffer an eclipse.</def><br/>
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<p><q>While the laboring moon<br/>
<qex>Eclipses</qex> at their charms.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>eclipsis</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Linguistics)</fld> <def>the omission or suppression of parts of words or sentences.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> ellipsis.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>e*clip"tic</hw> <pr>(&euptack_;*kl&ibreve_;p"t&ibreve_;k)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>&eacute;cliptique</ets>, L. <ets>linea ecliptica</ets>, Gr. <grk>'ekleiptiko`s</grk>, prop. adj., of an eclipse, because in this circle eclipses of the sun and moon take place. See <er>Ecliptic</er>, <pos>a.</pos>]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Astron.)</fld> <def>A great circle of the celestial sphere, making an angle with the equinoctial of about 23&deg; 28'. It is the apparent path of the sun, or the real path of the earth as seen from the sun.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Geog.)</fld> <def>A great circle drawn on a terrestrial globe, making an angle of 23&deg; 28' with the equator; -- used for illustrating and solving astronomical problems.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*clip"tic</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>eclipticus</ets> belonging to an eclipse, Gr. <grk>'ekleiptiko`s</grk>. See <er>Eclipse</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Pertaining to the ecliptic; <as>as, the <ex>ecliptic</ex> way</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Pertaining to an eclipse or to eclipses.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Lunar ecliptic limit</b></col> <fld>(Astron.)</fld>, <cd>the space of 12&deg; on the moon's orbit from the node, within which, if the moon happens to be at full, it will be eclipsed.</cd> -- <col><b>Solar ecliptic limit</b></col>, <cd>the space of 17&deg; from the lunar node, within which, if a conjunction of the sun and moon occur, the sun will be eclipsed.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Ec"lo*gite</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Ecloque</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A rock consisting of granular red garnet, light green smaragdite, and common hornblende; -- so called in reference to its beauty.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ec"logue</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>ecloga</ets>, Gr. &unr_; a selection, choice extracts, fr. &unr_; to pick out, choose out; <grk>'ek</grk>  out + &unr_; to gather, choose: cf.  F. <ets>&eacute;gloque</ets>, <ets>&eacute;cloque</ets>. See <er>Ex-</er>, and <er>Legend</er>.]</ety> <def>A pastoral poem, in which shepherds are introduced conversing with each other; a bucolic; an idyl; <as>as, the <ex>Ecloques</ex> of Virgil, from which the modern usage of the word has been established</as>.</def></p>

<p><hw>e"co*bab`ble</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>using the technical language of ecology to make the user seem ecologically aware.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>ecological</hw> <pr>(&euptack_;*k&ouptack_;"l&obreve_;j"&ibreve_;*k&aitalic_;l)</pr>, <pos>adj.</pos> <def>of or pertaining to ecology; <as>as, an <ex>ecological</ex> disaster</as>.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> bionomic, bionomical.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>ecologist</hw> <pr>(&euptack_;*k&obreve_;l"&ouptack_;*j&ibreve_;st)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>a biologist who studies the relation between organisms and their environment.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>ecology</hw> <pr>(&euptack_;*k&obreve_;l"&ouptack_;*j&ybreve_;)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>o'i^kos</grk> house + <ets>-logy</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>the branch of biology concerned with the various relations of animals and plants to one another and to their surrounding environment.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>econometric</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <def>of or pertaining to econometrics; <as>as, <ex>econometric</ex> theories</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>econometrician</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>an economist who uses statistical and mathematical methods.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>e*con`o*met"rics</hw> <pr>(&euptack_;*k&obreve_;n`&ouptack_;*m&ebreve_;t"r&ibreve_;ks)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>the application of mathematics and statistics to the study of economic and financial data.</def><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>E`co*nom"ic</hw> <pr>(?; 277)</pr>, <hw>E`co*nom"ic*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>&eacute;conomique</ets>, L. <ets>oeconomicus</ets> orderly, methodical, Gr. &unr_; economical. See <er>Economy</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Pertaining to the household; domestic.</def> &ldquo;In this <xex>economical</xex> misfortune [of ill-assorted matrimony.]&rdquo;  <rj><au>Milton.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Relating to domestic economy, or to the management of household affairs.</def><br/>
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<p><q>And doth employ her <qex>economic</qex> art<br/>
And busy care, her household to preserve.</q> <rj><qau>Sir J. Davies.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Managing with frugality; guarding against waste or unnecessary expense; careful and frugal in management and in expenditure; -- said of character or habits.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Just rich enough, with <qex>economic</qex> care,<br/>
To save a pittance.</q> <rj><qau>Harte.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>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>as, an <ex>economical</ex> use of money or of time; an <ex>economic</ex> use of home heating oil</as>.</def> <wns>[wns=3]</wns><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>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>as, <ex>economic</ex> growth; <ex>economic</ex> purposes; <ex>economical</ex> truths; an <ex>economic</ex> downturn.</as></def><br/>
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<p><q>These matters <qex>economical</qex> and political.</q> <rj><qau>J. C. Shairp.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>There was no <qex>economical</qex> distress in England to prompt the enterprises of colonization.</q> <rj><qau>Palfrey.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q><qex>Economic</qex> questions, such as money, usury, taxes, lands, and the employment of the people.</q> <rj><qau>H. C.  Baird.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <def>Regulative; relating to the adaptation of means to an end.</def>  <rj><au>Grew.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>7.</sn> <def>of or pertaining to economics.</def> <illu><ex>economic</ex> theory</illu><br/>
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<p><sn>8.</sn>  <def>profitable.  Opposite of <ant>uneconomic</ant>.</def> <wns>[wns=4]</wns><br/>
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<p><sn>9.</sn>  <def>avoiding waste; <as>as, an <ex>economical</ex> meal</as>.  Opposite of <ant>wasteful</ant>.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> frugal, scotch, sparing, stinting, thrifty.</syn><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; <xex>Economical</xex> is the usual form when meaning frugal, saving; <xex>economic</xex> is the form commonly used when meaning pertaining to the management of a household, or of public affairs.</note><br/>
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<p><hw>E`co*nom"ic*al*ly</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>With economy; with careful management; with prudence in expenditure.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E`co*nom"ics</hw> <pr>(&emacr;`k&obreve_;*n&obreve_;m"&ibreve_;ks)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>ta` o'ikonomika`</grk>, equiv. to <grk>"h o'ikonomi`a</grk>. See <er>Economic</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The science of household affairs, or of domestic management.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>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 <cref>Political economy</cref>, under <er>Political</er>.</def> &ldquo;In politics and <xex>economics</xex>.&rdquo;  <rj><au>V. Knox.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>economise</hw> <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>same as <er>economize</er>.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> conserve, husband, economize.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>economiser</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>a person who economizes and avoids waste.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> economizer.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>E*con"o*mist</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>&eacute;conomiste</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>One who economizes, or manages domestic or other concerns with frugality; one who expends money, time, or labor, judiciously, and without waste.</def> &ldquo;<xex>Economists</xex> even to parsimony.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Burke.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>One who is conversant with political economy; an expert in the field of economics.</def> <wns>[wns=1]</wns><br/>
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<p><hw>E*con`o*mi*za"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The act or practice of using to the best effect.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>H. Spenser.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>E*con"o*mize</hw> <pr>(&euptack_;*k&obreve_;n"&ouptack_;*m&imacr;z)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Economized</conjf> <pr>(&euptack_;*k&obreve_;n"&ouptack_;*m&imacr;zd)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Economizing</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>&eacute;conomiser</ets>.]</ety> <def>To manage with economy; to use with prudence; to expend with frugality; <as>as, to <ex>economize</ex> one's income</as>.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>economise</asp>.]</altsp><br/>
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<p><q>Expenses in the city were to be <qex>economized</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Jowett (Thucyd. ).</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Calculating how to <qex>economize</qex> time.</q> <rj><qau>W. Irving.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>E*con"o*mize</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To be prudently sparing in expenditure; to be frugal and saving; <as>as, to <ex>economize</ex> in order to grow rich</as>.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>economise</asp>.]</altsp>  <rj><au>Milton.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>E*con"o*mi`zer</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>One who, or that which, economizes.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Specifically: <fld>(Steam Boilers)</fld> An arrangement of pipes for heating feed water by waste heat in the gases passing to the chimney.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>e*con"o*my</hw> <pr>(&euptack_;*k&obreve_;n"&ouptack_;*m&ybreve_;)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Economies</plw> <pr>(&euptack_;*k&obreve_;n"&ouptack_;*m&ibreve_;z)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[F. <ets>&eacute;conomie</ets>, L. <ets>oeconomia</ets> household management, fr. Gr. <grk>o'ikonomi`a</grk>, fr. <grk>o'ikono`mos</grk> one managing a household; <grk>o'i^kos</grk> house (akin to L. <ets>vicus</ets> village, E. <ets>vicinity</ets>) + <grk>no`mos</grk>  usage, law, rule, fr. <grk>ne`mein</grk> to distribute, manage. See <er>Vicinity</er>, <er>Nomad</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The management of domestic affairs; the regulation and government of household matters; especially as they concern expense or disbursement; <as>as, a careful <ex>economy</ex></as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Himself busy in charge of the household <qex>economies</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Froude.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>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>as, political <ex>economy</ex></as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>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>as, the animal or vegetable <ex>economy</ex>; the <ex>economy</ex> of a poem; the Jewish <ex>economy</ex>.</as></def><br/>
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<p><q>The position which they [the verb and adjective] hold in the general <qex>economy</qex> of language.</q> <rj><qau>Earle.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>In the Greek poets, as also in Plautus, we shall see the <qex>economy</qex> . . . of poems better observed than in Terence.</q> <rj><qau>B. Jonson.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>The Jews already had a Sabbath, which, as citizens and subjects of that <qex>economy</qex>, they were obliged to keep.</q> <rj><qau>Paley.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Thrifty and frugal housekeeping; management without loss or waste; frugality in expenditure; prudence and disposition to save; <as>as, a housekeeper accustomed to <ex>economy</ex> but not to parsimony</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Political economy</b></col>. <cd>See under <er>Political</er>.</cd></cs></p>

<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- <er>Economy</er>, <er>Frugality</er>, <er>Parsimony</er>. <xex>Economy</xex> avoids all waste and extravagance, and applies money to the best advantage; <xex>frugality</xex> cuts off indulgences, and proceeds on a system of saving. The latter conveys the idea of not using or spending superfluously, and is opposed to <xex>lavishness</xex> or <xex>profusion</xex>. <xex>Frugality</xex> is usually applied to matters of consumption, and commonly points to simplicity of manners; <xex>parsimony</xex> is frugality carried to an extreme, involving meanness of spirit, and a sordid mode of living. <xex>Economy</xex> is a virtue, and <xex>parsimony</xex> a vice.</syn><br/>
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<p><q>I have no other notion of <qex>economy</qex> than that it is the parent to liberty and ease.</q> <rj><qau>Swift.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>The father was more given to <qex>frugality</qex>, and the son to riotousness [luxuriousness].</q> <rj><qau>Golding.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>&Eacute;`cor`ch&eacute;"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F.]</ety> <fld>(Fine Arts)</fld> <def>A manikin, or image, representing an animal, especially man, with the skin removed so that the muscles are exposed for purposes of study.</def><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>&Eacute;`cos`saise"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F.]</ety> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>A dancing tune in the Scotch style.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*cos"tate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Pref. <ets>e-</ets> + <ets>costate</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Having no ribs or nerves; -- said of a leaf.</def><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>&Eacute;`coute"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F., a listening place.]</ety> <fld>(Mil.)</fld> <def>One of the small galleries run out in front of the glacis. They serve to annoy the enemy's miners.</def><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Ec"pha*sis</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_;  to speak out.]</ety> <fld>(Rhet.)</fld> <def>An explicit declaration.</def><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Ec`pho*ne"ma</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; a thing called out, fr. &unr_; to cry out; <grk>'ek</grk> out + &unr_; voice.]</ety> <fld>(Rhet.)</fld> <def>A breaking out with some interjectional particle.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ec"pho*neme</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Ecphonema</er>.]</ety> <def>A mark (!) used to indicate an exclamation.</def>  <rj><au>G. Brown.</au></rj><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Ec`pho*ne"sis</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;. See <er>Ecphonema</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Rhet.)</fld> <def>An animated or passionate exclamation.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The feelings by the <qex>ecphonesis</qex> are very various.</q> <rj><qau>Gibbs.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ec*phrac"tic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Gr. &unr_;, from &unr_; to open; <grk>'ek</grk> out + &unr_; to block up: cf. F. <ets>ecphractique</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Serving to dissolve or attenuate viscid matter, and so to remove obstructions; deobstruent.</def> -- <def2><pos>n.</pos> <def>An ecphractic medicine.</def></def2>  <rj><au>Harvey.</au></rj><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>&Eacute;`crase`ment"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F.]</ety> <fld>(Surg.)</fld> <def>The operation performed with an &eacute;craseur.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&Eacute;`cra`seur"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F., fr. <ets>&eacute;craser</ets> to crush.]</ety> <fld>(Surg.)</fld> <def>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.</def><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>&Eacute;`cru"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[F., fr. L. <ets>crudus</ets> raw.]</ety> <def>Having the color or appearance of unbleached stuff, as silk, linen, or the like.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ec"sta*sy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Ecstasies</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[F. <ets>extase</ets>, L. <ets>ecstasis</ets>, fr. Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to put out of place, derange; &unr_; = <grk>'ek</grk> out + &unr_; to set, stand. See <er>Ex-</er>, and <er>Stand</er>.]</ety> <altsp>[Also written <asp>extasy</asp>.]</altsp> <sn>1.</sn> <def>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.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Like a mad prophet in an <qex>ecstasy</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>This is the very <qex>ecstasy</qex> of love.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Excessive and overmastering joy or enthusiasm; rapture; enthusiastic delight.</def><br/>
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<p><q>He on the tender grass<br/>
Would sit, and hearken even to <qex>ecstasy</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Violent distraction of mind; violent emotion; excessive grief of anxiety; insanity; madness.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>That unmatched form and feature of blown youth<br/>
Blasted with <qex>ecstasy</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Our words will but increase his <qex>ecstasy</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Marlowe.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>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.</def>  <rj><au>Mayne.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ec"sta*sy</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To fill ecstasy, or with rapture or enthusiasm.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>The most <qex>ecstasied</qex> order of holy . . . spirits.</q> <rj><qau>Jer. Taylor.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ec*stat"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_;: cf. F. <ets>extatique</ets>.  See <er>Ecstasy</er>, <pos>n.</pos>]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Pertaining to, or caused by, ecstasy or excessive emotion; of the nature, or in a state, of ecstasy; <as>as, <ex>ecstatic</ex> gaze; <ex>ecstatic</ex> trance.</as></def><br/>
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<p><q>This <qex>ecstatic</qex> fit of love and jealousy.</q> <rj><qau>Hammond.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Delightful beyond measure; rapturous; ravishing; <as>as, <ex>ecstatic</ex> bliss or joy</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ec*stat"ic</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>An enthusiast.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Gauden.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ec*stat"ic*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Ecstatic.</def>  <rj><au>Bp. Stillingfleet.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Tending to external objects.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Norris.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ec*stat"ic*al*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>Rapturously; ravishingly.</def></p>

<p><mhw>{ <hw>Ect-</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Ec"to-</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> }</mhw>. <ety>[Gr. <grk>'ekto`s</grk> outside outside.]</ety> <def>A combining form signifying <xex>without</xex>, <xex>outside</xex>, <xex>external</xex>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ec"tad</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Ect-</ets> + L. <ets>ad</ets> towards.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Toward the outside or surface; -- opposed to <ant>entad</ant>.</def>  <rj><au>B. G. Wilder.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ec"tal</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Ect-</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to, or situated near, the surface; outer; -- opposed to <ant>ental</ant>.</def>  <rj><au>B. G. Wilder.</au></rj><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Ec*ta"si*a</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL. See <er>Ectasis</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A dilatation of a hollow organ or of a canal.</def><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Ec"ta*sis</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L., fr. Gr. &unr_;; <grk>'ek</grk> out + &unr_; to stretch.]</ety> <fld>(Pros.)</fld> <def>The lengthening of a syllable from short to long.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ec*ten"tal</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>'ekto`s</grk> outside + &unr_; inside.]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>Relating to, or connected with, the two primitive germ layers, the ectoderm and ectoderm; <as>as, the &ldquo;<ex>ectental</ex> line&rdquo; or line of juncture of the two layers in the segmentation of the ovum</as>.</def>  <rj><au>C. S. Minot.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ec"ter*on</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Ect-</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>The external layer of the skin and mucous membranes; epithelium; ecderon.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Ec`ter*on"ic</wf> <pr>(#)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>Ec*teth"moid</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Ect-</ets> + <ets>ethmoid</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>External to the ethmoid; prefrontal.</def><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Ec*thlip"sis</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L., fr. Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to squeeze out.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The dropping out or suppression from a word of a consonant, with or without a vowel.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Lat. Pros.)</fld> <def>The elision of a final <xex>m</xex>, with the preceding vowel, before a word beginning with a vowel.</def><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Ec`tho*re"um</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Ecthorea</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; to leap out; <grk>ek</grk> out + &unr_;, &unr_;, to leap, dart.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>The slender, hollow thread of a nettling cell or cnida. See <er>Nettling cell</er>.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>ecthor&aelig;um</asp>.]</altsp><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Ec*thy"ma</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Ecthymata</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; pimple, fr. &unr_; to break out.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A cutaneous eruption, consisting of large, round pustules, upon an indurated and inflamed base.</def>  <rj><au>Dunglison.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ec"to-</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <def>See <er>Ect-</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ec"to*blast</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Ecto-</ets> + Gr. &unr_; bud, germ.]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The outer layer of the blastoderm; the epiblast; the ectoderm.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The outer envelope of a cell; the cell wall.</def>  <rj><au>Agassiz.</au></rj><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Ec`to*bron"chi*um</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Ectobronchia</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[NL. See <er>Ecto-</er>, and <er>Bronchia</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>One of the dorsal branches of the main bronchi in the lungs of birds.</def></p>

<p><mhw>{ <hw>Ec`to*cu*ne"ri*form</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Ec`to*cu"ni*form</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Ecto-</ets> + <ets>cuneiform</ets>, <ets>cuniform</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>One of the bones of the tarsus. See <er>Cuneiform</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ec"to*cyst</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Ecto-</ets> + Gr. &unr_; bladder.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>The outside covering of the Bryozoa.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ec"to*derm</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Ecto-</ets> + <ets>-derm</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The outer layer of the blastoderm; epiblast.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The external skin or outer layer of an animal or plant, this being formed in an animal from the epiblast. See <xex>Illust.</xex> of <er>Blastoderm</er>.</def></p>

<p><mhw>{ <hw>Ec`to*der"mal</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Ec`to*der"mic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>Of or relating to the ectoderm.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ec`to*lec"i*thal</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Ecto-</ets> + Gr.  &unr_; the yolk of an egg.]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>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>as, <ex>ectolecithal</ex> ova</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ec"to*mere</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Ecto-</ets> + <ets>-mere</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>The more transparent cells, which finally become external, in many segmenting ova, as those of mammals.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ec`to*par"a*site</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Any parasite which lives on the exterior of animals; -- opposed to <contr>endoparasite</contr>.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Ec`to*par`a*sit"ic</wf> <pr>(#)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Ec*to"pi*a</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <grk>'ek</grk> out + &unr_; place.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A morbid displacement of parts, especially such as is congenial; <as>as, <ex>ectopia</ex> of the heart, or of the bladder</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ec*top"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Out of place; congenitally displaced; <as>as, an <ex>ectopic</ex> organ</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ec"to*plasm</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Ecto-</ets> + Gr. &unr_; form.]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The outer transparent layer of protoplasm in a developing ovum.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The outer hyaline layer of protoplasm in a vegetable cell.</def> <sd>(c)</sd> <def>The ectosarc of protozoan.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ec`to*plas"tic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Ecto-</ets> + Gr. &unr_; to mold.]</ety> <def>Pertaining to, or composed of, ectoplasm.</def><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Ec`to*proc"ta</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <grk>'ekto`s</grk> outside outside + &unr_; the anus.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>An order of Bryozoa in which the anus lies outside the circle of tentacles.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ec"to*py</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Ectopia</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ect*or"gan*ism</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Ect-</ets> + <ets>organism</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>An external parasitic organism.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ec"to*sarc</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>   <ety>[<ets>Ecto-</ets> + Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, flesh.]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>The semisolid external layer of protoplasm in some unicellular organisms, as the am&oelig;ba; ectoplasm; exoplasm.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ec*tos"te*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to ectostosis; <as>as, <ex>ectosteal</ex> ossification</as>.</def><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Ec`tos*to"sis</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL. See <er>Ect-</er>, and <er>Ostosis</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>A process of bone formation in which ossification takes place in the perichondrium and either surrounds or gradually replaces the cartilage.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ec`to*zo"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>See <er>Epizoic</er>.</def><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Ec`to*zo"&ouml;n</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Ectozoa</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <grk>'ekto`s</grk> outside outside + <grk>zw^,on</grk> an animal.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>See <er>Epizo&ouml;n</er>.</def><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Ec*tro"pi*on</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; a turning aside; &unr_; from + &unr_; to turn.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>An unnatural eversion of the eyelids.</def><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Ec*tro"pi*um</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Ectropion</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ec*trot"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Gr. &unr_; for abortion; <grk>'ek</grk> out + &unr_; to wound, cause mischief to.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Having a tendency to prevent the development of anything, especially of a disease.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ec"ty*pal</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>ectypus</ets> worked in high relief, Gr. &unr_;;  out + &unr_; stamp, figure. See <er>Type</er>.]</ety> <def>Copied, reproduced as a molding or cast, in contradistinction from the original model.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ec"type</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>ectype</ets>. See <er>Ectypal</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Classical Arch&aelig;ol.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A copy, as in pottery, of an artist's original work. Hence:</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A work sculptured in relief, as a cameo, or in bas-relief (in this sense used loosely).</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A copy from an original; a type of something that has previously existed.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Some regarded him [Klopstock] as an <qex>ectype</qex> of the ancient prophets.</q> <rj><qau>Eng. Cyc. .</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ec`ty*pog"ra*phy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Ectype</ets> + <ets>-graphy</ets>.]</ety> <def>A method of etching in which the design upon the plate is produced in relief.</def></p>

<p><mhw>{ <hw>Ec`u*men"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Ec`u*men"ic*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>oecumenicus</ets>, Gr. &unr_; (sc. &unr_;) the inhabited world, fr. &unr_; to inhabit, from <grk>o'i^kos</grk> house, dwelling. See <er>Economy</er>.]</ety> <def>General; universal; in ecclesiastical usage, that which concerns the whole church; <as>as, an <ex>ecumenical</ex> council</as>.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>&oelig;cumenical</asp>.]</altsp><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Ecumenical Bishop</b></col>, <cd>a title assumed by the popes.</cd> -- <col><b>Ecumenical council</b></col>. <cd>See under <er>Council</er>.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Ec"u*rie</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. See <er>Equerry</er>.]</ety> <def>A stable.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ec"ze*ma</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <grk>'e`kzema</grk>; <grk>"ek</grk> out + <grk>zei^n</grk> to boil.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>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 <altname>tetter</altname>, <altname>milk crust</altname>, and <altname>salt rheum</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ec*zem"a*tous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to eczema; having the characteristic of eczema.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>-ed</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <def>The termination of the past participle of regular, or weak, verbs; also, of analogous participial adjectives from nouns; <as>as, pigment<ex>ed</ex>; talent<ex>ed</ex>.</as></def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*da"cious</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>edax</ets>, <ets>edacis</ets>, fr. <ets>edere</ets> to eat.]</ety> <def>Given to eating; voracious; devouring.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Swallowed in the depths of <qex>edacious</qex> Time.</q> <rj><qau>Carlyle.</qau></rj></p>

<p>-- <wordforms><wf>E*da"cious*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> -- <wf>E*da"cious*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>E*dac"i*ty</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>edacitas</ets>.]</ety> <def>Greediness; voracity; ravenousness; rapacity.</def>  <rj><au>Bacon.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><mhw><hw>E"dam</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>, <it>or</it> <hw>Edam cheese</hw></mhw>. <def>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 <etsep>Edam,</etsep> near Amsterdam. Also, cheese of the same type, wherever made.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>edaphosaurus</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>an extinct heavy-bodied reptile of the late Paleozoic having a dorsal sail or crest.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ed"da</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Eddas</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[Icel., lit. <ets>great-grandmother</ets> (<it>i. e.</it>, of Scandinavian poetry), so called by Bishop Brynj&uacute;lf Sveinsson, who brought it again to light in 1643.]</ety> <def>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.</def><br/>
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<p><note>&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 <stype>prose Edda</stype>, called also the <stype>Edda of Snorri</stype>, is the work of several writers, though usually ascribed to Snorri Sturleson, who was born in 1178.</note></p>

<p><mhw>{ <hw>Ed*da"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Ed"dic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> }</mhw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Relating to the Eddas; resembling the Eddas.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ed"der</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Adder</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>An adder or serpent.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>  <rj><au>Wright.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ed"der</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>edor</ets> hedge, fence; akin to <ets>etar</ets>.]</ety> <def>Flexible wood worked into the top of hedge stakes, to bind them together.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Tusser.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ed"der</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To bind the top interweaving edder; <as>as, to <ex>edder</ex> a hedge</as>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Ed"dish</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>edisc</ets>; cf. AS. pref. <ets>ed-</ets> again, anew.  Cf. <er>Eddy</er>, and <er>Arrish</er>.]</ety> <def>Aftermath; also, stubble and stubble field. See <er>Arrish</er>.</def> <mark>[Eng.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Ed"does</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The tubers of <xex>Colocasia antiquorum</xex>. See <er>Taro</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ed"dy</hw> <pr>(&ebreve_;d"d&ybreve_;)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Eddies</plw> <pr>(&ebreve_;d"d&ibreve_;z)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[Prob. fr. Icel. <ets>i&eth;a</ets>; cf. Icel. pref. <ets>i&eth;-</ets> back, AS. <ets>ed-</ets>, OS. <ets>idug-</ets>, OHG. <ets>ita-</ets>; Goth. <ets>id-</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A current of air or water running back, or in a direction contrary to the main current.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A current of water or air moving in a circular direction; a whirlpool.</def><br/>
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<p><q>And smiling <qex>eddies</qex> dimpled on the main.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Wheel through the air, in circling <qex>eddies</qex> play.</q> <rj><qau>Addison.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><note>Used also adjectively; as, <xex>eddy</xex> winds.</note>  <rj><au>Dryden.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ed"dy</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Eddied</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Eddying</conjf>.]</vmorph> <def>To move as an eddy, or as in an eddy; to move in a circle.</def><br/>
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<p><q><qex>Eddying</qex> round and round they sink.</q> <rj><qau>Wordsworth.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ed"dy</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To collect as into an eddy.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>The circling mountains <qex>eddy</qex> in<br/>
From the bare wild the dissipated storm.</q> <rj><qau>Thomson.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ed"dy cur"rent</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <fld>(Elec.)</fld> <def>An induced electric current circulating wholly within a mass of metal; -- called also <altname>Foucault current</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ed"dy kite</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. Called also <altname>Malay kite</altname>. <ety>[After William A. <etsep>Eddy</etsep>, American kite expert.]</ety> <def>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.</def><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>E"del*weiss</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[G., fr. <ets>edel</ets> noble + <ets>weiss</ets> white.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A little, perennial, white, woolly plant (<spn>Leontopodium alpinum</spn>), growing at high elevations in the Alps.  It is the national flower of Austria.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*de"ma</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>&oelig;dema</er>.</def></p>

<p><mhw>{ <hw>E*de"ma*tous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <i>or</i> <hw>E*de"ma*tose`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> }</mhw>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>&oelig;dematous</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E"den</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Heb. <ets>&emacr;den</ets> delight, pleasure; also, a place of pleasure, Eden.]</ety> <def>The garden where Adam and Eve first dwelt; hence, a delightful region or residence.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*den"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining to Eden; paradisaic.</def> &ldquo;<xex>Edenic</xex> joys.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Mrs. Browning.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>E"den*ite</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[From <ets>Eden</ets>ville, N. Y.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A variety of amphibole. See <er>Amphibole</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E"den*ized</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Admitted to a state of paradisaic happiness.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Davies (Wit's Pilgr. ).</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>E*den"tal</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>See <er>Edentate</er>, <pos>a.</pos></def> -- <def2><pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>One of the Edentata.</def></def2><br/>
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<p><hw>E*den"tal*ous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>See <er>Edentate</er>, <pos>a.</pos></def><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>E`den*ta"ta</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL., neut. pl. from L. <ets>edentatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>edentare</ets> to render toothless; <ets>e</ets> out + <ets>dens</ets>, <ets>dentis</ets>, tooth.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>An order of mammals including the armadillos, sloths, and anteaters; -- called also <altname>Bruta</altname>. The incisor teeth are rarely developed, and in some groups all the teeth are lacking.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*den"tate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Destitute of teeth; <as>as, an <ex>edentate</ex> quadruped; an <ex>edentate</ex> leaf.</as></def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Belonging to the Edentata.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*den"tate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>One of the Edentata.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*den`ta*ted</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Same as <er>Edentate</er>, <pos>a.</pos></def><br/>
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<p><hw>E`den*ta"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A depriving of teeth.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Cockeram.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>E*den"tu*lous</hw> <pr>(?; 135)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>edentulus</ets>; <ets>e</ets> out + <ets>dens</ets>, <ets>dentis</ets>, tooth.]</ety> <def>Toothless.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Edge</hw> <pr>(&ebreve_;j)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>eg</ets>, <ets>egge</ets>, AS. <ets>ecg</ets>; akin to OHG. <ets>ekka</ets>, G. <ets>ecke</ets>, Icel. &amp; Sw. <ets>egg</ets>, Dan. <ets>eg</ets>, and to L. <ets>acies</ets>, Gr. <grk>'akh`</grk> point, Skr. <ets>a&ccedil;ri</ets> edge. &radic;1.  Cf. <er>Egg</er>, <pos>v. t.</pos>, <er>Eager</er>, <er>Ear</er> spike of corn, <er>Acute</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument; <as>as, the <ex>edge</ex> of an ax, knife, sword, or scythe</as>.</def> <specif>Hence,</specif> <mark>(figuratively)</mark>, <def>that which cuts as an edge does, or wounds deeply, etc.</def><br/>
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<p><q>He which hath the sharp sword with two <qex>edges</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Rev. ii. 12.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Slander,<br/>
Whose <qex>edge</qex> is sharper than the sword.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Any sharp terminating border; a margin; a brink; extreme verge; <as>as, the <ex>edge</ex> of a table, a precipice</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Upon the <qex>edge</qex> of yonder coppice.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>In worst extremes, and on the perilous <qex>edge</qex><br/>
Of battle.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Pursue even to the very <qex>edge</qex> of destruction.</q> <rj><qau>Sir W. Scott.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Sharpness; readiness or fitness to cut; keenness; intenseness of desire.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The full <qex>edge</qex> of our indignation.</q> <rj><qau>Sir W. Scott.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Death and persecution lose all the ill that they can have, if we do not set an <qex>edge</qex> upon them by our fears and by our vices.</q> <rj><qau>Jer. Taylor.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>The border or part adjacent to the line of division; the beginning or early part; <as>as, in the <ex>edge</ex> of evening</as>.</def> &ldquo;On the <xex>edge</xex> of winter.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Milton.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Edge joint</b></col> <fld>(Carp.)</fld>, <cd>a joint formed by two edges making a corner.</cd> -- <col><b>Edge mill</b></col>, <cd>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 <altname>Chilian mill</altname>.</cd> -- <col><b>Edge molding</b></col> <fld>(Arch.)</fld>, <cd>a molding whose section is made up of two curves meeting in an angle.</cd> -- <col><b>Edge plane</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <fld>(Carp.)</fld> <cd>A plane for edging boards.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <fld>(Shoemaking)</fld> <cd>A plane for edging soles.</cd> -- <col><b>Edge play</b></col>, <cd>a kind of swordplay in which backswords or cutlasses are used, and the edge, rather than the point, is employed.</cd> -- <col><b>Edge rail</b></col>. <fld>(Railroad)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>A rail set on edge; -- applied to a rail of more depth than width.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>A guard rail by the side of the main rail at a switch.</cd> <au>Knight.</au> -- <col><b>Edge railway</b></col>, <cd>a railway having the rails set on edge.</cd> -- <col><b>Edge stone</b></col>, <cd>a curbstone.</cd> -- <col><b>Edge tool</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>Any tool or instrument having a sharp edge intended for cutting.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>A tool for forming or dressing an edge; an edging tool.</cd> -- <col><b>To be on edge</b></col>,  <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>to be eager, impatient, or anxious.</cd>  <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>to be irritable or nervous.</cd>  -- <col><b>on edge</b></col>,  <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>See <cref>to be on edge</cref>.</cd>  <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>See <cref>to set the teeth on edge</cref>.</cd> -- <col><b>To set the teeth on edge</b></col>, <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>to cause a disagreeable tingling sensation in the teeth, as by bringing acids into contact with them.</cd> <mark>[archaic]</mark>  <rj><au>Bacon.</au></rj>  <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>to produce a disagreeable or unpleasant sensation; to annoy or repel; -- often used of sounds; <as>as, the screeching of of the subway train wheels <ex>sets my teeth on edge</ex></as>.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Edge</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Edged</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Edging</conjf>.]</vmorph> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To furnish with an edge as a tool or weapon; to sharpen.</def><br/>
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<p><q>To <qex>edge</qex> her champion's sword.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To shape or dress the edge of, as with a tool.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To furnish with a fringe or border; <as>as, to <ex>edge</ex> a dress; to <ex>edge</ex> a garden with box.</as></def><br/>
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<p><q>Hills whose tops were <qex>edged</qex> with groves.</q> <rj><qau>Pope.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>To make sharp or keen, figuratively; to incite; to exasperate; to goad; to urge or egg on.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>By such reasonings, the simple were blinded, and the malicious <qex>edged</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Hayward.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>To move by little and little or cautiously, as by pressing forward edgewise; <as>as, <ex>edging</ex> their chairs forwards</as>.</def>  <rj><au>Locke.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Edge</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To move sideways; to move gradually; <as>as, <ex>edge</ex> along this way</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To sail close to the wind.</def><br/>
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<p><q>I must <qex>edge</qex> up on a point of wind.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><mcol><col><b>To edge away</b></col> <it>or</it> <col><b>To edge off</b></col></mcol> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>to increase the distance gradually from the shore, vessel, or other object.</cd> -- <col><b>To edge down</b></col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>to approach by slow degrees, as when a sailing vessel approaches an object in an oblique direction from the windward.</cd> -- <col><b>To edge in</b></col>, <cd>to get in edgewise; to get in by degrees.</cd> -- <col><b>To edge in with</b></col>, <cd>as with a coast or vessel <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, to advance gradually, but not directly, toward it.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Edge"bone`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Same as <er>Aitchbone</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>edged</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>having a specified kind of border or edge; <as>as, a black-<ex>edged</ex> card; dried sweat left salt-<ex>edged</ex> patches</as>.</def> <mark>[Postpositional]</mark><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>having a cutting edge or especially an edge or edges as specified; often used in combination; <as>as, a dull-<ex>edged</ex> blade</as>.  Opposit of <ant>edgeless</ant>.</def>  <mark>[Postpositional]</mark> <br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn>  <def>having a biting effect, implying criticism; -- used of words or language; <as>as, <ex>edged</ex> satire</as>.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> cutting, harsh, sharp, sharp-worded, stinging.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Edge"less</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Without an edge; not sharp; blunt; obtuse; <as>as, an <ex>edgeless</ex> sword or weapon</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Edge"long</hw> <pr>(?; 115)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In the direction of the edge.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>Three hundred thousand pieces have you stuck<br/>
<qex>Edgelong</qex> into the ground.</q> <rj><qau>B. Jonson.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Edge"shot</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Carp.)</fld> <def>Having an edge planed, -- said of a board.</def>  <rj><au>Knight.</au></rj></p>

<p><mhw>{ <hw>Edge"ways</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Edge"wise</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>adv.</pos> <def>With the edge towards anything; in the direction of the edge.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>to get a word in edgewise</b></col> <cd>to succeed in expressing an opinion in a conversation, in spite of constant speech from another or others; <as>as, he talked incessantly and I couldn't <ex>get a word in edgewise</ex></as>.</cd> <note>the form <asp>edgeways</asp> is now uncommon.</note></cs><br/>
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<p><q>Glad to get in a word, as they say, <qex>edgeways</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Sir W. Scott.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Edg"ing</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>That which forms an edge or border, as the fringe, trimming, etc., of a garment, or a border in a garden.</def>  <rj><au>Dryden.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The operation of shaping or dressing the edge of anything, as of a piece of metal.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Edging machine</b></col>, <cd>a machine tool with a revolving cutter, for dressing edges, as of boards, or metal plates, to a pattern or templet.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Edg"ing*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>Gradually; gingerly.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Edg"y</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[From <er>Edge</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Easily irritated; sharp; <as>as, an <ex>edgy</ex> temper</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Fine Arts)</fld> <def>Having some of the forms, such as drapery or the like, too sharply defined.</def> &ldquo;An <xex>edgy</xex> style of sculpture.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Hazlitt.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Edh</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The name of the Anglo-Saxon letter &eth;, capital form &ETH;. It is sounded as &ldquo;English <xex>th</xex> in a similar word: &omacr;&eth;er, other, d&ocirc;&eth;, doth.&rdquo;</def>  <rj><au>March.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ed`i*bil"i*ty</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Suitableness for being eaten; edibleness.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ed"i*ble</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>edibilis</ets>, fr. <ets>edere</ets> to eat. See <er>Eat</er>.]</ety> <def>Fit to be eaten as food; eatable; esculent; <as>as, <ex>edible</ex> fishes</as>.</def> <au>Bacon.</au> -- <def2><pos>n.</pos> <def>Anything edible.</def></def2><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Edible bird's nest</b></col>. <cd>See <er>Bird's nest</er>, 2.</cd> -- <col><b>Edible crab</b></col> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld>, <cd>any species of crab used as food, esp. the American blue crab (<spn>Callinectes hastatus</spn>). See <er>Crab</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Edible frog</b></col> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld>, <cd>the common European frog (<spn>Rana esculenta</spn>), used as food.</cd> -- <col><b>Edible snail</b></col> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld>, <cd>any snail used as food, esp. <spn>Helix pomatia</spn> and <spn>H. aspersa</spn> of Europe.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Ed"i*ble*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Suitableness for being eaten.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E"dict</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>edictum</ets>, fr. <ets>edicere</ets>, <ets>edictum</ets>, to declare, proclaim; <ets>e</ets> out + <ets>dicere</ets> to say: cf. F. <ets>&eacute;dit</ets>. See <er>Diction</er>.]</ety> <def>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>as, the <ex>edicts</ex> of the Roman emperors; the <ex>edicts</ex> of the French monarch.</as></def><br/>
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<p><q>It stands as an <qex>edict</qex> in destiny.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Edict of Nantes</b></col> <fld>(French Hist.)</fld>, <cd>an edict issued by Henry IV. (<sc>A. D.</sc> 1598), giving toleration to Protestants. Its revocation by Louis XIV. (<sc>A. D.</sc> 1685) was followed by terrible persecutions and the expatriation of thousands of French Protestants.</cd></cs></p>

<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Decree; proclamation; law; ordinance; statute; rule; order; manifesti; command. See <er>Law</er>.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>E*dic"tal</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Relating to, or consisting of, edicts; <as>as, the Roman <ex>edictal</ex> law</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ed"i*fi*cant</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>aedificans</ets>, <ets>-antis</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>aedificare</ets>. See <er>Edify</er>.]</ety> <def>Building; constructing.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Dugard.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ed`i*fi*ca"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>aedificatio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>&eacute;dification</ets>. See <er>Edify</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>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.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The assured <qex>edification</qex> of his church.</q> <rj><qau>Bp. Hall.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Out of these magazines I shall supply the town with what may tend to their <qex>edification</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Addison.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A building or edifice.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Bullokar.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ed"i*fi*ca`to*ry</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Tending to edification.</def>  <rj><au>Bp. Hall.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ed"i*fice</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>aedificium</ets>, fr. <ets>aedificare</ets>: cf. F. <ets>&eacute;difice</ets>. See <er>Edify</er>.]</ety> <def>A building; a structure; an architectural fabric; -- chiefly applied to elegant houses, and other large buildings; <as>as, a palace, a church, a statehouse</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ed`i*fi"cial</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>aedificialis</ets>.]</ety> <def>Pertaining to an edifice; structural.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ed"i*fi`er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>One who builds.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>One who edifies, builds up, or strengthens another by moral or religious instruction.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ed"i*fy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Edified</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Edifying</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[F. <ets>&eacute;difier</ets>, L. <ets>aedificare</ets>; <ets>aedes</ets> a building, house, orig., a fireplace (akin to Gr. &unr_; to burn, Skr. <ets>idh</ets> to kindle, OHG. <ets>eit</ets> funeral pile, AS. <ets>&amacr;d</ets>, OIr. <ets>aed</ets> fire) + <ets>facere</ets> to make. See <er>Fact</er>, <er>-fy</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To build; to construct.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>There was a holy chapel <qex>edified</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Spenser.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To instruct and improve, especially in moral and religious knowledge; to teach.</def><br/>
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<p><q>It does not appear probable that our dispute [about miracles] would either <qex>edify</qex> or enlighten the public.</q> <rj><qau>Gibbon.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To teach or persuade.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Bacon.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ed"i*fy</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To improve.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Swift.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ed"i*fy`ing</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Instructing; improving; <as>as, an <ex>edifying</ex> conversation</as>.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Ed"i*fy`ing*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> -- <wf>Ed"i*fy`ing*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>E"dile</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>aedilis</ets>: cf. F. <ets>&eacute;dile</ets>.  Cf. <er>&AElig;dile</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Rom. Antiq.)</fld> <def>See <er>&AElig;dile</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E"dile*ship</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The office of &aelig;dile.</def>  <rj><au>T. Arnold.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ed"ing*ton*ite</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A grayish white zeolitic mineral, in tetragonal crystals. It is a hydrous silicate of alumina and baryta.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ed"it</hw> <pr>(&ebreve_;d"&ibreve_;t)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Edited</conjf>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Editing</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[F. <ets>&eacute;diter</ets>, or L. <ets>editus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>edere</ets> to give out, put forth, publish; <ets>e</ets> out + <ets>dare</ets> to give. See <er>Date</er> a point of time.]</ety> <def>To superintend the publication of; to revise and prepare for publication; to select, correct, arrange, etc., the matter of, for publication; <as>as, to <ex>edit</ex> a newspaper</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Philosophical treatises which have never been <qex>edited</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Enfield.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>edited</hw> <pos>adj.</pos>  <def>improved or corrected by critical editing.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*di"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>editio</ets>, fr. <ets>edere</ets> to publish; cf. F. <ets>&eacute;dition</ets>. See <er>Edit</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A literary work edited and published, as by a certain editor or in a certain manner; <as>as, a good <ex>edition</ex> of Chaucer; Chalmers' <ex>edition</ex> of Shakespeare.</as></def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The whole number of copies of a work printed and published at one time; <as>as, the first <ex>edition</ex> was soon sold</as>.</def><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>&Eacute;`di`tion" de luxe"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <ety>[F.]</ety> <def>See <er>Luxe</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*di`tion*er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>An editor.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Ed"i*tor</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L., that which produces, from <ets>edere</ets> to publish: cf. F. <ets>&eacute;diteur</ets>.]</ety> <def>One who edits; esp., a person who prepares, superintends, revises, and corrects a book, magazine, or newspaper, etc., for publication.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ed`i*to"ri*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining to an editor; written or sanctioned by an editor; <as>as, <ex>editorial</ex> labors; <ex>editorial</ex> remarks.</as></def>
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<p><hw>Ed`i*to"ri*al</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A leading article in a newspaper or magazine; an editorial article; an article published as an expression of the views of the editor.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>ed`i*to"ri*al*ize</hw> <pos>v. i.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>to write an opinion in an editorial in a publication.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>to insert personal opinions into an article or statement that is supposed to be an objective statement of facts.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ed`i*to"ri*al*ly</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In the manner or character of an editor or of an editorial article.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ed"i*tor*ship</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The office or charge of an editor; care and superintendence of a publication.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ed"i*tress</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A female editor.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*dit"u*ate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[LL. <ets>aedituatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>aedituare</ets>, fr. L. <ets>aedituus</ets> a temple warden; <ets>aedes</ets> building, temple + <ets>tueri</ets> to guard.]</ety> <def>To guard as a churchwarden does.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>J. Gregory.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>E"dom*ite</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One of the descendants of Esau or Edom, the brother of Jacob; an Idumean.</def><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Ed`ri*oph*thal"ma</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <grk>"edrai^os</grk> steadfast + <grk>'ofqalmo`s</grk> the eye.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A group of Crustacea in which the eyes are without stalks; the Arthrostraca.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>Edriophthalmata</asp>.]</altsp><br/>
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<p><hw>Ed`ri*oph*thal"mous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to the Edriophthalma.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>ed`u*ca*bil"i*ty</hw> <pr>(&ebreve_;d`&uuptack_;*k&adot_;*b&ibreve_;l"&ibreve_;*t&ybreve_;)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>&eacute;ducabilit&eacute;</ets>.]</ety> <def>Capability of being educated.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>ed"u*ca*ble</hw> <pr>(&ebreve_;d"&uuptack_;*k&adot_;*b'l; 135)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>&eacute;ducable</ets>.]</ety> <def>Capable of being educated.</def> &ldquo;Men are <xex>educable</xex>.&rdquo;  <rj><au>M. Arnold.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>ed"u*cate</hw> <pr>(&ebreve_;d"&uuptack_;*k&amacr;t)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Educated</conjf> <pr>(&ebreve_;d"&uuptack_;*k&amacr;`t&ebreve_;d)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Educating</conjf> <pr>(&ebreve_;d"&uuptack_;*k&amacr;`t&ibreve_;ng)</pr>.]</vmorph> <ety>[L. <ets>educatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>educare</ets> to bring up a child physically or mentally, to educate, fr. <ets>educere</ets> to lead forth, bring up (a child). See <er>Educe</er>.]</ety> <def>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>as, to <ex>educate</ex> a child; to <ex>educate</ex> the eye or the taste.</as></def></p>

<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- To develop; instruct; teach; inform; enlighten; edify; bring up; train; breed; rear; discipline; indoctrinate.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Ed"u*ca`ted</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Formed or developed by education; <as>as, an <ex>educated</ex> man</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>educatee</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>a learner who is enrolled in an educational institution.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> student, pupil.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Ed`u*ca"tion</hw> <pr>(?; 135)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>educatio</ets>; cf. F. <ets>&eacute;ducation</ets>.]</ety> <def>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>as, an <ex>education</ex> for the bar or the pulpit; he has finished his <ex>education</ex>.</as></def><br/>
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<p><q>To prepare us for complete living is the function which <qex>education</qex> has to discharge.</q> <rj><qau>H. Spenser.</qau></rj></p>

<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- <er>Education</er>, <er>Instruction</er>, <er>Teaching</er>, <er>Training</er>, <er>Breeding</er>.</syn>  <usage><xex>Education</xex>, properly <xex>a drawing forth</xex>, implies not so much the communication of knowledge as the discipline of the intellect, the establishment of the principles, and the regulation of the heart. <xex>Instruction</xex> is that part of education which furnishes the mind with knowledge. <xex>Teaching</xex> is the same, being simply more familiar. It is also applied to practice; <as>as, <ex>teaching</ex> to speak a language; <ex>teaching</ex> a dog to do tricks</as>. <xex>Training</xex> is a department of education in which the chief element is exercise or practice for the purpose of imparting facility in any physical or mental operation. <xex>Breeding</xex> commonly relates to the manners and outward conduct.</usage><br/>
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<p><hw>Ed`u*ca"tion*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining to education.</def> &ldquo;His <xex>educational</xex> establishment.&rdquo;  <rj><au>J. H. Newman.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>educationalist</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>a specialist in the theory of eduction.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> educationist.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Ed`u*ca"tion*ist</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who is versed in the theories of, or who advocates and promotes, education.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> educationalist.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Ed"u*ca*tive</hw> <pr>(?; 135)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>&eacute;ducatif</ets>.]</ety> <def>Tending to educate; that gives education; <as>as, an <ex>educative</ex> process; an <ex>educative</ex> experience.</as></def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ed"u*ca`tor</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L.]</ety> <def>One who educates; a teacher.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*duce"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Educed</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Educing</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>.]</vmorph> <ety>[L. <ets>educere</ets>; <ets>e</ets> out  + <ets>ducere</ets> to lead. See <er>Duke</er>.]</ety> <def>To bring or draw out; to cause to appear; to produce against counter agency or influence; to extract; to evolve; <as>as, to <ex>educe</ex> a form from matter</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The eternal art <qex>educing</qex> good from ill.</q> <rj><qau>Pope.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>They want to <qex>educe</qex> and cultivate what is best and noblest in themselves.</q> <rj><qau>M. Arnold.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>E*du"ci*ble</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Capable of being educed.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E"duct</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>eductum</ets>, fr. <ets>educere</ets>.]</ety> <def>That which is educed, as by analysis.</def>  <rj><au>Sir W. Hamilton.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>E*duc"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>eductio</ets>.]</ety> <def>The act of drawing out or bringing into view.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><mcol><col><b>Eduction pipe</b></col>, <i>and</i> <col><b>Eduction port</b></col></mcol>. <cd>See <cref>Exhaust pipe</cref> and <cref>Exhaust port</cref>, under <er>Exhaust</er>, <pos>a.</pos></cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>E*duc"tive</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Tending to draw out; extractive.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*duc"tor</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L., tutor.]</ety> <def>One who, or that which, brings forth, elicits, or extracts.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Stimulus must be called an <qex>eductor</qex> of vital ether.</q> <rj><qau>E. Darwin.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>E*dul"co*rant</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Edulcorate</er>.]</ety> <def>Having a tendency to purify or to sweeten by removing or correcting acidity and acrimony.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*dul"co*rant</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>An edulcorant remedy.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*dul"co*rate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Edulcorated</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Edulcorating</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[L. <ets>e</ets> out + <ets>dulcoratus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>dulcorare</ets> to sweeten, fr. <ets>dulcor</ets> sweetness, fr. <ets>dulcis</ets> sweet: cf. F. <ets>&eacute;dulcorer</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To render sweet; to sweeten; to free from acidity.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Succory . . . <qex>edulcorated</qex> with sugar and vinegar.</q> <rj><qau>Evelyn.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>To free from acids, salts, or other soluble substances, by washing; to purify.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>E*dul`co*ra"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>&eacute;dulcoration</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of sweetening or edulcorating.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>The act of freeing from acids or any soluble substances, by affusions of water.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Ure.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>E*dul"co*ra*tive</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Tending to &unr_;weeten or purify by affusions of water.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*dul"co*ra`tor</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A contrivance used to supply small quantities of sweetened liquid, water, etc., to any mixture, or to test tubes, etc.; a dropping bottle.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*du"li*ous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>edulis</ets>, fr. <ets>edere</ets> to eat.]</ety> <def>Edible.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> &ldquo;<xex>Edulious</xex> pulses.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Sir T. Browne.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>-ee</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <ety>[Formed on the F. p. p. ending <ets>-&eacute;</ets>, masc.]</ety> <def>A suffix used, chiefly in law terms, in a passive signification, to indicate the direct or indirect object of an action, or the one <xex>to whom</xex> an act <xex>is done</xex> or <xex>on whom</xex> a right <xex>is conferred</xex>; as in assign<xex>ee</xex>, don<xex>ee</xex>, alien<xex>ee</xex>, grant<xex>ee</xex>, etc. It is correlative to <xex>-or</xex>, the agent or doer.</def></p>

<p><mhw>{ <hw>Eek</hw>, <hw>Eeke</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> }</mhw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>See <er>Eke</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Spenser.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Eel</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>&unr_;l</ets>; akin to D., G., &amp; Dan. <ets>aal</ets>, Icel. <ets>&amacr;ll</ets>, Sw. <ets>&aring;l</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>An elongated fish of many genera and species. The common eels of Europe and America belong to the genus <gen>Anguilla</gen>. The electrical eel is a species of <gen>Gymnotus</gen>. The so called <stype>vinegar eel</stype> is a minute nematode worm. See <er>Conger eel</er>, <er>Electric eel</er>, and <er>Gymnotus</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Eel"buck`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>An eelpot or eel basket.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Eel"fare`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Eel</ets> + <ets>fare</ets> a journey or passage.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A brood of eels.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Eel"grass`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A plant (<spn>Zostera marina</spn>), with very long and narrow leaves, growing abundantly in shallow bays along the North Atlantic coast.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Eel"-moth`er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>The eelpout.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Eel"pot`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A boxlike structure with funnel-shaped traps for catching eels; an eelbuck.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Eel"pout`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>&unr_;lepute</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A European fish (<spn>Zoarces viviparus</spn>), remarkable for producing living young; -- called also <altname>greenbone</altname>, <altname>guffer</altname>, <altname>bard</altname>, and <altname>Maroona eel</altname>. Also, an American species (<spn>Z. anguillaris</spn>), -- called also <altname>mutton fish</altname>, and, erroneously, <altname>congo eel</altname>, <altname>ling</altname>, and <altname>lamper eel</altname>. Both are edible, but of little value.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A fresh-water fish, the burbot.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Eel"spear`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A spear with barbed forks for spearing eels.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E'en</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>A contraction for <xex>even</xex>. See <er>Even</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>I have <qex>e'en</qex> done with you.</q> <rj><qau>L'Estrange.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Een</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The old plural of <er>Eye</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>And eke with fatness swollen were his <qex>een</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Spenser.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>E'er</hw> <pr>(?; 277)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>A contraction for <xex>ever</xex>. See <er>Ever</er>.</def></p>

<p><mhw>{ <hw>Ee"rie</hw>, <hw>Ee"ry</hw>  }</mhw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Scotch, fr. AS. <ets>earh</ets> timid.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Serving to inspire fear, esp. a dread of seeing ghosts; wild; weird; <as>as, <ex>eerie</ex> stories</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>She whose elfin prancer springs<br/>
By night to <qex>eery</qex> warblings.</q> <rj><qau>Tennyson.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Affected with fear; affrighted.</def>  <rj><au>Burns.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ee"ri*ly</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a strange, unearthly way.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ee"ri*some</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Causing fear; eerie.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Eet</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <mark>obs.</mark> <def><pos>imp.</pos> of <er>Eat</er>.</def>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ef"fa*ble</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>effabilis</ets>; <ets>ex</ets> out + <ets>fari</ets> to speak.]</ety> <def>Capable of being uttered or explained; utterable.</def>  <rj><au>Barrow.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ef*face"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Effaced</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Effacing</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>.]</vmorph> <ety>[F. <ets>effacer</ets>; pref. <ets>es-</ets> (L. <ets>ex</ets>) + <ets>face</ets> face; prop., to destroy the face or form. See <er>Face</er>, and cf. <er>Deface</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>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>as, to <ex>efface</ex> the letters on a monument, or the inscription on a coin</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To destroy, as a mental impression; to wear away.</def><br/>
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<p><q><qex>Efface</qex> from his mind the theories and notions vulgarly received.</q> <rj><qau>Bacon.</qau></rj></p>

<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- To blot out; expunge; erase; obliterate; cancel; destroy. -- <er>Efface</er>, <er>Deface</er>. To <xex>deface</xex> is to injure or impair a figure; to <xex>efface</xex> is to rub out or destroy, so as to render invisible.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Ef*face"a*ble</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Capable of being effaced.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ef*face"ment</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>effacement</ets>.]</ety> <def>The act if effacing; also, the result of the act.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ef*fas"ci*nate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>effascinare</ets>.]</ety> <def>To charm; to bewitch.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Heywood.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ef*fas`ci*na"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>effascinatio</ets>.]</ety> <def>A charming; state of being bewitched or deluded.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Ef*fect"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>effectus</ets>, fr. <ets>efficere</ets>, <ets>effectum</ets>, to effect; <ets>ex</ets> + <ets>facere</ets> to make: cf. F. <ets>effet</ets>, formerly also spelled <ets>effect</ets>. See <er>Fact</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Execution; performance; realization; operation; <as>as, the law goes into <ex>effect</ex> in May</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>That no compunctious visitings of nature<br/>
Shake my fell purpose, nor keep peace between<br/>
The <qex>effect</qex> and it.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Manifestation; expression; sign.</def><br/>
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<p><q>All the large <qex>effects</qex><br/>
That troop with majesty.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>In general: That which is produced by an agent or cause; the event which follows immediately from an antecedent, called the <xex>cause</xex>; result; consequence; outcome; fruit; <as>as, the <ex>effect</ex> of luxury</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The <qex>effect</qex> is the unfailing index of the amount of the cause.</q> <rj><qau>Whewell.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Impression left on the mind; sensation produced.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Patchwork . . . introduced for oratorical <qex>effect</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>J. C. Shairp.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>The <qex>effect</qex> was heightened by the wild and lonely nature of the place.</q> <rj><qau>W. Irving.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>Power to produce results; efficiency; force; importance; account; <as>as, to speak with <ex>effect</ex></as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <def>Consequence intended; purpose; meaning; general intent; -- with <xex>to</xex>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>They spake to her to that <qex>effect</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>2 Chron. xxxiv. 22.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>7.</sn> <def>The purport; the sum and substance.</def> &ldquo;The <xex>effect</xex> of his intent.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj></p>

<p><sn>8.</sn> <def>Reality; actual meaning; fact, as distinguished from mere appearance.</def><br/>
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<p><q>No other in <qex>effect</qex> than what it seems.</q> <rj><qau>Denham.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>9.</sn> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <def>Goods; movables; personal estate; -- sometimes used to embrace real as well as personal property; <as>as, the people escaped from the town with their <ex>effects</ex></as>.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>For effect</b></col>, <cd>for an exaggerated impression or excitement.</cd> -- <col><b>In effect</b></col>, <cd>in fact; in substance. See 8, above.</cd> -- <mcol><col><b>Of no effect</b></col>, <col><b>Of none effect</b></col>, <col><b>To no effect</b></col>, <it>or</it> <col><b>Without effect</b></col></mcol>, <cd>destitute of results, validity, force, and the like; vain; fruitless.</cd>  &ldquo;Making the word of God <xex>of none effect</xex> through your tradition.&rdquo; <au>Mark vii. 13.</au> &ldquo;All my study be <xex>to no effect</xex>.&rdquo; <au>Shak.</au> -- <col><b>To give effect to</b></col>, <cd>to make valid; to carry out in practice; to push to its results.</cd> -- <col><b>To take effect</b></col>, <cd>to become operative, to accomplish aims.</cd>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj>
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- <er>Effect</er>, <er>Consequence</er>, <er>Result</er>.</syn>  <usage>These words indicate things which arise out of some antecedent, or follow as a consequent. <xex>Effect</xex>, which may be regarded as the generic term, denotes that which springs directly from something which can properly be termed a cause. A <xex>consequence</xex> is more remote, not being strictly caused, nor yet a mere sequence, but following out of and following indirectly, or in the train of events, something on which it truly depends.  A <xex>result</xex> is still more remote and variable, like the rebound of an elastic body which falls in very different directions. We may foresee the <xex>effects</xex> of a measure, may conjecture its <xex>consequences</xex>, but can rarely discover its final <xex>results</xex>.</usage><br/>
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<p><q>Resolving all events, with their <qex>effects</qex><br/>
And manifold <qex>results</qex>, into the will<br/>
And arbitration wise of the Supreme.</q> <rj><qau>Cowper.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Shun the bitter <qex>consequence</qex>, for know,<br/>
The day thou eatest thereof, . . . thou shalt die.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ef*fect"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Effected</conjf>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Effecting</conjf>.]</vmorph> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To produce, as a cause or agent; to cause to be.</def><br/>
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<p><q>So great a body such exploits to <qex>effect</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Daniel.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To bring to pass; to execute; to enforce; to achieve; to accomplish.</def><br/>
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<p><q>To <qex>effect</qex> that which the divine counsels had decreed.</q> <rj><qau>Bp. Hurd.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>They sailed away without <qex>effecting</qex> their purpose.</q> <rj><qau>Jowett (Th. ).</qau></rj></p>

<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- To accomplish; fulfill; achieve; complete; execute; perform; attain. See <er>Accomplish</er>.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Ef*fect"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who effects.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ef*fect"i*ble</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Capable of being done or achieved; practicable; feasible.</def>  <rj><au>Sir T. Browne.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ef*fec"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>effectio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>effection</ets>.]</ety> <def>Creation; a doing.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Sir M. Hale.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ef*fect"ive</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>effectivus</ets>: cf. F. <ets>effectif</ets>.]</ety> <def>Having the power to produce an effect or effects; producing a decided or decisive effect; efficient; serviceable; operative; <as>as, an <ex>effective</ex> force, remedy, speech; the <ex>effective</ex> men in a regiment.</as></def><br/>
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<p><q>They are not <qex>effective</qex> of anything, nor leave no work behind them.</q> <rj><qau>Bacon.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Whosoever is an <qex>effective</qex>, real cause of doing his heighbor wrong, is criminal.</q> <rj><qau>Jer. Taylor.</qau></rj></p>

<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Efficient; forcible; active; powerful; energetic; competent. See <er>Effectual</er>.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Ef*fect"ive</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>That which produces a given effect; a cause.</def>  <rj><au>Jer. Taylor.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>One who is capable of active service.</def><br/>
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<p><q>He assembled his army -- 20,000 <qex>effectives</qex> -- at Corinth.</q> <rj><qau>W. P. Johnston.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <ety>[F. <ets>effectif</ets> real, effective, real amount.]</ety> <fld>(Com.)</fld> <def>Specie or coin, as distinguished from paper currency; -- a term used in many parts of Europe.</def>  <rj><au>Simmonds.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>The serviceable soldiers in a country; an army or any military body, collectively; <as>as, France's <ex>effective</ex></as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ef*fect"ive*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>With effect; powerfully; completely; thoroughly.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ef*fect"ive*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The quality of being effective.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ef*fect"less</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Without effect or advantage; useless; bootless.</def> <au>Shak.</au> -- <wordforms><wf>Ef*fect"less*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>Ef*fect"or</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L.]</ety> <def>An effecter.</def>  <rj><au>Derham.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ef*fec"tu*al</hw> <pr>(?; 135)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Effect</er>, <pos>n.</pos>]</ety> <def>Producing, or having adequate power or force to produce, an intended effect; adequate; efficient; operative; decisive.</def>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q><qex>Effectual</qex> steps for the suppression of the rebellion.</q> <rj><qau>Macaulay.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Effectual calling</b></col> <fld>(Theol.)</fld>, <cd>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 <er>Calvinism</er>.</cd></cs></p>

<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- <er>Effectual</er>, <er>Efficacious</er>, <er>Effective</er>.</syn>  <usage>An <xex>efficacious</xex> remedy is had recourse to, and proves <xex>effective</xex> if it does decided good, <xex>effectual</xex> if it does all the good desired.</usage>  <rj><au>C. J. Smith.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>effectuality</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>the power to be effective.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> effectiveness, effectivity, effectualness.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Ef*fec"tu*al*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>With effect; efficaciously.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Actually; in effect.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Fuller.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ef*fec"tu*al*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The quality of being effectual.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ef*fec"tu*ate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Effectuated</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Effectuating</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>effectuer</ets>. See <er>Effect</er>, <pos>n.</pos> &amp; <pos>v. t.</pos>]</ety> <def>To bring to pass; to effect; to achieve; to accomplish; to fulfill.</def><br/>
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<p><q>A fit instrument to <qex>effectuate</qex> his desire.</q> <rj><qau>Sir P. Sidney.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>In order to <qex>effectuate</qex> the thorough reform.</q> <rj><qau>G. T. Curtis.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ef*fec`tu*a"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Act of effectuating.</def></p>

<p><mhw>{ <hw>Ef*fec"tu*ose`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Ef*fec"tu*ous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>a.</pos> <def>Effective.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>B. Jonson.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ef*fec"tu*ous*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>Effectively.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Ef*fem"i*na*cy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Effeminacies</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[From <er>Effeminate</er>.]</ety> <def>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.</def>  <rj><au>Milton.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ef*fem"i*nate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>effeminatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>effeminare</ets> to make a woman of; <ets>ex</ets> out + <ets>femina</ets> a woman. See <er>Feminine</er>, <pos>a.</pos>]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Having some characteristic of a woman, as delicacy, luxuriousness, etc.; soft or delicate to an unmanly degree; womanish; weak.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The king, by his voluptuous life and mean marriage, became <qex>effeminate</qex>, and less sensible of honor.</q> <rj><qau>Bacon.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>An <qex>effeminate</qex> and unmanly foppery.</q> <rj><qau>Bp. Hurd.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Womanlike; womanly; tender; -- in a good sense.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Gentle, kind, <qex>effeminate</qex> remorse.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; <xex>Effeminate</xex> and <xex>womanish</xex> are generally used in a reproachful sense; <xex>feminine</xex> and <xex>womanly</xex>, applied to women, are epithets of propriety or commendation.</note><br/>
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<p><hw>Ef*fem"i*nate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Effeminated</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Effeminating</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>.]</vmorph> <def>To make womanish; to make soft and delicate; to weaken.</def><br/>
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<p><q>It will not corrupt or <qex>effeminate</qex> children's minds.</q> <rj><qau>Locke.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ef*fem"i*nate</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To grow womanish or weak.</def><br/>
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<p><q>In a slothful peace both courage will <qex>effeminate</qex> and manners corrupt.</q> <rj><qau>Pope.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ef*fem"i*nate*ly</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>In an effeminate or womanish manner; weakly; softly; delicately.</def> &ldquo;Proud and <xex>effeminately</xex> gay.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Fawkes.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>By means of a woman; by the power or art of a woman.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark> &ldquo;<xex>Effeminately</xex> vanquished.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Milton.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ef*fem"i*nate*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state of being effeminate; unmanly softness.</def>  <rj><au>Fuller.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ef*fem`i*na"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>effeminatio</ets>.]</ety> <def>Effeminacy; womanishness.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Bacon.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ef*fem"i*nize</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To make effeminate.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Ef*fen"di</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>, <ety>[Turk. <ets>efendi</ets>, fr. Modern Gr. &unr_;, fr. Gr. &unr_; a chief. See <er>Authentic</er>.]</ety> <def>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.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ef"fe*rent</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>efferens</ets>, <ets>-entis</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>effere</ets> to bear out; <ets>ex</ets> out + <ets>ferre</ets> to bear.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Conveying outward, or discharging; -- applied to certain blood vessels, lymphatics, nerves, etc.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Conveyed outward; <as>as, <ex>efferent</ex> impulses, <it>i. e.</it>, such as are conveyed by the motor or <ex>efferent</ex> nerves from the central nervous organ outwards</as>; -- opposed to <contr>afferent</contr>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ef"fe*rent</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>An efferent duct or stream.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ef"fer*ous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>efferus</ets> savage; <ets>ex</ets> (intens.) + <ets>ferus</ets> wild.]</ety> <def>Like a wild beast; fierce.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Ef`fer*vesce"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Effervesced</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Effervescing</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>.]</vmorph> <ety>[L. <ets>effervescere</ets>; <ets>ex</ets> + <ets>fervescere</ets> to begin boiling, incho., fr. <ets>fervere</ets> to boil. See <er>Fervent</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>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.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To exhibit, in lively natural expression, feelings that can not be repressed or concealed; <as>as, to <ex>effervesce</ex> with joy or merriment</as>.</def></p>

<p><mhw>{ <hw>Ef`fer*ves"cence</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Ef`fer*ves"cen*cy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>effervescence</ets>.]</ety> <def>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>as, the <ex>effervescence</ex> of a carbonate with citric acid</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ef`fer*ves"cent</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>effervescences</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>effervescere</ets>: cf. F. <ets>effervescent</ets>.]</ety> <def>Gently boiling or bubbling, by means of the disengagement of gas</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ef`fer*ves"ci*ble</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Capable of effervescing.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ef`fer*ves"cive</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Tending to produce effervescence.</def> &ldquo;An <xex>effervescive</xex> force.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Hickok.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ef"fet</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Eft</er>, <pos>n.</pos>]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>The common newt; -- called also <altname>asker</altname>, <altname>eft</altname>, <altname>evat</altname>, and <altname>ewt</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ef*fete"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>effetus</ets> that has brought forth, exhausted; <ets>ex</ets> + <ets>fetus</ets> that has brought forth. See <er>Fetus</er>.]</ety> <def>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.</def><br/>
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<p><q><qex>Effete</qex> results from virile efforts.</q> <rj><qau>Mrs. Browning</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>If they find the old governments <qex>effete</qex>, worn out, . . . they may seek new ones.</q> <rj><qau>Burke.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ef`fi*ca"cious</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>eficax</ets>, <ets>-acis</ets>, fr. <ets>efficere</ets>. See <er>Effect</er>, <pos>n.</pos>]</ety> <def>Possessing the quality of being effective; productive of, or powerful to produce, the effect intended; <as>as, an <ex>efficacious</ex> law</as>.</def></p>

<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- See <er>Effectual</er>.</syn></p>

<p>-- <wordforms><wf>Ef`fi*ca"cious*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>ef`fi*ca"cious*ness</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>the capacity or power to produce a desired effect.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>ef`fi*cac"i*ty</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>efficacitas</ets>: cf. F. <ets>efficacit&eacute;</ets>.]</ety> <def>Efficacy.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>J. Fryth.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>ef"fi*ca*cy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>efficacia</ets>, fr. <ets>efficax</ets>. See <er>Efficacious</er>.]</ety> <def>Power to produce effects; operation or energy of an agent or force; production of the effect intended; <as>as, the <ex>efficacy</ex> of medicine in counteracting disease; the <ex>efficacy</ex> of prayer.</as></def> &ldquo;Of noxious <xex>efficacy</xex>.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Milton.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Virtue; force; energy; potency; efficiency.</syn><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>ef*fi"cience</hw> <pr>(&ebreve_;f*f&ibreve_;sh"&eitalic_;ns)</pr>, <hw>ef*fi"cien*cy</hw> <pr>(&ebreve_;f*f&ibreve_;sh"&eitalic_;n*s&ybreve_;)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>efficientia</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The quality of being efficient or producing an effect or effects; efficient power; effectual agency.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The manner of this divine <qex>efficiency</qex> being far above us.</q> <rj><qau>Hooker.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Mech.)</fld> <def>The ratio of useful work to energy expended.</def>  <rj><au>Rankine.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>efficiency of a heat engine</b></col>, <cd>the ratio of the work done by an engine, to the work due to the heat supplied to it.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>efficiency apartment</hw>  <pos>n.</pos>, <def>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 <ex>efficiency apartment</ex>, 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 <altname>efficiency</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>ef*fi"cient</hw> <pr>(&ebreve_;f*f&ibreve_;sh"&eitalic_;nt)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>efficiens</ets>, <ets>-entis</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>efficere</ets> to effect: cf. F. <ets>efficient</ets>. See <er>Effect</er>, <pos>n.</pos>]</ety> <def>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>as, an <ex>efficient</ex> officer, power</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The <qex>efficient</qex> cause is the working cause.</q> <rj><qau>Wilson.</qau></rj></p>

<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Effective; effectual; competent; able; capable; material; potent.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Ef*fi"cient</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>An efficient cause; a prime mover.</def><br/>
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<p><q>God . . . moveth mere natural agents as an <qex>efficient</qex> only.</q> <rj><qau>Hooker.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ef*fi"cient*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>With effect; effectively.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ef*fierce"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[Pref. <ets>ex-</ets> (intens.) + <ets>fierce</ets>.]</ety> <def>To make fierce.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Spenser.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ef*fig"i*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Relating to an effigy.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ef*fig"i*ate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>effigiatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>effigiare</ets> to form, fr. <ets>effigies</ets>. See <er>Effigy</er>.]</ety> <def>To form as an effigy; hence, to fashion; to adapt.</def><br/>
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<p><q>[He must] <qex>effigiate</qex> and conform himself to those circumstances.</q> <rj><qau>Jer. Taylor.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ef*fig`i*a"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. LL. <ets>effigiatio</ets>.]</ety> <def>The act of forming in resemblance; an effigy.</def>  <rj><au>Fuller.</au></rj><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Ef*fig"i*es</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L.]</ety> <def>See <er>Effigy</er>.</def>  <rj><au>Dryden.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ef"fi*gy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Effigies</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L. <ets>effigies</ets>, fr. <ets>effingere</ets> to form, fashion; <ets>ex</ets> + <ets>fingere</ets> to form, shape, devise. See <er>Feign</er>.]</ety> <def>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.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><mcol><col><b>To burn in effigy</b></col>, <it>or</it> <col><b>To hang in effigy</b></col></mcol>, <cd>to burn or to hang an image or picture of a person, as a token of public odium.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Ef*flag"i*tate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>efflagitatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>efflagitare</ets>.]</ety> <def>To ask urgently.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Cockeram.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ef*flate"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>efflatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>efflare</ets> to blow or breathe out; <ets>ex</ets> + <ets>flare</ets> to blow.]</ety> <def>To fill with breath; to puff up.</def>  <rj><au>Sir T. Herbert.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ef*fla"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The act of filling with wind; a breathing or puffing out; a puff, as of wind.</def><br/>
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<p><q>A soft <qex>efflation</qex> of celestial fire.</q> <rj><qau>Parnell.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ef`flo*resce"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos>   <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Effloresced</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Efflorescing</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>.]</vmorph> <ety>[L. <ets>efflorescere</ets> to bloom, blossom; <ets>ex</ets> + <ets>florescere</ets> to begin to blossom, incho., fr. <ets>florere</ets> to blossom, fr. <ets>flos</ets> a flower. See <er>Flower</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To blossom forth.</def>  <rj><au>Carlyle.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>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>as, Glauber's salts, and many others, <ex>effloresce</ex></as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>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>as, the walls of limestone caverns sometimes <ex>effloresce</ex> with nitrate of calcium in consequence of the action of nitric acid formed in the atmosphere</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ef`flo*res"cence</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>efflorescence</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Flowering, or state of flowering; the blooming of flowers; blowth.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A redness of the skin; eruption, as in rash, measles, smallpox, scarlatina, etc.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The formation of the whitish powder or crust on the surface of efflorescing bodies, as salts, etc.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The powder or crust thus formed.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ef`flo*res"cen*cy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state or quality of being efflorescent; efflorescence.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ef`flo*res"cent</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>efflorescent</ets>, L. <ets>efflorescens</ets>, <ets>-entis</ets>, blooming, p. pr. of <ets>efflorescere</ets>. See <er>Effloresce</er>, <pos>v. i.</pos>]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>That effloresces, or is liable to effloresce on exposure; <as>as, an <ex>efflorescent</ex> salt</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Covered with an efflorescence.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ef*flow"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>effleurer</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Leather Making)</fld> <def>To remove the epidermis of (a skin) with a concave knife, blunt in its middle part, -- as in making chamois leather.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ef"flu*ence</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>effluence</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A flowing out, or emanation.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>That which flows or issues from any body or substance; issue; efflux.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Bright <qex>effluence</qex> of bright essence increate!</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>And, as if the gloom of the earth and sky had been but the <qex>effluence</qex> of these two mortal hearts, it vanished with their sorrow.</q> <rj><qau>Hawthorne.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ef"flu*en*cy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Effluence.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ef"flu*ent</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>effluens</ets>, <ets>-entis</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>effluere</ets> to flow out; <ets>ex</ets> + <ets>fluere</ets> to flow: cf. F. <ets>effluent</ets>. See <er>Fluent</er>.]</ety> <def>Flowing out; <as>as, <ex>effluent</ex> beams</as>.</def>  <rj><au>Parnell.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ef"flu*ent</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Geog.)</fld> <def>A stream that flows out of another stream or lake.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ef*flu"vi*a*ble</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Capable of being given off as an effluvium.</def> &ldquo;<xex>Effluviable</xex> matter.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Boyle.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ef*flu"vi*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Belonging to effluvia.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ef*flu"vi*ate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To give forth effluvium.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark> &ldquo;An <xex>effluviating</xex> power.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Boyle.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ef*flu"vi*um</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Effluvia</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L., a flowing out, fr. <ets>effluere</ets> to flow out. See <er>Effluent</er>, <pos>a.</pos>]</ety> <def>Subtile or invisible emanation; exhalation perceived by the sense of smell; especially, noisome or noxious exhalation; <as>as, the <ex>effluvium</ex> from diseased or putrefying bodies, or from ill drainage</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ef"flux</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Effluent</er>, <er>Flux</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act or process of flowing out, or issuing forth; effusion; outflow; <as>as, the <ex>efflux</ex> of matter from an ulcer; the <ex>efflux</ex> of men's piety.</as></def><br/>
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<p><q>It is then that the devout affections . . . are incessantly in <qex>efflux</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>I. Taylor.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>That which flows out; emanation; effluence.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Prime cheerer, light! . . . <br/>
<qex>Efflux</qex> divine.</q> <rj><qau>Thomson.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ef*flux"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To run out; to flow forth; to pass away.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Boyle.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ef*flux"ion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[From <er>Efflux</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of flowing out; effusion.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>That which flows out; effluvium; emanation.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Some light <qex>effluxions</qex> from spirit to spirit.</q> <rj><qau>Bacon.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ef*fo"di*ent</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>effodiens</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>effodere</ets> to dig out; <ets>ex</ets> + <ets>fodere</ets> to dig.]</ety> <def>Digging up.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ef*force</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Efforced</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Efforcing</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>.]</vmorph> <ety>[OF. <ets>esforcier</ets> (F. <ets>s'efforcer</ets> to exert one's self), LL. <ets>exforciare</ets>; L. <ets>ex</ets> + <ets>fortis</ets> strong. See <er>Force</er>.]</ety> <def>To force; to constrain; to compel to yield.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Spenser.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ef*form"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[Pref. <ets>ex-</ets> + <ets>form</ets>.]</ety> <def>To form; to shape.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q><qex>Efforming</qex> their words within their lips.</q> <rj><qau>Jer. Taylor.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ef`for*ma"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The act of giving shape or form.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Ray.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ef"fort</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>effort</ets>, OF. <ets>esfort</ets>, for <ets>esfors</ets>, <ets>esforz</ets>, fr. <ets>esforcier</ets>. See <er>Efforce</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>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>as, an <ex>effort</ex> to scale a wall</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>We prize the stronger <qex>effort</qex> of his power.</q> <rj><qau>Pope.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Mech.)</fld> <def>A force acting on a body in the direction of its motion.</def>  <rj><au>Rankine.</au></rj></p>

<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Endeavor; exertion; struggle; strain; straining; attempt; trial; essay. See <er>Attempt</er>.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Ef"fort</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To stimulate.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> &ldquo;He <xex>efforted</xex> his spirits.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Fuller.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>effortful</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>requiring great physical effort.  Opposite of <ant>effortless</ant>.</def> [Narrower terms: <stype>arduous, backbreaking, back-breaking, grueling, gruelling, hard, heavy, laborious, labourious, punishing, slavish, strenuous, toilsome</stype>; <stype>exhausting, tiring, wearing, wearying</stype>] <see>Also See: <er>difficult</er>, <er>hard</er>.</see><br/>
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<p><hw>Ef"fort*less</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Making no effort.</def>  <rj><au>Southey.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>requiring little or no effort; <as>as, an effortless 
victory</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ef*fos"sion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>effossio</ets>. See <er>Effodient</er>.]</ety> <def>A digging out or up.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark> &ldquo;The <xex>effossion</xex> of coins.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Arbuthnot.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ef*fran"chise</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[Pref. <ets>ex-</ets> + <ets>franchise</ets>: cf. OF. <ets>esfranchir</ets>.]</ety> <def>To enfranchise.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ef*fray"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>effrayer</ets>. See <er>Affray</er>.]</ety> <def>To frighten; to scare.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Spenser.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ef*fray"a*ble</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Frightful.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Harvey.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ef`fre*na"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>effrenatio</ets>, fr. <ets>effrenare</ets> to unbridle; <ets>ex</ets> + <ets>frenum</ets> a bridle.]</ety> <def>Unbridled license; unruliness.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Cockeram.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ef*front"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To give assurance to.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Sir T. Browne.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ef*front"er*y</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Effronteries</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[F. <ets>effronterie</ets>, fr. <ets>effront&eacute;</ets> shameless, fr. L. <ets>effrons</ets>, <ets>-ontis</ets>, putting forth the forehead, <it>i. e.</it>, barefaced, shameless; <ets>ex</ets> + <ets>frons</ets> the forehead. See <er>Front</er>.]</ety> <def>Impudence or boldness in confronting or in transgressing the bounds of duty or decorum; insulting presumptuousness; shameless boldness; barefaced assurance.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Corruption lost nothing of its <qex>effrontery</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Bancroft.</qau></rj></p>

<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Impudence; sauciness. See <er>Impudence</er>.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Ef*front"it</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>effront&eacute;</ets>.]</ety> <def>Marked by impudence.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Jer. Taylor.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ef*fron"tu*ous*ly</hw> <pr>(?; 135)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>Impudently.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>R. North.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ef*fulge"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Effulged</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Effulging</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>.]</vmorph> <ety>[L. <ets>effulgere</ets> to shine forth; <ets>ex</ets> + <ets>fulgere</ets> to flash, shine. See <er>Fulgent</er>.]</ety> <def>To cause to shine with abundance of light; to radiate; to beam.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>His eyes <qex>effulging</qex> a peculiar fire.</q> <rj><qau>Thomson.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ef*fulge"</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To shine forth; to beam.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ef*ful"gence</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state of being effulgent; extreme brilliancy; a flood of light; great luster or brightness; splendor.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The <qex>effulgence</qex> of his glory abides.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>The bright and the balmy <qex>effulgence</qex> of morn.</q> <rj><qau>Beattie.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ef*ful"gent</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>effulgens</ets>, <ets>-entis</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>effulgere</ets>.]</ety> <def>Diffusing a flood of light; shining; luminous; beaming; bright; splendid.</def> &ldquo;<xex>Effulgent</xex> rays of light.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Cowper.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ef*ful"gent*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an effulgent manner.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ef*fu`ma*bil"i*ty</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The capability of flying off in fumes or vapor.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Boyle.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ef*fume"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>effumare</ets> to emit smoke; <ets>ex</ets> + <ets>fumare</ets> to smoke, fr. <ets>fumus</ets> smoke.]</ety> <def>To breathe or puff out.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>B. Jonson.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ef*fund"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>effundere</ets>. See <er>Effuse</er>.]</ety> <def>To pour out.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Dr. H. More.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ef*fuse"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>effusus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>effundere</ets> to pour out; <ets>ex</ets> + <ets>fundere</ets> to pour. See <er>Fuse</er> to melt.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Poured out freely; profuse.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>So should our joy be very <qex>effuse</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Barrow.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Disposed to pour out freely; prodigal.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Young.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Spreading loosely, especially on one side; <as>as, an <ex>effuse</ex> inflorescence</as>.</def>  <rj><au>Loudon.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Having the lips, or edges, of the aperture abruptly spreading; -- said of certain shells.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ef*fuse"</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Effusion; loss.</def> &ldquo;Much <xex>effuse</xex> of blood.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ef*fuse"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Effused</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Effusing</conjf>.]</vmorph> <def>To pour out like a stream or freely; to cause to exude; to shed.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>With gushing blood <qex>effused</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ef*fuse"</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To emanate; to issue.</def>  <rj><au>Thomson.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ef*fu"sion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>effusio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>effusion</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of pouring out; <as>as, <ex>effusion</ex> of water, of blood, of grace, of words, and the like</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>To save the <qex>effusion</qex> of my people's blood.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>That which is poured out, literally or figuratively.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Wash me with that precious <qex>effusion</qex>, and I shall be whiter than sow.</q> <rj><qau>Eikon Basilike.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>The light <qex>effusions</qex> of a heedless boy.</q> <rj><qau>Byron.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Pathol.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>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.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The liquid escaping or exuded.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>ef*fu"sive</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Pouring out; pouring forth freely.</def> <mark>[archaic]</mark> &ldquo;Washed with the <xex>effusive</xex> wave.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Pope.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Geol.)</fld> <def>formed by an outpouring of molten lava, or pertaining to rocks so formed.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>overly demonstrative; expressing emotion in an unrestrained manner; exhibiting unrestrained enthusiasm; -- of people and human actions; <as>as, <ex>effusive</ex> thanks; an <ex>effusive</ex> letter of recommendation</as>.  Contrasted with <contr>reserved</contr>.</def> <wns>[wns=1+2]</wns><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> gushing, gushy, burbling, burbly.</syn>
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<p><cs><col><b>Effusive rocks</b></col> <fld>(Geol.)</fld>, <cd>volcanic rocks formed by a nonexplosive outpouring of lava in molten or plastic form; in distinction from so-called <contr>intrusive</contr>, or <contr>plutonic</contr>, rocks.</cd></cs></p>

<p>-- <wordforms><wf>Ef*fu"sive*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> -- <wf>Ef*fu"sive*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>ef*fu"sive*ness</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>a friendly open trait of a talkative person; enthusiasm exhibited with little restraint.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> expansiveness.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Ef"reet</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Afrit</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Eft</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>efete</ets> lizard. See <er>Newt</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A European lizard of the genus <gen>Seps</gen>.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A salamander, esp. the European smooth newt (<spn>Triton punctatus</spn>).</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Eft</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>eft</ets>, <ets>&aelig;ft</ets>, again, back, afterward. See <er>Aft</er>, <er>After</er>.]</ety> <def>Again; afterwards; soon; quickly.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>I wold never <qex>eft</qex> comen into the snare.</q> <rj><qau>Spenser.</qau></rj></p>

<p><mhw>{ <hw>Eft*soon"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Eft*soons"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>adv.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>eftsone</ets>, <ets>eftsones</ets>; AS. <ets>eft + s&omacr;na</ets> soon. See <er>Eft</er>, and <er>Soon</er>.]</ety> <def>Again; anew; a second time; at once; speedily.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>And, if he fall from his capel [horse] <qex>eftsone</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>The champion stout <qex>eftsoons</qex> dismounted.</q> <rj><qau>Spenser.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>E*gad"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>interj.</pos> <ety>[Euphemistic corruption of the oath, &ldquo;by God.&rdquo;]</ety> <def>An exclamation expressing exultation or surprise, etc.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E"gal</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>&eacute;gal</ets>. See <er>Equal</er>.]</ety> <def>Equal; impartial.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>E*gal"i*ty</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>egalite</ets>, F. <ets>&eacute;galit&eacute;</ets>.]</ety> <def>Equality.</def>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au>  <au>Tennyson.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>E*ge"an</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>See <er>&AElig;gean</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E"gence</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>egens</ets>, <ets>-entis</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>egere</ets> to be needy, suffer want.]</ety> <def>The state of needing, or of suffering a natural want.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>J. Grote.</au></rj></p>

<p><mhw>{ <hw>E"ger</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>E"gre</hw>  }</mhw>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Eager</er>.]</ety> <def>Sharp; bitter; acid; sour.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>The <qex>egre</qex> words of thy friend.</q> <rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>E"ger</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>An impetuous flood; a bore. See <er>Eagre</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*ger"mi*nate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <ety>[From L. <ets>egerminare</ets> to sprout.]</ety> <def>To germinate.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>E*gest"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>egestus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>egerere</ets> to carry out, to discharge; <ets>e</ets> out + <ets>gerere</ets> to carry.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>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.</def><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>E*ges"ta</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL., neut. pl. from p. p. of L. <ets>egere</ets>. See <er>Egest</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>That which is egested or thrown off from the body by the various excretory channels; excrements; -- opposed to <contr>ingesta</contr>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*ges"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>egestio</ets>.]</ety> <def>Act or process of egesting; a voiding.</def>  <rj><au>Sir M. Hale.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Egg</hw> <pr>(&ebreve_;g)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE., fr. Icel. <ets>egg</ets>; akin to AS. <ets>&aelig;g</ets> (whence OE. <ets>ey</ets>), Sw. <ets>&auml;gg</ets>, Dan. <ets>&aelig;g</ets>, G. &amp; D. <ets>ei</ets>, and prob. to OSlav. <ets>aje</ets>, <ets>jaje</ets>, L. <ets>ovum</ets>, Gr. <grk>'w,o`n</grk>, Ir. <ets>ugh</ets>, Gael. <ets>ubh</ets>, and perh. to L. <ets>avis</ets> bird.  Cf. <er>Oval</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Popularly)</fld> <def>The oval or roundish body laid by domestic poultry and other birds, tortoises, etc. It consists of a yolk, usually surrounded by the &ldquo;white&rdquo; or albumen, and inclosed in a shell or strong membrane.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>A simple cell, from the development of which the young of animals are formed; ovum; germ cell.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Anything resembling an egg in form.</def><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; <xex>Egg</xex> is used adjectively, or as the first part of self-explaining compounds; as, <xex>egg</xex> beater or <xex>egg</xex>-beater, <xex>egg</xex> case, <xex>egg</xex> ladle, <xex>egg</xex>-shaped, etc.</note><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Egg and anchor</b></col> <fld>(Arch.)</fld>, <cd>see <er>egg-and-dart</er> in the vocabulary, below; -- called also <altname>egg and dart</altname>, and <altname>egg and tongue</altname>. See <er>Anchor</er>, <pos>n.</pos>, 5.</cd> <au>Ogilvie.</au> -- <col><b>Egg cleavage</b></col> <fld>(Biol.)</fld>, <cd>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 <cref>Segmentation of the ovum</cref>, under <er>Segmentation</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Egg development</b></col> <fld>(Biol.)</fld>, <cd>the process of the development of an egg, by which the embryo is formed.</cd> -- <col><b>Egg mite</b></col> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld>, <cd>any mite which devours the eggs of insects, as <spn>Nothrus ovivorus</spn>, which destroys those of the canker worm.</cd> -- <col><b>Egg parasite</b></col> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld>, <cd>any small hymenopterous insect, which, in the larval stage, lives within the eggs of other insects. Many genera and species are known.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Egg</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Egged</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Egging</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>.]</vmorph> <ety>[OE. <ets>eggen</ets>, Icel. <ets>eggja</ets>, fr. <ets>egg</ets> edge. &unr_;&unr_;. See <er>Edge</er>.]</ety> <def>To urge on; to instigate; to incite&unr_;</def><br/>
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<p><q>Adam and Eve he <qex>egged</qex> to ill.</q> <rj><qau>Piers Plowman.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>[She] did <qex>egg</qex> him on to tell<br/>
How fair she was.</q> <rj><qau>Warner.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>egg-and-anchor</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>same as <er>egg-and-dart</er>.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> egg-and-dart, egg-and-tongue.</syn><br/>
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<p><mhw><hw>egg-and-dart</hw>, <hw>egg and dart</hw></mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>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>as, an <ex>egg-and-dart</ex> molding; an <ex>egg-and-dart</ex> design</as>.  Called also <altname>egg and dart</altname>, and <altname>egg and tongue</altname></def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> egg-and-anchor, egg and anchor, egg-and-tongue, egg and tongue.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>egg-and-tongue</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>same as <er>egg-and-dart</er>.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> egg-and-anchor, egg-and-dart.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Eg"gar</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Etymol. uncertain.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Any bombycid moth of the genera <gen>Eriogaster</gen> and <gen>Lasiocampa</gen>; <as>as, the oak <ex>eggar</ex> (<spn>L. roboris</spn>) of Europe.</as></def><br/>
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<p><mhw><hw>egg beater</hw>, <hw>egg-beater</hw></mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>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.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> eggwhisk.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Egg"-bird`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A species of tern, esp. the sooty tern (<spn>Sterna fuliginosa</spn>) of the West Indies. In the Bahama Islands the name is applied to the tropic bird, <spn>Pha&euml;thon flavirostris</spn>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Egg"-cup`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A cup used for holding an egg, at table.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Eg"ge*ment</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Egg</ets>, v. t. + <ets>-ment</ets>.]</ety> <def>Instigation; incitement.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Egg"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Egg</er>, <pos>n.</pos>]</ety> <def>One who gathers eggs; an eggler.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Egg"er</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Egg</er>, <pos>v. t.</pos>]</ety> <def>One who eggs or incites.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Egg"er*y</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A place where eggs are deposited (as by sea birds) or kept; a nest of eggs.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Egg"-glass`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A small sandglass, running about three minutes, for marking time in boiling eggs; also, a small glass for holding an egg, at table.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Egg"hot`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A kind of posset made of eggs, brandy, sugar, and ale.</def>  <rj><au>Lamb.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Egg"ler</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who gathers, or deals in, eggs.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Egg`nog"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A drink consisting of eggs beaten up with sugar, milk, and (usually) wine or spirits.</def><br/>
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<p><mhw><hw>egg"plant`</hw>, <hw>egg-plant</hw></mhw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A plant (<spn>Solanum Melongena</spn>), 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.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> eggplant, aubergine, brinjal, eggplant bush, garden egg, mad apple, <spn>Solanum melongena</spn>.</syn><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The fruit of the <er>eggplant{1}</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>egg-producing</hw> <pos>adj.</pos>  <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>same as <er>young-bearing</er>.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> young-bearing(prenominal).</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>eggshake</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>a milkshake with egg in it.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>egg"-shaped`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Resembling an egg in form; ovoid.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> elliptic, elliptical, oval, ovate, oviform, ovoid, prolate.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>egg"shell`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The shell or exterior covering of an egg. Also used figuratively for anything resembling an eggshell.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A smooth, white, marine, gastropod shell of the genus <gen>Ovulum</gen>, resembling an egg in form.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>egg"shell`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>of a pale, yellowish-white color; <as>as, an <ex>eggshell</ex> ceiling and light green walls</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Architecture)</fld> <def>having a smooth but not glossy texture like that of a hen's egg; <as>as, a latex paint giving an <ex>eggshell</ex> finish</as>.  Also referred to as <altname>matte glaze</altname> or <altname>non-lustrous glaze</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Egg" squash`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <def>A variety of squash with small egg-shaped fruit.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E"ghen</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <def>Eyes.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Eg`i*lop"ic*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[See <er>&AElig;gilops</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to, of the nature of, or affected with, an &AElig;gilops, or tumor in the corner of the eye.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Eg"i*lops</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>&AElig;gilops</er>.</def></p>

<p><mhw>{ <hw>E*glan"du*lose`</hw> <pr>(?; 135)</pr>, <hw>E*glan"du*lous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Pref.  <ets>e-</ets> + <ets>glandulose</ets>, <ets>glandulosus</ets>.]</ety> <def>Destitute of glands.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Eg"lan*tine</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>&eacute;glantine</ets>, fr. OF. <ets>aiglent</ets> brier, hip tree, fr. (assumed) LL. <ets>acuculentus</ets>, fr. a dim. of L. <ets>acus</ets> needle; cf. F. <ets>aiguille</ets> needle.  Cf. <er>Aglet</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A species of rose (<spn>Rosa Eglanteria</spn>), with fragrant foliage and flowers of various colors.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The sweetbrier (<spn>R. rubiginosa</spn>).</def><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; Milton, in the following lines, has applied the name to some twining plant, perhaps the honeysuckle.<br/>
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<q>Through the sweetbrier, or the vine,<br/>
Or the twisted <qex>eglantine</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>L'Allegro, 47.</qau></rj><pbr/>
&ldquo;In our early writers and in Gerarde and the herbalists, it was a shrub with white flowers.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Dr. Prior.</au></rj></note><br/>
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<p><hw>Eg"la*tere</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Eglantine.</def> <mark>[Obs. or R.]</mark> <altsp>[Written also <asp>eglantere</asp>.]</altsp>  <rj><au>Tennyson.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Eg"ling</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Etymol. uncertain.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>The European perch when two years old.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>E*glom"er*ate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[Pref. <ets>e-</ets> + <ets>glomerate</ets>.]</ety> <def>To unwind, as a thread from a ball.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>e"go</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>egos</plw> <pr>(&unr_;)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L., I.]</ety> <def>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 &ldquo;I&rdquo; by a person; -- opposed to <contr>non-ego</contr>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Psychoanalysis)</fld> <def>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 <contr>id</contr> and <contr>superego</contr>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>egotism; <as>as, a job requiring a diplomat without too much <ex>ego</ex></as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>self-esteem; <as>as, he has an overinflated <ex>ego</ex></as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>egocentric</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <def>having an attitude which is almost exclusively concerned with one's own needs or desires.</def> <br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> egoistical, self-centered, self-centred.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>egocentric</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>a self-centered person with little regard for others.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> egoist.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>egocentrism</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>the personality trait that causes one to attempt to get personal recognition for oneself (especially by unacceptable means).</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> egoism, self-interest, self-concern, self-centeredness.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>E*go"i*cal</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Pertaining to egoism.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>E"go*ism</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>&eacute;go&iuml;sme</ets>, fr. L. <ets>-ego</ets> I.  See <er>I</er>, and cf. <er>Egotism</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Philos.)</fld> <def>The doctrine of certain extreme adherents or disciples of Descartes and Johann Gottlieb Fichte, which finds all the elements of knowledge in the <xex>ego</xex> and the relations which it implies or provides for.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Excessive love and thought of self; the habit of regarding one's self as the center of every interest; selfishness; -- opposed to <contr>altruism</contr>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E"go*ist</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>&eacute;go&iuml;ste</ets>. See <er>Egoism</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>One given overmuch to egoism or thoughts of self.</def><br/>
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<p><q>I, dullard <qex>egoist</qex>, taking no special recognition of such nobleness.</q> <rj><qau>Carlyle.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Philos.)</fld> <def>A believer in egoism.</def></p>

<p><mhw>{ <hw>E`go*is"tic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>E`go*is"tic*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>a.</pos> <def>Pertaining to egoism; imbued with egoism or excessive thoughts of self; self-loving.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Ill-natured feeling, or <qex>egoistic</qex> pleasure in making men miserable.</q> <rj><qau>G. Eliot.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>E`go*is"tic*al*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an egoistic manner.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*go"i*ty</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Personality.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Swift.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>E"go*mism</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Egoism.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>A. Baxter.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>E`go*phon"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Belonging to, or resembling, egophony.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*goph"o*ny</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, goat + &unr_; voice.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>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.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E"go*the`ism</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>'egw`</grk> I + <grk>qeo`s</grk> God.]</ety> <def>The deification of self.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>E"go*tism</hw> <pr>(?; 277)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>ego</ets> I + ending <ets>-tism</ets> for <ets>-ism</ets>, prob. influenced by other English words in <ets>-tism</ets> fr. the Greek, where <it>t</it> is not part of the ending, as <ets>baptism</ets>. See <er>Egoism</er>.]</ety> <def>The practice of too frequently using the word <xex>I</xex>; 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 <xex>egoism</xex>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>His excessive <qex>egotism</qex>, which filled all objects with himself.</q> <rj><qau>Hazlitt.</qau></rj></p>

<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- <er>Egotism</er>, <er>Self-conceit</er>, <er>Vanity</er>, <er>Egoism</er>. <xex>Self-conceit</xex> is an overweening opinion of one's talents, capacity, attractions, etc.; <xex>egotism</xex> is the acting out of <xex>self-conceit</xex>, or self-importance, in words and exterior conduct; <xex>vanity</xex> is inflation of mind arising from the idea of being thought highly of by others. It shows itself by its eagerness to catch the notice of others. <xex>Egoism</xex> is a state in which the feelings are concentrated on one's self. Its expression is <xex>egotism</xex>.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>E"go*tist</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>ego</ets> I + ending <ets>-tist</ets> for <ets>-ist</ets>. See <er>Egotism</er>, and cf. <er>Egoist</er>.]</ety> <def>One addicted to egotism; one who speaks much of himself or magnifies his own achievements or affairs.</def></p>

<p><mhw>{ <hw>E`go*tis"tic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>E`go*tis"tic*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>a.</pos> <def>Addicted to, or manifesting, egotism; having an exaggerated view of one's own importance or good qualities.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> egotistic; narcissistic; self-loving; conceited; vain; self-important; opinionated.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>E`go*tis"tic*al*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>With egotism.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E"go*tize</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Egotized</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Egotizing</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>.]</vmorph> <ety>[See <er>Egotism</er>.]</ety> <def>To talk or write as an egotist.</def>  <rj><au>Cowper.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>E*gran"u*lose`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Pref. <ets>e-</ets> + <ets>granule</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Having no granules, as chlorophyll in certain conditions.</def>  <rj><au>R. Brown.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>E"gre</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a. &amp; n.</pos> <def>See <er>Eager</er>, and <er>Eagre</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>E*gre"gious</hw> <pr>(?; 277)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>egregius</ets>; lit., separated or chosen from the herd, <it>i. e.</it>, distinguished, excellent; <ets>e</ets> out + <ets>grex</ets>, <ets>gregis</ets>, herd. See <er>Gregarious</er>.]</ety> <def>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>as, an <ex>egregious</ex> rascal; an <ex>egregious</ex> ass; an <ex>egregious</ex> mistake.</as></def><br/>
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<p><q>The <qex>egregious</qex> impudence of this fellow.</q> <rj><qau>Bp. Hall.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>His [Wyclif's] <qex>egregious</qex> labors are not to be neglected.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>E*gre"gious*ly</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>Greatly; enormously; shamefully; <as>as, <ex>egregiously</ex> cheated</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*gre"gious*ness</hw> <pr>(?; 277)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state of being egregious.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Eg"re*moin</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Agrimony</er>.]</ety> <def>Agrimony (<spn>Agrimonia Eupatoria</spn>).</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>E"gress</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>egressus</ets>, fr. <ets>egredi</ets> to go out; <ets>e</ets> out + <ets>gradi</ets> to go. See <er>Grade</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of going out or leaving, or the power to leave; departure.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Embarred from all <qex>egress</qex> and regress.</q> <rj><qau>Holland.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Gates of burning adamant,<br/>
Barred over us, prohibit all <qex>egress</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Astron.)</fld> <def>The passing off from the sun's disk of an inferior planet, in a transit.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*gress"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To go out; to depart; to leave.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*gres"sion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>egressio</ets>.]</ety> <def>The act of going; egress.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>B. Jonson.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>E*gress"or</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who goes out.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>E"gret</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Aigret</er>, <er>Heron</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>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 (<spn>Ardea egretta</spn> syn. <spn>Herodias egretta</spn>); the great egret (<spn>Ardea alba</spn>); the little egret (<spn>Ardea garzetta</spn>), of Europe; and the American snowy egret (<spn>Ardea candidissima</spn>).</def><br/>
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<p><q>A bunch of <qex>egrets</qex> killed for their plumage.</q> <rj><qau>G. W. Cable.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A plume or tuft of feathers worn as a part of a headdress, or anything imitating such an ornament; an aigrette.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The flying feathery or hairy crown of seeds or achenes, as the down of the thistle.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A kind of ape.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*grette"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Aigrette</er>.]</ety> <def>Same as <er>Egret</er>, <pos>n.</pos>, 2.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Eg"ri*mo*ny</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <ety>[Corrupted fr. <ets>agrimony</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The herb agrimony.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Eg"ri*mo*ny</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>aegrimonia</ets>.]</ety> <def>Sorrow.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>E"gri*ot</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>aigrette</ets>, <ets>griotte</ets>, formerly <ets>agriote</ets>; cf. <ets>aigre</ets> sour.]</ety> <def>A kind of sour cherry.</def>  <rj><au>Bacon.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>E"gri*tude</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>aegritudo</ets>, fr. <ets>aeger</ets> sick.]</ety> <def>Sickness; ailment; sorrow.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Sir T. Elyot.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Egypt</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>a country at the northeastern corner of Africa.  At one time it was joined with Syria to form the <partof>United Arab Republic</partof>.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> United Arab Republic.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>E*gyp"tian</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>Aegyptius</ets>, Gr. &unr_;, fr.  &unr_; (L. <ets>Aegyptus</ets>) Egypt: cf. F. <ets>&eacute;gyptien</ets>.  Cf. <er>Gypsy</er>.]</ety> <def>Pertaining to Egypt, in Africa.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Egyptian bean</b></col>. <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>The beanlike fruit of an aquatic plant (<spn>Nelumbium speciosum</spn>), somewhat resembling the water lily.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>See under <er>Bean</er>, 1.</cd> -- <col><b>Egyptian cross</b></col>. <cd>See <xex>Illust.</xex> (No. 6) of <er>Cross</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Egyptian thorn</b></col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a medium-sized tree (<spn>Acacia vera</spn>). It is one of the chief sources of the best gum arabic.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>E*gyp"tian</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A native, or one of the people, of Egypt; also, the Egyptian language.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A gypsy.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>E"gypt*ize</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Egyptized</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Egyptizing</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>.]</vmorph> <def>To give an Egyptian character or appearance to.</def>  <rj><au>Fairbairn.</au></rj></p>

<p><mhw>{ <hw>E`gyp*tol"o*ger</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>E`gyp*tol"o*gist</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>One skilled in the antiquities of Egypt; a student of Egyptology.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*gyp`to*log"ic*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of, pertaining to, or devoted to, Egyptology.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E`gyp*tol"o*gy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Egypt</ets> + <ets>-logy</ets>.]</ety> <def>The science or study of Egyptian antiquities, esp. the hieroglyphics.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Eh</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>interj.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>ei</ets>, <ets>ey</ets>.]</ety> <def>An expression of inquiry or slight surprise.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Eh"lite</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[From <ets>Ehl</ets> near Linz, where it occurs.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A mineral of a green color and pearly luster; a hydrous phosphate of copper.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ei"der</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Of Scand. origin, cf. Icel <ets>&aelig;&unr_;r</ets>; akin to Sw. <ets>eider</ets>, Dan. <ets>ederfugl</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Any species of sea duck of the genus <gen>Somateria</gen>, esp. <spn>Somateria mollissima</spn>, 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 <altname>eider duck</altname>. The American eider (<spn>S. Dresseri</spn>), the king eider (<spn>S. spectabilis</spn>), and the spectacled eider (<spn>Arctonetta Fischeri</spn>) are related species.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Eider down</b></col>. <ety>[Cf. Icel. <ets>&aelig;&eth;ard&umacr;n</ets>, Sw. <ets>eiderd&umacr;n</ets>, Dan. <ets>ederduun</ets>.]</ety> <cd>Down of the eider duck, much sought after as an article of luxury.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Ei"do*graph</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>e'i^dos</grk> form + <ets>graph</ets>.]</ety> <def>An instrument for copying drawings on the same or a different scale; a form of the pantograph.</def><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Ei*do"lon</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr.  &unr_; image. See <er>Idol</er>.]</ety> <def>An image or representation; a form; a phantom; an apparition.</def>  <rj><au>Sir W. Scott.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Eigh</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>interj.</pos> <def>An exclamation expressing delight.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Eight</hw> <pr>(&amacr;t)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Ait</er>.]</ety> <def>An island in a river; an ait.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> &ldquo;Osiers on their <xex>eights</xex>.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Evelyn.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Eight</hw> <pr>(&amacr;t)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>eahta</ets>; akin to OS. <ets>ahto</ets>, OFries. <ets>achta</ets>, D. &amp; G. <ets>acht</ets>, OHG. <ets>ahto</ets>, Icel. <ets>&amacr;tta</ets>, Sw. <ets>&aring;tta</ets>, Dan. <ets>otte</ets>, Goth. <ets>ahtau</ets>, Lith. <ets>aszt&uring;ni</ets>, Ir. &amp; Gael. <ets>ochd</ets>, W. <ets>wyth</ets>, Armor. <ets>eich</ets>, <ets>eiz</ets>, L. <ets>octo</ets>, Gr. <grk>'oktw`</grk>, Skr. <ets>ash&tsdot_;an</ets>. &radic;306.  Cf. <er>Octave</er>.]</ety> <def>Seven and one; <as>as, <ex>eight</ex> years</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Eight</hw> <pr>(&amacr;t)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The number greater by a unit than seven; eight units or objects.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A symbol representing eight units, as 8 or viii.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Eight"een`</hw> <pr>(&amacr;"t&emacr;n`)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>eahtat&ymacr_;ne</ets>, <ets>eahtat&emacr;ne</ets>. See <er>Eight</er>, and <er>Ten</er>, and cf. <er>Eighty</er>.]</ety> <def>Eight and ten; <as>as, <ex>eighteen</ex> pounds</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Eight"een`</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The number greater by a unit than seventeen; eighteen units or objects.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A symbol denoting eighteen units, as 18 or xviii.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Eight`een"mo</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a. &amp; n.</pos> <def>See <er>Octodecimo</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Eight"eenth`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[From <er>Eighteen</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Next in order after the seventeenth.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Consisting of one of eighteen equal parts or divisions of a thing.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Eight"eenth`</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The quotient of a unit divided by eighteen; one of eighteen equal parts or divisions.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The eighth after the tenth.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Eight"e*teth`e</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[OE., fr. AS. <ets>eahtate&oacute;&eth;a</ets>; <ets>eahta</ets> eight + <ets>te&oacute;&eth;a</ets> tenth.  Cf. <er>Eighteenth</er>, <er>Tenth</er>.]</ety> <def>Eighteenth.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Eight"fold`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Eight times a quantity.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Eighth</hw> <pr>(&amacr;tth)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>eahto&eth;a</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Next in order after the seventh.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Consisting of one of eight equal divisions of a thing.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Eighth note</b></col> <fld>(Mus.)</fld>, <cd>the eighth part of a whole note, or semibreve; a quaver.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Eighth</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The quotient of a unit divided by eight; one of eight equal parts; an eighth part.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>The interval of an octave.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Eighth"ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>As the eighth in order.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>eighties</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>the decade from 1980 to 1989.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>the time of life between 80 and 90.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> mid-eighties.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Eight"i*eth</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[From <er>Eighty</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The next in order after seventy-ninth.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Consisting of one of eighty equal parts or divisions.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Eight"i*eth</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The quotient of a unit divided by eighty; one of eighty equal parts.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Eight"ling</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Eight</ets> + <ets>-ling</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Crystallog.)</fld> <def>A compound or twin crystal made up of eight individuals.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Eight"score`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a. &amp; n.</pos> <def>Eight times twenty; a hundred and sixty.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>eight"some</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>eight people considered as a unit; <as>as, there was an <ex>eightsome</ex> ahead of us on the golf course</as>.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> octet, octette.</syn><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>a Scottish reel for eight dancers.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>eight-spot</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>a playing card with eight pips on the face; an eight.</def> <mark>[slang]</mark> <br/>
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<p><hw>eightvo</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>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 <contr>quarto</contr>. Symbolized as <altname>8vo</altname>, and <altname>8&deg;</altname>.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> octavo, 8vo, 8&deg;.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Eight"y</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>eahtatig</ets>, where the ending <ets>-tig</ets> is akin to English <ets>ten</ets>; cf. G. <ets>achtzig</ets>. See <er>Eight</er>, and <er>Ten</er>.]</ety> <def>Eight times ten; fourscore.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Eight"y</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The sum of eight times ten; eighty units or objects.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A symbol representing eighty units, or ten eight times repeated, as 80 or lxxx.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Eigne</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[OF. <ets>aisn&eacute;</ets>, <ets>ainsn&eacute;</ets>, F. <ets>a&icirc;n&eacute;</ets>, fr. L. <ets>ante natus</ets> born before.  Cf. <er>Esnecy</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>Eldest; firstborn.</def>  <rj><au>Blackstone.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Entailed; belonging to the eldest son.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Bastard eigne</b></col>, <cd>a bastard eldest son whose parents afterwards intermarry.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Eik"ing</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>See <er>Eking</er>.</def><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Ei"kon</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <grk>e'ikw`n</grk>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>An image or effigy; -- used rather in an abstract sense, and rarely for a work of art.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>an ikon.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ei*kon"o*gen</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>e'ikw`n</grk>, <grk>e'iko`nos</grk>, image + root of <grk>gi`gnesqai</grk> to be born.]</ety> <fld>(Photog. &amp; Chem.)</fld> <def>The sodium salt of a sulphonic acid of a naphthol, <chform>C10H5(OH)(NH2)SO3Na</chform> used as a developer.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ei"ko*sane</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>e'i`kosi</grk>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A solid hydrocarbon, <chform>C20H42</chform>, of the paraffin series, of artificial production, and also probably occurring in petroleum.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ei*kos"y*lene</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>e'i`kosi</grk> twenty + acet<ets>ylene</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A liquid hydrocarbon, <chform>C20H38</chform>, of the acetylene series, obtained from brown coal.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Eild</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Eld</er>.]</ety> <def>Age.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Fairfax.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>eire</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Air.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Eire</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>prop. n.</pos> <def>the Irish name for Ireland; the name used in 1937 to 1949 for the Republic of Ireland.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> Erin, Ireland.</syn>
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<p><hw>Ei`re*narch</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Irenarch</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Gr. Antiq.)</fld> <def>A justice of the peace; irenarch.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ei*ren"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Pacific. See <er>Irenic</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ei"rie</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Aerie</er>, and <er>Eyrie</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ei"sel</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OF. <ets>aisil</ets>, <ets>aissil</ets>, fr. L. <ets>acetum</ets>.  Cf. <er>Acetic</er>.]</ety> <def>Vinegar; verjuice.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Sir T. More.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Eis*tedd"fod</hw> <pr>(&amacr;s*t&ebreve_;&thlig_;"v&omacr;d)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[W., session, fr. <ets>eistedd</ets> to sit.]</ety> <def>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.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ei"ther</hw> <pr>(&emacr;"&thlig_;&etilde_;r <it>or</it> &imacr;"&thlig_;&etilde_;r; 277)</pr>, <pos>a. &amp; pron.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>either</ets>, <ets>aither</ets>, AS. <ets>&aemacr_;g&eth;er</ets>, <ets>&aemacr_;ghw&aelig;&eth;er</ets> (akin to OHG. <ets>&emacr;ogiwedar</ets>, MHG. <ets>iegeweder</ets>); <ets>&amacr;</ets> + <ets>ge</ets> + <ets>hw&aelig;&eth;er</ets> whether. See <er>Each</er>, and <er>Whether</er>, and cf. <er>Or</er>, <ets>conj</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>One of two; the one or the other; -- properly used of two things, but sometimes of a larger number, for <xex>any one</xex>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Lepidus flatters both,<br/>
Of both is flattered; but he neither loves,<br/>
Nor <qex>either</qex> cares for him.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Scarce a palm of ground could be gotten by <qex>either</qex> of the three.</q> <rj><qau>Bacon.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>There have been three talkers in Great British, <qex>either</qex> of whom would illustrate what I say about dogmatists.</q> <rj><qau>Holmes.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Each of two; the one and the other; both; -- formerly, also, each of any number.</def><br/>
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<p><q>His flowing hair<br/>
In curls on <qex>either</qex> cheek played.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>On <qex>either</qex> side . . . was there the tree of life.</q> <rj><qau>Rev. xxii. 2.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>The extreme right and left of <qex>either</qex> army never engaged.</q> <rj><qau>Jowett (Thucyd).</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ei"ther</hw>, <pos>conj.</pos> <def>Either precedes two, or more, co&ouml;rdinate words or phrases, and is introductory to an alternative. It is correlative to <xex>or</xex>.</def><br/>
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<p><q><qex>Either</qex> he is talking, <qex>or</qex> he is pursuing, <qex>or</qex> he is in a journey, <qex>or</qex> peradventure he sleepeth.</q> <rj><qau>1 Kings xviii. 27.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Few writers hesitate to use <qex>either</qex> in what is called a triple alternative; such as, We must <qex>either</qex> stay where we are, proceed, or recede.</q> <rj><qau>Latham.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; <xex>Either</xex> was formerly sometimes used without any correlation, and where we should now use <xex>or</xex>.</note><br/>
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<p><q>Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear olive berries? <qex>either</qex> a vine, figs?</q> <rj><qau>James iii. 12.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>E*jac"u*late</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Ejaculated</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Ejaculating</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[L. <ets>ejaculatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>ejaculari</ets> to throw out; <ets>e</ets> out + <ets>ejaculari</ets> to throw, fr. <ets>jaculum</ets> javelin, dart, fr. <ets>jacere</ets> to throw. See <er>Eject</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To throw out suddenly and swiftly, as if a dart; to dart; to eject.</def> <mark>[Archaic or Technical]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>Its active rays <qex>ejaculated</qex> thence.</q> <rj><qau>Blackmore.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To throw out, as an exclamation; to utter by a brief and sudden impulse; <as>as, to <ex>ejaculate</ex> a prayer</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*jac"u*late</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To utter ejaculations; to make short and hasty exclamations.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark> &ldquo;<xex>Ejaculating</xex> to himself.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Sir W. Scott.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>to eject semen; -- of a male animal (esp. a human or other mammal) during coitus.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*jac`u*la"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>&eacute;jaculation</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of throwing or darting out with a sudden force and rapid flight.</def> <mark>[Archaic or Technical]</mark> &ldquo;An <xex>ejaculation</xex> or irradiation of the eye.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Bacon.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The uttering of a short, sudden exclamation or prayer, or the exclamation or prayer uttered.</def><br/>
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<p><q>In your dressing, let there be <qex>jaculations</qex> fitted to the several actions of dressing.</q> <rj><qau>Jer. Taylor.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>The act of ejecting or suddenly throwing, as a fluid from a duct.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*jac"u*la`tor</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL. See <er>Ejaculate</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>A muscle which helps ejaculation.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*jac"u*la*to*ry</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Casting or throwing out; fitted to eject; <as>as, <ex>ejaculatory</ex> vessels</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Suddenly darted out; uttered in short sentences; <as>as, an <ex>ejaculatory</ex> prayer or petition</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Sudden; hasty.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> &ldquo;<xex>Ejaculatory</xex> repentances, that take us by fits and starts.&rdquo;  <rj><au>L'Estrange.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>E*ject"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Ejected</conjf>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Ejecting</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[L. <ets>ejectus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>ejicere</ets>; <ets>e</ets> out + <ets>jacere</ets> to throw. See <er>Jet</er> a shooting forth.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To expel; to dismiss; to cast forth; to thrust or drive out; to discharge; <as>as, to <ex>eject</ex> a person from a room; to <ex>eject</ex> a traitor from the country; to <ex>eject</ex> words from the language.</as></def> &ldquo;Eyes <xex>ejecting</xex> flame.&rdquo;  <rj><au>H. Brooke.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>To cast out; to evict; to dispossess; <as>as, to <ex>eject</ex> tenants from an estate</as>.</def></p>

<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- To expel; banish; drive out; discharge; oust; evict; dislodge; extrude; void.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>E"ject</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Eject</er>, <pos>v. t.</pos>]</ety> <fld>(Philos.)</fld> <def>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.</def><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>E*jec"ta</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[L., neut. pl. of <ets>ejectus</ets> cast out. See <er>Eject</er>.]</ety> <def>Matter ejected; material thrown out; <as>as, the <ex>ejecta</ex> of a volcano; the <ex>ejecta</ex>, or excreta, of the body</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*jec"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>ejectio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>&eacute;jection</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of ejecting or casting out; discharge; expulsion; evacuation.</def> &ldquo;Vast <xex>ejection</xex> of ashes.&rdquo; <au>Eustace.</au> &ldquo;The <xex>ejection</xex> of a word.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Johnson.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>The act or process of discharging anything from the body, particularly the excretions.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>The state of being ejected or cast out; dispossession; banishment.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*ject"ment</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A casting out; a dispossession; an expulsion; ejection; <as>as, the <ex>ejectment</ex> of tenants from their homes</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>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.</def>  <rj><au>Wharton.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>E*ject"or</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>One who, or that which, ejects or dispossesses.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Mech.)</fld> <def>A jet jump for lifting water or withdrawing air from a space.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>That part of the mechanism of a breech-loading firearm which ejects the empty shell.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Ejector condenser</b></col> <fld>(Steam Engine)</fld>, <cd>a condenser in which the vacuum is maintained by a jet pump.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>E"joo</hw> <pr>(&emacr;"j&oomacr_;)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Malay <ets>&imacr;j&umacr;</ets> or <ets>h&imacr;j&umacr;</ets>.]</ety> <def>Gomuti fiber. See <er>Gomuti</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ej`u*la"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>ejulatio</ets>, fr. <ets>ejulare</ets> to wail, lament.]</ety> <def>A wailing; lamentation.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> &ldquo;<xex>Ejulation</xex> in the pangs of death.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Philips.</au></rj></p>

<p><mhw>{ <hw>Ek"a*bor`</hw> <pr>(&ebreve_;k"&adot_;*b&omacr;r`)</pr>, <hw>Ek"a*bo"ron</hw> <pr>(-b&omacr;"r&obreve_;n)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[G., fr. Skr. <ets>&emacr;ka</ets> one + G. <ets>bor</ets>, <ets>boron</ets>, E. <ets>boron</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>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 <altname>scandium</altname>; -- so called because it was a missing analogue of the boron group. See <er>Scandium</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ek*al`u*min"i*um</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Skr. <ets>&emacr;ka</ets> one + E. <ets>aluminium</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>The name given to a hypothetical element, -- later discovered and called <altname>gallium</altname>. See <er>Gallium</er>, and cf. <er>Ekabor</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ek`a*sil"i*con</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Skr. <ets>&emacr;ka</ets> one + E. <ets>silicon</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>The name of a hypothetical element predicted and afterwards discovered and named <altname>germanium</altname>; -- so called because it was a missing analogue of the silicon group. See <er>Germanium</er>, and cf. <er>Ekabor</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Eke</hw> <pr>(&emacr;k)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Eked</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Eking</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[AS. <ets>&emacr;kan</ets>, <ets>&ymacr_;kan</ets>; akin to OFries, <ets>&amacr;ka</ets>, OS. <ets>&unr_;kian</ets>, OHG. <ets>ouhh&omacr;n</ets> to add, Icel. <ets>auka</ets> to increase, Sw. <ets>&ouml;ka</ets>, Dan. <ets>&ouml;ge</ets>, Goth. <ets>aukan</ets>, L. <ets>augere</ets>, Skr. <ets>&unr_;jas</ets> strength, <ets>ugra</ets> mighty, and probably to English <ets>wax</ets>, v. i.  Cf. <er>Augment</er>, <er>Nickname</er>.]</ety> <def>To increase; to add to; to augment; -- now commonly used with <xex>out</xex>, the notion conveyed being to add to, or piece out by a laborious, inferior, or scanty addition; <as>as, to <ex>eke</ex> out a scanty supply of one kind with some other</as>.</def> &ldquo;To <xex>eke</xex> my pain.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Spenser.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>He <qex>eked</qex> out by his wits an income of barely fifty pounds.</q> <rj><qau>Macaulay.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Eke</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>e&aacute;c</ets>; akin to OFries. <ets>&aacute;k</ets>, OS. <ets>&unr_;k</ets>, D. <ets>&unr_;ok</ets>, OHG. <ets>ouh</ets>, G.  <ets>auch</ets>, Icel. <ets>auk</ets>, Sw. <ets>och</ets> and, Dan. <ets>og</ets>, Goth. <ets>auk</ets> for, but. Prob. from the preceding verb.]</ety> <def>In addition; also; likewise.</def> <mark>[Obs. or Archaic]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>'T will be prodigious hard to prove<br/>
That this is <qex>eke</qex> the throne of love.</q> <rj><qau>Prior.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>A trainband captain <qex>eke</qex> was he<br/>
Of famous London town.</q> <rj><qau>Cowper.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; <xex>Eke</xex> serves less to unite than to render prominent a subjoined more important sentence or notion.</note>  <rj><au>M&auml;tzner.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Eke</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>An addition.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>Clumsy <qex>ekes</qex> that may well be spared.</q> <rj><qau>Geddes.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ek"e*berg`ite</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[From <ets>Ekeberg</ets>, a German.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A variety of scapolite.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Eke"name`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Nickname</er>.]</ety> <def>An additional or epithet name; a nickname.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Ek"ing</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[From <er>Eke</er>, <pos>v. t.</pos>]</ety> <fld>(Shipbuilding)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A lengthening or filling piece to make good a deficiency in length.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The carved work under the quarter piece at the aft part of the quarter gallery.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>eiking</asp>.]</altsp><br/>
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<p><hw>E"-la`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Originally, the highest note in the scale of Guido; hence, proverbially, any extravagant saying.</def> &ldquo;Why, this is above <xex>E-la</xex>!&rdquo;  <rj><au>Beau. &amp; Fl.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>E*lab"o*rate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>elaboratus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>elaborare</ets> to work out; <ets>e</ets> out + <ets>laborare</ets> to labor, <ets>labor</ets> labor. See <er>Labor</er>.]</ety> <def>Wrought with labor; finished with great care; studied; executed with exactness or painstaking; <as>as, an <ex>elaborate</ex> discourse; an <ex>elaborate</ex> performance; <ex>elaborate</ex> research.</as></def><br/>
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<p><q>Drawn to the life in each <qex>elaborate</qex> page.</q> <rj><qau>Waller.</qau></rj></p>

<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Labored; complicated; studied; perfected; high-wrought.</syn></p>

<p>-- <wordforms><wf>E*lab"o*rate*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> -- <wf>E*lab"o*rate*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>E*lab"o*rate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Elaborated</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Elaborating</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>.]</vmorph> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To produce with labor</def><br/>
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<p><q>They in full joy <qex>elaborate</qex> a sigh,</q> <rj><qau>Young.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To perfect with painstaking; to improve or refine with labor and study, or by successive operations; <as>as, to <ex>elaborate</ex> a painting or a literary work</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The sap is . . . still more <qex>elaborated</qex> and exalted as it circulates through the vessels of the plant.</q> <rj><qau>Arbuthnot.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>E*lab`o*ra"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>elaboratio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>&eacute;laboration</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act or process of producing or refining with labor; improvement by successive operations; refinement.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>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>as, the <ex>elaboration</ex> of food into chyme; the <ex>elaboration</ex> of chyle, or sap, or tissues.</as></def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*lab"o*ra*tive</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Serving or tending to elaborate; constructing with labor and minute attention to details.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Elaborative faculty</b></col> <fld>(Metaph.)</fld>, <cd>the intellectual power of discerning relations and of viewing objects by means of, or in, relations; the discursive faculty; thought.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>E*lab"o*ra`tor</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who, or that which, elaborates.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*lab"o*ra*to*ry</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Tending to elaborate.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*lab"o*ra*to*ry</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A laboratory.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>E`l&aelig;*ag"nus</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; a B&oelig;otian marsh plant; &unr_; olive + &unr_; sacred, pure.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A genus of shrubs or small trees, having the foliage covered with small silvery scales; oleaster.</def><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>E*l&aelig;"is</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; olive tree.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A genus of palms.</def><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; <xex>El&aelig;is Guineensis</xex>, 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.</note><br/>
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<p><hw>E*l&aelig;"o*lite</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. &unr_; olive oil, oil + <ets>-lite</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A variety of hephelite, usually massive, of greasy luster, and gray to reddish color.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>El&aelig;olite syenite</b></col>, <cd>a kind of syenite characterized by the presence of el&aelig;olite.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>E`l&aelig;*op"tene</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. &unr_; olive oil, oil + &unr_; winged, fleeting.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>The more liquid or volatile portion of certain oily substance, as distinguished from <xex>stearoptene</xex>, the more solid parts.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>elaoptene</asp>.]</altsp><br/>
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<p><hw>E*la"i*date</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A salt of elaidic acid.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E`la*id"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>&eacute;la&iuml;dique</ets>. See <er>Elaine</er>.]</ety> <def>Relating to oleic acid, or elaine.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Elaidic acid</b></col> <fld>(Chem.)</fld>, <cd>a fatty acid isomeric with oleic acid, and obtained from it by the action of nitrous acid.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>E*la"i*din</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>&eacute;la&iuml;dine</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A solid isomeric modification of olein.</def></p>

<p><mhw>{ <hw>E*la"ine</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <it>or</it> <hw>E*la"in</hw>  }</mhw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. &unr_; olive oil, oil, from &unr_; the olive tree: cf. F. <ets>&eacute;la&iuml;ne</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Olein</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E`lai*od"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Gr. &unr_; olive oil, oil + <grk>e'i^dos</grk> form.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Derived from castor oil; ricinoleic; <as>as, <ex>elaiodic</ex> acid</as>.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>E`lai*om"e*ter</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. &unr_; olive oil, oil + <ets>-meter</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>An apparatus for determining the amount of oil contained in any substance, or for ascertaining the degree of purity of oil.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E"lam*ite</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A dweller in Flam (or Susiana), an ancient kingdom of Southwestern Asia, afterwards a province of Persia.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*lamp"ing</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Lamp</er>.]</ety> <def>Shining.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>G. Fletcher.</au></rj><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>&Eacute;`lan"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F., fr. <ets>&eacute;lancer</ets> to dart.]</ety> <def>Ardor inspired by passion or enthusiasm.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*lance"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Elanced</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Elancing</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>.]</vmorph> <ety>[F. <ets>&eacute;lancer</ets>, OF. <ets>eslancier</ets>; pref. <ets>es-</ets> (L. <ets>ex</ets>) + F. <ets>lancer</ets> to dart, throw, fr. <ets>lance</ets>.]</ety> <def>To throw as a lance; to hurl; to dart.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>While thy unerring hand <qex>elanced</qex> . . . a dart.</q> <rj><qau>Prior.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>E"land</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[D. <ets>eland</ets> elk, of Slav. origin; cf. Pol. <ets>jelen</ets> stag, Russ. <ets>ol&eacute;ne</ets>, Lith. <ets>elnis</ets>; perh. akin to E. <ets>elk</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A species of large South African antelope (<spn>Oreas canna</spn>). It is valued both for its hide and flesh, and is rapidly disappearing in the settled districts; -- called also <altname>Cape elk</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>The elk or moose.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*la"net</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A kite of the genus <gen>Elanus</gen>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*la"o*lite</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>See <er>El&aelig;olite</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Elaphe</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>a genus of snakes comprising the Old World and American rat snakes.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> genus <gen>Elaphe</gen>.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>elapid</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>a venomous snake of the family <fam>Elapidae</fam>, including the .</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Elapidae</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>a natural family of snakes including the cobras, kraits, mambas, the New World coral snakes, and Australian taipan and tiger snakes.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> family <fam>Elapidae</fam>.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>E`la*op"tene</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>See <er>El&aelig;optene</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>El"a*phine</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Gr. &unr_; stag.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to, resembling, or characteristic of, the stag, or <spn>Cervus elaphus</spn>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>El"a*phure</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A species of deer (<spn>Elaphurus Davidianus</spn>) found in china. It is about four feet high at the shoulder and has peculiar antlers.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*lap`i*da"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>elapidatus</ets> cleared from stones; <ets>e</ets> out + <ets>lapis</ets> stone.]</ety> <def>A clearing away of stones.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>El"a*pine</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Elaps</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Like or pertaining to the <fam>Elapid&aelig;</fam>, a family of poisonous serpents, including the cobras. See <er>Ophidia</er>.</def><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>E"laps</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., of uncertain origin.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A genus of venomous snakes found both in America and the Old World. Many species are known. See <cref>Coral snake</cref>, under <er>Coral</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*lapse"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Elapsed</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Elapsing</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[L. <ets>elapsus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>elabi</ets> to glide away; <ets>e</ets> out + <ets>labi</ets> to fall, slide. See <er>Lapse</er>.]</ety> <def>To slip or glide away; to pass away silently, as time; -- used chiefly in reference to time.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Eight days <qex>elapsed</qex>; at length a pilgrim came.</q> <rj><qau>Hoole.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>E*lap"sion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The act of elapsing.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>E*la"que*ate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>elaqueatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>elaqueare</ets> to unfetter.]</ety> <def>To disentangle.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>El`a*sip"o*da</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; metal beaten out, metal plate + <ets>-poda</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>An order of holothurians mostly found in the deep sea. They are remarkable for their bilateral symmetry and curious forms.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>Elasmopoda</asp>.]</altsp><br/>
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<p><hw>E*las"mo*branch</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to the Elasmobranchii.</def> -- <def2><pos>n.</pos> <def>One of the Elasmobranchii.</def></def2><br/>
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<p><hw>E*las`mo*bran"chi*ate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to Elasmobranchii.</def> -- <def2><pos>n.</pos>  <def>One of the Elasmobranchii.</def></def2><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>E*las`mo*bran"chi*i</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; a metal plate + L. <ets>branchia</ets> a gill.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A subclass of fishes, comprising the sharks, the rays, and the Chim&aelig;ra. The skeleton is mainly cartilaginous.</def><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>E*las`mo*sau"rus</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; a metal plate + &unr_; a lizard.]</ety> <fld>(Paleon.)</fld> <def>An extinct, long-necked, marine, cretaceous reptile from Kansas, allied to Plesiosaurus.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*las"tic</hw> <pr>(&euptack_;*l&abreve;s"t&ibreve_;k)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Formed fr. Gr. <grk>'elay`nein</grk> to drive; prob. akin to L. <ets>alacer</ets> lively, brisk, and E. <ets>alacrity</ets>: cf. F. <ets>&eacute;lastique</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>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>as, a bow is <ex>elastic</ex>; the air is <ex>elastic</ex>; India rubber is <ex>elastic</ex>.</as></def><br/>
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<p><q>Capable of being drawn out by force like a piece of <qex>elastic</qex> gum, and by its own elasticity returning, when the force is removed, to its former position.</q> <rj><qau>Paley.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>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>as, <ex>elastic</ex> spirits; an <ex>elastic</ex> constitution.</as></def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Elastic bitumen</b></col>. <fld>(Min.)</fld> <cd>See <er>Elaterite</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Elastic curve</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <fld>(Geom.)</fld> <cd>The curve made by a thin elastic rod fixed horizontally at one end and loaded at the other.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <fld>(Mech.)</fld> <cd>The figure assumed by the longitudinal axis of an originally straight bar under any system of bending forces.</cd> <au>Rankine.</au> -- <col><b>Elastic fluids</b></col>, <cd>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.</cd> -- <col><b>Elastic limit</b></col> <fld>(Mech.)</fld>, <cd>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.</cd> -- <col><b>Elastic tissue</b></col> <fld>(Anat.)</fld>, <cd>a variety of connective tissue consisting of a network of slender and very elastic fibers which are but slightly affected by acids or alkalies.</cd> -- <col><b>Gum elastic</b></col>, <cd>caoutchouc.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>E*las"tic</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>An elastic woven fabric, as a belt, braces or suspenders, etc., made in part of India rubber.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>E*las"tic*al</hw> <pr>(&euptack_;*l&abreve;s"t&ibreve_;*k&aitalic_;l)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Elastic.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Bentley.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>e*las"tic band"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Same as <er>rubber band</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*las"tic*al*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an elastic manner; by an elastic power; with a spring.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E`las*tic"i*ty</hw> <pr>(&emacr;`l&abreve;s*t&ibreve_;s"&ibreve_;*t&ybreve_;)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>&eacute;lasticit&eacute;</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>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>as, the <ex>elasticity</ex> of caoutchouc; the <ex>elasticity</ex> of the air.</as></def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Power of resistance to, or recovery from, depression or overwork; -- usually referred to as <altname>resilience</altname>[3].</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Coefficient of elasticity</b></col>, <cd>the quotient of a stress (of a given kind), by the strain (of a given kind) which it produces; -- called also <altname>coefficient of resistance</altname>.</cd> -- <col><b>Surface of elasticity</b></col> <fld>(Geom.)</fld>, <cd>the pedal surface of an ellipsoid (see <er>Pedal</er>); a surface used in explaining the phenomena of double refraction and their relation to the elastic force of the luminous ether in crystalline media.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>elasticized</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <def>made with strands or inserts of elastic, allowing it to stretch; -- of fabrics; <as>as, slacks with an <ex>elasticized</ex> waistband</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*las"tic*ness</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The quality of being elastic; elasticity.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*las"tin</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Elast</ets>ic + <ets>-in</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol. Chem.)</fld> <def>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.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Elastoplast</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[a British trademark.]</ety> <def>an elastic bandage.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*late"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>elatus</ets> elevated, fig., elated, proud (the figure, perh., being borrowed from a prancing horse); <ets>e</ets> out + <ets>latus</ets> (used as p. p. of <ets>ferre</ets> to bear), for <ets>tlatus</ets>, and akin to E. <ets>tolerate</ets>. See <er>Tolerate</er>, and cf. <er>Extol</er>.]</ety><br/>
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<p><!-- p. 476 --> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Lifted up; raised; elevated.</def></p>

<p><q>With upper lip <qex>elate</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Fenton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>And sovereign law, that State's collected will,<br/>
O'er thrones and globes, <qex>elate</qex>,<br/>
Sits empress, crowning good, repressing ill.</q> <rj><qau>Sir W. Jones.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Having the spirits raised by success, or by hope; flushed or exalted with confidence; elated; exultant.</def><br/>
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<p><q>O, thoughtless mortals! ever blind to fate,<br/>
Too soon dejected, and dejected, and too soon <qex>elate</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Pope.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Our nineteenth century is wonderfully set up in its own esteem, wonderfully <qex>elate</qex> at its progress.</q> <rj><qau>Mrs. H. H. Jackson.</qau></rj></p>

<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Puffed up; lofty; proud; haughty; exalted; inspirited; transported; delighted; overjoyed.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>E*late"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Elated</conjf>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Elating</conjf>.]</vmorph> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To raise; to exalt.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>By the potent sun <qex>elated</qex> high.</q> <rj><qau>Thomson.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To exalt the spirit of; to fill with confidence or exultation; to elevate or flush with success; to puff up; to make proud.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Foolishly <qex>elated</qex> by spiritual pride.</q> <rj><qau>Warburton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>You ought not be <qex>elated</qex> at the chance mishaps of your enemies.</q> <rj><qau>Jowett (Thucyd. ).</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>E*lat"ed*ly</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>With elation.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*lat"ed*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state of being elated.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*lat"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who, or that which, elates.</def><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>El"a*ter</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; driver, fr. &unr_; to drive.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>An elastic spiral filament for dispersing the spores, as in some liverworts.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Any beetle of the family <fam>Elaterid&aelig;</fam>, 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 <altname>click beetle</altname>, <altname>spring beetle</altname>, and <altname>snapping beetle</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>The caudal spring used by <gen>Podura</gen> and related insects for leaping. See <er>Collembola</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>El"a*ter</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>The active principle of elaterium, being found in the juice of the wild or squirting cucumber (<spn>Ecballium agreste</spn>, formerly <spn>Motordica Elaterium</spn>) and other related species. It is extracted as a bitter, white, crystalline substance, which is a violent purgative.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>El"a*ter*ite</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A mineral resin, of a blackish brown color, occurring in soft, flexible masses; -- called also <altname>mineral caoutchouc</altname>, and <altname>elastic bitumen</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>El`a*te"ri*um</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L., fr. Gr. &unr_;, neut. of &unr_; driving. See 2d <er>Elater</er>.]</ety> <def>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 (<spn>Ecballium agreste</spn>, formerly called <spn>Momordica Elaterium</spn>).</def><br/>
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<p><hw>El`a*ter*om"e*ter</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Same as <er>Elatrometer</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>El"a*ter*y</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See 2d <er>Elater</er>.]</ety> <def>Acting force; elasticity.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Ray.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>E*la"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>elatio</ets>. See <er>Elate</er>.]</ety> <def>A lifting up by success; exaltation; inriation with pride of prosperity.</def> &ldquo;Felt the <xex>elation</xex> of triumph.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Sir W. Scott.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>E*la"tive</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Gram.)</fld> <def>Raised; lifted up; -- a term applied to what is also called the <xex>absolute superlative</xex>, denoting a high or intense degree of a quality, but not excluding the idea that an equal degree may exist in other cases.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>El`a*trom"e*ter</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. &unr_;  a driver + <ets>-meter</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Physics)</fld> <def>An instrument for measuring the degree of rarefaction of air contained in the receiver of an air pump.</def> <altsp>[Spelt also <asp>elaterometer</asp>.]</altsp><br/>
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<p><hw>E*la"yl</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. &unr_; olive oil, oil + <ets>yl</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Olefiant gas or ethylene; -- so called by Berzelius from its forming an oil combining with chlorine. <altsp>[Written also <asp>elayle</asp>.]</altsp> See <er>Ethylene</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>El"bow</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>elboga</ets>, <ets>elnboga</ets> (akin to D. <ets>elleboga</ets>, OHG. <ets>elinbogo</ets>, G. <ets>ellbogen</ets>, <ets>ellenbogen</ets>, Icel. <ets>&unr_;lnbogi</ets>; prop.; arm-bend); <ets>eln</ets> ell (orig., forearm) + <ets>boga</ets> a bending. See 1st <er>Ell</er>, and 4th <er>Bow</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The joint or bend of the arm; the outer curve in the middle of the arm when bent.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Her arms to the <qex>elbows</qex> naked.</q> <rj><qau>R. of Gloucester.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>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.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>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 <xex>elbow</xex> with the window back.</def>  <rj><au>Gwilt.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; <xex>Elbow</xex> is used adjectively or as part of a compound, to denote something <xex>shaped like</xex>, or <xex>acting like</xex>, <xex>an elbow</xex>; as, <xex>elbow</xex> joint; <xex>elbow</xex> tongs or <xex>elbow</xex>-tongs; <xex>elbow</xex>room, <xex>elbow</xex>-room, or <xex>elbow</xex> room.</note><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>At the elbow</b></col>, <cd>very near; at hand.</cd> -- <col><b>Elbow grease</b></col>, <cd>energetic application of force in manual labor.</cd> <mark>[Low]</mark> -- <col><b>Elbow in the hawse</b></col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>the twisting together of two cables by which a vessel rides at anchor, caused by swinging completely round once.</cd> <au>Totten.</au> -- <col><b>Elbow scissors</b></col> <fld>(Surg.)</fld>, <cd>scissors bent in the blade or shank for convenience in cutting.</cd> <au>Knight.</au> -- <col><b>Out at elbow</b></col>, <cd>with coat worn through at the elbows; shabby; in needy circumstances.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>El"bow</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Elbowed</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Elbowing</conjf>.]</vmorph> <def>To push or hit with the elbow, as when one pushes by another.</def><br/>
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<p><q>They [the Dutch] would <qex>elbow</qex> our own aldermen off the Royal Exchange.</q> <rj><qau>Macaulay.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>To elbow one's way</b></col>, <cd>to force one's way by pushing with the elbows; <as>as, <ex>to elbow one's way</ex> through a crowd</as>.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>El"bow</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To jut into an angle; to project or to bend after the manner of an elbow.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To push rudely along; to elbow one's way.</def> &ldquo;Purseproud, <xex>elbowing</xex> Insolence.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Grainger.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>El"bow*board`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The base of a window casing, on which the elbows may rest.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>El"bow*chair`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A chair with arms to support the elbows; an armchair.</def>  <rj><au>Addison.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>El"bow*room`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Room to extend the elbows on each side; ample room for motion or action; free scope.</def> &ldquo;My soul hath <xex>elbowroom</xex>.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Then came a stretch of grass and a little more <qex>elbowroom</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>W. G. Norris.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>El*ca"ja</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Ar.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>An Arabian tree (<spn>Trichilia emetica</spn>). The fruit, which is emetic, is sometimes employed in the composition of an ointment for the cure of the itch.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>El*ce"sa*ite</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[From <ets>Elcesai</ets>, the leader of the sect.]</ety> <fld>(Eccl.)</fld> <def>One of a sect of Asiatic Gnostics of the time of the Emperor Trajan.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>el cheapo</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>cheap; inexpensive and of inferior quality; <as>as, an <ex>el cheapo</ex> cigar</as>.</def> <mark>[jocose slang]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Eld</hw> <pr>(&ebreve_;ld)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>eald</ets>.]</ety> <def>Old.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Eld</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>yldu</ets>, <ets>yldo</ets>, <ets>eldo</ets>, old age, fr. <ets>ald</ets>, <ets>eald</ets>, old. See <er>Old</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Age; esp., old age.</def> <mark>[Obs. or Archaic]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>As sooth is said, <qex>eelde</qex> hath great avantage.</q> <rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Great Nature, ever young, yet full of <qex>eld</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Spenser.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Old times; former days; antiquity.</def> <mark>[Poetic]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>Astrologers and men of <qex>eld</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Longfellow.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Eld</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To age; to grow old.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Eld</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To make old or ancient.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>Time, that <qex>eldeth</qex> all things.</q> <rj><qau>Rom. of R.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Eld"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>yldra</ets>, compar. of <ets>eald</ets> old. See <er>Old</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Older; more aged, or existing longer.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Let the <qex>elder</qex> men among us emulate their own earlier deeds.</q> <rj><qau>Jowett (Thucyd. )</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Born before another; prior in years; senior; earlier; older; <as>as, his <ex>elder</ex> brother died in infancy</as>; -- opposed to <ant>younger</ant>, and now commonly applied to a son, daughter, child, brother, etc.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The <qex>elder</qex> shall serve the younger.</q> <rj><qau>Gen. xxv. 23.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>But ask of <qex>elder</qex> days, earth's vernal hour.</q> <rj><qau>Keble.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Elder hand</b></col> <fld>(Card Playing)</fld>, <cd>the hand playing, or having the right to play, first.</cd>  <rj><au>Hoyle.</au></rj></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Eld"er</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>ealdor</ets> an elder, prince, fr. <ets>eald</ets> old. See <er>Old</er>, and cf. <er>Elder</er>, <pos>a.</pos>, <er>Alderman</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>One who is older; a superior in age; a senior.</def>  <rj><au>1 Tim. v. 1.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>An aged person; one who lived at an earlier period; a predecessor.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Carry your head as your <qex>elders</qex> have done.</q> <rj><qau>L'Estrange.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>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>as, the <ex>elders</ex> of Israel; the <ex>elders</ex> of the synagogue; the <ex>elders</ex> in the apostolic church.</as></def><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; In the modern Presbyterian churches, <xex>elders</xex> 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 <xex>elders</xex>, or <xex>presbyters</xex>.</note><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <fld>(M. E. Ch.)</fld> <def>A clergyman authorized to administer all the sacraments; <as>as, a traveling <ex>elder</ex></as>.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Presiding elder</b></col> <fld>(Meth. Ch.)</fld>, <cd>an elder commissioned by a bishop to have the oversight of the churches and preachers in a certain district.</cd> -- <col><b>Ruling elder</b></col>, <cd>a lay presbyter or member of a Presbyterian church session.</cd>  <rj><au>Schaff.</au></rj></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>El"der</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>ellern</ets>, <ets>eller</ets>, AS. <ets>ellen</ets>, cf. LG. <ets>elloorn</ets>; perh. akin to OHG. <ets>holantar</ets>, <ets>holuntar</ets>, G. <ets>holunder</ets>; or perh. to E. <ets>alder</ets>, <ets>n.</ets>]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A genus of shrubs (<gen>Sambucus</gen>) having broad umbels of white flowers, and small black or red berries.</def><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; The common North American species is <spn>Sambucus Canadensis</spn>; the common European species (<spn>S. nigra</spn>) forms a small tree. The red-berried elder is <spn>S. pubens</spn>. The berries are diaphoretic and aperient.  The European elder (<spn>Sambucus nigra</spn>) is also called the <stype>elderberry</stype>, <stype>bourtree</stype>, <stype>Old World elder</stype>, <stype>black elder</stype>, and <stype>common elder</stype>.</note><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Box elder</b></col>. <cd>See under 1st <er>Box</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Dwarf elder</b></col>. <cd>See <er>Danewort</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Elder tree</b></col>. <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <cd>Same as <er>Elder</er>.</cd> <au>Shak.</au> -- <col><b>Marsh elder</b></col>, <cd>the cranberry tree <spn>Viburnum Opulus</spn>).</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>el"der*ber`ry</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The berrylike drupe of the elder. That of the Old World elder (<spn>Sambucus nigra</spn>) and that of the American sweet elder (<spn>S. Canadensis</spn>) are sweetish acid, and are eaten as a berry or made into wines or jellies.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>the European variety of elder (see 3rd <er>elder</er>), a common black-fruited shrub or small tree of Europe and Asia; the fruit is used for wines and jellies.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> bourtree, black elder, common elder, European elder, Sambucus nigra.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Eld"er*ish</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Somewhat old; elderly.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Eld"er*ly</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Somewhat old; advanced beyond middle age; bordering on old age; <as>as, <ex>elderly</ex> people</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>El"dern</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Made of elder.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>He would discharge us as boys do <qex>eldern</qex> guns.</q> <rj><qau>Marston.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Eld"er*ship</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The state of being older; seniority.</def> &ldquo;Paternity an <xex>eldership</xex>.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Sir W. Raleigh.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Office of an elder; collectively, a body of elders.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>El"der*wort`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Danewort.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Eld"est</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>yldest</ets>, superl. of <ets>eald</ets> old. See <er>Elder</er>, <pos>a.</pos>]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Oldest; longest in duration.</def>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Born or living first, or before the others, as a son, daughter, brother, etc.; first in origin. See <er>Elder</er>.</def> &ldquo;My lady's <xex>eldest</xex> son.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Their <qex>eldest</qex> historians are of suspected credit.</q> <rj><qau>Bp. Stillingfleet.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Eldest hand</b></col> <fld>(Card Playing)</fld>, <cd>the player on the dealer's left hand.</cd>  <rj><au>R. A. Proctor.</au></rj></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>El"ding</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Icel. <ets>elding</ets>, fr. <ets>elda</ets> to kindle, <ets>eldr</ets> fire; akin to AS. <ets>&aelig;ld</ets> fire, <ets>&aelig;lan</ets> to burn.]</ety> <def>Fuel.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>  <rj><au>Grose.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>El` Do*ra"do</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>El Doradoes</plw> <pr>(&unr_;)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[Sp., lit., the gilt (sc. land); <ets>el</ets> the + <ets>dorado</ets> gilt, p. p. of <ets>dorare</ets> to gild.  Cf. <er>Dorado</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>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.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Any region of fabulous wealth; exceeding richness.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The whole comedy is a sort of <qex>El Dorado</qex> of wit.</q> <rj><qau>T. Moore.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>El"dritch</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Hideous; ghastly; <as>as, an <ex>eldritch</ex> shriek or laugh</as>.</def> <mark>[Local, Eng.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>E`le*at"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>eleaticus</ets>, from <ets>Elea</ets> (or <ets>Velia</ets>) in Italy.]</ety> <def>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.</def> -- <def2><pos>n.</pos> <def>A philosopher of the Eleatic school.</def></def2><br/>
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<p><hw>E`le*at"i*cism</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The Eleatic doctrine.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>El`e*cam*pane"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>&eacute;nulecampane</ets>, NL. <ets>inula campana</ets>; L. <ets>inula</ets> elecampane + LL. <ets>campana</ets> a bell; cf. G. <ets>glockenwurz</ets>, i. e., &ldquo;bellwort.&rdquo;]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A large, coarse herb (<spn>Inula Helenium</spn>), 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.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A sweetmeat made from the root of the plant.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*lect"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>electus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>eligere</ets> to elect; <ets>e</ets> out + <ets>legere</ets> to choose. See <er>Legend</er>, and cf. <er>Elite</er>, <er>Eclectic</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Chosen; taken by preference from among two or more.</def> &ldquo;Colors quaint <xex>elect</xex>.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Spenser.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Theol.)</fld> <def>Chosen as the object of mercy or divine favor; set apart to eternal life.</def> &ldquo;The <xex>elect</xex> angels.&rdquo;  <rj><au>1 Tim. v. 21.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Chosen to an office, but not yet actually inducted into it; <as>as, bishop <ex>elect</ex>; governor or mayor <ex>elect</ex>.</as></def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*lect"</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>One chosen or set apart.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine <qex>elect</qex>, in whom my soul delighteth.</q> <rj><qau>Is. xlii. 1.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <fld>(Theol.)</fld> <def>Those who are chosen for salvation.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Shall not God avenge his won <qex>elect</qex>?</q> <rj><qau>Luke xviii. 7.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>E*lect"</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Elected</conjf>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Electing</conjf>.]</vmorph> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To pick out; to select; to choose.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The deputy <qex>elected</qex> by the Lord.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To select or take for an office; to select by vote; <as>as, to <ex>elect</ex> a representative, a president, or a governor</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Theol.)</fld> <def>To designate, choose, or select, as an object of mercy or favor.</def></p>

<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- To choose; prefer; select. See <er>Choose</er>.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>E*lect"ant</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>electans</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>electare</ets>.]</ety> <def>One who has the power of choosing; an elector.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>E*lec"ta*ry</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>See <er>Electuary</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*lec"tic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>See <er>Eclectic</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*lec"ti*cism</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Eclecticism</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*lec"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>&eacute;lection</ets>, L. <ets>electio</ets>, fr. <ets>eligere</ets> to choose out. See <er>Elect</er>, <pos>a.</pos>]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of choosing; choice; selection.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The act of choosing a person to fill an office, or to membership in a society, as by ballot, uplifted hands, or <xex>viva voce</xex>; <as>as, the <ex>election</ex> of a president or a mayor</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Corruption in <qex>elections</qex> is the great enemy of freedom.</q> <rj><qau>J. Adams.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Power of choosing; free will; liberty to choose or act.</def> &ldquo;By his own <xex>election</xex> led to ill.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Daniel.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Discriminating choice; discernment.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>To use men with much difference and <qex>election</qex> is good.</q> <rj><qau>Bacon.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <fld>(Theol.)</fld> <def>Divine choice; predestination of individuals as objects of mercy and salvation; -- one of the &ldquo;five points&rdquo; of Calvinism.</def><br/>
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<p><q>There is a remnant according to the <qex>election</qex> of grace.</q> <rj><qau>Rom. xi. 5.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>The choice, made by a party, of two alternatives, by taking one of which, the chooser is excluded from the other.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>7.</sn> <def>Those who are elected.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>The <qex>election</qex> hath obtained it.</q> <rj><qau>Rom. xi. 7.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>To contest an election</b></col>. <cd>See under <er>Contest</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>To make one's election</b></col>, <cd>to choose.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><q>He <qex>has made his election</qex> to walk, in the main, in the old paths.</q> <rj><qau>Fitzed. Hall.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>E*lec`tion*eer"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Electionered</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Electioneering</conjf>.]</vmorph> <def>To make interest for a candidate at an election; to use arts for securing the election of a candidate.</def><br/>
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<p><q>A master of the whole art of <qex>electioneering</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Macaulay.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>E*lec`tion*eer"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who electioneers.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*lect"ive</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>&eacute;lectif</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Exerting the power of choice; selecting; <as>as, an <ex>elective</ex> act</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Pertaining to, or consisting in, choice, or right of choosing; electoral.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The independent use of their <qex>elective</qex> franchise.</q> <rj><qau>Bancroft.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Bestowed or passing by election; <as>as, an <ex>elective</ex> office.</as></def><br/>
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<p><q>Kings of Rome were at first <qex>elective</qex>; . . . for such are the conditions of an <qex>elective</qex> kingdom.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Dependent on choice; that can be refused; <as>as, an <ex>elective</ex> college course</as>.  Opposite of <ant>required</ant> or <ant>mandatory</ant>.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><mcol><col><b>Elective affinity</b></col> <it>or</it> <col><b>Elective attraction</b></col></mcol> <fld>(Chem.)</fld>, <cd>a tendency to unite with certain things; chemism.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>E*lect"ive</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>In an American college, an optional study or course of study; a course that is not required.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>E*lect"ive*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an elective manner; by choice.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>e*lect"ive sur"ger*y</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>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 <stype>cosmetic surgery</stype>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*lect"or</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L., fr. <ets>eligere</ets>: cf. F. <ets>&eacute;lecteur</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>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.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Hence, specifically, in any country, a person legally qualified to vote.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>In the old German empire, one of the princes entitled to choose the emperor.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>One of the persons chosen, by vote of the people in the United States, to elect the President and Vice President.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*lect"or</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>&eacute;lectoral</ets>.]</ety> <def>Pertaining to an election or to electors.</def><br/>
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<p><q>In favor of the <qex>electoral</qex> and other princes.</q> <rj><qau>Burke.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Electoral college</b></col>, <cd>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.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>E*lect`or*al"i*ty</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The territory or dignity of an elector; electorate.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Sir H. Wotton.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>E*lect"or*ate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>&eacute;lectorat</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The territory, jurisdiction, or dignity of an elector, as in the old German empire.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>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.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The middle-class <qex>electorate</qex> of Great Britain.</q> <rj><qau>M. Arnold.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>E*lect"or*ess</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Fem. of <er>Elector</er>.]</ety> <def>An electress.</def>  <rj><au>Bp. Burnet.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>E`lec*to"ri*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Electoral.</def>  <rj><au>Burke.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>E*lect"or*ship</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The office or status of an elector.</def></p>

<p><mhw>{ <hw>E*lec"tre</hw>, <hw>E*lec"ter</hw>  }</mhw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>electrum</ets>: cf. F. <ets>&eacute;lectre</ets> mixture of gold and silver. See <er>Electrum</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Amber. See <er>Electrum</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A metallic substance compounded of gold and silver; an alloy.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Wyclif.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>E`lec*trep"e*ter</hw> <pr>(&euptack_;`l&ebreve_;k*tr&ebreve_;p"&euptack_;*t&etilde_;r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Elec</ets>tro + Gr. <grk>tre`pein</grk> to turn.]</ety> <def>An instrument used to change the direction of electric currents; a commutator.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>E*lect"ress</hw> <pr>(&euptack_;*l&ebreve_;k"tr&ebreve_;s)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>&eacute;lectrice</ets>.  Cf. <er>Electoress</er>.]</ety> <def>The wife or widow of an elector in the old German empire.</def>  <rj><au>Burke.</au></rj></p>

<p><mhw>{ <hw>E*lec"tric</hw> <pr>(&euptack_;*l&ebreve_;k"tr&ibreve_;k)</pr>, <hw>E*lec"tric*al</hw> <pr>(&euptack_;*l&ebreve_;k"tr&ibreve_;*k&aitalic_;l)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>electrum</ets> amber, a mixed metal, Gr. <grk>'h`lektron</grk>; akin to <grk>'hle`ktwr</grk> the beaming sun, cf. Skr. <ets>arc</ets> to beam, shine: cf. F. <ets>&eacute;lectrique</ets>. The name came from the production of electricity by the friction of amber.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Pertaining to electricity; consisting of, containing, derived from, or produced by, electricity; <as>as, <ex>electric</ex> power or virtue; an <ex>electric</ex> jar; <ex>electric</ex> effects; an <ex>electric</ex> spark; an <ex>electric</ex> charge; an <ex>electric</ex> current; an <ex>electrical</ex> engineer.</as></def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Capable of occasioning the phenomena of electricity; <as>as, an <ex>electric</ex> or <ex>electrical</ex> machine or substance; an <ex>electric</ex> generator</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Electrifying; thrilling; magnetic.</def> &ldquo;<xex>Electric</xex> Pindar.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Mrs. Browning.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>powered by electricity; <as>as, <ex>electrical</ex> appliances; an <ex>electric</ex> toothbrush; an <ex>electric</ex> automobile</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><mcol><col><b>Electric atmosphere</b></col>, <it>or</it>  <col><b>Electric aura</b></col></mcol>. <cd>See under <er>Aura</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Electrical battery</b></col>. <cd>See <er>Battery</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Electrical brush</b></col>. <cd>See under <er>Brush</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Electric cable</b></col>. <cd>See <cref>Telegraph cable</cref>, under <er>Telegraph</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Electric candle</b></col>. <cd>See under <er>Candle</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Electric cat</b></col> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld>, <cd>one of three or more large species of African catfish of the genus <gen>Malapterurus</gen> (esp. <spn>M. electricus</spn> of the Nile). They have a large electrical organ and are able to give powerful shocks; -- called also <altname>sheathfish</altname>.</cd> -- <col><b>Electric clock</b></col>. <cd>See under <er>Clock</er>, and see <er>Electro-chronograph</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Electric current</b></col>, <cd>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.</cd> -- <mcol><col><b>Electric eel</b></col>, <it>or</it>  <col><b>Electrical eel</b></col></mcol> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld>, <cd>a South American eel-like fresh-water fish of the genus <gen>Gymnotus</gen> (<spn>G. electricus</spn>), from two to five feet in length, capable of giving a violent electric shock. See <er>Gymnotus</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Electrical fish</b></col> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld>, <cd>any fish which has an electrical organ by means of which it can give an electrical shock. The best known kinds are the <stype>torpedo</stype>, the <stype>gymnotus</stype>, or <stype>electrical eel</stype>, and the <stype>electric cat</stype>. See <er>Torpedo</er>, and <er>Gymnotus</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Electric fluid</b></col>, <cd>the supposed matter of electricity; lightning.</cd> <mark>[archaic]</mark> -- <col><b>Electrical image</b></col> <fld>(Elec.)</fld>, <cd>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.</cd> <au>Sir W. Thomson.</au> --  <mcol><col><b>Electric machine</b></col>, <it>or</it>   <col><b>Electrical machine</b></col></mcol>, <cd>an apparatus for generating, collecting, or exciting, electricity, as by friction.</cd> -- <col><b>Electric motor</b></col>. <cd>See <er>Electro-motor</er>, 2.</cd> -- <col><b>Electric osmose</b></col>. <fld>(Physics)</fld> <cd>See under <er>Osmose</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Electric pen</b></col>, <cd>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.</cd> -- <col><b>Electric railway</b></col>, <cd>a railway in which the machinery for moving the cars is driven by an electric current.</cd> -- <col><b>Electric ray</b></col> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld>, <cd>the torpedo.</cd> -- <col><b>Electric telegraph</b></col>. <cd>See <er>Telegraph</er>.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>E*lec"tric</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Physics)</fld> <def>A nonconductor of electricity, as amber, glass, resin, etc., employed to excite or accumulate electricity.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*lec"tric*al*ly</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In the manner of electricity, or by means of it; thrillingly.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*lec"tric*al*ness</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>The state or quality of being electrical.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>e`lec*tri"cian</hw> <pr>(&emacr;`l&ebreve_;k*tr&ibreve_;sh"&aitalic_;n)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>An investigator of electricity; one versed in the science of electricity.</def> <mark>[archaic]</mark> <br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn>  <def>a technician who installs, repairs, or maintains electrical wiring or electrical devices, especially in buildings.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def> a person who is licensed by a governmental board to install electrical wiring and devices in structures; called also a <altname>licensed electrician</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E`lec*tric"i*ty</hw> <pr>(&emacr;`l&ebreve_;k*tr&ibreve_;s"&ibreve_;*t&ybreve_;)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Electricities</plw> <pr>(&emacr;`l&ebreve_;k*tr&ibreve_;s"&ibreve_;*t&ibreve_;z)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>&eacute;lectricit&eacute;</ets>. See <er>Electric</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Physics)</fld> <def>a property of certain of the fundamental particles of which matter is composed, called also <altname>electric charge</altname>, and being of two types, designated positive and negative; the property of <ex>electric charge</ex> 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 <er>coulomb</er>, and the intensity of the force field at any point is measured in <er>volts</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>any of several phenomena associated with the accumulation or movement of electrically charged particles within material bodies, classified as <stype>static electricity</stype> and <stype>electric current</stype>.  Static electricity is often observed in everyday life, when it causes certain materials to cling together; when sufficient static charge is accumulated, an <ex>electric current</ex> 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.</def><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; Electricity is manifested under following different forms: (<it>a</it>) <col><b>Statical electricity</b></col>, called also <mcol><col><b>Frictional electricity</b></col> <it>or</it> <col><b>Common electricity</b></col></mcol>, electricity in the condition of a stationary charge, in which the disturbance is produced by friction, as of glass, amber, etc., or by induction. (<it>b</it>) <col><b>Dynamical electricity</b></col>, called also <col><b>Voltaic electricity</b></col>, 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. (<it>c</it>) <col><b>Thermoelectricity</b></col>, 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. (<it>d</it>) <col><b>Atmospheric electricity</b></col>, any condition of electrical disturbance in the atmosphere or clouds, due to some or all of the above mentioned causes. (<it>e</it>) <col><b>Magnetic electricity</b></col>, electricity developed by the action of magnets. (<it>f</it>)  <col><b>Positive electricity</b></col>, the electricity that appears at the positive pole or anode of a battery, or that is produced by friction of glass; -- called also <altname>vitreous electricity</altname>.  (<it>g</it>) <col><b>Negative electricity</b></col>, the electricity that appears at the negative pole or cathode, or is produced by the friction of resinous substance; -- called also <xex>resinous electricity</xex>. (<it>h</it>) <col><b>Organic electricity</b></col>, that which is developed in organic structures, either animal or vegetable, the phrase <xex>animal electricity</xex> being much more common.</note><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>The science which studies the phenomena and laws of electricity; electrical science.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Fig.: excitement, anticipation, or emotional tension, usually caused by the occurrence or expectation of something unusual or important.</def></p>

<p><hw>Electrical light</hw>, <sn>1.</sn> <def>the light produced by a current of electricity which in passing through a resisting medium heats it to incandescence or burns it. See under <er>Carbon</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>a lamp whose light is produced by passing an electric current through a light bulb, especially an incandescent lamp.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>e*lec"tric chair`</hw>,  <pos>n.</pos> <def>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 <usedfor>electrocution</usedfor>.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> the chair, death chair, hot seat.</syn>
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<p><mhw><hw>electric charge</hw>, <hw>electrical charge</hw></mhw>, <def>same as electricity{1}.</def><br/>
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<p><mhw><hw>electric current</hw>, <hw>electrical current</hw></mhw>, <def>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 <stype>spark</stype> or <stype>lightning</stype> or <stype>discharge</stype>.  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 <stype>direct current</stype> (abbreviated <stype>DC</stype>), or may move alternately in one direction and then the opposite direction, called <stype>alternating current</stype> (abbreviated <stype>AC</stype>).</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*lec"tri*fi`a*ble</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Capable of receiving electricity, or of being charged with it.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*lec`tri*fi*ca"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Physics)</fld> <def>The act of electrifying, or the state of being charged with electricity.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*lec"tri*fy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Electrified</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Electrifying</conjf>  <pr>(?)</pr>.]</vmorph> <ety>[<ets>Electr</ets>ic + <ets>-fy</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To communicate electricity to; to charge with electricity; <as>as, to <ex>electrify</ex> a jar</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To cause electricity to pass through; to affect by electricity; to give an electric shock to; <as>as, to <ex>electrify</ex> a limb, or the body</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To excite suddenly and violently, esp. by something highly delightful or inspiriting; to thrill; <as>as, this patriotic sentiment <ex>electrified</ex> the audience</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>If the sovereign were now to immure a subject in defiance of the writ of habeas corpus . . . the whole nation would be instantly <qex>electrified</qex> by the news.</q> <rj><qau>Macaulay.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Try whether she could <qex>electrify</qex> Mr. Grandcourt by mentioning it to him at table.</q> <rj><qau>G. Eliot.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>To equip for employment of electric power; to modify (a device) so that it uses electrical power as the main source of energy; <as>as, to <ex>electrify</ex> a railroad</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*lec"tri*fy</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To become electric.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*lec"trine</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>electrinus</ets> of amber. See <er>Electric</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Belonging to, or made of, amber.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Made of electrum, an alloy used by the ancients.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E`lec*tri"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>The recognition by an animal body of the electrical condition of external objects.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*lec`tri*za"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>&eacute;lectrisation</ets>.]</ety> <def>The act of electrizing; electrification.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*lec"trize</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Electrized</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Electrizing</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>.]</vmorph> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>&eacute;lectriser</ets>.]</ety> <def>To electricity.</def>  <rj><au>Eng. Cyc.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>E*lec"tri`zer</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who, or that which, electrizes.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*lec"tro-</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <ety>[L. <ets>electrum</ets> amber. See <er>Electric</er>.]</ety> <def>A prefix or combining form signifying <xex>pertaining to electricity</xex>, <xex>produced by electricity</xex>, <xex>producing</xex> or <xex>employing electricity</xex>, etc.; <as>as, <ex>electro</ex>-negative; <ex>electro</ex>-dynamic; <ex>electro</ex>-magnet.</as></def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*lec"tro</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>An electrotype.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*lec`tro-bal*lis"tic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Pertaining to electro-ballistics.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*lec`tro-bal*lis"tics</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The art or science of measuring the force or velocity of projectiles by means of electricity.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*lec`tro-bi*ol"o*gist</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>One versed in electro-biology.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*lec`tro-bi*ol"o*gy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <sn>1.</sn> <def>That branch of biology which treats of the electrical phenomena of living organisms.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>That phase of mesmerism or animal magnetism, the phenomena of which are supposed to be produced by a form of electricity.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*lec`tro-bi*os"co*py</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Electro-</ets> + Gr. &unr_; life + <ets>-scopy</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>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.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*lec`tro-cap`il*lar"i*ty</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Physics)</fld> <def>The occurrence or production of certain capillary effects by the action of an electrical current or charge.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*lec`tro-cap"il*la*ry</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Physics)</fld> <def>Pert. to, or caused by, electro-capillarity.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*lec`tro-chem"ic*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining to electro-chemistry.</def>  <rj><au>Ure.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>E*lec`tro-chem"is*try</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>That branch of science which treats of the relation of electricity to chemical changes.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*lec`tro-chron"o*graph</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Astron. Physics)</fld> <def>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 <er>Chronograph</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*lec`tro-chron`o*graph"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Belonging to the electro-chronograph, or recorded by the aid of it.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*lec"tro*cute`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Electro-</ets> + <ets>cute</ets> in <ets>execute</ets>.]</ety> <def>To execute or put to death by electricity.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>E*lec`tro*cu"tion</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>electrocution</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>execution by electricity.</def> <note>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 <uses>electric chair</uses>, 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 <er>ride the lightning</er>.</note><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> burning.</syn><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>killing by electric shock.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>electrocutioner</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>an executioner who uses electricity to kill the condemned person.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*lec"trode</hw> <pr>(&euptack_;*l&ebreve_;k"tr&omacr;d)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Electro-</ets> + Gr. <grk>"odo`s</grk> way, path: cf. F. <ets>&eacute;lectrode</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Elec.)</fld> <def>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.</def> <note>Electrodes may be specially designed or made of a special material for particular purposes, as for example silver <ex>electrodes</ex> used in electroplating.</note><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>E*lec`tro-dy*nam"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>E*lec`tro-dy*nam"ic*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Physics)</fld> <def>Pertaining to the movements or force of electric or galvanic currents; dependent on electric force.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*lec`tro-dy*nam"ics</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The phenomena of electricity in motion.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The branch of science which treats of the properties of electric currents; dynamical electricity.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*lec`tro-dy`na*mom"e*ter</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>An instrument for measuring the strength of electro-dynamic currents.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*lec`tro-en*grav"ing</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The art or process of engraving by means of electricity.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*lec`tro-etch"ing</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A mode of etching upon metals by electrolytic action.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*lec`tro*gen"e*sis</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Electro-</ets> + <ets>genesis</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Electrogeny</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*lec`tro*gen"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to electrogenesis; <as>as, an <ex>electrogenic</ex> condition</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E`lec*trog"e*ny</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Electro-</ets> + Gr. &unr_; to produce.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>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.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*lec`tro-gild"ing</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The art or process of gilding copper, iron, etc., by means of voltaic electricity.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*lec"tro-gilt`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Gilded by means of voltaic electricity.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*lec"tro*graph</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Electro-</ets> + <ets>-graph</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A mark, record, or tracing, made by the action of electricity.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn>  <def>An apparatus, controlled by electric devices, used to trace designs for etching.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn>  <def>An instrument for the reproduction at a distance of pictures, maps, etc., by means of electricity.</def> <mark>[archaic]</mark> <br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn>  <def>An image made by the R&ouml;ntgen rays; a sciagraph.</def> <mark>[archaic]</mark> <br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn>  <def>A cinematograph using the arc light.</def> <mark>[archaic]</mark> <br/>
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<p><hw>E*lec`tro*graph"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining to an electrograph or electrography.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*lec*trog"ra*phy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The art or process of making electrographs or using an electrograph.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn>  <def>= <er>Galvanography</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*lec`tro-ki*net"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining to electro-kinetics.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*lec`tro-ki*net"ics</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>That branch of electrical science which treats of electricity in motion.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*lec`tro*lier"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Formed from <ets>electric</ets> in imitation of <ets>chandelier</ets>.]</ety> <def>A branching frame, often of ornamental design, to support electric illuminating lamps.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E`lec*trol"o*gy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Electro-</ets> + <ets>-logy</ets>.]</ety> <def>That branch of physical science which treats of the phenomena of electricity and its properties.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E`lec*trol"y*sis</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Electro-</ets> + Gr. &unr_; a loosing, dissolving, fr. &unr_; to loose, dissolve.]</ety> <fld>(Physics &amp; Chem.)</fld> <def>The act or process of chemical decomposition, by the action of electricity; <as>as, the <ex>electrolysis</ex> of silver or nickel for plating; the <ex>electrolysis</ex> of water.</as></def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*lec"tro*lyte</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Electro-</ets> + Gr. &unr_; a dissoluble: cf. F. <ets>&eacute;lectrolyte</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Physics &amp; Chem.)</fld> <def>A compound decomposable, or subjected to decomposition, by an electric current.</def></p>

<p><mhw>{ <hw>E*lec`tro*lyt"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>E*lec`tro*lyt"ic*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>&eacute;lectrolytique</ets>.]</ety> <def>Pertaining to electrolysis; <as>as, <ex>electrolytic</ex> action</as>.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>E*lec`tro*lyt"ic*al*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>E*lec"tro*ly`za*ble</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Capable of being electrolyzed, or decomposed by electricity.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*lec`tro*ly*za"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The act or the process of electrolyzing.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*lec"tro*lyze</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Electrolyzed</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Electrolyzing</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>.]</vmorph> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>&eacute;lectrolyser</ets>. See <er>Electrolysis</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To decompose by the direct action of electricity.</def>  <rj><au>Faraday.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <ety>[See <er>Electrolysis</er>.]</ety> <def>To subject to electrolysis.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>E*lec`tro*ly*za"tion</wf> <pr>(#)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>E*lec`tro-mag"net</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>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.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*lec`tro-mag*net"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining to <er>electromagnetism</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Electro-magnetic engine</b></col>, <cd>an engine in which the motive force is electro-magnetism.</cd> -- <col><b>Electro-magnetic theory of light</b></col> <fld>(Physics)</fld>, <cd>a theory of light which makes it consist in the rapid alternation of transient electric currents moving transversely to the direction of the ray.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>E*lec`tro-mag"net*ism</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>magnetism produced by an electric current.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>one of the  fundamental forces of nature, responsible for both electrical and magnetic phenomena.  Called also the <altname>electromagnetic force</altname>.  Formerly believed to be separate phenomena, electricity and magnetism were shown by experiment and theory to be different aspects of the <altname>electromagnetic force</altname>.  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.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>the branch of physics concerned with electromagnetic phenomena.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*lec`tro-met"al*lur`gy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>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.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E`lec*trom"e*ter</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Electro-</ets> + <ets>-meter</ets>: cf. F. <ets>&eacute;lectrom&egrave;tre</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Physics)</fld> <def>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 <xex>electroscope</xex>).</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Balance electrometer</b></col>. <cd>See under <er>Balance</er>.</cd></cs></p>

<p><mhw>{ <hw>E*lec`tro-met"ric</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>E*lec`tro-met"ric*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>&eacute;lectrom&eacute;trique</ets>.]</ety> <def>Pertaining to electrometry; made by means of an electrometer; <as>as, an <ex>electrometrical</ex> experiment</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E`lec*trom"e*try</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>&eacute;lectrom&eacute;trie</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Physics)</fld> <def>The art or process of making electrical measurements.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*lec`tro-mo"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The motion of electricity or its passage from one metal to another in a voltaic circuit; mechanical action produced by means of electricity.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*lec`tro-mo"tive</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Producing electro-motion; producing, or tending to produce, electricity or an electric current; causing electrical action or effects.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Electro-motive force</b></col> <fld>(Physics)</fld>, <cd>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.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>E*lec`tro*mo"tor</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>&eacute;lectromoteur</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Physics)</fld> <def>A mover or exciter of electricity; as apparatus for generating a current of electricity.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Mech.)</fld> <def>An apparatus or machine for producing motion and mechanical effects by the action of electricity; an electro-magnetic engine.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*lec`tro-mus"cu*lar</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to the reaction (contraction) of the muscles under electricity, or their sensibility to it.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*lec"tron</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <grk>'h`lektron</grk>. See <er>Electric</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Amber; also, the alloy of gold and silver, called <altname>electrum</altname>.</def> <mark>[archaic]</mark><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Physics &amp; Chem.)</fld> <def>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<exp>-10</exp> electrostatic units, and is classed by physicists as a <er>lepton</er>. 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 <er>cation</er>.  Electrons are projected from the cathode of vacuum tubes (including television picture tubes) as <altname>cathode rays</altname> and from radioactive substances as the <altname>beta rays</altname>.  Previously also referred to as <altname>corpuscle</altname>, 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 <er>positron</er>, or <er>antielectron</er></def><br/>
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<p><mhw><hw>E*lec`tro-neg"a*tive</hw>, <hw>E*lec`tro*neg"a*tive</hw></mhw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Chem. &amp; Physics)</fld> <sn>1.</sn> <def>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 <contr>neutral</contr> and <contr>electropositive</contr></def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Negative; nonmetallic; acidic; -- opposed to <contr>positive</contr>, <contr>metallic</contr>, or <contr>basic</contr>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Physics)</fld> <def>carrying a negative electrical charge.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <fld>(Chem. and Physics)</fld> <def>having a tendency to take up electrons and form negative ions; having a relatively positive electrode potential.</def> <br/>
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<p><hw>E*lec`tro-neg"a*tive</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Chem. &amp; Physics)</fld> <def>A body which passes to the positive pole in electrolysis; an anion.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>electroneutral</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <fld>(Physics)</fld> <def>having no net electric charge; not electrified; uncharged; neutral.  Opposite of <ant>charged</ant>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E`lec*tron"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Physics &amp; Chem.)</fld> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Of or pertaining to an electron or electrons; <as>as, <ex>electronic</ex> energy</as>.</def> <wns>[wns=2]</wns><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Using the methods or principles of <er>electronics</er> as part of the working mechanism; -- of devices; <as>as, <ex>electronic</ex> circuit; <ex>electronic</ex> devices; <ex>electronic</ex> entertainment devices</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Using computerized storage or transmission of information; <as>as, <ex>electronic</ex> banking; <ex>electronic</ex>  mail; <ex>electronic</ex> fund transfer.</as></def><br/>
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>of or pertaining to electronics.</def> <wns>[wns=1]</wns><br/>
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<p><hw>electronic device</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>a device depending on the principles of electronics and using the manipulation of electron flow for its operation.</def><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_;  Numerous electronic devices are in daily use, among them the <stype>television</stype>, <stype>radio</stype>, <stype>computer</stype>, <stype>robot</stype>, <stype>transmitter</stype>, <stype>receiver</stype>, <stype>VCR</stype>, <stype>CD player</stype>, etc.</note><br/>
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><hw>E`lec*tron"ic mail</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Computers)</fld> <sn>1.</sn> <def>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</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> email.</syn>
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<p><hw>electronics</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>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 <er>electronic devices</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>the branch of engineering concerned with design of devices using the principles of electronics, for practical purposes.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>electronic devices generally, or the electronic circuits within an electronic device.</def> <illu>The Russian harvesters are sturdily constructed, but their <ex>electronics</ex> are primitive.</illu><br/>
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<p><hw>electron-volt</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>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<exp>-19</exp> Joules.  It is abbreviated <abbr>eV</abbr>.</def>  <note>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).</note><br/>
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<p><hw>E`lec*trop"a*thy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Electro-</ets> + Gr. <grk>pa`qos</grk> suffering.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>The treatment of disease by electricity.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*lec"tro*phone</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Electro-</ets> + Gr. <grk>fwnh`</grk> sound.]</ety> <fld>(Physics)</fld> <def>An instrument for producing sound by means of electric currents.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>electrophoresis</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>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.</def> <wns>[wns=1]</wns><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> cataphoresis.</syn><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Chem., Biochem.)</fld> <def>the application of the principle of electrophoresis to separate molecules, used as an analytical or preparative technique; <as>as, separation by <ex>electrophoresis</ex>; gel <ex>electrophoresis</ex></as>.</def><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_;  <col><b>Gel electrophoresis</b></col> 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 (<er>sodium dodecyl sulfate</er>, 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.</note><br/>
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<p><hw>electrophoretic</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <def>of or pertaining to electrophoresis; <as><ex>electrophoretic</ex> mobility</as>; accomplished using electrophoresis; <as>as, <ex>electrophoretic</ex> separation; <ex>electrophoretic</ex> analysis</as>.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> cataphoretic.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Electrophoridae</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>small natural family comprising the electric eels.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> family <gen>Electrophoridae</gen>.</syn><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>E*lec`troph"o*rus</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it>  <plw>&Verbar;Electrophori</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[NL., fr. combining form <ets>electro-</ets> + Gr. <grk>fe`rein</grk> to bear.]</ety> <fld>(Physics)</fld> <def>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.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*lec`tro-phys`i*o*log"ic*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to electrical results produced through physiological agencies, or by change of action in a living organism.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*lec`tro-phys`i*ol"o*gy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>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.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*lec"tro*plate`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Electroplating</conjf>.]</vmorph> <fld>(Mech.)</fld> <def>To plate or cover with a coating of metal, usually silver, nickel, chromium, or gold, by means of electrolysis.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*lec"tro*pla`ter</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who electroplates.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>e*lec"tro*pla`ting</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>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 <ecol><b>electroplating bath</b></ecol>, which holds the electrolyte solution.</def><br/>
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<p><mhw>&Verbar;<hw>E*lec`tro*poi"on</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>, <it>or</it> <hw>Electropoion fluid</hw></mhw>. <ety>[NL.; <ets>electro-</ets> + Gr. <grk>poiw^n</grk>, p. pr. of <grk>poiei^n</grk> to make.]</ety> <fld>(Elec.)</fld> <def>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.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*lec`tro-po"lar</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Physics)</fld> <def>Possessing electrical polarity; positively electrified at one end, or on one surface, and negatively at the other; -- said of a conductor.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*lec`tro-pos"i*tive</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Physics)</fld> <def>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 <xex>electro-negative</xex>.</def><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; An element that is <xex>electro-positive</xex> in one compound may be <xex>electro-negative</xex> in another, and <xex>vice versa</xex>.</note><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Hence: Positive; metallic; basic; -- distinguished from <xex>negative</xex>, <xex>nonmetallic</xex>, or <xex>acid</xex>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*lec`tro-pos"i*tive</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Chem. &amp; Physics)</fld> <def>A body which passes to the negative pole in electrolysis.</def></p>

<p><mhw>{ <hw>E*lec`tro-punc`tu*ra"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>E*lec`tro-punc`tur*ing</hw> <pr>(?; 135)</pr> }</mhw>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>See <er>Electropuncture</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*lec`tro-punc`ture</hw> <pr>(?; 135)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>An operation that consists in inserting needless in the part affected, and connecting them with the poles of a galvanic apparatus.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*lec"tro*scope</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Electro-</ets> + <ets>-scope</ets>: cf. F. <ets>&eacute;lectroscope</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Physics)</fld> <def>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.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Condensing electroscope</b></col> <fld>(Physics)</fld>, <cd>a form of electroscope in which an increase of sensibility is obtained by the use of a condenser.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>E*lec`tro*scop"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Relating to, or made by means of, the electroscope.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*lec`tro*stat"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Pertaining to electrostatics.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*lec`tro*stat"ics</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Physics)</fld> <def>That branch of science which treats of statical electricity or electric force in a state of rest.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*lec`tro-ste"re*o*type</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Same as <er>Electrotype</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*lec`tro-tel`e*graph"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Pertaining to the electric telegraph, or by means of it.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*lec`tro-te*leg"ra*phy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The art or science of constructing or using the electric telegraph; the transmission of messages by means of the electric telegraph.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*lec`tro-ther`a*peu"tics</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>The branch of medical science which treats of the applications agent.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*lec`tro-ther"man*cy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>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.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*lec"tro-tint`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Fine Arts)</fld> <def>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.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*lec`tro*ton"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Physics)</fld> <def>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.</def>  <rj><au>Faraday.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>Relating to electrotonus; <as>as, the <ex>electrotonic</ex> condition of a nerve</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E`lec*trot"o*nize</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>To cause or produce electrotonus.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E`lec*trot"o*nous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Electrotonic.</def><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>E`lec*trot"o*nus</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. combining form <ets>electro-</ets> + Gr. &unr_; tension.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>The modified condition of a nerve, when a constant current of electricity passes through any part of it. See <er>Anelectrotonus</er>, and <er>Catelectrotonus</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*lec"tro*type</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Electro-</ets> + <ets>-type</ets>.]</ety> <def>A facsimile plate made by electrotypy for use in printing; also, an impression or print from such plate. Also used adjectively.</def><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; The face of an <xex>electrotype</xex> 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.</note><br/>
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<p><hw>E*lec"tro*type</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Electrotyped</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Electrotyping</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>.]</vmorph> <def>To make facsimile plates of by the electrotype process; <as>as, to <ex>electrotype</ex> a page of type, a book, etc.</as> See <er>Electrotype</er>, <pos>n.</pos></def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*lec"tro*ty`per</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who electrotypes.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*lec`tro*typ"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Pertaining to, or effected by means of, electrotypy.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*lec"tro*ty`ping</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The act or the process of making electrotypes.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*lec"tro*ty`py</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The process of producing electrotype plates. See Note under <er>Electrotype</er>, <pos>n.</pos></def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*lec`tro-vi"tal</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Derived from, or dependent upon, vital processes; -- said of certain electric currents supposed by some physiologists to circulate in the nerves of animals.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*lec`tro-vi"tal*ism</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>The theory that the functions of living organisms are dependent upon electricity or a kindred force.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*lec"trum</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L., fr. Gr. &unr_;. See <er>Electric</er>, and cf. <er>Electre</er>, <er>Electron</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Amber.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>An alloy of gold and silver, of an amber color, used by the ancients.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>German-silver plate. See <cref>German silver</cref>, under <er>German</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*lec"tu*a*ry</hw> <pr>(?; 135)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Electuaries</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[OE. <ets>letuaire</ets>, OF. <ets>lettuaire</ets>, <ets>electuaire</ets>, F. <ets>&eacute;lectuaire</ets>, L. <ets>electuarium</ets>, <ets>electarium</ets>. prob. fr. Gr. &unr_;, &unr_; a medicine that is licked away, fr. Gr. &unr_; to lick up; <grk>'ek</grk> out + &unr_; to lick. See <er>Lick</er>, and cf. <er>Eclegm</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A medicine composed of powders, or other ingredients, incorporated with some convserve, honey, or sirup; a confection. See the note under <er>Confection</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>El`ee*mos"y*na*ri*ly</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an eleemosynary manner; by charity; charitably.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>El`ee*mos"y*na*ry</hw> <pr>(?; 277)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[LL. <ets>eleemosynarius</ets>, fr. <ets>eleemosyna</ets> alms, Gr. &unr_; alms. See <er>Alms</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Relating to charity, alms, or almsgiving; intended for the distribution of charity; <as>as, an <ex>eleemosynary</ex> corporation</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Given in charity or alms; having the nature of alms; <as>as, <ex>eleemosynary</ex> assistance</as>.</def> &ldquo;<xex>Eleemosynary</xex> cures.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Boyle.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Supported by charity; <as>as, <ex>eleemosynary</ex> poor</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>El`ee*mos"y*na*ry</hw>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Eleemosynaries</plw> <pr>(&unr_;)</pr>.</plu> <def>One who subsists on charity; a dependent.</def>  <rj><au>South.</au></rj></p>

<p><mhw>{ <hw>El"e*gance</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>El"e*gan*cy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>elegantia</ets>, fr. <ets>elegans</ets>, <ets>-antis</ets>, elegant: cf. F. <ets>&eacute;l&eacute;gance</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>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.</def><br/>
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<p><q>That grace that <qex>elegance</qex> affords.</q> <rj><qau>Drayton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>The endearing <qex>elegance</qex> of female friendship.</q> <rj><qau>Johnson.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>A trait of native <qex>elegance</qex>, 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.</q> <rj><qau>Hawthorne.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>That which is elegant; that which is tasteful and highly attractive.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The beautiful wildness of nature, without the nicer <qex>elegancies</qex> of art.</q> <rj><qau>Spectator.</qau></rj></p>

<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- <er>Elegance</er>, <er>Grace</er>. <xex>Elegance</xex> implies something of a select style of beauty, which is usually produced by art, skill, or training; <as>as, <ex>elegance</ex> of manners, composition, handwriting, etc.; <ex>elegant</ex> furniture; an <ex>elegant</ex> house, etc.</as>  <xex>Grace</xex>, as the word is here used, refers to bodily movements, and is a lower order of beauty. It may be a natural gift; thus, the manners of a peasant girl may be <xex>graceful</xex>, but can hardly be called <xex>elegant</xex>.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>El"e*gant</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>elegans</ets>, <ets>-antis</ets>; akin to <ets>eligere</ets> to pick out, choose, select: cf. F. <ets>&eacute;l&eacute;gant</ets>. See <er>Elect</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>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>as, <ex>elegant</ex> manners; <ex>elegant</ex> style of composition; an <ex>elegant</ex> speaker; an <ex>elegant</ex> structure.</as></def><br/>
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<p><q>A more diligent cultivation of <qex>elegant</qex> literature.</q> <rj><qau>Prescott.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Exercising a nice choice; discriminating beauty or sensitive to beauty; <as>as, <ex>elegant</ex> taste</as>.</def></p>

<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Tasteful; polished; graceful; refined; comely; handsome; richly ornamental.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>El"e*gant*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a manner to please nice taste; with elegance; with due symmetry; richly.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*le"gi*ac</hw> <pr>(?; 277)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>elegiacus</ets>, Gr. &unr_;: cf. F. <ets>&eacute;l&eacute;giaque</ets>. See <er>Elegy</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Belonging to elegy, or written in elegiacs; plaintive; expressing sorrow or lamentation; <as>as, an <ex>elegiac</ex> lay; <ex>elegiac</ex> strains.</as></def><br/>
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<p><q><qex>Elegiac</qex> griefs, and songs of love.</q> <rj><qau>Mrs. Browning.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Used in elegies; <as>as, <ex>elegiac</ex> verse; the <ex>elegiac</ex> distich or couplet, consisting of a dactylic hexameter and pentameter.</as></def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*le"gi*ac</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Elegiac verse.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>El`e*gi"a*cal</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Elegiac.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*le"gi*ast</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who composes elegies.</def>  <rj><au>Goldsmith.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>El`e*gi*og"ra*pher</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. &unr_; an elegy + <ets>-graph + -er</ets>.]</ety> <def>An elegist.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>El"e*gist</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A write of elegies.</def>  <rj><au>T. Warton.</au></rj><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>E*le"git</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L., he has chosen, fr. <ets>eligere</ets> to choose. See <er>Elect</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>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.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>El"e*gize</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To lament in an elegy; to celebrate in elegiac verse; to bewail.</def>  <rj><au>Carlyle.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>El"e*gy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it>  <plw>Elegies</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L. <ets>elegia</ets>, Gr. &unr_;, fem. sing. (cf. &unr_;, prop., neut. pl. of &unr_; a distich in elegiac verse), fr. &unr_; elegiac, fr. &unr_; a song of mourning.]</ety> <def>A mournful or plaintive poem; a funereal song; a poem of lamentation.</def>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>E*le"i*din</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>Lifeless matter deposited in the form of minute granules within the protoplasm of living cells.</def><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>El"e*me figs`</hw>, <it>or</it>  <hw>El"e*mi figs`</hw>  }</mhw> <pr>(&ebreve_;l"&euptack_;*m&ibreve_;)</pr>. <ety>[Turk. <ets>eleme</ets> anything which has been sifted and freed from dust or broken parts.]</ety> <def>A kind of figs of superior quality.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>El"e*ment</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>&eacute;l&eacute;ment</ets>, L. <ets>elementum</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>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.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>One of the ultimate, undecomposable constituents of any kind of matter. Specifically: <fld>(Chem.)</fld> A substance which cannot be decomposed into different kinds of matter by any means at present employed; <as>as, the <ex>elements</ex> of water are oxygen and hydrogen</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; The elements are naturally classified in several families or groups, as the group of the <xex>alkaline</xex> elements, the <xex>halogen</xex> group, and the like. They are roughly divided into two great classes, the <xex>metals</xex>, as sodium, calcium, etc., which form basic compounds, and the <xex>nonmetals</xex> or <xex>metalloids</xex>, 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 <xex>atomic number</xex>, 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 <xex>Periodic law</xex> of <person>Mendelejeff</person>. See <cref>Periodic law</cref>, under <er>Periodic</er>. 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.<br/>
    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.<br/>
     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 <col>chemical atomic weights</col>, 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</note></p>


<p><pre><table><ttitle>The Elements</ttitle><br/>
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Name                   |Sym-|   Atomic  Weight           |<br/>
                       |bol |  O=16  |  H=1  | C=12.000<br/>
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Aluminum               | Al |  27.1  |  26.9 |<br/>
Antimony (Stibium)     | Sb | 120    | 119.1 |<br/>
Argon                  | A  |  39.9  |  39.6 |<br/>
Arsenic                | As |  75    |  74.4 |<br/>
Astatine               | At |<br/>
Barium                 | Ba | 137.4  | 136.4 |<br/>
Beryllium              | Be |<br/>
Bismuth                | Bi | 208.5  | 206.9 |<br/>
Boron                  | B  |  11    |  10.9 |<br/>
Bromine                | Br |  79.96 |  79.36|<br/>
Cadmium                | Cd | 112.4  | 111.6 |<br/>
Cesium  (Caesium)      | Cs | 133    | 132   |<br/>
Calcium                | Ca |  40    |  39.7 |<br/>
Carbon                 | C  |  12    |  11.91| 12.000<br/>
Cerium                 | Ce | 140    | 139   |<br/>
Chlorine               | Cl |  35.45 |  35.18|<br/>
Chromium               | Cr |  52.1  |  51.7 |<br/>
Cobalt                 | Co |<br/>
Columbium       (see <er>Beryllium</er>)<br/>
Copper                 | Cu |<br/>
  (<altname>Cuprum</altname>)<br/>
Erbium                 | Er |<br/>
Europium               | Eu |<br/>
Einsteinium            | Es |<br/>
Fermium                | Fe |<br/>
Fluorine               | F  |<br/>
Gadolinium             | Gd |<br/>
Gallium                | Ga |<br/>
Germanium              | Ge |<br/>
Glucinum      (now <er>Beryllium</er>)<br/>
Gold  (<it>Aurum</it>) | Au |<br/>
Helium                 | He |<br/>
Hydrogen               | H  |<br/>
Indium                 | In |<br/>
Iodine                 | I  |<br/>
Iridium                | Ir |<br/>
Iron                   | Fe |<br/>
  (<xex>Ferrum</xex>)<br/>
Krypton                | Kr |<br/>
Lanthanum              | La |<br/>
Lead                   | Pb |<br/>
  (<xex>Plumbum</xex>)<br/>
Lithium                | Li |<br/>
Magnesium              | Mg |<br/>
Manganese              | Mn |<br/>
Mercury                | Hg |<br/>
(<altname>Hydrargyrum</altname>)<br/>
Molybdenum             | Mo |<br/>
Neodymium              | Nd |<br/>
Neon                   | Ne |<br/>
Nickel                 | Ni |<br/>
Niobium                | Nb |<br/>
  (see Columbium)<br/>
Nitrogen               | N  |<br/>
Osmium                 | Os |<br/>
Oxygen                 | O  |<br/>
Palladium              | Pd |<br/>
Phosphorus             | P  |<br/>
Platinum               | Pt |<br/>
Potassium              | K  |<br/>
 (<xex>Kalium</xex>)<br/>
Praseodymium           | Pr |<br/>
Rhodium                | Rh |<br/>
Rubidium               | Rb |<br/>
Ruthenium              | Ru |<br/>
Samarium               | Sa |<br/>
Scandium               | Sc |<br/>
Selenium               | Se |<br/>
Silicon                | Si |<br/>
Silver                 | Ag |<br/>
 (<xex>Argentum</xex>)<br/>
Sodium                 | Na |<br/>
   (<xex>Natrium</xex>)<br/>
Strontium              | Sr |<br/>
Sulphur                | S  |<br/>
Tantalum               | Ta |<br/>
Tellurium              | Te |<br/>
Thallium               | Tl |<br/>
Thorium                | Th |<br/>
Thulium                | Tu |<br/>
Tin                    | Sn |<br/>
  (<xex>Stannum</xex>)<br/>
Titanium               | Ti |<br/>
Tungsten               | W  |<br/>
  (<xex>Wolfram</xex>ium)<br/>
Uranium                | U  |<br/>
Vanadium               | V  |<br/>
Wolfranium (see <er>Tungsten</er>)<br/>
Xenon                  | X  |<br/>
Ytterbium              | Yb |<br/>
Yttrium                | Y  |<br/>
Zinc                   | Zn |<br/>
Zirconium              | Zr |<br/>
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</table><br/>
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<p><note>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.</note><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>One of the ultimate parts which are variously combined in anything; <as>as, letters are the <ex>elements</ex> of written language</as>; 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>as, quartz, feldspar, and mica are the <ex>elements</ex> of granite</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The simplicity which is so large an <qex>element</qex> in a noble nature was laughed to scorn.</q> <rj><qau>Jowett (Thucyd.).</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>One out of several parts combined in a system of aggregation, when each is of the nature of the whole; <as>as, a single cell is an <ex>element</ex> of the honeycomb</as>.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>One of the smallest natural divisions of the organism, as a blood corpuscle, a muscular fiber.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>One of the simplest essential parts, more commonly called <xex>cells</xex>, of which animal and vegetable organisms, or their tissues and organs, are composed.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <fld>(Math.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>An infinitesimal part of anything of the same nature as the entire magnitude considered; <as>as, in a solid an <ex>element</ex> may be the infinitesimal portion between any two planes that are separated an indefinitely small distance</as>. In the calculus, <xex>element</xex> is sometimes used as synonymous with <xex>differential</xex>.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>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 <xex>element</xex> of the former.</def> <sd>(c)</sd> <def>One of the terms in an algebraic expression.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>7.</sn> <def>One of the necessary data or values upon which a system of calculations depends, or general conclusions are based; <as>as, the <ex>elements</ex> of a planet's orbit</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>8.</sn> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <def>The simplest or fundamental principles of any system in philosophy, science, or art; rudiments; <as>as, the <ex>elements</ex> of geometry, or of music</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>9.</sn> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <def>Any outline or sketch, regarded as containing the fundamental ideas or features of the thing in question; <as>as, the <ex>elements</ex> of a plan</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>10.</sn> <def>One of the simple substances, as supposed by the ancient philosophers; one of the imaginary principles of matter.</def> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The four <xex>elements</xex> were, air, earth, water, and fire</def>; <note>whence it is said, water is the proper <xex>element</xex> of fishes; air is the <xex>element</xex> of birds. Hence, the state or sphere natural to anything or suited for its existence.</note><br/>
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<p><q>Of <qex>elements</qex><br/>
The grosser feeds the purer: Earth the Sea;<br/>
Earth and the Sea feed Air; the Air those Fires<br/>
Ethereal.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Does not our life consist of the four <qex>elements</qex>?</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>And the complexion of the <qex>element</qex> [<it>i. e.</it>,the sky or air]<br/>
In favor's like the work we have in hand,<br/>
Most bloody, fiery, and most terrible.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>About twelve ounces [of food], with mere <qex>element</qex> for drink.</q> <rj><qau>Cheyne.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>They show that they are out of their <qex>element</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>T. Baker.</qau></rj></p>

<p><specif>Esp.,</specif> <def>the conditions and movements of the air.</def> &ldquo;The <xex>elements</xex> be kind to thee.&rdquo; <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The <xex>elements</xex> of the alchemists were salt, sulphur, and mercury.</def>  <rj><au>Brande &amp; C.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>11.</sn> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <def>The whole material composing the world.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The <qex>elements</qex> shall melt with fervent heat.</q> <rj><qau>2 Peter iii. 10.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>12.</sn> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <fld>(Eccl.)</fld> <def>The bread and wine used in the eucharist or Lord's supper.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Magnetic element</b></col>, <cd>one of the hypothetical elementary portions of which a magnet is regarded as made up.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>El"e*ment</hw> <pr>(&ebreve_;l"&euptack_;*m&ebreve_;nt)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To compound of elements or first principles.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> &ldquo;[Love] being <xex>elemented</xex> too.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Donne.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To constitute; to make up with elements.</def><br/>
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<p><q>His very soul was <qex>elemented</qex> of nothing but sadness.</q> <rj><qau>Walton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>El`e*men"tal</hw> <pr>(&ebreve_;l`&euptack_;*m&ebreve_;n"t&aitalic_;l)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Pertaining to the elements, first principles, and primary ingredients, or to the four supposed elements of the material world; <as>as, <ex>elemental</ex> air</as>.</def> &ldquo;<xex>Elemental</xex> strife.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Pope.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Pertaining to rudiments or first principles; rudimentary; elementary.</def> &ldquo;The <xex>elemental</xex> rules of erudition.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Cawthorn.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>El`e*men"tal*ism</hw> <pr>(-&ibreve_;z'm)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>The theory that the heathen divinities originated in the personification of elemental powers.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E`le*men*tal"i*ty</hw> <pr>(-m&ebreve_;n*t&abreve;l"&ibreve_;*t&ybreve_;)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The condition of being composed of elements, or a thing so composed.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>El`e*men"tal*ly</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>According to elements; literally; <as>as, the words, &ldquo;Take, eat; this is my body,&rdquo; <ex>elementally</ex> understood</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>El`e*men"tar</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Elementary.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Skelton.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>El`e*men"ta*ri*ness</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state of being elementary; original simplicity; uncompounded state.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>El`e*men*tar"i*ty</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Elementariness.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Sir T. Browne.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>El`e*men"ta*ry</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>elementarius</ets>: cf. F. <ets>&eacute;l&eacute;mentaire</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Having only one principle or constituent part; consisting of a single element; simple; uncompounded; <as>as, an <ex>elementary</ex> substance</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Pertaining to, or treating of, the elements, rudiments, or first principles of anything; initial; rudimental; introductory; <as>as, an <ex>elementary</ex> treatise</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Pertaining to one of the four elements, air, water, earth, fire.</def> &ldquo;Some luminous and fiery impressions in the <xex>elementary</xex> region.&rdquo;  <rj><au>J. Spencer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>El`e*men*ta"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Instruction in the elements or first principles.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>El"e*men*toid`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Element</ets> + <ets>-oid</ets>.]</ety> <def>Resembling an element.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>El"e*mi</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>&eacute;lemi</ets>, It. <ets>elemi</ets>, Sp. <ets>elemi</ets>; of American or Oriental. origin.]</ety> <def>A fragrant gum resin obtained chiefly from tropical trees of the genera <gen>Amyris</gen> and <gen>Canarium</gen>. <spn>Amyris elemifera</spn> yields Mexican elemi; <spn>Canarium commune</spn>, the Manila elemi. It is used in the manufacture of varnishes, also in ointments and plasters.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>El"e*min</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A transparent, colorless oil obtained from elemi resin by distillation with water; also, a crystallizable extract from the resin.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*lench"</hw> <pr>(&euptack_;*l&ebreve_;&nsmacr_;k")</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Elenchs</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L. <ets>elenchus</ets>, Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to convict, confute, prove: cf. OF. <ets>elenche</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Logic)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>That part of an argument on which its conclusiveness depends; that which convinces of refutes an antagonist; a refutation.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A specious but fallacious argument; a sophism.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*len"chic*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Pertaining to an elench.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*len"chic*al*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>By means of an elench.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*len"chize</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To dispute.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>B. Jonson.</au></rj></p>

<p><mhw>{ <hw>E*lench"tic</hw>, <hw>E*lench"tic*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> }</mhw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Same as <er>Elenctic</er>.</def><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>E*len"chus</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L.]</ety> <def>Same as <er>Elench</er>.</def></p>

<p><mhw>{ <hw>E*lenc"tic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>E*lenc"tic*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Gr.&unr_;.]</ety> <fld>(Logic)</fld> <def>Serving to refute; refutative; -- applied to indirect modes of proof, and opposed to <contr>deictic</contr>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>El"enge</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Cf. AS. <ets>ellende</ets> foreign, strange, G. <ets>elend</ets> miserable.]</ety> <def>Sorrowful; wretched; full of trouble.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>El"enge*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Loneliness; misery.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>El"e*phan*sy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>elephantia</ets>.]</ety> <def>Elephantiasis.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Holland.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>El"e*phant</hw> <pr>(&ebreve_;l"&euptack_;*f&aitalic_;nt)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>elefaunt</ets>, <ets>olifant</ets>, OF. <ets>olifant</ets>, F. <ets>&eacute;l&eacute;phant</ets>, L. <ets>elephantus</ets>, <ets>elephas</ets>, <ets>-antis</ets>, fr. Gr. <grk>'ele`fas</grk>, <grk>'ele`fantos</grk>; of unknown origin; perh. fr. Skr. <ets>ibha</ets>, with the Semitic article <ets>al</ets>, <ets>el</ets>, prefixed, or fr. Semitic <ets>Aleph hindi</ets> Indian bull; or cf. Goth. <ets>ulbandus</ets> camel, AS. <ets>olfend</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A mammal of the order <ord>Proboscidia</ord> and family <fam>Elephantidae</fam>, of which two living species, <spn>Elephas maximus</spn> (formerly <spn>Elephas Indicus</spn>) and <spn>Loxodonta Africana</spn> (formerly <spn>E. Africanus</spn>), 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 <isa>pachyderm</isa>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Ivory; the tusk of the elephant.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Dryden.</au></rj>
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<p><cs><col><b>Elephant apple</b></col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>an East Indian fruit with a rough, hard rind, and edible pulp, borne by <spn>Feronia elephantum</spn>, a large tree related to the orange.</cd> -- <col><b>Elephant bed</b></col> <fld>(Geol.)</fld>, <cd>at Brighton, England, abounding in fossil remains of elephants.</cd> <au>Mantell.</au> -- <col><b>Elephant beetle</b></col> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld>, <cd>any very large beetle of the genus <gen>Goliathus</gen> (esp. <spn>G. giganteus</spn>), of the family <fam>Scarab&aelig;id&aelig;</fam>. They inhabit West Africa.</cd> -- <col><b>Elephant fish</b></col> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld>, <cd>a chim&aelig;roid fish (<spn>Callorhynchus antarcticus</spn>), with a proboscis-like projection of the snout.</cd> -- <col><b>Elephant paper</b></col>, <cd>paper of large size, 23 &times; 28 inches.</cd> -- <col><b>Double elephant paper</b></col>, <cd>paper measuring 26<frac>3/4</frac> &times; 40 inches. See Note under <er>Paper</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Elephant seal</b></col> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld>, <cd>an African jumping shrew (<spn>Macroscelides typicus</spn>), having a long nose like a proboscis.</cd> -- <col><b>Elephant's ear</b></col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a name given to certain species of the genus Begonia, which have immense one-sided leaves.</cd> -- <col><b>Elephant's foot</b></col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>A South African plant (<spn>Testudinaria Elephantipes</spn>), which has a massive rootstock covered with a kind of bark cracked with deep fissures; -- called also <altname>tortoise plant</altname>. The interior part is barely edible, whence the plant is also called <altname>Hottentot's bread</altname>.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>A genus (<gen>Elephantopus</gen>) of coarse, composite weeds.</cd> -- <col><b>Elephant's tusk</b></col> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld>, <cd>the tooth shell. See <er>Dentalium</er>.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>El`e*phan"ti*ac</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Affected with elephantiasis; characteristic of elephantiasis.</def><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>El`e*phan*ti"a*sis</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L., fr. Gr. &unr_;, from <grk>'ele`fas</grk>, <grk>'ele`fantos</grk>, an elephant.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A disease of the skin, in which it become enormously thickened, and is rough, hard, and fissured, like an elephant's hide.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Elephantidae</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>a natural family of mammals comrising the elephants.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> family <fam>Elephantidae</fam>.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>elephant-tusk</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>an annual of the southern U.S. and Mexico (<spn>Proboscidea louisianica</spn>) having large whitish or yellowish flowers mottled with purple and a long curving beak.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> common unicorn plant, devil's claw, common devil's claw, proboscis flower, ram's horn, <spn>Proboscidea louisianica</spn>.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>El`e*phan"tine</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>elephantinus</ets> of ivory, Gr. &unr_;: cf. F. <ets>&eacute;l&eacute;phantin</ets>.]</ety> <def>Pertaining to the elephant, or resembling an elephant (commonly, in size); hence, huge; immense; heavy; <as>as, of <ex>elephantine</ex> proportions; an <ex>elephantine</ex> step or tread.</as></def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Elephantine epoch</b></col> <fld>(Geol.)</fld>, <cd>the epoch distinguished by the existence of large pachyderms.</cd> <au>Mantell.</au> -- <col><b>Elephantine tortoise</b></col> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld>, <cd>a huge land tortoise; esp., <spn>Testudo elephantina</spn>, from islands in the Indian Ocean; and <spn>T. elephantopus</spn>, from the Galapagos Islands.</cd></cs></p>

<p><mhw>{ <hw>El"e*phan*toid`</hw> <pr>(?; 277)</pr>, <hw>El`e*phan*toid"al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Elephant</ets> + <ets>-oid</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Resembling an elephant in form or appearance.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Eleusine</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>a genus of annual and perennial grasses of savannas and upland grasslands.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>El`eu*sin"i*an</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>Eleusinius</ets>, Gr. &unr_;.]</ety> <def>Pertaining to Eleusis, in Greece, or to secret rites in honor of Ceres, there celebrated; <as>as, <ex>Eleusinian</ex> mysteries or festivals</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Eleutherodactylus</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>a genus of completely terrestrial robber frogs.</def><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>E*leu`ther*o*ma"ni*a</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr.  <grk>'eleu`qeros</grk> free + E. <ets>mania</ets>.]</ety> <def>A mania or frantic zeal for freedom.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Carlyle.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>E*leu`ther*o*ma"ni*ac</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Mad for freedom.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>E*leu`ther*o-pet"al*ous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>'eleu`qeros</grk> free + E. <ets>petal</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Having the petals free, that is, entirely separate from each other; -- said of both plant and flower.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>El"e*vate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>elevatus</ets>, p. p.]</ety> <def>Elevated; raised aloft.</def> <mark>[Poetic]</mark>  <rj><au>Milton.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>El"e*vate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos>   <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Elevated</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Elevating</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>.]</vmorph> <ety>[L. <ets>elevatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>elevare</ets>; <ets>e</ets> + <ets>levare</ets> to lift up, raise, akin to <ets>levis</ets> light in weight. See <er>Levity</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To bring from a lower place to a higher; to lift up; to raise; <as>as, to <ex>elevate</ex> a weight, a flagstaff, etc.</as></def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To raise to a higher station; to promote; <as>as, to <ex>elevate</ex> to an office, or to a high social position</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To raise from a depressed state; to animate; to cheer; <as>as, to <ex>elevate</ex> the spirits</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>To exalt; to ennoble; to dignify; <as>as, to <ex>elevate</ex> the mind or character</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>To raise to a higher pitch, or to a greater degree of loudness; -- said of sounds; <as>as, to <ex>elevate</ex> the voice</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <def>To intoxicate in a slight degree; to render tipsy.</def> <mark>[Colloq. &amp; Sportive]</mark> &ldquo;The <xex>elevated</xex> cavaliers sent for two tubs of merry stingo.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Sir W. Scott.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>7.</sn> <def>To lessen; to detract from; to disparage.</def> <mark>[A Latin meaning]</mark> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Jer. Taylor.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>To elevate a piece</b></col> <fld>(Gun.)</fld>, <cd>to raise the muzzle; to lower the breech.</cd></cs></p>

<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- To exalt; dignify; ennoble; erect; raise; hoist; heighten; elate; cheer; flush; excite; animate.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>El"e*va`ted</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Uplifted; high; lofty; also, animated; noble; <as>as, <ex>elevated</ex> thoughts</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Elevated railway</b></col>, <cd>one in which the track is raised considerably above the ground, especially a city railway above the line of street travel.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>El"e*va`ted*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The quality of being elevated.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>El`e*va"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>elevatio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>&eacute;l&eacute;vation</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>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>as, the <ex>elevation</ex> of grain; <ex>elevation</ex> to a throne; <ex>elevation</ex> of mind, thoughts, or character.</as></def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Condition of being elevated; height; exaltation.</def> &ldquo;Degrees of <xex>elevation</xex> above us.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Locke.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>His style . . .  wanted a little <qex>elevation</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Sir H. Wotton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>That which is raised up or elevated; an elevated place or station; <as>as, an <ex>elevation</ex> of the ground</as>; a hill.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <fld>(Astron.)</fld> <def>The distance of a celestial object above the horizon, or the arc of a vertical circle intercepted between it and the horizon; altitude; <as>as, the <ex>elevation</ex> of the pole, or of a star</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <fld>(Dialing)</fld> <def>The angle which the style makes with the substylar line.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <fld>(Gunnery)</fld> <def>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&unr_;  sight; -- distinguished from <xex>direction</xex>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>7.</sn> <fld>(Drawing)</fld> <def>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 <xex>orthography</xex>.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Angle of elevation</b></col> <fld>(Geodesy)</fld>, <cd>the angle which an ascending line makes with a horizontal plane.</cd> -- <col><b>Elevation of the host</b></col> <fld>(R. C. Ch.)</fld>, <cd>that part of the Mass in which the priest raises the host above his head for the people to adore.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>El"e*va`tor</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L., one who raises up, a deliverer: cf. F. <ets>&eacute;l&eacute;vateur</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>One who, or that which, raises or lifts up anything.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>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.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A cage or platform (called an elevator <part>car</part>) 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 <altname>lift</altname>; the cage or platform itself.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>A building for elevating, storing, and discharging, grain.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>A muscle which serves to raise a part of the body, as the leg or the eye.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <fld>(Surg.)</fld> <def>An instrument for raising a depressed portion of a bone.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>7.</sn> <fld>(A&euml;ronautics)</fld> <def>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.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><mcol><col><b>Elevator head</b></col>, <col><b>Elevator leg</b></col>, <i>and</i> <col><b>Elevator boot</b></col></mcol>, <cd>the boxes in which the upper pulley, belt, and lower pulley, respectively, run in a grain elevator.</cd> [<source>1913 Webster</source>] -- <col><b>Elevator shoes</b></col>, <cd>shoes having unusually thick soles and heels, designed to make a person appear taller than he or she actually is.</cd> [<source>PJC</source>]</cs></p>

<p><hw>El"e*va`to*ry</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Tending to raise, or having power to elevate; <as>as, <ex>elevatory</ex> forces</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>El"e*va`to*ry</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>&eacute;l&eacute;vatoire</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Surg.)</fld> <def>See <er>Elevator</er>, <pos>n.</pos> <sd>(e)</sd>.</def>  <rj><au>Dunglison.</au></rj><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>&Eacute;`l&egrave;ve"</hw> <pr>(&auptack_;`l&auptack_;v")</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F., fr. <ets>&eacute;lever</ets> to raise, bring up.]</ety> <def>A pupil; a student.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*lev"en</hw> <pr>(&euptack_;*l&ebreve_;v"'n)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>enleven</ets>, AS. <ets>endleofan</ets>, <ets>endlufon</ets>, for <ets>nleofan</ets>; akin to LG. <ets>eleve</ets>, <ets>&ouml;lwe</ets>, <ets>&ouml;lwen</ets>, D. <ets>elf</ets>, G. <ets>elf</ets>, <ets>eilf</ets>, OHG. <ets>einlif</ets>, Icel. <ets>ellifu</ets>, Sw. <ets>elfva</ets>, Dan. <ets>elleve</ets>, Goth. <ets>ainlif</ets>, cf. Lith. <ets>v&euml;nolika</ets>; and fr. the root of E. <ets>one</ets> + (prob.) a root signifying &ldquo;to be left over, remain,&rdquo; appearing in E. <ets>loan</ets>, or perh. in <ets>leave</ets>, v. t., <ets>life</ets>. See <er>One</er>, and cf. <er>Twelve</er>.]</ety> <def>Ten and one added; <as>as, <ex>eleven</ex> men</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*lev"en</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The sum of ten and one; eleven units or objects.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A symbol representing eleven units, as 11 or xi.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Cricket &amp; American Football)</fld> <def>The eleven men selected to play on one side in a match, as the representatives of a club or a locality; <as>as, the all-England <ex>eleven</ex></as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>eleven-plus</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>an examination taken by 11 and 12 year old students in England to select suitable candidates for grammar school; -- now no longer used.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> 11-plus.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>E*lev"enth</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Cf. AS. <ets>endlyfta</ets>. See <er>Eleven</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Next after the tenth; <as>as, the <ex>eleventh</ex> chapter</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Constituting one of eleven parts into which a thing is divided; <as>as, the <ex>eleventh</ex> part of a thing</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to the interval of the octave and the fourth.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*lev"enth</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The quotient of a unit divided by eleven; one of eleven equal parts.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>The interval consisting of ten conjunct degrees; the interval made up of an octave and a fourth.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Elf</hw> <pr>(&ebreve_;lf)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Elves</plw> <pr>(&ebreve_;lvz)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[AS. <ets>&aelig;lf</ets>, <ets>ylf</ets>; akin to MHG. <ets>alp</ets>, G. <ets>alp</ets> nightmare, incubus, Icel. <ets>&amacr;lfr</ets> elf, Sw. <ets>alf</ets>, <ets>elfva</ets>; cf. Skr. <ets>&rsdot_;bhu</ets> skillful, artful, <ets>rabh</ets> to grasp.  Cf. <er>Auf</er>, <er>Oaf</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>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.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Every <qex>elf</qex>, and fairy sprite,<br/>
Hop as light as bird from brier.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A very diminutive person; a dwarf.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Elf arrow</b></col>, <cd>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 <altname>elf bolt</altname>, <altname>elf dart</altname>, and <altname>elf shot</altname>.</cd> -- <col><b>Elf child</b></col>, <cd>a child supposed to be left by elves, in room of one they had stolen. See <er>Changeling</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Elf fire</b></col>, <cd>the ignis fatuus.</cd> <au>Brewer.</au> -- <col><b>Elf owl</b></col> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld>, <cd>a small owl (<spn>Micrathene Whitneyi</spn>) of Southern California and Arizona.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Elf</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To entangle mischievously, as an elf might do.</def><br/>
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<p><q><qex>Elf</qex> all my hair in knots.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Elf"in</hw> <pr>(-&ibreve_;n)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Relating to elves.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Elf"in</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A little elf or urchin.</def>  <rj><au>Shenstone.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Elf"ish</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or relating to the elves; elflike; implike; weird; scarcely human; mischievous, as though caused by elves.</def> &ldquo;<xex>Elfish</xex> light.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Coleridge.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>The <qex>elfish</qex> intelligence that was so familiar an expression on her small physiognomy.</q> <rj><qau>Hawthorne.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Elf"ish*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an elfish manner.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Elf"ish*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The quality of being elfish.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Elf"kin</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A little elf.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Elf"land`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Fairyland.</def>  <rj><au>Tennyson.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Elf"lock`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Hair matted, or twisted into a knot, as if by elves.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>El"gin mar"bles</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <def>Greek sculptures in the British Museum. They were obtained at Athens, about 1811, by Lord Elgin.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*lic"it</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>elictus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>elicere</ets> to elicit; <ets>e</ets> + <ets>lacere</ets> to entice.  Cf. <er>Delight</er>, <er>Lace</er>.]</ety> <def>Elicited; drawn out; made real; open; evident.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> &ldquo;An <xex>elicit</xex> act of equity.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Jer. Taylor.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>E*lic"it</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Elicited</conjf>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Eliciting</conjf>.]</vmorph> <def>To draw out or entice forth; to bring to light; to bring out against the will; to deduce by reason or argument; <as>as, to <ex>elicit</ex> truth by discussion</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*lic"i*tate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To elicit.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>E*lic`i*ta"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The act of eliciting.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Abp. Bramhall.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>e*lic"i*ted</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <def>called forth from a latent or potential state by stimulation; <as>as, an <ex>elicited</ex> response</as>.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> evoked.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>E*lide"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Elided</conjf>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Eliding</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[L. <ets>elidere</ets> to strike out or off; <ets>e</ets> + <ets>laedere</ets> to hurt by striking: cf. F. <ets>&eacute;lider</ets>. See <er>Lesion</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To break or dash in pieces; to demolish; <as>as, to <ex>elide</ex> the force of an argument</as>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Hooker.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Gram.)</fld> <def>To cut off, as a vowel or a syllable, usually the final one; to subject to elision.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>El`i*gi*bil"i*ty</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>&eacute;ligibilit&eacute;</ets>.]</ety> <def>The quality of being eligible; eligibleness; <as>as, the <ex>eligibility</ex> of a candidate; the <ex>eligibility</ex> of an offer of marriage.</as></def><br/>
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<p><hw>El"i*gi*ble</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>&eacute;ligible</ets>, fr. L. <ets>eligere</ets>. See <er>Elect</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>That may be selected; proper or qualified to be chosen; legally qualified to be elected and to hold office.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Worthy to be chosen or selected; suitable; desirable; <as>as, an <ex>eligible</ex> situation for a house</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The more <qex>eligible</qex> of the two evils.</q> <rj><qau>Burke.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>El"i*gi*ble*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The quality of being worthy or qualified to be chosen; suitableness; desirableness.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>El"i*gi*bly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an eligible manner.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>El"i*mate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>elimatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>elimare</ets> to file up; <ets>e</ets> out + <ets>limare</ets> to file, fr. <ets>lima</ets> file.]</ety> <def>To render smooth; to polish.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>E*lim"i*nant</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Math.)</fld> <def>The result of eliminating <xex>n</xex> variables between <xex>n</xex> homogeneous equations of any degree; -- called also <altname>resultant</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*lim"i*nate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Eliminated</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Eliminating</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>.]</vmorph> <ety>[L. <ets>eliminatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>eliminare</ets>; <ets>e</ets> out + <ets>limen</ets> threshold; prob. akin to <ets>limes</ets> boundary. See <er>Limit</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To put out of doors; to expel; to discharge; to release; to set at liberty.</def><br/>
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<p><q><qex>Eliminate</qex> my spirit, give it range<br/>
Through provinces of thought yet unexplored.</q> <rj><qau>Young.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Alg.)</fld> <def>To cause to disappear from an equation; <as>as, to <ex>eliminate</ex> an unknown quantity</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To set aside as unimportant in a process of inductive inquiry; to leave out of consideration.</def><br/>
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<p><q><qex>Eliminate</qex> errors that have been gathering and accumulating.</q> <rj><qau>Lowth.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>To obtain by separating, as from foreign matters; to deduce; <as>as, to <ex>eliminate</ex> an idea or a conclusion</as>.</def> <mark>[Recent, and not well authorized]</mark><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>To separate; to expel from the system; to excrete; <as>as, the kidneys <ex>eliminate</ex> urea, the lungs carbonic acid; to <ex>eliminate</ex> poison from the system.</as></def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*lim`i*na"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>&eacute;limination</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of expelling or throwing off</def>; <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>the act of discharging or excreting waste products or foreign substances through the various emunctories.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Alg.)</fld> <def>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.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>The act of obtaining by separation, or as the result of eliminating; deduction. [See <er>Eliminate</er>, 4.]</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*lim"i*na*tive</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>Relating to, or carrying on, elimination.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*lin"guate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>elinguare</ets>.]</ety> <def>To deprive of the tongue.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Davies (Holy Roode).</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>E`lin*gua"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>elinguatio</ets>. See <er>Elinguid</er>.]</ety> <fld>(O. Eng. Law)</fld> <def>Punishment by cutting out the tongue.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*lin"guid</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>elinguis</ets>, prop., deprived of the tongue; hence, speechless; <ets>e</ets> + <ets>lingua</ets> tongue.]</ety> <def>Tongue-tied; dumb.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>E*liq"ua*ment</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A liquid obtained from fat, or fat fish, by pressure.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>El`i*qua"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>eliquatio</ets>, fr. <ets>eliquare</ets> to clarify, strain; <ets>e</ets> + <ets>liquare</ets> to make liquid, melt.]</ety> <fld>(Metallurgy)</fld> <def>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.</def>  <rj><au>Ure.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>E*li"son</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>elisio</ets>, fr. <ets>elidere</ets>, <ets>elisum</ets>, to strike out: cf. F. <ets>&eacute;lision</ets>. See <er>Elide</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Division; separation.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Bacon.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Gram.)</fld> <def>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.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*li"sor</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>&eacute;liseur</ets>, fr. <ets>&eacute;lire</ets> to choose, L. <ets>eligere</ets>. See <er>Elect</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Eng. Law)</fld> <def>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.</def><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>&Eacute;`lite"</hw> <pr>(&amacr;`l&emacr;t")</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F., fr. <ets>&eacute;lire</ets> to choose, L.  <ets>eligere</ets>. See <er>Elect</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A choice or select body; the flower; <as>as, the <ex>&eacute;lite</ex> of society</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>See <er>Army organization</er>, <xex>Switzerland</xex>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*lix"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Elixate</er>.]</ety> <def>To extract.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Marston.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>E*lix"ate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>elixatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>elixare</ets> to seethe, fr. <ets>elixus</ets> thoroughly boiled; <ets>e</ets> + <ets>lixare</ets> to boil, <ets>lix</ets> ashes.]</ety> <def>To boil; to seethe; hence, to extract by boiling or seething.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Cockeram.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>El`ix*a"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>&eacute;lixation</ets>.]</ety> <def>A seething; digestion.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Burton.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>E*lix"ir</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>&eacute;lixir</ets>, Sp. <ets>elixir</ets>, Ar. <ets>eliks&imacr;r</ets> the philosopher's stone, prob. from Gr. &unr_; dry, (hence probably) a dry powder; cf. Skr. <ets>ksh&amacr;</ets> to burn.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A tincture with more than one base; a compound tincture or medicine, composed of various substances, held in solution by alcohol in some form.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Alchemy)</fld> <def>An imaginary liquor capable of transmuting metals into gold; also, one for producing life indefinitely; <as>as, <ex>elixir</ex> vit&aelig;, or the <ex>elixir</ex> of life</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>The refined spirit; the quintessence.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The . . . <qex>elixir</qex> of worldly delights.</q> <rj><qau>South.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Any cordial or substance which invigorates.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The grand <qex>elixir</qex>, to support the spirits of human nature.</q> <rj><qau>Addison.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Elizabeth</hw> <pos>prop. n.</pos> <ety>[a proper name from the Hebrew, probably meaning &ldquo; God of the oath&rdquo; or &ldquo; oath of God&rdquo;.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def><person>Queen Elizabeth II.</person> of the United Kingdom, born 1926.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> Elizabeth II.</syn><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def><person>Elizabeth I.</person>, the Queen of England from 1558 to 1603.  She was the daughter of <person>Henry VIII.</person> and <person>Anne Boleyn</person> (1533-1603).</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> Elizabeth I.</syn><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_;  <persfn>Elizabeth</persfn> 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 <person>Henry VIII.</person> and <person>Anne Boleyn</person>; was brought up in the Protestant faith; studied the classical languages under <person>Roger Ascham</person>; and is said to have been proficient in French and Italian. On her accession she appointed as secretary of state <person>Sir William Cecil</person> (later <person>Baron Burleigh</person>), 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 <person>Henry VIII.</person> 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 <person>Mary Queen of Scots</person>, 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 <persfn>Savage</persfn>, <persfn>Ballard</persfn>, <persfn>Babington</persfn>, and others against Queen Elizabeth.  In 1588 her admiral <persfn>Howard</persfn>, assisted by <persfn>Drake</persfn>, <persfn>Hawkins</persfn>, <persfn>Frobisher</persfn>, <persfn>Winter</persfn>, and <persfn>Raleigh</persfn> 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 <persfn>Shakespeare</persfn>, <persfn>Sidney</persfn>, <persfn>Spenser</persfn>, <persfn>Bacon</persfn>, and <person>Ben Jonson</person>.</note><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Saint Elizabeth of Hungary; Born at Presburg, Hungary 1207, died died at Marburg, Germany, Nov. 19, 1231.  She was a Hungarian princess, daughter of <person>Andrew II.</person> of Hungary, and wife of <person>Louis, landgrave of Thuringia</person>, celebrated for her sanctity.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>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.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>E*liz"a*beth`an</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>prop. a.</pos> <def>Pertaining to <person>Queen Elizabeth I.</person> or her times, esp. to the architecture or literature of her reign; <as>as, the <ex>Elizabethan</ex> writers, drama, literature</as>.</def> -- <def2><pos>n.</pos> <def>One who lived in England in the time of Queen Elizabeth.</def></def2>  <rj><au>Lowell.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>elk</hw> <pr>(&ebreve_;lk)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Icel. <ets>elgr</ets>; akin to Sw. <ets>elg</ets>, AS. <ets>eolh</ets>, OHG. <ets>elaho</ets>, MHG. <ets>elch</ets>, cf. L. <ets>alces</ets>; perh. akin to E. <ets>eland</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)<