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esopian adjective Of or pertaining to Aesop, or in his manner., Alt. of Esopic
eagerly adverb In an eager manner.
eagless noun A female or hen eagle.
eagrass noun See Eddish.
eanling noun A lamb just brought forth; a yeanling.
earable adjective Arable; tillable.
earache noun Ache or pain in the ear.
eardrop noun A pendant for the ear; an earring; as, a pair of eardrops., A species of primrose. See Auricula.
eardrum noun The tympanum. See Illust. of Ear.
earldom noun The jurisdiction of an earl; the territorial possessions of an earl., The status, title, or dignity of an earl.
earless adjective Without ears; hence, deaf or unwilling to hear.
earlock noun A lock or curl of hair near the ear; a lovelock. See Lovelock.
earmark noun A mark on the ear of sheep, oxen, dogs, etc., as by cropping or slitting., A mark for identification; a distinguishing mark., To mark, as sheep, by cropping or slitting the ear.
earning present participle & vb. noun of Earn, That which is earned; wages gained by work or services; money earned; — used commonly in the plural.
earnest noun Seriousness; reality; fixed determination; eagerness; intentness., 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, earnest prayers., Intent; fixed closely; as, earnest attention., Serious; important., To use in earnest., Something given, or a part paid beforehand, as a pledge; pledge; handsel; a token of what is to come., Something of value given by the buyer to the seller, by way of token or pledge, to bind the bargain and prove the sale.
earnful adjective Full of anxiety or yearning.
earpick noun An instrument for removing wax from the ear.
earring noun An ornament consisting of a ring passed through the lobe of the ear, with or without a pendant.
earshot noun Reach of the ear; distance at which words may be heard.
earsore noun An annoyance to the ear.
earthed imp. & past participle of Earth
earthen adjective Made of earth; made of burnt or baked clay, or other like substances; as, an earthen vessel or pipe.
earthly adjective Pertaining to the earth; belonging to this world, or to man’s existence on the earth; not heavenly or spiritual; carnal; worldly; as, earthly joys; earthly flowers; earthly praise., Of all things on earth; possible; conceivable., Made of earth; earthy., In the manner of the earth or its people; worldly.
easeful adjective Full of ease; suitable for affording ease or rest; quiet; comfortable; restful.
eastern adjective Situated or dwelling in the east; oriental; as, an eastern gate; Eastern countries., Going toward the east, or in the direction of east; as, an eastern voyage.
easting noun The distance measured toward the east between two meridians drawn through the extremities of a course; distance of departure eastward made by a vessel.
eatable adjective Capable of being eaten; fit to be eaten; proper for food; esculent; edible., Something fit to be eaten.
eblanin noun See Pyroxanthin.
ebonist noun One who works in ebony.
ebonite noun 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.
ebonize verb t. To make black, or stain black, in imitation of ebony; as, to ebonize wood.
ebonies plural of Ebony
ebrauke adjective Hebrew.
ebriety noun Drunkenness; intoxication by spirituous liquors; inebriety.
ebrious adjective Inclined to drink to excess; intoxicated; tipsy.
ecbasis noun A figure in which the orator treats of things according to their events consequences.
ecbatic adjective Denoting a mere result or consequence, as distinguished from telic, which denotes intention or purpose; thus the phrase / /, if rendered “so that it was fulfilled,” is ecbatic; if rendered “in order that it might be.” etc., is telic.
ecbolic noun A drug, as ergot, which by exciting uterine contractions promotes the expulsion of the contents of the uterus.
ecderon noun See Ecteron.
ecdyses plural of Ecdysis
ecdysis noun The act of shedding, or casting off, an outer cuticular layer, as in the case of serpents, lobsters, etc.; a coming out; as, the ecdysis of the pupa from its shell; exuviation.
echelon noun An arrangement of a body of troops when its divisions are drawn up in parallel lines each to the right or the left of the one in advance of it, like the steps of a ladder in position for climbing. Also used adjectively; as, echelon distance., An arrangement of a fleet in a wedge or V formation., To place in echelon; to station divisions of troops in echelon., To take position in echelon.
echidna noun A monster, half maid and half serpent., A genus of Monotremata found in Australia, Tasmania, and New Guinea. They are toothless and covered with spines; — called also porcupine ant-eater, and Australian ant-eater.
echinid adjective & noun Same as Echinoid.
echinus noun A hedgehog., A genus of echinoderms, including the common edible sea urchin of Europe., The rounded molding forming the bell of the capital of the Grecian Doric style, which is of a peculiar elastic curve. See Entablature., The quarter-round molding (ovolo) of the Roman Doric style. See Illust. of Column, A name sometimes given to the egg and anchor or egg and dart molding, because that ornament is often identified with Roman Doric capital. The name probably alludes to the shape of the shell of the sea urchin.
echoing present participle & vb. noun of Echo
eclipse noun An interception or obscuration of the light of the sun, moon, or other luminous body, by the intervention of some other body, either between it and the eye, or between the luminous body and that illuminated by it. A lunar eclipse is caused by the moon passing through the earth’s shadow; a solar eclipse, by the moon coming between the sun and the observer. A satellite is eclipsed by entering the shadow of its primary. The obscuration of a planet or star by the moon or a planet, though of the nature of an eclipse, is called an occultation. The eclipse of a small portion of the sun by Mercury or Venus is called a transit of the planet., The loss, usually temporary or partial, of light, brilliancy, luster, honor, consciousness, etc.; obscuration; gloom; darkness., To cause the obscuration of; to darken or hide; — said of a heavenly body; as, the moon eclipses the sun., To obscure, darken, or extinguish the beauty, luster, honor, etc., of; to sully; to cloud; to throw into the shade by surpassing., To suffer an eclipse.
eclogue noun A pastoral poem, in which shepherds are introduced conversing with each other; a bucolic; an idyl; as, the Ecloques of Virgil, from which the modern usage of the word has been established.
economy noun The management of domestic affairs; the regulation and government of household matters; especially as they concern expense or disbursement; as, a careful economy., Orderly arrangement and management of the internal affairs of a state or of any establishment kept up by production and consumption; esp., such management as directly concerns wealth; as, political economy., The system of rules and regulations by which anything is managed; orderly system of regulating the distribution and uses of parts, conceived as the result of wise and economical adaptation in the author, whether human or divine; as, the animal or vegetable economy; the economy of a poem; the Jewish economy., Thrifty and frugal housekeeping; management without loss or waste; frugality in expenditure; prudence and disposition to save; as, a housekeeper accustomed to economy but not to parsimony.
ecorche noun A manikin, or image, representing an animal, especially man, with the skin removed so that the muscles are exposed for purposes of study.
ecstasy noun 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., Excessive and overmastering joy or enthusiasm; rapture; enthusiastic delight., Violent distraction of mind; violent emotion; excessive grief of anxiety; insanity; madness., 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., To fill ecstasy, or with rapture or enthusiasm.
ectasia noun A dilatation of a hollow organ or of a canal.
ectasis noun The lengthening of a syllable from short to long.
ecteron noun The external layer of the skin and mucous membranes; epithelium; ecderon.
ecthyma noun A cutaneous eruption, consisting of large, round pustules, upon an indurated and inflamed base.
ectopia noun A morbid displacement of parts, especially such as is congenial; as, ectopia of the heart, or of the bladder.
ectopic adjective Out of place; congenitally displaced; as, an ectopic organ.
ectozoa plural of Ectozoon
ectypal adjective Copied, reproduced as a molding or cast, in contradistinction from the original model.
edacity noun Greediness; voracity; ravenousness; rapacity.
eddying present participle & vb. noun of Eddy
edenite noun A variety of amphibole. See Amphibole.
edental adjective See Edentate, a., One of the Edentata.
edictal adjective Relating to, or consisting of, edicts; as, the Roman edictal law.
edifice noun A building; a structure; an architectural fabric; — chiefly applied to elegant houses, and other large buildings; as, a palace, a church, a statehouse.
edifier noun One who builds., One who edifies, builds up, or strengthens another by moral or religious instruction.
edified imp. & past participle of Edify
editing present participle & vb. noun of Edit
edition noun A literary work edited and published, as by a certain editor or in a certain manner; as, a good edition of Chaucer; Chalmers’ edition of Shakespeare., The whole number of copies of a work printed and published at one time; as, the first edition was soon sold.
edomite noun One of the descendants of Esau or Edom, the brother of Jacob; an Idumean.
educate verb t. To bring /// or guide the powers of, as a child; to develop and cultivate, whether physically, mentally, or morally, but more commonly limited to the mental activities or senses; to expand, strengthen, and discipline, as the mind, a faculty, etc.,; to form and regulate the principles and character of; to prepare and fit for any calling or business by systematic instruction; to cultivate; to train; to instruct; as, to educate a child; to educate the eye or the taste.
educing present participle & vb. noun of Educe
eductor noun One who, or that which, brings forth, elicits, or extracts.
eelbuck noun An eelpot or eel basket.
eelfare noun A brood of eels.
eelpout noun A European fish (Zoarces viviparus), remarkable for producing living young; — called also greenbone, guffer, bard, and Maroona eel. Also, an American species (Z. anguillaris), — called also mutton fish, and, erroneously, congo eel, ling, and lamper eel. Both are edible, but of little value., A fresh-water fish, the burbot.
effable adjective Capable of being uttered or explained; utterable.
effaced imp. & past participle of Efface
effendi noun Master; sir; — a title of a Turkish state official and man of learning, especially one learned in the law.
efflate verb t. To fill with breath; to puff up.
efforce verb t. To force; to constrain; to compel to yield.
effront verb t. To give assurance to.
effulge verb t. To cause to shine with abundance of light; to radiate; to beam., To shine forth; to beam.
effused imp. & past participle of Effuse
eftsoon adverb Alt. of Eftsoons
egality noun Equality.
egg-cup noun A cup used for holding an egg, at table.
egilops noun See Aegilops.
egoical adjective Pertaining to egoism.
egomism noun Egoism.
egotism noun The practice of too frequently using the word I; hence, a speaking or writing overmuch of one’s self; self-exaltation; self-praise; the act or practice of magnifying one’s self or parading one’s own doings. The word is also used in the sense of egoism.
egotist noun One addicted to egotism; one who speaks much of himself or magnifies his own achievements or affairs.
egotize verb i. To talk or write as an egotist.
egrette noun Same as Egret, n., 2.
eidolon noun An image or representation; a form; a phantom; an apparition.
eirenic adjective Pacific. See Irenic.
ejected imp. & past participle of Eject
ejector noun One who, or that which, ejects or dispossesses., A jet jump for lifting water or withdrawing air from a space.
ekename noun An additional or epithet name; a nickname.
elaidic adjective Relating to oleic acid, or elaine.
elaidin noun A solid isomeric modification of olein.
elamite noun A dweller in Flam (or Susiana), an ancient kingdom of Southwestern Asia, afterwards a province of Persia.
elanced imp. & past participle of Elance
elapine adjective Like or pertaining to the Elapidae, a family of poisonous serpents, including the cobras. See Ophidia.
elapsed imp. & past participle of Elapse
elastic adjective Springing back; having a power or inherent property of returning to the form from which a substance is bent, drawn, pressed, or twisted; springy; having the power of rebounding; as, a bow is elastic; the air is elastic; India rubber is elastic., Able to return quickly to a former state or condition, after being depressed or overtaxed; having power to recover easily from shocks and trials; as, elastic spirits; an elastic constitution., An elastic woven fabric, as a belt, braces or suspenders, etc., made in part of India rubber.
elastin noun 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.
elating present participle & vb. noun of Elate
elatery noun Acting force; elasticity.
elation noun A lifting up by success; exaltation; inriation with pride of prosperity.
elative adjective Raised; lifted up; — a term applied to what is also called the absolute superlative, denoting a high or intense degree of a quality, but not excluding the idea that an equal degree may exist in other cases.
elbowed imp. & past participle of Elbow
elderly adjective Somewhat old; advanced beyond middle age; bordering on old age; as, elderly people.
eleatic adjective 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., A philosopher of the Eleatic school.
elected imp. & past participle of Elect
electic adjective See Eclectic.
elector noun 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., Hence, specifically, in any country, a person legally qualified to vote., In the old German empire, one of the princes entitled to choose the emperor., One of the persons chosen, by vote of the people in the United States, to elect the President and Vice President., Pertaining to an election or to electors.
electre noun Alt. of Electer
electer noun Amber. See Electrum., A metallic substance compounded of gold and silver; an alloy.
electro noun An electrotype.
elegant adjective Very choice, and hence, pleasing to good taste; characterized by grace, propriety, and refinement, and the absence of every thing offensive; exciting admiration and approbation by symmetry, completeness, freedom from blemish, and the like; graceful; tasteful and highly attractive; as, elegant manners; elegant style of composition; an elegant speaker; an elegant structure., Exercising a nice choice; discriminating beauty or sensitive to beauty; as, elegant taste.
elegiac adjective Belonging to elegy, or written in elegiacs; plaintive; expressing sorrow or lamentation; as, an elegiac lay; elegiac strains., Used in elegies; as, elegiac verse; the elegiac distich or couplet, consisting of a dactylic hexameter and pentameter., Elegiac verse.
elegist noun A write of elegies.
elegize verb t. To lament in an elegy; to celebrate in elegiac verse; to bewail.
elegies plural of Elegy
eleidin noun Lifeless matter deposited in the form of minute granules within the protoplasm of living cells.
element noun 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., One of the ultimate, undecomposable constituents of any kind of matter. Specifically: (Chem.) A substance which cannot be decomposed into different kinds of matter by any means at present employed; as, the elements of water are oxygen and hydrogen., One of the ultimate parts which are variously combined in anything; as, letters are the elements of written language; hence, also, a simple portion of that which is complex, as a shaft, lever, wheel, or any simple part in a machine; one of the essential ingredients of any mixture; a constituent part; as, quartz, feldspar, and mica are the elements of granite., One out of several parts combined in a system of aggregation, when each is of the nature of the whole; as, a single cell is an element of the honeycomb., One of the smallest natural divisions of the organism, as a blood corpuscle, a muscular fiber., One of the simplest essential parts, more commonly called cells, of which animal and vegetable organisms, or their tissues and organs, are composed., An infinitesimal part of anything of the same nature as the entire magnitude considered; as, in a solid an element may be the infinitesimal portion between any two planes that are separated an indefinitely small distance. In the calculus, element is sometimes used as synonymous with differential., Sometimes a curve, or surface, or volume is considered as described by a moving point, or curve, or surface, the latter being at any instant called an element of the former., One of the terms in an algebraic expression., One of the necessary data or values upon which a system of calculations depends, or general conclusions are based; as, the elements of a planet’s orbit., The simplest or fundamental principles of any system in philosophy, science, or art; rudiments; as, the elements of geometry, or of music., Any outline or sketch, regarded as containing the fundamental ideas or features of the thing in question; as, the elements of a plan., One of the simple substances, as supposed by the ancient philosophers; one of the imaginary principles of matter., The four elements were, air, earth, water, and fire, the conditions and movements of the air., The elements of the alchemists were salt, sulphur, and mercury., The whole material composing the world., The bread and wine used in the eucharist or Lord’s supper., To compound of elements or first principles., To constitute; to make up with elements.
elenchs plural of Elench
elevate adjective Elevated; raised aloft., To bring from a lower place to a higher; to lift up; to raise; as, to elevate a weight, a flagstaff, etc., To raise to a higher station; to promote; as, to elevate to an office, or to a high social position., To raise from a depressed state; to animate; to cheer; as, to elevate the spirits., To exalt; to ennoble; to dignify; as, to elevate the mind or character., To raise to a higher pitch, or to a greater degree of loudness; — said of sounds; as, to elevate the voice., To intoxicate in a slight degree; to render tipsy., To lessen; to detract from; to disparage.
elfland noun Fairyland.
elflock noun Hair matted, or twisted into a knot, as if by elves.
eliding present participle & vb. noun of Elide
elimate verb t. To render smooth; to polish.
elixate verb t. To boil; to seethe; hence, to extract by boiling or seething.
elkwood noun The soft, spongy wood of a species of Magnolia (M. Umbrella).
ellagic adjective Pertaining to, or derived from, gallnuts or gallic acid; as, ellagic acid.
ellenge n Alt. of Ellingeness
ellinge n Alt. of Ellingeness
ellipse noun An oval or oblong figure, bounded by a regular curve, which corresponds to an oblique projection of a circle, or an oblique section of a cone through its opposite sides. The greatest diameter of the ellipse is the major axis, and the least diameter is the minor axis. See Conic section, under Conic, and cf. Focus., Omission. See Ellipsis., The elliptical orbit of a planet.
ellwand noun Formerly, a measuring rod an ell long.
elodian noun One of a tribe of tortoises, including the terrapins, etc., in which the head and neck can be withdrawn.
elogist noun One who pronounces an eloge.
elogium noun Alt. of Elogy
elohist noun The writer, or one of the writers, of the passages of the Old Testament, notably those of Elohim instead of Jehovah, as the name of the Supreme Being; — distinguished from Jehovist.
eloping present participle & vb. noun of Elope
elritch adjective Ghastly; preternatural. Same as Eldritch.
eluding present participle & vb. noun of Elude
elusion noun Act of eluding; adroit escape, as by artifice; a mockery; a cheat; trickery.
elusive adjective Tending to elude; using arts or deception to escape; adroitly escaping or evading; eluding the grasp; fallacious.
elusory adjective Tending to elude or deceive; evasive; fraudulent; fallacious; deceitful; deceptive.
eluxate verb t. To dislocate; to luxate.
elysian adjective Pertaining, or the abode of the blessed after death; hence, yielding the highest pleasures; exceedingly delightful; beatific.
elysium noun A dwelling place assigned to happy souls after death; the seat of future happiness; Paradise., Hence, any delightful place.
elytrin noun See Chitin.
elytron noun Alt. of Elytrum
elytrum noun One of the anterior pair of wings in the Coleoptera and some other insects, when they are thick and serve only as a protection for the posterior pair., One of the shieldlike dorsal scales of certain annelids. See Chaetopoda.
elzevir adjective Applied to books or editions (esp. of the Greek New Testament and the classics) printed and published by the Elzevir family at Amsterdam, Leyden, etc., from about 1592 to 1680; also, applied to a round open type introduced by them.
emanant adjective Issuing or flowing forth; emanating; passing forth into an act, or making itself apparent by an effect; — said of mental acts; as, an emanant volition.
emanate verb i. To issue forth from a source; to flow out from more or less constantly; as, fragrance emanates from flowers., To proceed from, as a source or fountain; to take origin; to arise, to originate., Issuing forth; emanant.
embarge verb t. To put in a barge.
embargo noun An edict or order of the government prohibiting the departure of ships of commerce from some or all of the ports within its dominions; a prohibition to sail., To lay an embargo on and thus detain; to prohibit from leaving port; — said of ships, also of commerce and goods.
embassy noun The public function of an ambassador; the charge or business intrusted to an ambassador or to envoys; a public message to; foreign court concerning state affairs; hence, any solemn message., The person or persons sent as ambassadors or envoys; the ambassador and his suite; envoys., The residence or office of an ambassador.
embathe verb t. To bathe; to imbathe.
embayed imp. & past participle of Embay
emblaze verb t. To adorn with glittering embellishments., To paint or adorn with armorial figures; to blazon, or emblazon.
embloom verb t. To emblossom.
embogue verb i. To disembogue; to discharge, as a river, its waters into the sea or another river.
embolic adjective Embolismic., Pertaining to an embolism; produced by an embolism; as, an embolic abscess., Pushing or growing in; — said of a kind of invagination. See under Invagination.
embolus noun Something inserted, as a wedge; the piston or sucker of a pump or syringe., A plug of some substance lodged in a blood vessel, being brought thither by the blood current. It consists most frequently of a clot of fibrin, a detached shred of a morbid growth, a globule of fat, or a microscopic organism.
embosom verb t. To take into, or place in, the bosom; to cherish; to foster., To inclose or surround; to shelter closely; to place in the midst of something.
embowel verb t. To disembowel., To imbed; to hide in the inward parts; to bury.
embower verb t. To cover with a bower; to shelter with trees., To lodge or rest in a bower.
embrace verb t. To fasten on, as armor., To clasp in the arms with affection; to take in the arms; to hug., To cling to; to cherish; to love., To seize eagerly, or with alacrity; to accept with cordiality; to welcome., To encircle; to encompass; to inclose., To include as parts of a whole; to comprehend; to take in; as, natural philosophy embraces many sciences., To accept; to undergo; to submit to., To attempt to influence corruptly, as a jury or court., To join in an embrace., Intimate or close encircling with the arms; pressure to the bosom; clasp; hug.
embraid verb t. To braid up, as hair., To upbraid.
embrave verb t. To inspire with bravery., To decorate; to make showy and fine.
embrawn verb t. To harden.
embread verb t. To braid.
embroil verb t. To throw into confusion or commotion by contention or discord; to entangle in a broil or quarrel; to make confused; to distract; to involve in difficulties by dissension or strife., To implicate in confusion; to complicate; to jumble., See Embroilment.
embrown verb t. To give a brown color to; to imbrown.
embrute verb t. To brutify; to imbrute.
embryos plural of Embryo
embryon noun & adjective See Embryo.
emburse verb t. To furnish with money; to imburse.
emended imp. & past participle of Emend
emender noun One who emends.
emerald noun A precious stone of a rich green color, a variety of beryl. See Beryl., A kind of type, in size between minion and nonpare/l. It is used by English printers., Of a rich green color, like that of the emerald.
emeraud noun An emerald.
emerged imp. & past participle of Emerge
emeriti plural of Emeritus
emerods noun pl. Alt. of Emeroids
emersed adjective Standing out of, or rising above, water.
emetine noun A white crystalline bitter alkaloid extracted from ipecacuanha root, and regarded as its peculiar emetic principle.
emforth preposition According to; conformably to.
emgalla noun The South African wart hog. See Wart hog.
emicant adjective Beaming forth; flashing.
eminent adjective High; lofty; towering; prominent., Being, metaphorically, above others, whether by birth, high station, merit, or virtue; high in public estimation; distinguished; conspicuous; as, an eminent station; an eminent historian, statements, statesman, or saint.
emitted imp. & past participle of Emit
emongst preposition Among.
emotion noun A moving of the mind or soul; excitement of the feelings, whether pleasing or painful; disturbance or agitation of mind caused by a specific exciting cause and manifested by some sensible effect on the body.
emotive adjective Attended by, or having the character of, emotion.
empaled imp. & past participle of Empale
empanel noun A list of jurors; a panel., See Impanel.
empeach verb t. To hinder. See Impeach.
empearl verb t. To form like pearls; to decorate with, or as with, pearls; to impearl.
emperil verb t. To put in peril. See Imperil.
emperor noun The sovereign or supreme monarch of an empire; — a title of dignity superior to that of king; as, the emperor of Germany or of Austria; the emperor or Czar of Russia.
empight adjective Fixed; settled; fastened.
empiric noun One who follows an empirical method; one who relies upon practical experience., One who confines himself to applying the results of mere experience or his own observation; especially, in medicine, one who deviates from the rules of science and regular practice; an ignorant and unlicensed pretender; a quack; a charlatan., Alt. of Empirical
emplead verb t. To accuse; to indict. See Implead.
emplore verb t. See Implore.
employe noun One employed by another; a clerk or workman in the service of an employer.
emporia plural of Emporium
empower verb t. To give authority to; to delegate power to; to commission; to authorize (having commonly a legal force); as, the Supreme Court is empowered to try and decide cases, civil or criminal; the attorney is empowered to sign an acquittance, and discharge the debtor., To give moral or physical power, faculties, or abilities to.
empress noun The consort of an emperor., A female sovereign., A sovereign mistress.
emprint verb t. See Imprint.
emprise noun An enterprise; endeavor; adventure., The qualifies which prompt one to undertake difficult and dangerous exploits., To undertake.
emptier noun One who, or that which, empties., of Empty.
emption noun The act of buying.
empties plural of Empty
emptied imp. & past participle of Empty
empyema noun A collection of blood, pus, or other fluid, in some cavity of the body, especially that of the pleura.
emulate adjective Striving to excel; ambitious; emulous., To strive to equal or to excel in qualities or actions; to imitate, with a view to equal or to outdo, to vie with; to rival; as, to emulate the good and the great.
emulous adjective Ambitiously desirous to equal or even to excel another; eager to emulate or vie with another; desirous of like excellence with another; — with of; as, emulous of another’s example or virtues., Vying with; rivaling; hence, contentious, envious.
emulsic adjective Pertaining to, or produced from, emulsin; as, emulsic acid.
emulsin noun The white milky pulp or extract of bitter almonds., An unorganized ferment (contained in this extract and in other vegetable juices), which effects the decomposition of certain glucosides.
enabled imp. & past participle of Enable
enacted imp. & past participle of Enact
enactor noun One who enacts a law; one who decrees or establishes as a law.
enarmed adjective Same as Armed, 3.
enation noun Any unusual outgrowth from the surface of a thing, as of a petal; also, the capacity or act of producing such an outgrowth.
encaged imp. & past participle of Encage
encauma noun An ulcer in the eye, upon the cornea, which causes the loss of the humors.
encenia noun pl. A festival commemorative of the founding of a city or the consecration of a church; also, the ceremonies (as at Oxford and Cambridge, England) commemorative of founders or benefactors.
encense noun To offer incense to or upon; to burn incense.
enchafe verb t. To chafe; to enrage; to heat.
enchain verb t. To bind with a chain; to hold in chains., To hold fast; to confine; as, to enchain attention., To link together; to connect.
enchair verb t. To seat in a chair.
enchant verb t. To charm by sorcery; to act on by enchantment; to get control of by magical words and rites., To delight in a high degree; to charm; to enrapture; as, music enchants the ear.
enchase verb t. To incase or inclose in a border or rim; to surround with an ornamental casing, as a gem with gold; to encircle; to inclose; to adorn., To chase; to ornament by embossing or engraving; as, to enchase a watch case., To delineate or describe, as by writing.
enchest verb t. To inclose in a chest.
enchyma noun The primitive formative juice, from which the tissues, particularly the cellular tissue, are formed.
enclasp verb t. To clasp. See Inclasp.
enclave noun A tract of land or a territory inclosed within another territory of which it is independent. See Exclave., To inclose within an alien territory.
enclose verb t. To inclose. See Inclose.
encloud verb t. To envelop in clouds; to cloud.
encoach verb t. To carry in a coach.
encolor verb t. To color.
encored imp. & past participle of Encore
encrini plural of Encrinus
encrust verb t. To incrust. See Incrust.
endable adjective That may be ended; terminable.
end-all noun Complete termination.
endemic adjective Alt. of Endemical, An endemic disease.
enderon noun The deep sensitive and vascular layer of the skin and mucous membranes.
endless adjective Without end; having no end or conclusion; perpetual; interminable; — applied to length, and to duration; as, an endless line; endless time; endless bliss; endless praise; endless clamor., Infinite; excessive; unlimited., Without profitable end; fruitless; unsatisfying., Void of design; objectless; as, an endless pursuit.
endlong adverb & preposition Lengthwise; along.
endmost adjective Farthest; remotest; at the very end.
endogen noun A plant which increases in size by internal growth and elongation at the summit, having the wood in the form of bundles or threads, irregularly distributed throughout the whole diameter, not forming annual layers, and with no distinct pith. The leaves of the endogens have, usually, parallel veins, their flowers are mostly in three, or some multiple of three, parts, and their embryos have but a single cotyledon, with the first leaves alternate. The endogens constitute one of the great primary classes of plants, and included all palms, true lilies, grasses, rushes, orchids, the banana, pineapple, etc. See Exogen.
endorse verb t. Same as Indorse., A subordinary, resembling the pale, but of one fourth its width (according to some writers, one eighth).
endowed imp. & past participle of Endow
endower verb t. To endow., One who endows.
endozoa noun pl. See Entozoa.
enduing present participle & vb. noun of Endue
endured imp. & past participle of Endure
endurer noun One who, or that which, endures or lasts; one who bears, suffers, or sustains.
endways adverb Alt. of Endwise
endwise adverb On end; erectly; in an upright position., With the end forward.
endyses plural of Endysis
endysis noun The act of developing a new coat of hair, a new set of feathers, scales, etc.; — opposed to ecdysis.
enecate verb t. To kill off; to destroy.
enemata plural of Enema
enemies plural of Enemy
energic adjective Alt. of Energical
enfeoff verb t. To give a feud, or right in land, to; to invest with a fief or fee; to invest (any one) with a freehold estate by the process of feoffment., To give in vassalage; to make subservient.
enfever verb t. To excite fever in.
enfiled p. adjective Having some object, as the head of a man or beast, impaled upon it; as, a sword which is said to be “enfiled of” the thing which it pierces.
enflesh verb t. To clothe with flesh.
enforce verb t. To put force upon; to force; to constrain; to compel; as, to enforce obedience to commands., To make or gain by force; to obtain by force; as, to enforce a passage., To put in motion or action by violence; to drive., To give force to; to strengthen; to invigorate; to urge with energy; as, to enforce arguments or requests., To put in force; to cause to take effect; to give effect to; to execute with vigor; as, to enforce the laws., To urge; to ply hard; to lay much stress upon., To attempt by force., To prove; to evince., To strengthen; to grow strong., Force; strength; power.
enframe verb t. To inclose, as in a frame.
engaged imp. & past participle of Engage, Occupied; employed; busy., Pledged; promised; especially, having the affections pledged; promised in marriage; affianced; betrothed., Greatly interested; of awakened zeal; earnest., Involved; esp., involved in a hostile encounter; as, the engaged ships continued the fight.
engager noun One who enters into an engagement or agreement; a surety.
enginer noun A contriver; an inventor; a contriver of engines.
english adjective Of or pertaining to England, or to its inhabitants, or to the present so-called Anglo-Saxon race., See 1st Bond, n., 8., Collectively, the people of England; English people or persons., The language of England or of the English nation, and of their descendants in America, India, and other countries., A kind of printing type, in size between Pica and Great Primer. See Type., A twist or spinning motion given to a ball in striking it that influences the direction it will take after touching a cushion or another ball., To translate into the English language; to Anglicize; hence, to interpret; to explain., To strike (the cue ball) in such a manner as to give it in addition to its forward motion a spinning motion, that influences its direction after impact on another ball or the cushion.
engloom verb t. To make gloomy.
engorge verb t. To gorge; to glut., To swallow with greediness or in large quantities; to devour., To feed with eagerness or voracity; to stuff one’s self with food.
engraff verb t. To graft; to fix deeply.
engraft verb t. See Ingraft.
engrail verb t. To variegate or spot, as with hail., To indent with small curves. See Engrailed., To form an edging or border; to run in curved or indented lines.
engrain verb t. To dye in grain, or of a fast color. See Ingrain., To incorporate with the grain or texture of anything; to infuse deeply. See Ingrain., To color in imitation of the grain of wood; to grain. See Grain, v. t., 1.
engrasp verb t. To grasp; to grip.
engrave verb t. To deposit in the grave; to bury., To cut in; to make by incision., To cut with a graving instrument in order to form an inscription or pictorial representation; to carve figures; to mark with incisions., To form or represent by means of incisions upon wood, stone, metal, or the like; as, to engrave an inscription., To impress deeply; to infix, as if with a graver.
engross verb t. To make gross, thick, or large; to thicken; to increase in bulk or quantity., To amass., To copy or write in a large hand (en gross, i. e., in large); to write a fair copy of in distinct and legible characters; as, to engross a deed or like instrument on parchment., To seize in the gross; to take the whole of; to occupy wholly; to absorb; as, the subject engrossed all his thoughts., To purchase either the whole or large quantities of, for the purpose of enhancing the price and making a profit; hence, to take or assume in undue quantity, proportion, or degree; as, to engross commodities in market; to engross power.
enguard verb t. To surround as with a guard.
enhance verb t. To raise or lift up; to exalt., To advance; to augment; to increase; to heighten; to make more costly or attractive; as, to enhance the price of commodities; to enhance beauty or kindness; hence, also, to render more heinous; to aggravate; as, to enhance crime., To be raised up; to grow larger; as, a debt enhances rapidly by compound interest.
enhedge verb t. To surround as with a hedge.
enigmas plural of Enigma
enisled p. adjective Placed alone or apart, as if on an island; severed, as an island.
enjoyed imp. & past participle of Enjoy
enjoyer noun One who enjoys.
enlarge verb t. To make larger; to increase in quantity or dimensions; to extend in limits; to magnify; as, the body is enlarged by nutrition; to enlarge one’s house., To increase the capacity of; to expand; to give free scope or greater scope to; also, to dilate, as with joy, affection, and the like; as, knowledge enlarges the mind., To set at large or set free., To grow large or larger; to be further extended; to expand; as, a plant enlarges by growth; an estate enlarges by good management; a volume of air enlarges by rarefaction., To speak or write at length; to be diffuse in speaking or writing; to expatiate; to dilate., To get more astern or parallel with the vessel’s course; to draw aft; — said of the wind.
enleven noun Eleven.
enlight verb t. To illumine; to enlighten.
enliven verb t. To give life, action, or motion to; to make vigorous or active; to excite; to quicken; as, fresh fuel enlivens a fire., To give spirit or vivacity to; to make sprightly, gay, or cheerful; to animate; as, mirth and good humor enliven a company; enlivening strains of music.
enniche verb t. To place in a niche.
ennoble verb t. To make noble; to elevate in degree, qualities, or excellence; to dignify., To raise to the rank of nobility; as, to ennoble a commoner.
ennuyee noun A woman affected with ennui.
enomoty noun A band of sworn soldiers; a division of the Spartan army ranging from twenty-five to thirty-six men, bound together by oath.
enounce verb t. To announce; to declare; to state, as a proposition or argument., To utter; to articulate.
enquere verb i. To inquire.
enquire verb i. & t. See Inquire.
enquiry noun See Inquiry.
enraged imp. & past participle of Enrage
enrange verb t. To range in order; to put in rank; to arrange., To rove over; to range.
enrheum verb i. To contract a rheum.
enridge verb t. To form into ridges.
enripen verb t. To ripen.
enround verb t. To surround.
enscale verb t. To cover with scales.
enseint adjective With child; pregnant. See Enceinte.
enslave verb t. To reduce to slavery; to make a slave of; to subject to a dominant influence.
ensnare verb t. To catch in a snare. See Insnare.
ensnarl verb t. To entangle.
ensober verb t. To make sober.
enstamp verb t. To stamp; to mark as /ith a stamp; to impress deeply.
enstate verb t. See Instate.
enstore verb t. To restore.
enstyle verb t. To style; to name.
ensuing present participle & vb. noun of Ensue
ensurer noun See Insurer.
ensweep verb t. To sweep over or across; to pass over rapidly.
entasia noun Tonic spasm; — applied generically to denote any disease characterized by tonic spasms, as tetanus, trismus, etc.
entasis noun A slight convex swelling of the shaft of a column., Same as Entasia.
entered imp. & past participle of Enter
enterer noun One who makes an entrance or beginning.
enteric adjective Of or pertaining to the enteron, or alimentary canal; intestinal.
enteron noun The whole alimentary, or enteric, canal.
entheal adjective Alt. of Enthean
enthean adjective Divinely inspired; wrought up to enthusiasm.
entheat adjective Divinely inspired.
entheic adjective Caused by a morbifie virus implanted in the system; as, an enthetic disease like syphilis.
enthuse verb t. & i. To make or become enthusiastic.
enticed imp. & past participle of Entice
enticer noun One who entices; one who incites or allures to evil.
entitle verb t. To give a title to; to affix to as a name or appellation; hence, also, to dignify by an honorary designation; to denominate; to call; as, to entitle a book “Commentaries;” to entitle a man “Honorable.”, To give a claim to; to qualify for, with a direct object of the person, and a remote object of the thing; to furnish with grounds for seeking or claiming with success; as, an officer’s talents entitle him to command., To attribute; to ascribe.
entomic adjective Alt. of Entomical
entonic adjective Having great tension, or exaggerated action.
entotic adjective Pertaining to the interior of the ear.
entozoa noun pl. A group of worms, including the tapeworms, flukes, roundworms, etc., most of which live parasitically in the interior of other animals; the Helminthes., An artificial group, including all kinds of animals living parasitically in others., of Entozoon
entrail verb t. To interweave; to intertwine., Entanglement; fold.
entrain verb t. To draw along as a current does; as, water entrained by steam., To put aboard a railway train; as, to entrain a regiment., To go aboard a railway train; as, the troops entrained at the station.
entrant noun One who enters; a beginner., An applicant for admission.
entreat verb t. To treat, or conduct toward; to deal with; to use., To treat with, or in respect to, a thing desired; hence, to ask earnestly; to beseech; to petition or pray with urgency; to supplicate; to importune., To beseech or supplicate successfully; to prevail upon by prayer or solicitation; to persuade., To invite; to entertain., To treat or discourse; hence, to enter into negotiations, as for a treaty., To make an earnest petition or request., Entreaty.
entrick verb t. To trick, to perplex.
entropy noun A certain property of a body, expressed as a measurable quantity, such that when there is no communication of heat the quantity remains constant, but when heat enters or leaves the body the quantity increases or diminishes. If a small amount, h, of heat enters the body when its temperature is t in the thermodynamic scale the entropy of the body is increased by h / t. The entropy is regarded as measured from some standard temperature and pressure. Sometimes called the thermodynamic function.
entrust verb t. See Intrust.
entries plural of Entry
entryng noun Am entrance.
entwine verb t. To twine, twist, or wreathe together or round., To be twisted or twined.
entwist verb t. To twist or wreathe round; to intwine.
envault verb t. To inclose in a vault; to entomb.
envelop verb t. To put a covering about; to wrap up or in; to inclose within a case, wrapper, integument or the like; to surround entirely; as, to envelop goods or a letter; the fog envelops a ship., That which envelops, wraps up, encases, or surrounds; a wrapper; an inclosing cover; esp., the cover or wrapper of a document, as of a letter., The nebulous covering of the head or nucleus of a comet; — called also coma., A work of earth, in the form of a single parapet or of a small rampart. It is sometimes raised in the ditch and sometimes beyond it., A curve or surface which is tangent to each member of a system of curves or surfaces, the form and position of the members of the system being allowed to vary according to some continuous law. Thus, any curve is the envelope of its tangents., A set of limits for the performance capabilities of some type of machine, originally used to refer to aircraft. Now also used metaphorically to refer to capabilities of any system in general, including human organizations, esp. in the phrase push the envelope. It is used to refer to the maximum performance available at the current state of the technology, and therefore refers to a class of machines in general, not a specific machine.
envenom verb t. To taint or impregnate with venom, or any substance noxious to life; to poison; to render dangerous or deadly by poison, as food, drink, a weapon; as, envenomed meat, wine, or arrow; also, to poison (a person) by impregnating with venom., To taint or impregnate with bitterness, malice, or hatred; to imbue as with venom; to imbitter.
envigor verb t. To invigorate.
envious adjective Malignant; mischievous; spiteful., Feeling or exhibiting envy; actuated or directed by, or proceeding from, envy; — said of a person, disposition, feeling, act, etc.; jealously pained by the excellence or good fortune of another; maliciously grudging; — followed by of, at, and against; as, an envious man, disposition, attack; envious tongues., Inspiring envy., Excessively careful; cautious.
environ verb t. To surround; to encompass; to encircle; to hem in; to be round about; to involve or envelop., About; around.
envolup verb t. To wrap up; to envelop.
envying present participle & vb. noun of Envy
envyned adjective Stored or furnished with wine.
enwheel verb t. To encircle.
enwiden verb t. To widen.
enwoman verb t. To endow with the qualities of a woman.
eophyte noun A fossil plant which is found in the lowest beds of the Silurian age.
eozoons plural of Eozoon
epacris noun A genus of shrubs, natives of Australia, New Zealand, etc., having pretty white, red, or purple blossoms, and much resembling heaths.
epagoge noun The adducing of particular examples so as to lead to a universal conclusion; the argument by induction.
epalate adjective Without palpi.
epanody noun The abnormal change of an irregular flower to a regular form; — considered by evolutionists to be a reversion to an ancestral condition.
eparchy noun A province, prefecture, or territory, under the jurisdiction of an eparch or governor; esp., in modern Greece, one of the larger subdivisions of a monarchy or province of the kingdom; in Russia, a diocese or archdiocese.
epaulet noun Alt. of Epaulette
epaxial adjective Above, or on the dorsal side of, the axis of the skeleton; episkeletal.
epergne noun A centerpiece for table decoration, usually consisting of several dishes or receptacles of different sizes grouped together in an ornamental design.
eperlan noun The European smelt (Osmerus eperlanus).
ephoral adjective Pertaining to an ephor.
ephraim noun A hunter’s name for the grizzly bear.
epiboly noun Epibolic invagination. See under Invagination.
epicarp The external or outermost layer of a fructified or ripened ovary. See Illust. under Endocarp.
epicede noun A funeral song or discourse; an elegy.
epicene adjective & noun Common to both sexes; — a term applied, in grammar, to such nouns as have but one form of gender, either the masculine or feminine, to indicate animals of both sexes; as boy^s, bos, for the ox and cow; sometimes applied to eunuchs and hermaphrodites., Fig.: Sexless; neither one thing nor the other.
epicure noun A follower of Epicurus; an Epicurean., One devoted to dainty or luxurious sensual enjoyments, esp. to the luxuries of the table.
epidemy noun An epidemic disease.
epiderm noun The epidermis.
epidote noun A mineral, commonly of a yellowish green (pistachio) color, occurring granular, massive, columnar, and in monoclinic crystals. It is a silicate of alumina, lime, and oxide of iron, or manganese.
epigaea noun An American genus of plants, containing but a single species (E. repens), the trailing arbutus.
epigeal adjective Epigaeous.
epigene adjective Foreign; unnatural; unusual; — said of forms of crystals not natural to the substances in which they are found., Formed originating on the surface of the earth; — opposed to hypogene; as, epigene rocks.
epigeum noun See Perigee.
epigram noun A short poem treating concisely and pointedly of a single thought or event. The modern epigram is so contrived as to surprise the reader with a witticism or ingenious turn of thought, and is often satirical in character., An effusion of wit; a bright thought tersely and sharply expressed, whether in verse or prose., The style of the epigram.
epihyal noun A segment next above the ceratohyal in the hyoidean arch.
epimera noun pl. See Epimeron., of Epimeron
epimere noun One of the segments of the transverse axis, or the so called homonymous parts; as, for example, one of the several segments of the extremities in vertebrates, or one of the similar segments in plants, such as the segments of a segmented leaf.
epiotic noun The upper and outer element of periotic bone, — in man forming a part of the temporal bone.
epiploa plural of Epiploon
episode noun A separate incident, story, or action, introduced for the purpose of giving a greater variety to the events related; an incidental narrative, or digression, separable from the main subject, but naturally arising from it.
epistle noun A writing directed or sent to a person or persons; a written communication; a letter; — applied usually to formal, didactic, or elegant letters., One of the letters in the New Testament which were addressed to their Christian brethren by Apostles., To write; to communicate in a letter or by writing.
epitaph noun An inscription on, or at, a tomb, or a grave, in memory or commendation of the one buried there; a sepulchral inscription., A brief writing formed as if to be inscribed on a monument, as that concerning Alexander: “Sufficit huic tumulus, cui non sufficeret orbis.”, To commemorate by an epitaph., To write or speak after the manner of an epitaph.
epithem noun Any external topical application to the body, except ointments and plasters, as a poultice, lotion, etc.
epithet noun An adjective expressing some quality, attribute, or relation, that is properly or specially appropriate to a person or thing; as, a just man; a verdant lawn., Term; expression; phrase., To describe by an epithet.
epitome noun A work in which the contents of a former work are reduced within a smaller space by curtailment and condensation; a brief summary; an abridgement., A compact or condensed representation of anything.
epozoan noun An epizoon.
epozoic adjective Living upon the exterior of another animal; ectozoic; — said of external parasites.
epizoon noun One of the artificial group of invertebrates of various kinds, which live parasitically upon the exterior of other animals; an ectozoon. Among them are the lice, ticks, many acari, the lerneans, or fish lice, and other crustaceans.
epochal adjective Belonging to an epoch; of the nature of an epoch.
eponyme noun The hypothetical individual who is assumed as the person from whom any race, city, etc., took its name; as, Hellen is an eponym of the Hellenes., A name, as of a people, country, and the like, derived from that of an individual.
eponymy noun The derivation of the name of a race, tribe, etc., from that of a fabulous hero, progenitor, etc.
epulary adjective Of or pertaining to a feast or banquet.
epulose adjective Feasting to excess.
equable adjective Equal and uniform; continuing the same at different times; — said of motion, and the like; uniform in surface; smooth; as, an equable plain or globe., Uniform in action or intensity; not variable or changing; — said of the feelings or temper.
equably adverb In an equable manner.
equaled imp. & past participle of Equal
equally adverb In an equal manner or degree in equal shares or proportion; with equal and impartial justice; without difference; alike; evenly; justly; as, equally taxed, furnished, etc.
equated imp. & past participle of Equate
equator noun The imaginary great circle on the earth’s surface, everywhere equally distant from the two poles, and dividing the earth’s surface into two hemispheres., The great circle of the celestial sphere, coincident with the plane of the earth’s equator; — so called because when the sun is in it, the days and nights are of equal length; hence called also the equinoctial, and on maps, globes, etc., the equinoctial line.
equerry noun A large stable or lodge for horses., An officer of princes or nobles, charged with the care of their horses.
equinal adjective See Equine.
equinia noun Glanders.
equinox noun The time when the sun enters one of the equinoctial points, that is, about March 21 and September 22. See Autumnal equinox, Vernal equinox, under Autumnal and Vernal., Equinoctial wind or storm.
equites noun pl An order of knights holding a middle place between the senate and the commonalty; members of the Roman equestrian order.
erasing present participle & vb. noun of Erase
erasion noun The act of erasing; a rubbing out; obliteration.
erasure noun The act of erasing; a scratching out; obliteration.
erative adjective Pertaining to the Muse Erato who presided over amatory poetry.
erected imp. & past participle of Erect
erecter noun An erector; one who raises or builds.
erectly adverb In an erect manner or posture.
erector noun One who, or that which, erects., A muscle which raises any part., An attachment to a microscope, telescope, or other optical instrument, for making the image erect instead of inverted.
erelong adverb Before the /apse of a long time; soon; — usually separated, ere long.
eremite noun A hermit.
ergotic adjective Pertaining to, or derived from, ergot; as, ergotic acid.
ergotin noun An extract made from ergot.
ericius noun The Vulgate rendering of the Hebrew word qip/d, which in the “Authorized Version” is translated bittern, and in the Revised Version, porcupine.
erinite noun A hydrous arseniate of copper, of an emerald-green color; — so called from Erin, or Ireland, where it occurs.
erinyes plural of Erinys
eristic adjective Alt. of Eristical
erlking noun A personification, in German and Scandinavian mythology, of a spirit natural power supposed to work mischief and ruin, esp. to children.
ermelin noun Alt. of Ermilin
ermilin noun See Ermine.
ermined adjective Clothed or adorned with the fur of the ermine.
ermines noun Alt. of Erminois
eroding present participle & vb. noun of Erode
erodent noun A medicine which eats away extraneous growths; a caustic.
erogate verb t. To lay out, as money; to deal out; to expend.
erosion noun The act or operation of eroding or eating away., The state of being eaten away; corrosion; canker.
erosive adjective That erodes or gradually eats away; tending to erode; corrosive.
eroteme noun A mark indicating a question; a note of interrogation.
errable adjective Liable to error; fallible.
errancy noun A wandering; state of being in error.
erratic adjective Having no certain course; roving about without a fixed destination; wandering; moving; — hence, applied to the planets as distinguished from the fixed stars., Deviating from a wise of the common course in opinion or conduct; eccentric; strange; queer; as, erratic conduct., Irregular; changeable., One who deviates from common and accepted opinions; one who is eccentric or preserve in his intellectual character., A rogue., Any stone or material that has been borne away from its original site by natural agencies; esp., a large block or fragment of rock; a bowlder.
erratum noun An error or mistake in writing or printing.
erthine noun A medicine designed to be snuffed up the nose, to promote discharges of mucus; a sternutatory., Causing or increasing secretion of nasal mucus.
erudite adjective Characterized by extensive reading or knowledge; well instructed; learned.
erugate adjective Freed from wrinkles; smooth.
escalop noun A bivalve shell of the genus Pecten. See Scallop., A regular, curving indenture in the margin of anything. See Scallop., The figure or shell of an escalop, considered as a sign that the bearer had been on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land., A bearing or a charge consisting of an escalop shell.
escaped imp. & past participle of Escape
escaper noun One who escapes.
eschara noun A genus of Bryozoa which produce delicate corals, often incrusting like lichens, but sometimes branched.
escheat noun The falling back or reversion of lands, by some casualty or accident, to the lord of the fee, in consequence of the extinction of the blood of the tenant, which may happen by his dying without heirs, and formerly might happen by corruption of blood, that is, by reason of a felony or attainder., The reverting of real property to the State, as original and ultimate proprietor, by reason of a failure of persons legally entitled to hold the same., A writ, now abolished, to recover escheats from the person in possession., Lands which fall to the lord or the State by escheat., That which falls to one; a reversion or return, To revert, or become forfeited, to the lord, the crown, or the State, as lands by the failure of persons entitled to hold the same, or by forfeiture., To forfeit.
eshewed imp. & past participle of Eschew
escopet noun Alt. of Escopette
escript noun A writing.
escroll noun A scroll., A long strip or scroll resembling a ribbon or a band of parchment, or the like, anciently placed above the shield, and supporting the crest., In modern heraldry, a similar ribbon on which the motto is inscribed.
escuage noun Service of the shield, a species of knight service by which a tenant was bound to follow his lord to war, at his own charge. It was afterward exchanged for a pecuniary satisfaction. Called also scutage.
esculic adjective Pertaining to, or obtained from, the horse-chestnut; as, esculic acid.
esculin noun A glucoside obtained from the Aesculus hippocastanum, or horse-chestnut, and characterized by its fine blue fluorescent solutions.
eserine noun An alkaloid found in the Calabar bean, and the seed of Physostigma venenosum; physostigmine. It is used in ophthalmic surgery for its effect in contracting the pupil.
esexual adjective Sexless; asexual.
esguard noun Guard.
eskimos plural of Eskimo
esotery noun Mystery; esoterics; — opposed to exotery.
espadon noun A long, heavy, two-handed and two-edged sword, formerly used by Spanish foot soldiers and by executioners.
esparto noun A species of Spanish grass (Macrochloa tenacissima), of which cordage, shoes, baskets, etc., are made. It is also used for making paper.
espinel noun A kind of ruby. See Spinel.
esplees noun pl. The full profits or products which ground or land yields, as the hay of the meadows, the feed of the pasture, the grain of arable fields, the rents, services, and the like.
espouse verb t. To betroth; to promise in marriage; to give as spouse., To take as spouse; to take to wife; to marry., To take to one’s self with a view to maintain; to make one’s own; to take up the cause of; to adopt; to embrace.
espying present participle & vb. noun of Espy
esquire noun Originally, a shield-bearer or armor-bearer, an attendant on a knight; in modern times, a title of dignity next in degree below knight and above gentleman; also, a title of office and courtesy; — often shortened to squire., To wait on as an esquire or attendant in public; to attend.
essayed imp. & past participle of Essay
essayer noun One who essays.
essence noun The constituent elementary notions which constitute a complex notion, and must be enumerated to define it; sometimes called the nominal essence., The constituent quality or qualities which belong to any object, or class of objects, or on which they depend for being what they are (distinguished as real essence); the real being, divested of all logical accidents; that quality which constitutes or marks the true nature of anything; distinctive character; hence, virtue or quality of a thing, separated from its grosser parts., Constituent substance., A being; esp., a purely spiritual being., The predominant qualities or virtues of a plant or drug, extracted and refined from grosser matter; or, more strictly, the solution in spirits of wine of a volatile or essential oil; as, the essence of mint, and the like., Perfume; odor; scent; or the volatile matter constituting perfume., To perfume; to scent.
essenes plural of Essene
essoign noun An excuse for not appearing in court at the return of process; the allegation of an excuse to the court., Excuse; exemption.
estafet noun Alt. of Estafette
estatly adjective Stately; dignified.
esthete noun Alt. of Esthetics
estival noun Alt. of Estivation
estoile noun A six-pointed star whose rays are wavy, instead of straight like those of a mullet.
estrade noun A portion of the floor of a room raised above the general level, as a place for a bed or a throne; a platform; a dais.
estreat noun A true copy, duplicate, or extract of an original writing or record, esp. of amercements or penalties set down in the rolls of court to be levied by the bailiff, or other officer., To extract or take out from the records of a court, and send up to the court of exchequer to be enforced; — said of a forfeited recognizance., To bring in to the exchequer, as a fine.
estrepe verb t. To strip or lay bare, as land of wood, houses, etc.; to commit waste.
estrich noun Ostrich., The down of the ostrich.
estuary noun A place where water boils up; a spring that wells forth., A passage, as the mouth of a river or lake, where the tide meets the current; an arm of the sea; a frith., Belonging to, or formed in, an estuary; as, estuary strata.
estuate verb i. To boil up; to swell and rage; to be agitated.
estufas plural of Estufa
esurine adjective Causing hunger; eating; corroding., A medicine which provokes appetites, or causes hunger.
etacism noun The pronunciation of the Greek / (eta) like the Italian e long, that is like a in the English word ate. See Itacism.
etacist noun One who favors etacism.
etagere noun A piece of furniture having a number of uninclosed shelves or stages, one above another, for receiving articles of elegance or use.
etching present participle & vb. noun of Etch, The act, art, or practice of engraving by means of acid which eats away lines or surfaces left unprotected in metal, glass, or the like. See Etch, v. t., A design carried out by means of the above process; a pattern on metal, glass, etc., produced by etching., An impression on paper, parchment, or other material, taken in ink from an etched plate.
eternal adjective Without beginning or end of existence; always existing., Without end of existence or duration; everlasting; endless; immortal., Continued without intermission; perpetual; ceaseless; constant., Existing at all times without change; immutable., Exceedingly great or bad; — used as a strong intensive., One of the appellations of God., That which is endless and immortal.
etesian adjective Periodical; annual; — applied to winds which annually blow from the north over the Mediterranean, esp. the eastern part, for an irregular period during July and August.
ethenic adjective Pertaining to, derived from. or resembling, ethene or ethylene; as, ethenic ether.
ethenyl noun A trivalent hydrocarbon radical, CH3.C., A univalent hydrocarbon radical of the ethylene series, CH2:CH; — called also vinyl. See Vinyl.
etherin noun A white, crystalline hydrocarbon, regarded as a polymeric variety of ethylene, obtained in heavy oil of wine, the residue left after making ether; — formerly called also concrete oil of wine.
etherol noun An oily hydrocarbon regarded as a polymeric variety of ethylene, produced with etherin.
ethical adjective Of, or belonging to, morals; treating of the moral feelings or duties; containing percepts of morality; moral; as, ethic discourses or epistles; an ethical system; ethical philosophy.
ethiops noun A black substance; — formerly applied to various preparations of a black or very dark color.
ethmoid adjective Alt. of Ethmoidal, The ethmoid bone.
ethylic Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, ethyl; as, ethylic alcohol.
ethylin Any one of the several complex ethers of ethyl and glycerin.
etoolin noun A yellowish coloring matter found in plants grown in darkness, which is supposed to be an antecedent condition of chlorophyll.
etymons plural of Etymon
eucalyn noun An unfermentable sugar, obtained as an uncrystallizable sirup by the decomposition of melitose; also obtained from a Tasmanian eucalyptus, — whence its name.
euchite noun One who resolves religion into prayer.
euchymy noun A good state of the blood and other fluids of the body.
euclase noun A brittle gem occurring in light green, transparent crystals, affording a brilliant clinodiagonal cleavage. It is a silicate of alumina and glucina.
eucrasy Such a due mixture of qualities in bodies as constitutes health or soundness.
eudemon noun Alt. of Eudaemon
eugenia noun A genus of myrtaceous plants, mostly of tropical countries, and including several aromatic trees and shrubs, among which are the trees which produce allspice and cloves of commerce.
eugenic adjective Pertaining to, or derived from, cloves; as, eugenic acid., Well-born; of high birth.
eugenin noun A colorless, crystalline substance extracted from oil of cloves; — called also clove camphor.
eugenol noun A colorless, aromatic, liquid hydrocarbon, C10H12O2 resembling the phenols, and hence also called eugenic acid. It is found in the oils of pimento and cloves.
eugetic adjective Alt. of Eugetinic
eulogic adjective Alt. of Eulogical
eupathy noun Right feeling.
eupepsy noun Soundness of the nutritive or digestive organs; good concoction or digestion; — opposed to dyspepsia.
euphony noun A pleasing or sweet sound; an easy, smooth enunciation of sounds; a pronunciation of letters and syllables which is pleasing to the ear.
euphroe noun A block or long slat of wood, perforated for the passage of the crowfoot, or cords by which an awning is held up.
eupione noun A limpid, oily liquid obtained by the destructive distillation of various vegetable and animal substances; — specifically, an oil consisting largely of the higher hydrocarbons of the paraffin series.
eupnaea noun Normal breathing where arterialization of the blood is normal, in distinction from dyspnaea, in which the blood is insufficiently arterialized.
euripus noun A strait; a narrow tract of water, where the tide, or a current, flows and reflows with violence, as the ancient fright of this name between Eubaea and Baeotia. Hence, a flux and reflux.
euritte noun A compact feldspathic rock; felsite. See Felsite.
euritic adjective Of or pelating to eurite.
euryale noun A genus of water lilies, growing in India and China. The only species (E. ferox) is very prickly on the peduncles and calyx. The rootstocks and seeds are used as food., A genus of ophiurans with much-branched arms.
eustyle noun See Intercolumnlation.
euterpe The Muse who presided over music., A genus of palms, some species of which are elegant trees.
evacate verb t. To empty.
evading present participle & vb. noun of Evade
evangel noun Good news; announcement of glad tidings; especially, the gospel, or a gospel.
evanish verb i. To vanish.
evasion noun The act of eluding or avoiding, particularly the pressure of an argument, accusation, charge, or interrogation; artful means of eluding.
evasive adjective Tending to evade, or marked by evasion; elusive; shuffling; avoiding by artifice.
evening present participle & vb. noun of Even, The latter part and close of the day, and the beginning of darkness or night; properly, the decline of the day, or of the sum., The latter portion, as of life; the declining period, as of strength or glory.
everich adjective Alt. of Everych
everych adjective each one; every one; each of two. See Every.
evernic adjective Pertaining to Evernia, a genus of lichens; as, evernic acid.
everted imp. & past participle of Evert
evicted imp. & past participle of Evict
evident adjective Clear to the vision; especially, clear to the understanding, and satisfactory to the judgment; as, the figure or color of a body is evident to the senses; the guilt of an offender can not always be made evident.
evinced imp. & past participle of Evince
evirate verb t. To emasculate; to dispossess of manhood.
evitate verb t. To shun; to avoid.
evocate verb t. To call out or forth; to summon; to evoke.
evoking present participle & vb. noun of Evoke
evolute noun A curve from which another curve, called the involute or evolvent, is described by the end of a thread gradually wound upon the former, or unwound from it. See Involute. It is the locus of the centers of all the circles which are osculatory to the given curve or evolvent.
evolved imp. & past participle of Evolve
exacted imp. & past participle of Exact
exacter noun An exactor.
exactly adverb In an exact manner; precisely according to a rule, standard, or fact; accurately; strictly; correctly; nicely.
exactor noun One who exacts or demands by authority or right; hence, an extortioner; also, one unreasonably severe in injunctions or demands.
exalted imp. & past participle of Exalt, Raised to lofty height; elevated; extolled; refined; dignified; sublime.
exalter noun One who exalts or raises to dignity.
examine verb t. To test by any appropriate method; to inspect carefully with a view to discover the real character or state of; to subject to inquiry or inspection of particulars for the purpose of obtaining a fuller insight into the subject of examination, as a material substance, a fact, a reason, a cause, the truth of a statement; to inquire or search into; to explore; as, to examine a mineral; to examine a ship to know whether she is seaworthy; to examine a proposition, theory, or question., To interrogate as in a judicial proceeding; to try or test by question; as, to examine a witness in order to elicit testimony, a student to test his qualifications, a bankrupt touching the state of his property, etc.
example noun One or a portion taken to show the character or quality of the whole; a sample; a specimen., That which is to be followed or imitated as a model; a pattern or copy., That which resembles or corresponds with something else; a precedent; a model., That which is to be avoided; one selected for punishment and to serve as a warning; a warning., An instance serving for illustration of a rule or precept, especially a problem to be solved, or a case to be determined, as an exercise in the application of the rules of any study or branch of science; as, in trigonometry and grammar, the principles and rules are illustrated by examples., To set an example for; to give a precedent for; to exemplify; to give an instance of; to instance.
exarate verb t. To plow up; also, to engrave; to write.
excerpt verb t. To select; to extract; to cite; to quote., An extract; a passage selected or copied from a book or record.
excheat noun See Escheat.
exciple noun Alt. of Excipulum
excised imp. & past participle of Excise
excited imp. & past participle of Excite
exciter noun One who, or that which, excites.
exclaim verb t. & i. To cry out from earnestness or passion; to utter with vehemence; to call out or declare loudly; to protest vehemently; to vociferate; to shout; as, to exclaim against oppression with wonder or astonishment; “The field is won!” he exclaimed., Outcry; clamor.
exclave noun A portion of a country which is separated from the main part and surrounded by politically alien territory.
exclude verb t. To shut out; to hinder from entrance or admission; to debar from participation or enjoyment; to deprive of; to except; — the opposite to admit; as, to exclude a crowd from a room or house; to exclude the light; to exclude one nation from the ports of another; to exclude a taxpayer from the privilege of voting., To thrust out or eject; to expel; as, to exclude young animals from the womb or from eggs.
excreta noun pl. Matters to be excreted.
excrete verb t. To separate and throw off; to excrete urine.
excurse verb t. To journey or pass thought.
excused imp. & past participle of Excuse
excuser noun One who offers excuses or pleads in extenuation of the fault of another., One who excuses or forgives another.
execute verb t. To follow out or through to the end; to carry out into complete effect; to complete; to finish; to effect; to perform., To complete, as a legal instrument; to perform what is required to give validity to, as by signing and perhaps sealing and delivering; as, to execute a deed, lease, mortgage, will, etc., To give effect to; to do what is provided or required by; to perform the requirements or stimulations of; as, to execute a decree, judgment, writ, or process., To infect capital punishment on; to put to death in conformity to a legal sentence; as, to execute a traitor., Too put to death illegally; to kill., To perform, as a piece of music, either on an instrument or with the voice; as, to execute a difficult part brilliantly., To do one’s work; to act one’s part of purpose., To perform musically.
exedent adjective Eating out; consuming.
exedrae plural of Exedra
exegete noun An exegetist.
exergue noun The small space beneath the base line of a subject engraved on a coin or medal. It usually contains the date, place, engraver’s name, etc., or other subsidiary matter.
exerted imp. & past participle of Exert
exesion noun The act of eating out or through.
exaling present participle & vb. noun of Exhale
exhaust verb t. To draw or let out wholly; to drain off completely; as, to exhaust the water of a well; the moisture of the earth is exhausted by evaporation., To empty by drawing or letting out the contents; as, to exhaust a well, or a treasury., To drain, metaphorically; to use or expend wholly, or till the supply comes to an end; to deprive wholly of strength; to use up; to weary or tire out; to wear out; as, to exhaust one’s strength, patience, or resources., To bring out or develop completely; to discuss thoroughly; as, to exhaust a subject., To subject to the action of various solvents in order to remove all soluble substances or extractives; as, to exhaust a drug successively with water, alcohol, and ether., Drained; exhausted; having expended or lost its energy., Pertaining to steam, air, gas, etc., that is released from the cylinder of an engine after having preformed its work., The steam let out of a cylinder after it has done its work there., The foul air let out of a room through a register or pipe provided for the purpose.
exhedra noun See Exedra.
exhibit verb t. To hold forth or present to view; to produce publicly, for inspection; to show, especially in order to attract notice to what is interesting; to display; as, to exhibit commodities in a warehouse, a picture in a gallery., To submit, as a document, to a court or officer, in course of proceedings; also, to present or offer officially or in legal form; to bring, as a charge., To administer as a remedy; as, to exhibit calomel., Any article, or collection of articles, displayed to view, as in an industrial exhibition; a display; as, this exhibit was marked A; the English exhibit., A document produced and identified in court for future use as evidence.
exhumed imp. & past participle of Exhume
exigent adjective Exacting or requiring immediate aid or action; pressing; critical., Exigency; pressing necessity; decisive moment., The name of a writ in proceedings before outlawry.
exiling present participle & vb. noun of Exile
exility adjective Smallness; meagerness; slenderness; fineness, thinness.
existed imp. & past participle of Exist
exister noun One who exists.
exitial adjective Alt. of Exitious
exocarp noun The outer portion of a fruit, as the flesh of a peach or the rind of an orange. See Illust. of Drupe.
exogium noun See Exode.
exogamy noun The custom, or tribal law, which prohibits marriage between members of the same tribe; marriage outside of the tribe; — opposed to endogamy.
exogyra noun A genus of Cretaceous fossil shells allied to oysters.
exolete adjective Obsolete; out of use; state; insipid.
exrable adjective Capable of being moved by entreaty; pitiful; tender.
exorate verb t. To persuade, or to gain, by entreaty.
exordia plural of Exordium
exotery noun That which is obvious, public, or common.
expanse noun That which is expanded or spread out; a wide extent of space or body; especially, the arch of the sky., To expand.
expense noun A spending or consuming; disbursement; expenditure., That which is expended, laid out, or consumed; cost; outlay; charge; — sometimes with the notion of loss or damage to those on whom the expense falls; as, the expenses of war; an expense of time., Loss.
expiate verb t. To extinguish the guilt of by sufferance of penalty or some equivalent; to make complete satisfaction for; to atone for; to make amends for; to make expiation for; as, to expiate a crime, a guilt, or sin., To purify with sacred rites., Terminated.
expired imp. & past participle of Expire
explain adjective To flatten; to spread out; to unfold; to expand., To make plain, manifest, or intelligible; to clear of obscurity; to expound; to unfold and illustrate the meaning of; as, to explain a chapter of the Bible., To give an explanation.
explate verb t. To explain; to unfold.
explode verb i. To become suddenly expanded into a great volume of gas or vapor; to burst violently into flame; as gunpowder explodes., To burst with force and a loud report; to detonate, as a shell filled with powder or the like material, or as a boiler from too great pressure of steam., To burst forth with sudden violence and noise; as, at this, his wrath exploded., To drive from the stage by noisy expressions of disapprobation; to hoot off; to drive away or reject noisily; as, to explode a play., To bring into disrepute, and reject; to drive from notice and acceptance; as, to explode a scheme, fashion, or doctrine., To cause to explode or burst noisily; to detonate; as, to explode powder by touching it with fire., To drive out with violence and noise, as by powder.
exploit noun A deed or act; especially, a heroic act; a deed of renown; an adventurous or noble achievement; as, the exploits of Alexander the Great., Combat; war., To utilize; to make available; to get the value or usefulness out of; as, to exploit a mine or agricultural lands; to exploit public opinion., Hence: To draw an illegitimate profit from; to speculate on; to put upon.
explore verb t. To seek for or after; to strive to attain by search; to look wisely and carefully for., To search through or into; to penetrate or range over for discovery; to examine thoroughly; as, to explore new countries or seas; to explore the depths of science.
exposal noun Exposure.
exposed imp. & past participle of Expose
exposer noun One who exposes or discloses.
expound verb t. To lay open; to expose to view; to examine., To lay open the meaning of; to explain; to clear of obscurity; to interpret; as, to expound a text of Scripture, a law, a word, a meaning, or a riddle.
express adjective Exactly representing; exact., Directly and distinctly stated; declared in terms; not implied or left to inference; made unambiguous by intention and care; clear; not dubious; as, express consent; an express statement., Intended for a particular purpose; relating to an express; sent on a particular errand; dispatched with special speed; as, an express messenger or train. Also used adverbially., A clear image or representation; an expression; a plain declaration., A messenger sent on a special errand; a courier; hence, a regular and fast conveyance; commonly, a company or system for the prompt and safe transportation of merchandise or parcels; also, a railway train for transporting passengers or goods with speed and punctuality., An express office., That which is sent by an express messenger or message., To press or squeeze out; as, to express the juice of grapes, or of apples; hence, to extort; to elicit., To make or offer a representation of; to show by a copy or likeness; to represent; to resemble., To give a true impression of; to represent and make known; to manifest plainly; to show in general; to exhibit, as an opinion or feeling, by a look, gesture, and esp. by language; to declare; to utter; to tell., To make known the opinions or feelings of; to declare what is in the mind of; to show (one’s self); to cause to appear; — used reflexively., To denote; to designate., To send by express messenger; to forward by special opportunity, or through the medium of an express; as, to express a package.
expulse verb t. To drive out; to expel.
expunge verb t. To blot out, as with pen; to rub out; to efface designedly; to obliterate; to strike out wholly; as, to expunge words, lines, or sentences., To strike out; to wipe out or destroy; to annihilate; as, to expugne an offense.
expurge verb t. To purge away.
exquire verb t. To search into or out.
exscind verb t. To cut off; to separate or expel from union; to extirpate.
extance noun Outward existence.
extancy noun The state of rising above others; a projection.
extatic adjective See Ecstatic, a.
extense verb t. Outreaching; expansive; extended, superficially or otherwise.
externe noun An officer in attendance upon a hospital, but not residing in it; esp., one who cares for the out-patients.
extinct adjective Extinguished; put out; quenched; as, a fire, a light, or a lamp, is extinct; an extinct volcano., Without a survivor; without force; dead; as, a family becomes extinct; an extinct feud or law., To cause to be extinct.
extract verb t. To draw out or forth; to pull out; to remove forcibly from a fixed position, as by traction or suction, etc.; as, to extract a tooth from its socket, a stump from the earth, a splinter from the finger., To withdraw by expression, distillation, or other mechanical or chemical process; as, to extract an essence. Cf. Abstract, v. t., 6., To take by selection; to choose out; to cite or quote, as a passage from a book., That which is extracted or drawn out., A portion of a book or document, separately transcribed; a citation; a quotation., A decoction, solution, or infusion made by drawing out from any substance that which gives it its essential and characteristic virtue; essence; as, extract of beef; extract of dandelion; also, any substance so extracted, and characteristic of that from which it is obtained; as, quinine is the most important extract of Peruvian bark., A solid preparation obtained by evaporating a solution of a drug, etc., or the fresh juice of a plant; — distinguished from an abstract. See Abstract, n., 4., A peculiar principle once erroneously supposed to form the basis of all vegetable extracts; — called also the extractive principle., Extraction; descent., A draught or copy of writing; certified copy of the proceedings in an action and the judgement therein, with an order for execution.
extreat noun Extraction.
extreme adjective At the utmost point, edge, or border; outermost; utmost; farthest; most remote; at the widest limit., Last; final; conclusive; — said of time; as, the extreme hour of life., The best of worst; most urgent; greatest; highest; immoderate; excessive; most violent; as, an extreme case; extreme folly., Radical; ultra; as, extreme opinions., Extended or contracted as much as possible; — said of intervals; as, an extreme sharp second; an extreme flat forth., The utmost point or verge; that part which terminates a body; extremity., Utmost limit or degree that is supposable or tolerable; hence, furthest degree; any undue departure from the mean; — often in the plural: things at an extreme distance from each other, the most widely different states, etc.; as, extremes of heat and cold, of virtue and vice; extremes meet., An extreme state or condition; hence, calamity, danger, distress, etc., Either of the extreme terms of a syllogism, the middle term being interposed between them., The first or the last term of a proportion or series.
extruct verb t. To construct.
extrude verb t. To thrust out; to force, press, or push out; to expel; to drive off or away.
exudate verb t. & i. To exude.
exuding present participle & vb. noun of Exude
exulted imp. & past participle of Exult
exutory noun An issue.
exuviae noun pl. Cast skins, shells, or coverings of animals; any parts of animals which are shed or cast off, as the skins of snakes, the shells of lobsters, etc., The fossil shells and other remains which animals have left in the strata of the earth.
exuvial adjective Of or pertaining to exuviae.
ex-voto noun An offering to a church in fulfillment of a vow.
eyeball noun The ball or globe of the eye.
eyebeam noun A glance of the eye.
eyebolt noun A bolt which a looped head, or an opening in the head.
eyebrow noun The brow or hairy arch above the eye.
eyedrop noun A tear.
eyeflap noun A blinder on a horse’s bridle.
eyehole noun A circular opening to recive a hook, cord, ring, or rope; an eyelet.
eyelash noun The fringe of hair that edges the eyelid; — usually in the pl., A hair of the fringe on the edge of the eyelid.
eyeless adjective Without eyes; blind.
eyeshot noun Range, reach, or glance of the eye; view; sight; as, to be out of eyeshot.
eyesore noun Something offensive to the eye or sight; a blemish.
eyewash noun See Eyewater.
eyewink noun A wink; a token.
ey”ries plural of Eyry