DUTCH-LEAF 115 DWINDLED Dutch Leaf (duch' lēs), n. False gold-leaf. duty.' Hallam.-5. Tax, toll, impost, or 2. To cause to appear less than reality; to Dutchman (duch'man), n. A native or an customs; excise; any sum of money required cause to look small by comparison; as, the inhabitant of Holland. by government to be paid on the importa- monster dwarfed the houses around it. Dutch Metal (duch' met-al), n. Same as tion, exportation, or consumption of goods. The larger love Dutch Gold. 6. In mech. the amount of weight which is That dwarfs the petty love of one to one. Dutch Mineral (duch' min-er-al), n. Coplifted by a steam-engine, as measured by Dwarf (dwarf), v.i. To become less; to be. Tennyson per beaten out into very thin leaves. the consumption of a certain quantity of Sweet come dwarfish or stunted. Dutch Myrtle (duch' mér-tl), n. fuel.-Duty of engine, a term used in Corn * As it grew, it yale (Myrica Gale), a fragrant shrub, nat. wall to denote the number of millions of dwarfed.' Buckle. order Myricaceæ, found in bogs and moors. pounds of water raised i foot high by the Dwarfish (dwarf'ish), a. Like a dwarf; beIt is used in the country for making a tea consumption of 1 bushel or 94 lbs. of coal, low the common stature or size; very small; infusion, and is popularly considered to be without reference to time. low; petty; despicable; as, a dwarfish an insecticide. Duty-free (dūʼti-frē), a. Free from tax or animal; a dwarfish shrub. "This dwarfish Dutch Oven (duch' uv-n), n. A tin hang Shak. duty. war, these pigmy arms.' ing screen for cooking before a kitchen Duumvir (dū-um'ver), n. [L. duo, two, and Dwarfishly (dwarf' ish - li), adv. Like a dwarf. range or ordinary fire-grate. vir, man.) One of two Roman officers or Dutch Pink (duch' pingk), n. Chalk or magistrates united in the same public func Dwarfishness (dwarf'ish-nes), n. Smallness whiting dyed yellow with a decoction of tions. of stature; littleness of size. birch-leaves, French berries, and alum. Duumviral (dū-um'ver-al), a. Pertaining Dwarfling (dwarf'ling), n. A diminutive Dutch Rush (duch' rush), n. Equisetum to the duumviri or duumvirate of Rome. dwarf; a pigmy. Chapman. kyemale, a simple-stemmed horse-tail with Duumvirate (dū-um'vėr-át), n. The union Dwarf-wali (dwarf'wal), n. A wall of less a firm texture and so large an amount of of two men in the same office; or the office, height than a story of a building. The silex in the cuticle that it is employed as a dignity, or government of two men thus term is generally applied to those which fine sand-paper for polishing delicate wood- associated, as in ancient Rome. support the sleeper joists under the lowest floor of a building. work. The plant is found in marshes and Duumviri (dū-um'vė-ri), n. (L.) Plural of woods in Britain, but for economical use it duumvir (which see). Dwault(dwal), v. i. (A. Sax. dwelian, dwolian, is imported from Holland, whence its popu. Dux (duks), n. (L.) A leader; a chief; spe to wander, to rave. See DWELL.] To be delirious. lar name. cifically, the head or chief pupil of a class Dutch School (duch' sköl), n. The name or division in a public school. Dwell (dwel), v.i. pret. dwelled, usually applied to a peculiar style of painting which Duyong (dū-yong), n. Same as Dugong. contracted into dwelt; ppr. dwelling. (The has attained its highest development in D-valve (dē'valv), n. A valve for opening A. Sax. dwelian, to err, to deceive, seems Holland, characterized by the selection of and closing the induction and eduction pas the immediate origin, but in sense duell subjects of a low or commonplace character, is more closely connected with Icel drelia, as boors drinking, butchers' shops, the to hinder, and, in a neuter sense, to delay; materials of the larder, &c., but raised to Dan. dvæle, to stay, loiter, delay, dwell. the highest popularity by admirable imita Comp. DWALE and DULL.] 1. To abide as tion and general perfection of execution. a permanent resident, or to inhabit for a Brower, Ostade, Jan Steen, &c., are among time; to live in a place; to have a habitation the best known masters of this peculiar for some time or permanently. school God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem. Gen, ix, 27. Dutchy (duch'i), n. Same as Duchy. Duteous (dū'tė-us), a. (From duty.) 1. Per 2. To be in any state or condition; to conforming that which is due, or that which tinue. To drvell in doubtful joy. Shak. law, justice, or propriety requires; obedient; respectful to those who have natural or ---To dwell on or upon, (a) to keep the attenlegal authority to require service or duty; tion fixed on; to hang upon with fondness; as, a duteous child or subject. “A duteous to regard with attention or interest. daughter and a sister kind.' Dryden. They stand at a distance dwelling on his looks and 2. Obedient; obsequious: in a good or bad language, fixed in amazement. Buckminster. sense. (6) To continue on; to occupy a long time Duteous to the vices of thy mistress. Shak. with; to be tedious over; as, to dwell on a 3. Enjoined by duty or by the relation of subject in speaking, debate, or writing; to dwell on a note in music. one to another. 'Duteous ties.' Shak. [Rare.) I must not dwell on that defeat of fame. Tennyson. With mine own tongue deny my sacred state, SYN. To inhabit, live, reside, sojourn, conWith mine own breath release all dutcous oaths. tinue, stay, rest, remain. Shak. D-valve. Dwellt (dwel), v.t. 1. To inhabit. “We who Duteously (dü'tē-us-li), adv. In a duteous dwell this wild.' Milton.-2. To place as an manner. sages of a steam-engine cylinder, so called inhabitant; to plant Duteousness (dū'tė-us-nes), n. Quality of from its plan resembling the letter D. The being obedient or respectful. usual form of the D-valve is shown in fig. 1, The promise of the Father, who shall dwell Milton. His Spirit within them. Dutiable (du'ti-a-bl), a. (See Duty.) Sub- where it is seen detached, and at a a, fig. 2, An inhabitant; a reject to the imposition of duty or customs; which represents a section of a steam cylin: Dweller (dwel'er), n. as, dutiable goods. der and nozzles. sident of some continuance in a place. 1. Habitation ; Dutied (dü'tid), a. Subjected to duties or Dwale (dwal), n. [A. Sax. dwala, dwola, Dwelling (dwel'ing), n. customs. (American.) error, from dwelian, to err, to be torpid or place of residence; abode. Dutiful (dü'ti-fyl), a. Hazor shall be a dwelling for dragons. Jer. xlix. 33. 1. Performing the dull.) 1. In her. a sable or black colour. duties or obligations required by law, jus- 2. The deadly nightshade (Atropa Bella- 2. Continuance; residence; state of life. tice, or propriety obedient; submissive to donna), which possesses stupefying or poi- Thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field. natural or legal snperiors; respectful; as, a sonous properties. --3. A potion serving to dutiful son or daughter; a dutiful ward or stupefy. 3.1 Delay. Charcer. servant; a dutiful subject. -2. Expressive Dwam, Dwaum (dwäm), n. A qualm; a Dwelling-house (dwel'ing-hons), n. A house of respect or a sense of duty; respectful; swoon; a sudden fit of sickness. (Scotch.) intended to be occupied as a residence, in reverential; required by duty; as, dutiful When a child is seized with some indescribable fit contradistinction to a place of business, attention Dutiful reverence.' Sir P. of illness, it is common to say, 'It's just some draum.' office, or other building: Sidney Jamieson. Dwelling-place (dwel'ing-plás), n. The The Scotch term for a Dutifully (dü'ti-ful-li), adv. In a dutiful Dwang (dwang), n. place of residence. manner: with regard to duty; obediently; strut inserted between the timbers of a Dwelt (dwelt), pp. of dwell. submissively; reverently; respectfully. floor to stiffen them, Dwindle (dwin'dl), v.i. pret. & pp. dwindled; Dutifulness (dū’ti-fyl-nes), n. 1. Obedience; Dwarf (dwarf), n. (A. Sax. dwerg, dieorg, ppr. dwindling. [Freq. from dwine (which submission to just authority; habitual per D. dwerg, Sw. dwerg. dwerf, L.G. dwarf, a see).] 1. To diminish; to become less; to formance of duty. dwarf.) 1. A general name for an animal shrink; to waste or consume away; as, the Piety or d'utifulness to parents was a most popu or plant which is much below the ordinary body dwindles by pining or consumption; an lar virtue among the Romans. Dryden. estate dwindles by waste, by want of indus2. Reverence; re pect. alone it usually refers to the human species, try or economy: an object dwindles in size but sometimes to other animals. When it Duty (ilü'ti), 1. (From due, Fr. du. ) 1. What as it recedes from view; an army dwindles ever ought to be done; that which a person is applied to plants, it is more generally by death or desertion. is bound by any natural, moral, or legal used in composition; as, a droarf tree; dwarf Proper names.when familiarized in English,dwindle elder, dwarf-palm. Among gardeners, dwarf to monosyllables. Addison. obligation to do or perform; the binding is a term employed to distinguish fruit-trees or obliging force of that which is morally 2. To degenerate; to sink; fall away. right, obligation to do something. whose branches proceed from close to the Religious societies may dwindle into factious clubs. Duties are ours: events are God's, Cecil. Swifi. original stocks are several feet in height. Forgetting his duety toward God, his sovereign Dwindle (dwin'dl), v. t. 1. To make less; to lord, and his country. Hallam. The term dwarf is a vague one, as we cannot say bring low.–2. To break; to disperse. how small a person must be to be so called. 2 Obedience; submission. Pop. Ency. Under Greenvil, there were only five hundred foot. and three hundred horse, left; the rest wcie dwindled Every subject's duty is the king's; but every sub2. In early romances, an attendant on a lady Clarendon. ject's soul is his own. Shak. or knight. Spenser. 3. Act of reverence or respect. Dwarf (dwarf), v.t. 1. To hinder from Dwindle (dwin'di), n. The process of duinThey both dil duty to their lady, dling; gradual declination to insignificance; Spenser growing to the natural size; to lessen; to degeneracy: decline. 4. Any service, business, or office; particu *The dwindle of posdevelopment of. terity.' Johnson. larly, military or similar service; as, the Dwindled (dwin'did), a. Shrunk; diminisheil Thus it was, that the national character of the reziment lid duty in Flanders. To employ Scotch, was in the seventeenth century duarset and in size. “Filling out the leanness of the r him on the hardest and most imperative mutilated. Buckle. dwindled legs.' Jer. Taylor. Dan. iv. 32. away. DWINE 116 DYSENTERY manner. Dwine (dwin), v.i. [A. Sax. dwinan, to pine, Dying (di'ing), n. The act of expiring; loss shock, and so to facilitate its carriage to waste away. Cog. D. dwijnen, L. G. dwinen, of life; death. without destroying its explosive force. The Icel. dvina, to cease, to dwindle; Dan. tvine, Always bearing about in the body the dying of the disruptive force of dynamite is estimated at to pine, to whine.) To pine away, to de. Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made about eight times that of gunpowder. Somecline, especially by sickness; to fade: applied manifest in our body. 2 Cor. iv. 1o. times charcoal, sand, and saw-dust have been to nature; to decline in whatever respect. Dyingly (di'ing-li), adv. In an expiring employed as substitutes for the siliceous [Old and provincial English and Scotch.) earth. Still as he sickened, seemed the doves, too, dwin. Dyingness (di'ing-nes), n. The state of Dynamometer, Dynometer (di-na-mom' Mrs. A.S. Menteath. dying; hence, a state simulating the approach et-er, di-nom'et-ér), n. (See DYNAMETER. ) Dyad (di'ad), n. (Gr. dyas, dyados, the num of death, real or affected; affected languor An instrument for measuring force or power, ber two.] 1. Two units treated as one; a or faintness; languishment. especially that of men, animals, machines, the pair; a couple. Tenderness becomes me best, a sort of dyingness; strength of materials, &c. When the pull you see that picture, Foible,-a swiinmingness in the upon a draught implement, as a plough, is A point answers to a monad, and a line to a dyad, eyes. Congreve. and a superficies to a triad. Cudworth. the point to be determined, the dynamoDyke, n. and v. Same as Dike. meter is made a link in the draught chain, 2. In chem. an elementary substance, each Dynactinometer (di-nak'tin-om"et-ėr), n. and then subjected to the tension which it is atom of which, in combining with other (Gr. dynamis, strength, aktis, aktinos, a ray, desired to ascertain. In such cases the inbodies, is equivalent to two atoms of hydro- and metron, measure.) An instrument for strument used is simply a spring; and by gen. measuring the intensity of actinic power, or the amount of extension or collapse which Dyadic (di-ad'ik), a. Pertaining or relating for comparing the quickness of lenses. it suffers the intensity of the strain which it to the number two, or to a dyad; consisting Dynam (di'nam), n. A term proposed to ex- has undergone is indicated. One of the of two parts or elements.- Dyadic arith. press a unit of work equal to a weight of most common dynamometers of this kind is metic, a system of arithmetic, in which only i lb. raised through 1 foot in a second; a formed of an elliptical spring, which in protwo significant figures, 1 and 0, are used, so foot-pound. The term was first introduced portion to the longitudinal extension sufthat 2 is represented by 10; 3, by 11; 4, by by French writers, who called the effect of a fered when in use experiences a lateral 100; 9, by 1001. cubic metre of water raised through 1 metre collapse the measure of which indicates the Dyaus (dyous), n. In Hind, myth, one of the a dynamie or dyname. If the quantity of amount of strain to which it has been subelemental divinities of the Vedas, the god of work commonly called a horse-power be jected. In Clyburn's dynamometer the the bright sky, his name being connected with estimated at 33,000 lbs, raised through 1 foot strain is indicated by the compression of a that of the Greek Zeus through the root dyu, in a minute, that unit will be equivalent to spiral spring inclosed in a cylindrical case, to shine, and the Latin Jupiter, which is 550 dynams. the extent of the strain being shown by an merely Dyaus piter or Zeus pater, father Dynameter (di-nam'et-ér), n. [Gr. dymamis, index moving along a scale on the outside Dyaus or Zeus. He was especially the rain strength, and metrco, to measure.) An in- of the instrument. god, or rather primarily the sky from which strument for determining the magnifying Dynamometric, Dynamometrical (di'narain falls. He finally gave place to his son power of telescopes. It consists of a small mo-met"rik, di'na-mo-met"rik-al), a. Of or Indra. See DEITY. tube with a transparent plate, exactly pertaining to a dynamometer, or to the Dye(di), v.t. pret. & pp. dyed; ppr. dyeing. [A. divided, which is fixed to the tube of a tele- measure of force. Sax. deagan, deagian, from deüg, dye, colour. scope, in order to measure exactly the dia- Dynast (di'nast), n. (See DYNASTY.) 1. A The primary meaning of the root seems meter of the distinct image of the eye-glass. to be to soak, to steep, to wet. Probably Dynametric, Dynametrical (di-na-met'rik, ruler; a governor; a prince. “The ancient family of Des Ewes, dynasts or lords of .. akin to L tingo; Gr. tenggo, to wet, moisten; di-na-met'rik-al), a. Pertaining to a dyna- Kessell. A. Wood.-2. A dynasty; a govdeuo, to water, wet, soak, and also, to dye, to meter. ernment. colour.) To stain; to colour; to give a new Dynamic, Dynamical (di-nam'ik, di-nam' Dynastat (di-nas'ta), n. (L., from Gr. dyand permanent colour to: applied particu ik-al). a. (Gr. dynamis, power.] 1. Per- nastës, a lord.) A tyrant. Dynastas or larly to cloth or the materials of cloth, as taining to strength, power, or force; relat- proud monarchs.' Milton. wool, cotton, silk, and linen; also to hair, ing to dynamics. skins, &c. The great diversity of tint which Dynastic (di-nast'ik), a. (Gr. dynastikos, Science, as well as history, has its past to show- from dymastēs. See DYNASTY.) Relating to is obtained in dyeing is the result of the a past, indeed, much larger, but its immensity is a dynasty or line of kings. combination of two or more simple colour- dynamic not divine. 7. Martineau. Dynastidæ (di-nas'ti-ilē), 1.pl. [Gr. dynastēs, ing substances with one another, or with 2. Relating to the effects of the forces or a master, and eidos, resemblance.) A family certain chemical reagents. --Dyeing scarlet, t moving agencies in nature; as, dynamical of lamellicorn beetles, comprising several drinking deep; drinking till the face becomes geology. – Dynamical electricity, current which are remarkable for their size, strength, scarlet. electricity See GALVANISM, - Dynamic and formidable appearance. They chiefly They call drinking deep, dyeing scarlet. Shak, theory, a theory by which Kant endeavoured inhabit the tropical regions, excavating I cannot rest to explain the nature of matter or the mode burrows in the earth. The elephant-beetle, Until the white rose, that I wear, be dyed of its formation. According to this theory, hercules-beetle, and atlas-beetle are species. Even in the lukewarm blood of Henry's heart. all matter was originated by two antagon. Dynastidan (di-nas'ti-dan), n. One of the Shak. istic and mutually counteracting principles Dye (di), n. A colouring liquor; colour; Dynastidæ (which see). stain; tinge. called attraction and repulsion, all the pre- Dynasty (din'as-ti), 11. (Gr. dynasteia, power, dicates of which are referred to motion. Dyet (di), v.i. To die. Spenser. sovereignty, from dynastës, a lord or chief, In a from dynamai, to be able or strong, to preDyet (dí), n. Lot; chance; hazard. Such is the dye of war.' Spenser. dynamical manner. vail.] 1. Government; sovereignty. -2. A race or succession of rulers of the same line Dye-house (di’hous), n. A building in Dynamics (di-nam'iks), n. [Gr. dynamis, which dyeing is carried on. force or power.] 1. The science which in- or family, who govern a particular country: vestigates the action of force. Force, when Dyer (di'er), n. One whose occupation is to the period during which they rule; as, the dye cloth and the like. it acts on matter, is recognized as acting in successive dynasties of Egypt or Persia. two ways: first, so as to compel rest, or to Dyer's-moss (di'érz-mos), n. A lichen, Raleigh; Macaulay. Roccella tinctoria. Called also Orchil or prevent change of motion; and, secondly, At some time or other to be sure all the beginners Hence Archil. so as to cause or to change motion. See ARCHIL. of dynasties were chosen by those who called them the science of dynamics is divided into two to govern Burke. Dyer's-weed (di'érz-wed), n. Reseda Lute branches, to which the names statics and Dyne (din), n. [Gr. dynamis, power.) In ola, a native plant of the same genus as the kinetics are respectively given. In popular sweet-scented mignonette, otherwise called physics, a unit of force, being that force usage, however, it has been customary to Yellow-weed, Wel or Woad, nat, order Rese which, acting on a gramme for one second, give to the science of force the name medace. This plant grows in waste ground; chanics, in which case the branch which generates a velocity of a centimetre per it affords a beautiful yellow dye, and is cul second tivated for that purpose. — Dyer's green treats of force applied so as to compel rest Dys- (dis). An inseparable Greek prefix weed is Genista tinctoria. while that which considers force applied so signifying ill or evil, bad, hard, difficult. Dyester (di'ster), n. A dyer. [Scotch.) Dye-stuff (di'stuf), n. Materials used in as to cause or change motion is called Dysæsthesia (dis-ēs-thè'si-a), n. [Gr. dys, with difficulty, aisthësis, perception, from dynamics.-2. The moving moral, as well as dyeing aisthanomai, to perceive.] In pathol. imDye-wood (di'wyd), n. A general name for physical, forces of any kind, or the laws paired feeling; insensibility. any wood from which dye is extracted. Dyschroa (dis'kro-a), n. (Gr. dys, and chroa, An establishment The empirical laws of society are of two kinds; Dye-work (di'werk), n. some are uniformities of coexistence, some of succes colour.) A discoloured state of the skin. in which dyeing is carried on. sion. According as the science is occupied in ascer. Dysclasite (dis'kla-sit), n. [Gr. dys, with Dyhn (din), v. t. In mining, to dig away a taining and verifying the former sort of uniformities difficulty, and klao, to break] In mineral. portion of a rock that a blast may be more or the latter, M. Comte gives it the title of Social a mineral, usually fibrous, of a white or elefficient; otherwise called to hulk. Statics or of Social Dynamics. 7. S. Mill. lowish colour and somewhat pearly lustre, Dying (di'ing), a. 1. Mortal; destined to 3. In music, that department of musical consisting chiefly of silicate of lime. death;perishable; as dying bodies.-2. Given, science which relates to or treats of the Dyscrasia, Dyscrasy (dis-krā'si-a, diskrauttered, or manifested just before death; as, force of musical sounds. Goodrich.-Geolo si), n. [Gr. dyskrasia-dys, evil, and krasis. dying words; a dying request; dying love. gical dynamics, that branch of geology which habit.] In med. a bad habit of body. I do prophesy the election lights treats of the nature and mode of operation Dysenteric, Dysenterical (dis-en-te'rik, On Fortinbras, he has my dying voice. Shak. of all kinds of physical agents that have at dis-en-te'rik-al), a. 1. Pertaining to dysen3. Supporting a dying person; as, a dying any time, and in any manner, affected the tery; accompanied with dysentery: proceed surface and interior of the earth. bed.-4. Pertaining to or associated with ing from dysentery.--2. Aficted with dysenDynamism (li'nam-izm), n. The doctrine death; as, a dying hour.-5. Drawing to a tery; as, a dysenteric patient. Afflicted of Leibnitz, that all substance involves Dysenterious (dis-en-të’ri-us), a. close; fading away; as, the dying year. force. That strain again! it had a dying fall. with dysentery; dysenteric. (Rare.) All will be but as delicate meats dressed for a --Dying declaration, in law, a declaration strength. ] An explosive substance consist dysenterious person, that can relish nothing. made by a person on his death-hed. Such ing of a siliceous earth from Oberlohe in Galaker. declarations are admitted as evidence where Hanover impregnated with nitro-glycerine. Dysentery (dis'en-te-ri), n. (L dysenteria; it can be proved that the deceased had given The object of the mixture is to diminish the Gr. dysenteria - dys, bad, and entera, inup all hope of recovery. susceptibility of nitro-glycerine to slight testines.) Inflammation of the mucous men DYSLOGISTIC 117 EAGERNESS brane of the large intestine, accompanied acrid or fetid eructations, and sense of flut- Dysuric (dis-ūʼrik), a. Pertaining to dysury. generally with fever, evacuations of blood tering at the pit of the stomach. Dysury (dis'ū-ri), nt. (Gr. dysouria-dys, ill, and mucus or other morbid matter, griping Dyspeptic (dis-pep'tik), n. A person afflicted and ouron, urine.) Difficulty in dischargof the bowels, and tenesmus. with dyspepsy. ing the urine, attended with pain and a senDyslogistic (dis-lo-jistik), a. (Formed on Dyspeptic, Dyspeptical (dis-pep'tik, dis- sation of heat. the model of eulogistic, from Gr. eulogia, pep'tik-al), a. 1. Amicted with bad diges- Dytiscidæ (di-tis'si-dē), n. pl. [Dytiscus well-speaking, the prefix dys signifying ill, tion; as, a dyspeptic person. --2. Pertaining (which see), and Gr. eidos, likeness.) A large and the word having therefore the opposite to or consisting in dyspepsy; as, a dyspeptic family of pentamerous coleopterous insects, signification of eulogistic.) Conveying cen- complaint of which the genus Dytiscus (wate beetle) sure, disapproval, or opprobrium; censori. Dysphagia, Dysphagy (dis-fā'ji-a, dis'sa- is the type. They are everywhere found in ous; opprobrious. ji), n. (Gr. dys, ill, and phago, to eat.] Diff- fresh-water, and are almost all oval and Applying to each other what Bentham would have culty of swallowing. flattened in form, with oar-shaped hindcalled the dyslogistic names of the day, Anarchist, Dysphonia, Dysphony (dis-fo'ni-a, dis'fo- legs. Destructive, and the like. Finlay. ni), n. (Gr. dysphonia--dys, bad, hard, and Dytiscus, Dyticus (di-tiskus, di'ti-kus), n. Dyslogistically (dis-lo-jist'ik-al-li), adv. In phonē, voice.] A difficulty of speaking oc- (Gr. dytikos, fond of diving, from dyő, to å lyslogistic manner; so as to convey cen casioned by an ill disposition of the organs enter, plunge. Dytiscus, though common, is sure or disapproval. of speech. wrong. ] The water-beetle, a genus of coleopAccordingly he (Kant) is set down as a Transcen Dysphoria (dis-foʻri-a), n. (Gr. dys, ill, and terous, carnivorous insects, consisting of dentalist, and all the loose connotation of that term, phoreo, to bear, from phero, to bear.) Im- several species found in stagnant water. as it is now dyslogistically employed among us, is patience under affliction. Dyvour (di'vir), n. (Fr. devoir, 'the judicial thought to be applicable to him. Dyspnea (disp-ue'a), n. [Gr. dyspnoia sense of which,' says Cotgrave, is the act T. H. Green (in Academy). dys, ill, and pricó, to breathe.) A difficulty of submission and acknowledgment of duty Dysnomy (dis'no-mi), n. [Gr. dys, ill, and of breathing unto a landlord, expressed by the tenant's nomos, rule.) Bad legislation; the enactment Dyspnoic (disp-no'ik), a. (Gr. dyspnoikos, mouth, hands, and oath of fealty. See of bad laws. short of breath. See DYSPNEA. ] In med. DEVOIR.] In old Scots law, a bankrupt who Dysodile (dis'o-dil), n. (Gr. dysõdës, fetid- affected with or resulting from dyspnca. has made a cessio bonorum to his creditors. dys, bad, and ozo, to smell.) A species of Dysteleology (dis'te-le-ol"o-ji), n. (Gr. dys, Dzeren, Dzeron (dzē'ren, dzē’ron), n. The coal, of a greenish or yellowish gray colour, bad, telos, teleos, purpose, end, and logos, Chinese antelope, a remarkably swift spein masses composed of thin layers, which, discourse.) A word invented by Professor cies of antelope (Procapra gutturosa), inhabwhen burning, emits a very fetid odour. Haeckel of Jena for that branch of physi- iting the dry arid deserts of Central Asia, Dysopsy (dis-op'si), n. (Gr.dys, ill, and õps, ology which treats of the 'purposelessness' Thibet, China, and Southern Siberia, It is the eye, from op, root of obs. optomai, to observable in living organisms, such as the nearly 41 feet in length, and high at the see.) Dimness of sight. multitudinous cases of rudimentary and ap- shoulder. When alarmed it clears 20 to Dysorexia, Dysorexy (dis-o-rek'si-a, dis'o- parently useless structures. 25 feet at one bound. rek-si), n (Gr. dye, bad, and orexis, appe. Dysthetic (dis-thet'ik),a. Relating to a non- Dziggetai (dzig'ge-tă), n. The wild ass of tite.) A bad or depraved appetite; a want febrile morbid state of the blood vessels, or Asia (Equus hemionus), whose habits are so of appetite. to a bad habit of the body, dependent mainly graphically recorded in the book of Job, and Dyspepsia, Dyspepsy (dis-pep'si-a, dis- upon the state of the circulating system. believed to be the hemionos of Herodotus pep'si), n.' (Gr. dyspepsia -- dyx, bad, and Dysthymic (dis-thim'ik), a. (Gr. dysthymi- and Pliny. It is intermediate in appearpepto, to concoct, to digest. ) Bad digestion; kos, melancholy.) In med. affected with ance and character between the horse and indigestion, or difficulty of digestion; a state despondency; depressed in spirits; dejected. ass (hence the specific name heinionus, halfof the stomach in which its functions are Dystome (dis'tom), a. Same as Dystomic. ass), the males especially being fine animals, disturbed, without the presence of other Dystomic, Dystomous (dis-tom'ik, dis’tom- standing as much as 14 hands high. It diseases, or when, if they are present, they us), a. (Gr. dys, ill, bad, and tomē, a sec- lives in small herds, and is an inhabitant are but of minor importance. The chief tion, from temno, to cut.) in mineral. hav- of the sandy steppes of Central Asia, 16,000 symptoms of dyspepsia are loss of appetite, ing an imperfect fracture or cleavage. feet above sea level. Called also Kiang, nausea, pain in the epigastrium, heartburn, 1 Dysuria (dis-ū'ri-a), n. Same as Dysury. Koulan, and Khur or Goor. E. ment. E, the second vowel and the fifth letter of diatonic scale, answering to the mi of the to engage the enemy; men are eager in the the English alphabet. It occurs more fre. Italians and French. Also, the key having pursuit of wealth.-3. Ardent; vehement; quently in English words than any other four sharps in its signature; and the key. impetuous; as, eager spirits; eager zeal letter of the alphabet, this frequency being note of the church mode called Phrygian. eager clamours. – 4. Sharp; keen; biting partly owing to the fact that e has taken E-. A prefix, the same as ex, signifying from severe. It is a nipping and an eager air.' the place of the older (Anglo-Saxon) vowel or out of, and in many words having a priva- Shak.-5. Brittle; inflexible; not ductile. endings a, o, and u. Its long or natural tive meaning. See Ex. Gold will be sometimes so eager ... that it will sound in English coincides with the sound Each (éch), distrib. a. pron., used either with as little endure the hammer as glass. Locke. of i in the Italian and French languages, as or without a noun. (O. E, eche, ech, ych, uch, Syn. Ardent, vehement, enthusiastic, imin here, mere, me. It has also another prin- elch, elc, ilk (everilkon, everyone); Sc. ilk, petuous, fervent, fervid, zealous, earnest, cipal sound, a short one, heard in met, inen. ilka; A. Sax. ælc, from d = aye, ever, and forward It has besides a sound like a in name, as in lic, like; similar to D. and L. G. elk, G. jeg. Eager, n. See EAGRE. there, where, &c., and the obscure sound lich. Comp. such and which.] Every one Eagerly (ē' gėr-li), adv. 1. In an eager which is heard in her. As a final letter it of any number separately considered or manner; with ardour; ardently; earnestly; is generally silent; but it serves to lengthen treated; as, the emperor distributed to each warmly; with prompt zeal; as, he eagerly the sound of the preceding vowel, or at least soldier in his army a liberal donative. It flew to the assistance of his friend. to indicate that the preceding vowel is to is used either with or without a following To the holy war how fast and cagerly did men go! have its long sound, as in mane, cane, plume, noun. 'In each cheek ... a pretty dimple.' South. which, without the final e, would be pro- Shak. 'Each leaning on their elbows.' Shak. 2. With sharpness of temperature; keenly; nounced man, can, plum. After c and g the • Wandering each his several way.' Milton. sharply. Abundance of rain froze so eagerly as it fell, that final e serves to indicate that these letters To all of them he gave each man changes of rai it seemed the depth of winter had of a sudden been are to have their soft sounds, c being pro Gen. xlv. 22. Knolles. nounced as e, and g as j. Thus without the And the princes of Israel, being twelve men; each Num. i. 44 one was for the house of his fathers. Eagerness (ē' gėr-nes), n. 1. The state or final e in mace (más) this word would be Simeon and Levi ... took each man his sword. character of being eager; ardent desire after pronounced mac (mak), and rage (răj) would Gen, xxxiv. 25. anything; ardour; zeal; fervour; as, men be pronounced rag. When two e's come To each corresponds other; as, let each pursue honour with eagerness. together the sound is generally the same as esteem other better than himself; as, it is The eagerness and strong bent of the mind after that of the single e long, as in deem, esteem, our duty to assist each other; that is, it is knowledge, if not warily regulated, is often an hinneed (comp. however pre-exist, &c.); and our duty to assist, each to assist the other. derance to it. Locke. when it occurs with a and i, as in mean, hear, • Wink each at other.' Shak. 2. + Tartness; sourness.- :- Eagerne88, Earnestsiege, deceive, it often has the same sound. Eachwheret (éch'whár), adv. Everywhere. ness, Avidity. Eagerness springs from an Such a combination, when only one vowel Spenser. intense desire for the gratification of a sound is heard, is called a digraph. In these Ead, Ed. An element in Anglo-Saxon names, strong emotion or passion, and tends to combinations the sound is usuall that of e signifying happy, fortunate, as in Edward, roduce correspond ng keenness in the purlong, but sometimes it is the short sound of e, happy preserver; Edwin, happy conqueror. suit of the object. Strictly, the term deas in lead (pronounced led), a metal, read Eadish, n. See EDDISH signs the feeling only, and although strongly (pronounced red), pret. of read, and some Eager(é'ger),a. (0.E.egre.0. Fr,eigre, Mod. Fr. stimulating to, eagerness does not necestimes the sound of a long, as in reign, feign. aigre, eager, sharp, biting; L. acer, sharp, sarily involve, action. Earnestness is a Irregularities of this kind are not reducible from root ac or ak, which appears in acute, more sober feeling, proceeding from reato rules. See also under A. --As a numeral, acid, acrid, &c.; Gr.akë, a point.) 1. Sharp; son, conviction of duty, or the less violent E stands for 250.--- In the calendar it is the emotions. It has a special reference to fifth of the Dominical letters. - As an abbre It doth posset effort, and does not necessarily imply desire viation it stands for East, as in charts; E. And curd like eager droppings into milk. Shak. for the attainment of an object. Thus we by s., east by south; in the abbreviative 2. Excited by ardent desire in the pursuit make earnest inquiries after the health of a combination eg., for exempli gratia, for of any object; ardent to pursue, perform, friend, but eager inquiries after a person of example, and in i.e., for id est, that is.-E, or obtain; inflamed by desire; ardently wish- whom we are in keen chase. Earnestness in music, is the third note or degree of the ing or longing; as, the soldiers were eager implies solidity, sincerity, and energy, and sour; acid. EAGLE 118 EARL conviction of the laudableness of the object. the golden eagle. It is found in the moun-brane, separated from the external ear by a Neither a flighty person, a hypocrite, nor a tainous parts of Central Europe. An allied delicate membrane, and containing a chain sluggard can be earnest in religion. Earnest- species, the Virginian horned owl (B. vir. of small bones which transmit the vibraness is the more general term, and affects a ginianus), is found in almost every quarter tions of the latter to the internal ear, in person's whole character; eagerness is a spe- of the United States. See BU BO. which are the terminal expansions of the cific feeling. An earnest man is earnest as Eagle-ray (@'gi-rā), n. A large species of auditory nerve. The internal ear consists regards all that he undertakes, but a man ray (Myliobatis aquila), occasionally found of a bony cavity, called the vestibule, is eager only after what excites a specific in the British seas. which communicates with three semicircudesire. Avidity has regard to acquisition, Eagle-sighted (ē'gl-sit-ed), a. Having acute lar canals, and with a bony structure in the either with the view of aggrandizing one's sight. form of a spiral shell, called the cochlea.self or satisfying a natural craving: We eat, Eagless (ē'gl-es), n. A female or hen eagle. 2. The sense of hearing, or the power of disdrink, or acquire learning with avidity, but Eagle-stone (é'gl - ston), n. A variety tinguishing sounds and judging of harmony; the young soldier rushes to the fight with of argillaceous oxide of iron, occurring in the power of nice perception of the differcagerness. -SYN. Ardour, zeal, vehemence, masses varying from the size of a walnut to ences of sound, or of consonances and disimpetuosity, enthusiasm, heartiness, ear- that of a man's head. Their form is spheri- sonances, time and rhythm; as, she has a nestness, fervour, avidity, greediness. cal, oval, or nearly reniform, or sometimes delicate ear for music, or a good ear.-3. A Eagle (é'gl), n. [Fr. aigle, Pr. aigla, L. aquila, like a parallelopiped with rounded edges favourable hearing; attention; heed; regard. an eagle, fem. of the rare adj. aquilus, dark- and angles. They have a rough surface, I cried to God ... and he gave ear unto me. coloured, swarthy:) 1. Aquila, a genus of rap- and are essentially composed of concentric Ps. lxxvii. 1. torial birds, sub-family Aquilinæ, compris- layers. These nodules often embrace at the Give every man thine ear, but few thy voice. Shak. ing the largest and most powerful members centre a kernel or nucleus, sometimes mov- 4. Disposition to like or dislike what is heard; of the family Falconidæ, distinguished from able, and always differing from the exterior opinion; judgment; taste. the falcons by the upper mandible being in colour, density, and fracture. To these He laid his sense closer ... according to the style decurved from the end of the cere and not hollow nodules the ancients gave the name and ear of those times. Denham from the base, and the lip being destitute of eagle-stones, from an opinion that the 5. A part of any inanimate object resembling of teeth. The tongue is bifid, the wings eagle transported them to her nest to facili an ear; a projecting part from the side of long and usually pointed, legs robust, claws tate the laying of her eggs. anything; a handle; as, the ears of a tub or curved, sharp and strong, and the tarsi fea- Eaglet (é'glet), n. A young or a diminutive other vessel. - To be by the ears, to fall tothered to the very base of the talons, by which eagle. gether by the ears, to go together by the ears, they are distinguished from the ernes or sea- Eagle-winged (ē'gl-wingd), a. Having the to fight or scuffle; to quarrel. – To set by the eagles. There are numerous species, of which wings of an eagle; swift as an eagle. ears, to make strife between; to cause to the noblest is the golden eagle(A. chrysaetos) Eagle-wood (è'gl-wyd), n. A highly fragrant quarrel.-Up to the ears, over head and ears, wood, much esteemed by Asiatics for burn deeply absorbed orengrossed; overwhelmed: ing as incense, the product of the Aloexylum as, over head and ears in debt, in business. Agallochum. Its Malayan name is agilla, which has been corrupted into eagle. See A cavalier was up to the ears in love with a very fine lady. L'Estrange. -All ear, all attention. I was all ear. the sea, water. Akin Ægir, the Scandi- And took in strains that might create a soul navian god of the sea.] The whole body of Under the ribs of death. Milton. spring-tide water moving up a river or es. Eart (ër), v.t. To listen to eagerly; to hear tuary in one wave, or in a few successive with deep attention. waves, of great height, and sometimes pre I eared her language, lived in her eye, O coz. senting a formidable surge, as in the Ganges, Beau. & FI. Severn, Solway, &c. Called otherwise a Ear (ēr), v.t. [A. Sax. erian. Cog. 0. Fris. Bore (which see). Spelled also Eger, Eygre. era, Icel, eria, L. aro, Gr. aroo, Lith. arti, Sea-tempest is the Jotun Aegir; and now to to plough.) To plough or till. Will set this day, on our river Trent, as I hear, the Notting them to ear his ground.' 1 Sam. viii. 12. ham bargemen, when the river is in a certain flooded state, call it Eager; they cry out, 'Have a care; there A rough valley which is neither cared nor sown. Deut. xxi. 4. is the Eager coining.' Carlyle. Ear (ēr), n. [A. Sax. eâr, D. aar, G. ähre, an Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos). A mighty eygre raised his crest. Jean Ingelow. ear.) A spike or head of corn or grain; that Ealder, t n. An elder or chief. part of cereal plants which contains the of Europe, found still in the more moun. Ealdorman, Ealderman. See ALDERMAN. flowers and seed. tainous parts of Britain. The male is 3 feet, Eame,t n. (A. Sax. eam; G. oheim.) Uncle. Ear (ēr), v.i. To shoot, as an ear; to form and the female 3feet long. It feeds chiefly Ean (én), v.t. or i. To bring forth young; to ears, as corn. on birds that live near the earth, and hares, yean. See YEAN. Ear (ar), a. Early. [Scotch.) rabbits, lambs, &c. Other species are the Eaning-time (ēn'ing-tīm), n. Time of Earablet (ér'a-bl), a. That can be tilled; imperial eagle (A. imperialis), the spotted bringing forth young. arable. eagle (A. nævia), the Australian eagle (A. He stuck them up before the fulsome ewes, Earache (ēr'āk), n. [See ACHE.) Pain in fucosa), &c. The name eagle is applied to Who then conceiving, did in eaning-time the ear. other members of the group, though not be Fall particoloured lambs, and those were Jacob's. Shak. Earalt (ēr'al), a. Receiving by the ear. longing to the genus Aquila, as the white Hewyt. tailed sea-eagle of Britain (Haliaetus albi Eanling + (en'ling), n. (O. E. yean, a lamb: A cover for the ears cilla), and the American white-headed sea A. Sax. eanian, to bring forth, as a 'ewe, and Ear-cap (ērkap), n. eagle (H. leucocephalus), the emblem of the ling, dim. term.) A lamb just brought forth. against cold. Ear-cockle (ēr/kok-1), n. A disease in wheat United States, both of which are really All the eanlings which were streak'd and pied, caused by the presence in the grain of worms Shak. ernes, and to the marsh eagle, harpy eagle, belonging to the genus Vibrio. Called in eagle-hawk of the genus Falco, &c. From Ear (ēr), n. (A. Sax. eare—a widely-spread some parts of England Purples. its size, strength, rapidity of flight, and word; comp. G. ohr, D. oor, Icel. eyri, Eard,(yérd), n. Earth. (Scotch.) keenness of sight, the eagle has ever been Ear-drop (er'drop), n. An ornamental penregarded as the king' of birds. By the dant for the ear. ancients it was called 'the bird of Jove,' Ear-drum (ēr' drum), n. The tympanum, a and it was borne on the Roman standards. membrane in the ear. See EAR and MEMMany modern nations, as France under the BRANA TYMPANI. Bonapartes, Russia, Prussia, Austria, the Eared (érd), p. and a. Having ears. In her. United States, &c., have adopted it as their animals borne in coat armour with their national emblem. In heraldry it is one of the 1 ears differing in tincture from that of the most noble bearings in coat armour.–2. A body are blazoned eared of such a metal or gold coin of the United States, of the value colour. of ten dollars, or forty-two shillings sterling. Ear-hole (ērhol), n. The aperture of the 3. A constellation in the northern hemi. ear; the opening in the ear. sphere, having its right wing contiguous to Eariness (ē'ri-nes), n. Same as Eeriness. the equinoctial. See AQUILA.-4. A read. Earing (er'ing), n. Naut. a small rope em. ing-desk in churches in the form of an eagle ployed to fasten the upper corner of a sail with expanded wings. (The minister) read Parts of the Human Ear. to its yard; a rope attached to the cringle from the eagle.' Thackeray. of a sail, by which it is bent or reefed. Eagle-eyed (e'gl-id), a. 1. Sharp-sighted as C, Concha. a, Helix. 8, Lobe. ., Antihelix... An: Earing (ering), n. [A. Sax. eriung, ploughtitragus. e, Tragus. of . an eagle; having an acute sight. -2. Discern & Fossa navicularis. h, Fossa innominata. ing.) A ploughing of land. See EAR, to ing; having acute intellectual vision. , Auditory opening 1, Scala. m, Cochlea. plough. Inwardly eagle-cyed and perfectly versed in the n. Vestibule. o, Semicircular canals. There are five years, in the which there shall humours of his subjects. Howell. neither be earing nor harvest. Gen. xlv. 6. (2.9,r, Ossicles or small bones.) s, Membrane of Eagle-flighted (ē'gl-flīt-ed), a. Flying like the tympanum or drum. Ear-kissing (ērkis-ing), a. Slightly affect. an eagle; mounting high. ing the ear. * Ear-kissing arguments.' Eagle-hawk (è'gl-hək), n. Morphnus, a Dan. öre, L. auris, O.L. ausis, Gr. ous, Lith. Shak. genus of Falconidæ, consisting of species of ausis, ear.] 1. The organ of hearing, con- Earl (érl), n. (A. Sax. eorl, O.N. Dan, and comparatively small size, characterized by tained partly in the substance of the tem- Sw. jarl, earl-regarded by Max Müller as a having wings shorter than the tail, by long poral bone, and partly projecting externally modified form of ealdor, a chief, from eald, tarsi and feeble claws. The species are behind the joint of the lower jaw. In man old, but this seems doubtful.] A British natives of South America. and higher animals the ear is composed of title of nobility, or a nobleman, the third Eagle-owl (é'gl-oul), n. One of a sub-family the external ear, which is a cartilaginous in rank, being next below a marquis, and of owls (Buboninæ), the most remarkable funnel for collecting the sound waves and next above a viscount. The earl formerly species of which is the Bubo maximus (the directing them inwards; of the drum of the had the government of a shire, and was great horned owl), little inferior in size to ear, a bony cavity lined by mucous mem- called shireman. After the Conquest earls P. Incus or anvil. EAR-LAP 119 EAR-RING a were called counts, and from them shires period the windows became grouped in a ness, eorneste (adj.), earnest, serious. Cog. D. have taken the name of counties. Earl is manner that led to the development of tra- and G. ernst, earnest, D. ernsten, to endeanow a mere title, unconnected with terri vour; allied to Icel. ern, brisk.] 1. Ardent torial jurisdiction, so much so that several in the pursuit of an object; eager to obtain; earls have taken as their titles their own having a longing desire; warmly engaged or names with the prefix Earl, as Earl Grey, incited; warm; zealous; importunate; as, Earl Spencer, Earl Rus earnest in love; earnest in prayer. sel. An earl's coronet They are never more earnest to disturb us than consists of a richly when they see us most earnest in this duty. Duppa. chased circle of gold, 2. Intent; fixed. having on its upper edge On that prospect strange eight strawberry leaves, Their earnest eyes were fixed. Milton. and between each pair 3. Serious; important. a pearl raised on Life is real, life is carnest, Longfellow. spire higher than the leaves, cap, &c., as in Coronet of an Earl. They whom earnest lets do often hinder. Hooker. a duke's coronet SYN. Warm, eager, zealous, ardent, aniEarlap (ērlap), n. The tip of the ear. mated, importunate, fervent. Earldom (érs'dum), n. The seigniory, juris Earnest (érn'est), n. Seriousness; a reality; diction, or dignity of an earl. a real event, as opposed to jesting or feigned Earldorman (érl'dor-man), n. Same as Al appearance. derman. Burke. Take heed that this jest do not one day turn to carnest. Sidney. Earles-penny (érlz'pen-ni), n. (See ARLE But take it-earnest wed with sport, PENNY.) Money in ratification of a contract; And either sacred unto you. Tennyson. an instalment of money given in part pay Earnest (ern'est), n. ment. [Probably from Earless (ēr'les), a. 1. Without ears; deprived O. Fr, arres, ernes; 0. E. and Sc. arles, erles, of ears. from L. arrha, earnest-money.) 1. In law, Earless on high stood unabashed Defoe. Pope. something given by the buyer to the seller, by way of token or pledge, to bind the 2. Not inclined to hear or listen. A surd bargain and prove the sale; a part, as of and earless generation of men.' Sir T. money or goods, paid or delivered beBrowne. forehand, as a pledge and security for the Earliness (erli-nes), n. (See EARLY and whole, or in ratification of a bargain, or ERE.) State of being early; a state of ad as a token of more to come hereafter; a vance or forwardness; a state of being before handsel. In the law of Scotland, earnest is anything, or at the beginning. held as evidence of the completion of the The goodness of the crop is great gain, if the good contract; and the party who resiles, besides ness answers the earliness of coming up. Bacon. losing the earnest he has paid, may be comThy earliness doth me assure, pelled to perform his obligation. In ordiThou art up-rous'd, by some distemp'rature. Shak. Earl-marshal(érl-mär'shal), n. 1. An officer Early English Style. -North-west Transept of nary cases the earnest paid is trifling in Beverley Minster. value, and is not taken into account in the in Great Britain, whose office is one of reckoning.-2. Fig. anything which gives great antiquity, and was formerly of impor- cery, and so to the Decorated style. -SYN. assurance, pledge, promise, or indication of tance; the eighth great officer of state. He Forward, timely, premature, precocious. what is to follow; first-fruits. 'And give is the head of the College of Arms, deter- Early (érʻli), adv. Soon; in good season; an earnest of the war's success.' Waller. mines all rival claims to arms, and grants betimes; as, rise early; come early. It may be looked on as a pledge and earnest of armorial bearings, through the medium of Those that seek me early shall find me. quiet and tranquillity. Bp. Smalridge. the king-of-arms, to parties not possessed Prov. viii. 17 Men, my brothers, men the workers, ever reaping of hereditary arms. The office was origin- – Early, Soon, Betimes. Early is a relative something new; ally conferred by grant of the king, but is That which they have done but earnest of the things word, and means that a certain event oc- that they shall do. Tennyson. now hereditary in the family of the Howards. curred before a definite point of time, which See MARSHAL. -2. Hence, one who has the point is fixed by taking an average of the 1. Warmly: Earnestly (èrn'est-li), adv. chief care of military solemnities. Dryden. times at which such events commonly occur; zealously; importunately; eagerly; with Ear-lock(ērʻlok), n. (A. Sax. eâr-loca. ] Å lock real desire. thus, 'he rose early' means that he rose or curl of hair near the ear, worn by men earlier than the average hour of rising; Being in an agony, he prayed more carnestly. Luke xxii. 44 of fashion in the reigns of Elizabeth and "Come early in the evening'=come earlier James I.; a love-lock. That ye should earnestly contend for the faith than it is customary, or has been appointed once delivered to the saints. Jude 3. Love-locks, or ear-locks, in which too many of our for others, to come in the evening. Early nation have of late begun to glory : : , are yet .... 2. With fixed attention; with eagerness. but so many badges of infamy, effeminacy, vanity, is used as an adjective with the same sense; &c. A certain maid ... carnestly looked upon him. Prynne. as, early fruit, i.e. fruit appearing before Luke xxii. 56. Early (erli), a. (0.E. arliche, erliche; A. Sax. the average time when fruit appears. Soon ærlice, from ær, before. See ERE.] 1. In is shortly after the present time, or after Earnest-money (érnest-mun-i), n. Money paid as earnest to bind a bargain or ratify advance of something else; prior in time; any fixed point; as, let me see you soon; forward, as, early fruit, that is, fruit that 800n after entering, he left. Betimes (by and prove a sale. Earnestness (érn'est-nes), n. 1. Ardour or comes to maturity before other fruit; early time)=in good time for some specific object zeal in the pursuit of anything, eagerness; growth; early manhood; early old age or or all useful purposes; as, he rose betimes. decrepitude, that is, premature old age. Earmark (ēr'märk), n. 1. A mark on the animated desire; as, to seek or ask with 2. First; being at the beginning; as, early ear by which a sheep is known.-2. In law, earnestness; to engage in a work with ear nestness.-2. Anxious care; solicitude; indawn. 'Early times of the church.' South. any mark for identification, as a privy mark tenseness of desire.-3. Fixed desire or atmade by any one on a coin.-3. Any distinShe, when apostles fled, could dangers brave, Last at his cross, and earliest at his grave. guishing mark, natural or other, by which tention; seriousness; as, the charge was E. S. Barret. the ownership or relation of anything is maintained with a show of gravity and earknown. 3. Being in good season; as, the court met nestness. Eagerness, Earnestness, Avidity. See under EAGERNESS. at an early hour.- Early English architec What distinguishing marks can a man fix upon a ture, the style of architecture into which set of intellectual ideas, so as to call himself proprie. Earnfult (ern'ful), a. Full of anxiety; caustor of them. They have no carmarks upon them, ing anxiety or pain. The earnful smart the Norman passed, and the first in which no tokens of a particular proprietor. Burrows. which eats my breast. P. Fletcher. no foreign influence is perceptible: called Earmark (ēr'märk), v.t. To mark, as sheep, Earning (ern'ing), n. That which is earned; also the First Pointed or Lancet Style. Its by cropping or slitting the ear. that which is gained or merited by labour, period is from 1189 to 1307. Its general Earn (érn), v.t. (A. Sax. earnian, to earn, to services, or performance; wages; reward: characteristics, as distinguished from the Norman, are delicacy, refinement, and grace. reap the fruit of one's labours. Cog. D. used chiefly in the plural. The columns and shafts become more slen ernen, to reap; erne, harvest.) 1. To merit This is the great expense of the poor that takes up or deserve by labour or by any performance; almost all their earnings. Locke. der and elegant, foliage in some instances to do that which entitles to a reward, whe- Earpick (ēr'pik), n. An instrument for sprouting out from the central pillar between ther the reward is received or not. cleaning the ear. the shafts: the mouldings are more deli The high repute Ear-piercer (ēr' pērs-ér), n. An insect, the cately rounded and alternated with hollows Which he through hazard huge must earn. earwig (Forficula auricularia). so as to give the finest effects of light and Milton. shade; the capitals frequently represent an 2. To gain by labour, service, or performi Ear-piercing (érʻpērs-ing), a. Piercing the ear, as a shrill or sharp sound. • The earinverted bell, and are often enriched with ance; to deserve and receive as compensa piercing fife.' Shak. foliage, as of the trefoil, rising from the tion; as, to earn a crown a day, a good liv Ear-reach (ēr'rēch), n. Hearing distance; neck-moulding and coming beautifully out- ing, honours or laurels. ear-shot. wards beneath the abacus; the towers are The bread I have earned by the hazard of my life Marston. All stand without ear-reach. Burke. loftier and crowned by a spire; buttresses or the sweat of my brow. project boldly and vary little through entire Earn, t v.i. To yearn. Ear-rentt (ērʻrent), n. Payment made by length; roofs groined, with a ridge-rib added And ever as he rode, his heart did earn laceration or loss of the ears. to the ribs of the Norman; wall-arcades To prove his puissance in battle brave. Spenser. A hole to thrust your heads in, very noble, their spandrels often filled with Earn (érn), v.i. [A. Sax. irnan, yrnan, rin For which you should pay ear-rent. B. Jonson. sculpture. But the distinctive features of nan, to run: comp. G. gerinnen, to coagu- Ear-ring (ēr'ring), n. A pendant; an ornathis style are pointed arches, long, narrow, late, to curdle, from rinnen, to run, to run ment, sometimes set with diamonds, pearls, lancet-shaped windows without mullions, together.) To curdle, as milk. (Provincial or other jewels, worn at the ear, by means and a peculiar projecting ornament in the and Scotch.] of a ring passing through the lobe. Among hollows of the mouldings, called the dog. Earn (érn), n. Same as Erne (which see) orientals ear-rings have been worn by both tooth ornament. Towards the end of the Earnest(érn'est),a. (A. Sax. eornest, earnest- sexes from the earliest times. In England |