ETHIC

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Our foes are to some extent they of our own house- nation, and logos, discourse.) The science Ettint (et'tin), n. [A. Sax. eoten.) A giant. hold, including not only the ignorant and the pas- of races. See extract.

For they say the King of Portugal cannot sit at his sionate, but a minority of minds of high calibre and culture, lovers of freedom, moreover, who, though its

Ethnography and Ethnology bear the same relation meat, but the giants and the ettins will come and almost to one another as geology and geography.

snatch it from him. objective hull be riddled by logic, still find the ethic

Beau, & FL life of their religion unimpaired. Tyndall.

While ethnography contents herself with the mere

Ettle (et'tl), v.t. [Icel. ætla, etla, to think,

description and classification of the races of man, Ethic (eth'ik), n. Same as Ethics (which see). ethnology, or the science of races, 'investigates the

to determine.) To aim; to take aim at any The maxims of ethic are hypothetical maxims.

mental and physical differences of mankind, and the object; to make an attempt; to propose; to

organic laws upon which they depend; seeks to de- intend. (Scotch.) Prof. Clifford.

duce from these investigations principles of human Ettle (et'ti), v.i. To intend; expect. [Scotch.) Ethically (eth'ik-al-li), adv. According to guidance in all the important relations of social and the doctrines of morality.

Fleming. national existence.'

Ettle (et'tl), n. Intention; intent; aim.

[Scotch.) The lawgiver has the same need to be ethically Ethologic, Ethological (eth-o-loj'ik, eth-o

Nannie, far before the rest, instructed as the individual man. Gladstone. loj'ik-al), a. (See ETHOLOGY.) Treating of

Hard upon noble Maggie prest, Ethicist (eth'i-sist), n. A writer on ethics; or pertaining to ethics or morality.

And flew at Tam wi' furious ettle. Buris. one versed in ethical science.

Ethologist (eth-ol'o-jist), n. One versed in Étude (ā-tüd), n. (Fr., from L. studium.) In Ethics (eth'iks), n. 1. The science which ethology; one who studies or writes on the the fine arts and music, a composition detreats of the nature and laws of the actions subject of manners and morality.

signed to serve as a study. of intelligent beings, these actions being Ethology (eth-ol'o-ji), n. (Gr. ethos or ēthos, Etui, Etwee (et-wē'), n. (Fr.; 0. Fr. estui; considered in relation to their moral quali- manners, morals, and logos, discourse.) The Pr. estug; It. astuccio, from M.H.G. stuche, ties; the science which treats of the nature science of ethics; the science of character. a kind of sheath.] A pocket-case for small and grounds of moral obligation; the science

Mr. Mill calls ethology the science of the formation

articles, such as needles, pins, &c.; a ladies' of moral philosophy, which teaches men of character.

Fleming.

reticule. their duty and the reasons of it; the science Ethopoetic (e-tho-põ-et'ik), a. (Gr. ethos, Etym (etim), n. An etymon. (Rare.) H. of human duty.-2. The whole of the moral character, and poieõ, to make.) Pertaining

Fox Talbot sciences; natural jurisprudence. In this

to or suitable for the formation of character. Etymologert (et-i-molo-jer), n. An etymoapplication ethics includes moral philoso- (Rare.)

logist. phy, international law, public or political Ethusa (e-thu'sa ), n. A genus of short- Etymologic, Etymological (et'i-mo-loj"ik, law, civil law, and history, profane, civil, tailed crustaceans.

et'i-mo-loj"ik-al), a. (See ETYMOLOGY.] Perand political. -—3. A particular system of prin- Ethyl (e'thil), n. [Gr. aithēr, and hule, taining to or treating of etymology or the ciples and rules concerning duty, whether principle.). (C2H5.) The radicle of ordinary

derivation of words. true or false; rules of practice in respect to a alcohol and ether. It has never been obtained Etymologically (et'i-mo-loj"ik-al-li), ado. single class of human actions; as, political or in the free state. Alcohol is the hydrate of According to or by means of etymology. social ethics. Ethiop, Ethiopian (@'thi-op, e-thi-õp'i-an),

ethyl. – Ethyl salts, salts in which the radi- Etymologicon (et'i-mo-loj" ik-on), n. A n. (L' Æthiops ; Gr. Aithiops—aithô, to Ethylamine (e-thil'a - min) cle ethyl plays the part of a metallic base.

work, as a dictionary, containing the etymo

An organic logies of the words of a language; a treaburn, and ope, countenance.] A native of base formed by the substitution of all or

tise on etymology. Ethiopia. part of the hydrogen of ammonia by ethyl.

Etymologist (et-i-molo-jist), n. One versed Ethiopian (ē-thi-õp'i-an), a. In geog. relat- Ethylene (ë'thi-lên), n. Olefiant gas (which

in etymology or the tracing of words to ing to Ethiopia or to its inhabitants. see under OLEFIANT).

their earliest forms; one who searches into Ethiopic (e-thi-op'ik), n. The language of Etiolate (ē'ti-o-lát), v.i. pret. & pp: etio

the origin of words. Ethiopia Ethiopic (ē-thi-op'ik), a. Relating to Ethi

lated; ppr. etiolating. [Fr. étioler, to bianch; Etymologize (et-i-molo-jiz), v.i. To search derived by Littré from the Norm. s'étieuler,

into the origin of words; to deduce words opia or Abyssinia.

to grow into stalks or straw; from éteule,

from their simple roots. Ethiops Martial (e'thi-ops mär'shal), n.

stubble, which he derives from L. stipula, Etymologize (et-i-molo-jiz), v.t. To trace Black oxide of iron; iron in the form of a a straw.) To grow white from absence of

the etymology of; to give the etymology of. very fine powder. the normal amount of green colouring mat

Breeches, quasi bear-riches; when a gallant bears Ethiops Mineral (ē'thi-ops mi'nė-ral), n. ter in the leaves or stalks ; to be whitened

all his riches in his breeches.-Most fortunately et. A combination of mercury and sulphur, of

mologized.

B. Jonson. by excluding the light of the sun, as plants: Etymology (et-i-molo-ji), n. (Gr. etymos; a black colour; black sulphuret of mercury

sometimes in pathol. said of persons. Ethmoid, Ethmoidal (eth’moid, eth-moid': Etiolate (e'ti-o-lāt), v.t. To blanch; to

true or real, to etymon, the true or literal al), a. (Gr. eth mos, a sieve, and eidos, form.] whiten by excluding the sun's rays or by

signification of a word, its root, and logos, Resembling a sieve. – Ethmoid bone, one of disease.

discourse, description, from legein, to say, the bones of the head, situated between the Etiolation (e'ti-o-la"shon), n. 1. The be

to speak.] That part of philology which exorbital processes at the root of the nose. It coming white by excluding the light of the

plains the origin and derivation of words; is exceedingly light and spongy, and the sun or by disease.-2. In hort, the rendering

that part of grammar which comprehends olfactory nerves shoot down through its plants white, crisp, and tender, by exclud

the various inflections and modifications of numerous perforations to the nose, and are ing the action of light from them.

words, and shows how they are formed from chiefly expanded on its surface. Etiological (ë'ti-o-loj'ik-al), a. Pertaining Etymon (et'i-mon), n. [Gr. etymon, from

their simple roots. Ethmoid (eth'moid), n. The ethmoid bone

to etiology. (which see under ETHMOID, a.). Etiology (ē-ti-ol'o-ji), n. [Gr. aitia, cause,

etymos, true.] 1. The original form of a Ethmose (eth’mos), n. [Gr. 'ěthmos, a sieve.] and logos, discourse.) An account of the

word; the root or primitive form.-2. The In physiol. a name given to cellular tissue. Ethnarch (eth'närk), n. (Gr. ethnos, nation, Etiquette (et'i ket), p. causes of anything, particularly of diseases.

original or fundamental sense; the primary (Fr.; O.Fr. esti

or root meaning. "The import here given and archos, a leader.) In Greek antiq. a viceroy; a governor of a province. quette, a thing attached; hence, a label, from

as the etymon or genuine sense of the word.' L.G. stikke, a peg, pin. Ticket is same

Coleridge. Ethnarchy (eth'når-ki), n. The government word. "Originally a ticket indicating a cer

Eu-(ū). A Greek adverb signifying well, hapor jurisdiction of an ethnarch.

tain reference to the object to which it is

pily, prosperously, in safety: used frequently Ethnic, Ethnical (eth'nik, eth'nik-al), a. affixed, then applied to certain regulations

as a prefix signifying well, easy, good, entire, [L. ethnicus ; Gr. ethnikos, from ethnos, as to behaviour, dress, &c., to be observed

and the like. nation, pl. ta ethnē, the nations, heathens, gentiles.] 1. Heathen; pagan; pertaining

See EUKAIRITE. by particular persons on particular occa Eucairite (ū-kārsīt), n.

sions.' Wedgwood.] Conventional forms of Eucalyn (ù'kal-in), n. (CH,0.) A nonto the gentiles or nations not converted to ceremony or decorum; the forms which are

fermentescible, sweetish, syrupy body, got Christianity: opposed to Jewish and Chris- observed toward particular persons, or in

in the fermentation of melitose (the sugar tian. particular places, especially in courts, levees,

of Eucalyptus). It is dextro-rotatory and Those are ancien thnic revels, Of a saith long since forsaken. Longfellow. and on public occasions; social observances

reduces copper salts like sugar. required by good breeding.

Eucalyptus (ū-ka-lip'tus), n. [Gr. eu, well, 2. Pertaining to race; ethnological; as, ethnic considerations prohibit us from connecting

Without hesitation kiss the slipper, or whatever

and kalypto, to cover. ] "A genus of large else the etiquette of that court requires. Chesterfield. these two races. Ethnic (eth'nik), n. A heathen; a pagan.

Etite (ē'tit), n. [Gr. aetos, an eagle.] EagleNo better reported than impure ethnics

stone, a variety of bog iron. See EAGLE

STONE and lay dogs.' Milton. Ethnicism (eth'ni-sizm), n. Heathenism;

Etna (et'na), n. [From Etna, the Sicilian paganism; idolatry.

volcano.) A table cooking-utensil, heated

by a spirit-lamp. A hallowed temple, free from taint Of ethnicism, makes his muse a saint. B. Jonson,

Etnean (et-nē'an), a. Pertaining to Etna,

the celebrated volcanic mountain in Sicily; Ethnographer (eth-nogʻra-fér), n. One who as, the Etnean fires. cultivates ethnography; one who treats of Etonian (e-ton'i-an), n. A schoolboy at the different races and families of men. Eton. Ethnographic, Ethnographical (eth-no- Etrurian (ē-trū'ri-an), a. Relating to

graf'ik, eth-no-graf'ik-al), a. Pertaining to Etruria. ethnography.

Etruscan (ē- trus'kan), a. Relating to Ethnography (eth-nogʻra-fl), n. [Gr. ethnos, Etruria, an ancient country in Central Italy; nation, and grapho, to describe.] That as, an Etruscan vase. branch of science which has for its subject Ettercap (et'ter-kap), n. An attercop; a the description of the different races of spider ; à virulent atrabilious person. men, or the manners, customs, religion, &c., (Scotch.] peculiar to different nations. See extract

A fiery ettercap, a fractious chiel', under ETHNOLOGY.

As het as ginger, and as stieve as steel. Ethnologic, Ethnological (eth-no-loj’ik,

Robertson of Struan. eth-no-loj’ik-al), a. Relating to ethnology: Etter-pike (et'ter-pīk), n. The lesser weever Blue Gum-tree (Eucalyptus globulus). Ethnologist (eth-nol'o-jist), n. One skilled or sting-fish (Trachinus vipera).

in ethnology; a student of ethnology. Etter-pyle (et'ter-pīl), n. A fish mentioned generally glaucous trees, nat. order MyrEthnology (eth-nol'o-ji), n. (Gr. ethnos. by Sibbald, probably the etter-pike.

taceæ, natives of Australia, though a few EUCHARIST

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are found in the Indian Archipelago. There ness of flavour-eu, well, good, and chymos, Euemerism, Euhemerism (ūem'ér-izm, are more than 100 species. The leaves are juice, from che), to pour.) In med. a good ū-hem'ér-izm), 1. (After Euěmeros, an early thick and leathery, and by a twist in the state of the blood and other fluids of the Greek student of, or speculator on, polythestalk the edge of the leaf is presented to body.

istic mythology.) The doctrine that poly. the branch. The flowers grow singly or in Euchysiderite (ü-ki-sid'er-st), n. [Gr. eu, theistic mythology arose exclusively, or in clusters in the axils of the leaves. The well, cheo, to pour, and sideros, iron.) A the main, out of the deification of dead fruit is surrounded by the woody calyx. nearly opaque mineral, considered as a heroes; the system of mythological interThe Australian colonists call the trees gum- variety of augite, which occurs crystallized; pretation which reduces the gods to the trees, from the gum that exudes from their primary form an oblique rhombic prism, level of distinguished men, and so regards trunks, and stringy-bark and iron-bark trees colour brownish-black, lustre vitreous. It the myths as founded on real histories: somefrom the fibrous or solid barks. They supply is found in Norway, and contains silica, lime, times, as in the following quotation, applied valuable timber. Some species attain a great magnesia, and oxide of iron.

to the inverse process, whereby history is size; trees of E. amygdalina have been Euclase (ū’klās), n. [Gr. eu, and klao, to constructed out of mythological tradition. felled which were 480 ft. high and 100 ft. break; lit. easily broken.) A mineral of the He (Professor Seeley) contends that the history of in circumference near the base of the stem. beryl family, formerly called prismatic the (Roman) Regal period may have been con. E. globulus (the blue gum) has lately been emerald, of a pale green colour and very

structed artificially from the beginning, partly by

rationalism or 'euhemerism,' out of mythological extensively planted in malarious districts brittle. Its primary form is a right rhom

superstitions, and partly by etiological conjecture, for the purpose of rendering them healthier. boidal prism. It consists of silica, alumina,

out of existing monuments of antiquity. Sat. Rev. See IRON-BARK TREE.

and glucina, and occurs in the topaz disEucharist (ü’ka-rist), n. [Gr. eucharistia, tricts of Brazil and the gold districts of Euemerist, Euhemerist (u'em-ér-ist, ü.

hem-ér'ist), n. A believer in the doctrine eu, well, good, and charis, grace, favour, Southern Ural.

of euemerism. thanks, from chairó, to rejoice, to be Eucrasy (ü'kra-si), n. [Gr. eu, well, and Euemerist, Euhemerist (ū-em'èr-ist, ūpleased.] 1. The act of giving thanks. - krasis, temperament, from kerannymi, to

hem'er-ist), a. Euemeristic. 2. The sacrament of the Lord's supper; the mix.] In med. such a due or well-propor: Euemeristic, Euhemeristic (ü-em'ér-ist": solemn act or ceremony of commemorating tioned mixture of qualities in bodies as to

ik, ü-hem'er-ist"ik), a. Of or belonging to the death of our Redeemer, in the use of constitute health or soundness. bread and wine, as emblems of his flesh Euctical (ük’tik-al), a. (Gr. euktikos, from Euemeristically, Euhemeristically (u

euemerism; as, euhemeristic historians. and blood, accompanied with appropriate euchomai, to vow, to wish.] 1. Containing prayers and hymns.

acts of thanksgiving.

em'èr-ist"ik-al-li, ū-hem'èr-ist"ik-al-li), adv.

After the manner of Euemeros; rationalistSome receive the sacrament as a means to procure The enctical or eucharistical offering must consist ically; as, to explain a myth euemeristically. great graces and blessings, others as an eucharist of three degrees or parts; the offering of the heart, and an office of thanksgiving for what they have re- of the mouth, of the hand. Joseph Mede.

Euemerize, Euhemerize (ü-em'ér-iz, ů. ceived. Jer. Taylor.

hem'ér-iz), v.t. To treat or explain in the

2. Containing acts of supplication; suppliEucharistic, Eucharistical (ū-ka-ristik,

manner of Euemeros; to treat or explain catory; precatory.

"Sacrifices distinū-ka-rist'ik-al), a. 1.7 Containing expres

rationalistically; as, to euemerize a myth, guished into expiatory, euctical, and eucharsions of thanks. Sir T. Browne.—2. Per- istical.' Law.

that is, to explain it as being founded on a

basis of history. taining to the Lord's supper.

Eudæmonism, Eudemonism (ū-dē'mon. Euemerize, Euhemerize (u-em'ér-īz, ūOur own eucharistic service and the Roman mass izm), n. (Gr. eudaimon, happy-eu, well,

hem'ér-iz), v.i. To believe in or practise alike are founded upon the doctrine of an atoning and daimon, a demon, spirit.] The doctrine

euemerism; to treat or explain myths eusacrifice.

Quart. Rev.
of happiness, or the system of philosophy

emeristically. Euchelaion (u-ke-la'on), n. [Gr., the oil of which makes human happiness its highest Euget (ü'je), n. [L.) An exclamation of prayer--euche, a prayer, and elaion, oil.] object, declaring that the production of

applause, encouragement, joy, and the like. In the Greek Ch. the oil with which a happiness is the foundation of virtue.

Hammond. penitent conscious of any mortal sin is Eudæmonist, Eudemonist (u-de'mon-ist), Eugenia (ü-jë'ni-a), n. [In honour of Prince anointed by the archbishop or bishop, as- n. A believer in eudæmonism.

Eugene of Saxony.) A genus of dicotylesisted by seven priests, in order to gain ab

I am too much of a cudemonist: I hanker too much donous polypetalous plants of the nat. order solution. The anointing is preceded and after a state of happiness both for myself and others. Myrtaceæ. It contains a large number of followed by prayer. The ceremony is called

De Quincey.

species, the most remarkable of which is the sacrament of euchelaion.

Eudialyte, Eudyalite (ū-di'al-it), n. [Gr. the all-spice or pimento. E, acris is the Euchirus (ū-kir' us), n. [Gr. eu, well, and eu, easily, and dialyö, to dissolve.) A min

wild clove. cheir, the hand. ) A remarkable genus of East eral of a brownish-red colour found in Eugenic (ū-jen'ik), a. Pertaining to or de Indian lamellicorn beetles. The antennæ Greenland, which when powdered dissolves rived from cloves. - Eugenic acid, an acid of E. longimanus (long-handed beetle) are readily in hydrochloric acid, whence the derived from cloves, and conferring on much longer than its whole body, and con

It consists of lime, soda, and iron

them their essential properties. It is a sist each of two curves bending outward, in combination with zirconia and silica, and

colourless oil, assuming a darker colour and the curve nearest the body forming a semi- contains minute quantities of tantalum,

becoming resinous when exposed to the circle, while the curve at the extremity is manganese, and other elements.

air. It reddens litmus paper, has a spicy not so prominent. The Chirotonus Macleaii tals belong to the hexagonal system.

burning taste and a strong smell of cloves. is of the most brilliant green, the elytra Eudiometer (ū-di-om'et-er), n. [Gr. eudios, Eugenin, Eugenine (ü'jen-in),n. (C,01,202.) being black marked with orange spots. serene (eu, and root di-see DEITY), and A substance which deposits spontaneously Little or nothing is known of the habits of metron, measure.) An instrument originally from the distilled water of cloves. It crysthis remarkable genus. designed for ascertaining the purity of the

tallizes in small laminæ, which are colourEuchlanidota (u'klan-i-do"ta), n. pl. [Gr. air or the quantity of oxygen it contains,

less, transparent, and pearly, and in time eu, well, and chlanidotos, clad with an but now employed generally in the analysis become yellow. upper garment, from chlanis, an upper gar- of gases for the determination of the nature 'Eugeny † (ū'je-ni), n. [Gr. eu, well, and ment.) A family of Rotifera or wheel-animal- and proportion of the constitu

genos, race, family. ) Nobleness of birth. cules, furnished with a carapace, and with ents of any gaseous mixture.

Eught (ū), n. A tree, the yew. The eugh a multiple rotatory organ divided into more It consists of a graduated glass

obedient to the bender's will.' Spenser. than two lobes. tube, either straight or bent in

Eughent (ū'en), a. Made of yew. Eughen Euchlore (üklör), a. [Gr. eu, well, and the shape of the letter U, her

bow.' Spenser. chloros, green.) În mineral. having a dis- metically sealed at one end and

Eugubine (ü'gū-bin), a. Of or belonging to tinct green colour. [Rare.] open at the other. Two pla

the ancient Eugubium (now Gubbio), or to Euchloric (ū-klor'ik), a. of a distinct green tinum wires, intended for the

certain tablets or tables (seven in number) colour.-Euchloric gas, the same as Euchlo- conveyance of electric sparks

discovered there in 1444. These tablets, rine. through any mixture of gases,

called the Eugubine Tables, furnish a comEuchlorine (ü'klór-in), n. A very explosive so as to cause the combustion

prehensive memorial of the ancient Umgas obtained by the action of hydrochloric of certain of them, are inserted

brian tongue, and show that it somewhat acid on chlorate of potassium; it is a mixture through the glass near the shut

resembled the ancient Latin, as well as of chlorine and oxide of chlorine. end of the tube, and closely ap

the Oscan. Only four of the tablets are Euchologion, Euchology (ū-ko-lo'ji-on, ú- proach but do not touch each koľo-ji), n. (Gr. euchologion, a prayer-book other. The electric spark con

wholly Umbrian, one is partly Umbrian and

partly Latin, and two all Latin. Directions euché, a prayer, and legein, to say.) A sumes the oxygen in the gas to Eudiometer.

for performing sacrificial rites, and forms of formulary of prayers, particularly the ritual be analyzed, and the nature and

prayer, are the subject of the inscriptions. of the Greek Church, in which are prescribed proportion of the constituents of the gase- The tablets are still preserved at Gubbio. the order of ceremonies, sacraments, and ous mixture are determined by the diminu- Euharmonic(ū-här-mon'ik), a. (Gr.eu, well, ordinances; a liturgy.

tion in volume after the passing of the and E. harmonic. ] Producing perfectly conHe... took out of the ancient euchologies, or spark.

cordant sounds, as opposed to sounds proprayer books of the Jews, what was good and laud. Eudiometric, Eudiometrical (u'di-o-met".

duced by tempered instruments. able in them.

BP. Bull.

rik, ü'di-o-mét"rik-al), a. Pertaining to a Euhemerism. See EU EMERISM. Euchre, Eucre (ü'ker), n. A game of cards eudiometer or to eudiometry; performed or Eukairite, Eucairite (ū-kā'rit), n. (Gr. euvery commonly played in America and now ascertained by a eudiometer; as, eudiomet

kairos, opportune, seasonable-eu, well, and introduced into this country also. It is a rical experiments or results.

kairos, season.) A mineral of a shining modified form of the game of écarté (which Eudiometry (ü'di-om'et-ri), n. The art or lead-gray colour and granular structure, see), and may be played by two, three, or practice of ascertaining the purity of the consisting chiefly of selenium, copper, and four players with the thirty-two highest air by the eudiometer, and of determining silver: so called by Berzelius because found cards of the pack. The highest card is the the nature and proportions of the constitu- soon after the discovery of the metal seknave of trumps, called the right bower, and ents of any gaseous mixture.

lenium. the next highest the knave of the same Eudoxian (u-doks'i-an), n. Eccles. one of a Eulogic, Eulogical (ū-loj'ik, ū-loj'ik al), a. colour, called the left bower.

sect of heretics in the fourteenth century, (See EULOGY.) Containing or pertaining to Euchroite (ū’krő-it), n. (Gr. eu, well, and followers of Eudoxius, patriarch of Antioch eulogy or praise; commendatory. chroia, colour.) A transparent and brittle and Constantinople, who affirmed the Son Eulogically (Ü-loj'ik-al-li), adv. In a manmineral, an arseniate of copper, of a light to be differently affected in his will from

ner to convey praise. emerald-green colour. the Father, and made of nothing.

Give me leave eulogically to enumerate a few of Euchymy (ü'ki-mi), n. [Gr. euchymia, good. Eudyalite. See EUDIALYTE.

those many attributes.

Sir T. Herbert.

name.

Its crys

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Eulogist (ū’lo-jist), n. [See EULOGY.:) One small flowers in axillary cymes. One spe- 'Euphonious (ū-fo'ni-us), a. Agreeable in who praises and commends another; one cies (E. europaeus) grows in hedges and sound; euphonic. who writes or speaks in commendation of thickets in England. The evergreen species Euphonious languages are not necessarily easy of another on account of his excellent quali- or varieties of this genus are exceedingly acquirement. The Fin, in which it is rare to find two ties, exploits, or performances. ornamental in their foliage, but require

concurrent consonants in the same syllable, is too

fine and delicate for remembrance. The inind wants Such bigotry was sure to find its enlogist. Buckle. protection in eastern and central Britain. Eulogistic, Eulogistical (ū-10-jis'tik, ū-lo- Euotomous (ū-ot'om-us), a. (Gr. eu, well,

consonantal combinations, or something equally desinite, to lay hold of.

Latham. jis'tik-al), a. Containing or pertaining to and tonné, from temno, to cleave.) In min

With eulogy or praise; laudatory. Eclectic Rev.

eral. having distinct cleavages, cleaving Euphoniously (U-fo'ni-us-li), adv. Eulogistically (ū-lo-jis'tik-al-li), adv. With readily

euphony; harmoniously. commendation or eulogy.

An agreeable Eupathyt (ü'pa-thi), n. (Gr. eupatheia, the Euphonism (u'fon-izm), n. Eulogium (ū-lo'ji-um), 11. A formal eulogy.

sound or combination of sounds. enjoyment of good things, comfort -- eu,

A brass bass Eulogize (ü'lo-jiz), v. t. pret. & pp. eulogized; well, good, and pathos, feeling ]

Euphonium (ū-fo'ni-um), n.

Right

feeling ppr. eulogizing. [See EULOGY ] To praise;

Harris.

instrument, generally introduced into milito speak or write in commendation of an- Eupatorine (u-pá'to-rin), n. An alkaloid,

tary bands, but frequently met with in the

orchestra as a substitute for the bass tromother; to extol in speech or writing.

according to Righoni, obtained from EupaEulogy (ü'lo-ji), n.

bone, with the tone of which, however, it (Gr. eulogia-eu, well, torium cannabinum. It is a white powder, and logos, speech, from lego, to speak. ] having a peculiar sharp bitter taste, insol

has not the slightest affinity. It is tuned Praise; encomium; panegyric; a speech or uble in water, but soluble in ether and

on C or on B flat, and is furnished with alcohol. writing in commendation of a person on

It combines with sulphuric acid, Euphonize (u'fon-iz), v t.

three or four valves or pistons. account of his valuable qualities or services, and the salt crystallizes in silky needles.

To make agree

able in sound. "The praises and famous eulogics of worthy Eupatorium (ů-pa-to'ri-um), n. (L. eupato

A musical instrumen. Spenser. -SYN. Praise, encomium, rium; Gr. eupatorion, ayrimony, from Euphonon (ü'fo-non), n. panegyric, commendation, éloge. Mithridates Eupator, king of Pontus, who

ment of great sweetness and power, resemEulytine (ü’li-tin), n.

bling the upright piano in form and the [Gr. eu, well, and firs used it as a medicine.] An extensive

organ in tone. lyö, to dissolve.] A mineral, consisting genus of perennial herbs, chietly natives of chiefly of silicate of bismuth, found at America, nat, order Compositæ. The plants Euphonous (ū'fon-us), a. Same as EuphoniSchneeberg in Saxony. are often aromatic; they have few-flowered

ous. Mitford. Eumenidæ (ū-men'i-de), n. pl. A family of heads of white or purplish flowers, which Euphony (u'fo-ni), n. (Gr.euphonia-eu, well, hymenopterous insects, of predaceous soli- come into blossom near the close of sum

and phónē, voice. ] An agreeable sound; an tary habits, allied to the wasps. mer. There are over 300 species, one of

easy, smooth enunciation of sounds, a proEumenides (ū-men'i-dez), nl. pl. (Gr. eumenwhich, E. cannabinum, or hemp-agrimony,

nunciation of letters, syllables, and words ides (theai), gracious goddesses, from eu- is a British plant, and grows about the

which is pleasing to the ear. menēs, well-disposed-eu, well, and menos,

banks of rivers and lakes. E perfoliatum Euphorbia (u-forbi-a), n. (Gr. euphorbia, temper, disposition.] In class. myth. a name of North America, popularly called thor

good feeding) A genus of exogenous plants, given to the Furies, because it was considered ough-wort, cross-wort, and bone-set, is em

nat, order Euphorbiacea. There are nearly unlawful and dangerous to name them under ployed as a substitute for Peruvian bark.

1000 species, varying greatly in habits, but their true designation Erinnys. See Fury. Eupatory (ü'pa-to-ri), n. Same as Eupato

all agreeing in the structure of the flower. Eunectus (ū-nek'tus), n.

The British species and those growing in See ANACONDA. rium (which see).

temperate regions are leafy herbs.

In tro)Eunicidæ, Euniceæ (u-nis'i-dē, ū-nis'ë-ė), Eupatrid (ü'pat-rid), n. (Gr. eu, well, patēr, n. pl. A family of marine annelids, order patrog, father, and eidos, resemblance.) A

pical regions they are shrubs or trees, often Errantia, nearly allied to the Nereidæ. member of the ancient aristocracy (Eupa

large, fleshy, and leafless, having the habit

of a cactaceous plant. All abound in a The body is very long (sometimes attaining

tridae) of Athens, in whom were vested the the length of 4 feet), and composed of privileges and powers of lawgivers, the

milky acrid juice. The inflorescence connumerous segments (sometimes so many people having no voice.

sists of many male flowers and one female,

included in a four or five lobed involucre, as 400), each segment being furnished with The honour given to the heads of the houses,

which used to be called the flower. There paddles. The proboscis has at least seven,

which everywhere formed the primary mould of the

Aryan community, :.: and in some cases nine, pairs of horny

was certainly one great

are ten species natives of Britain, common source of nobility. This was the patent, sn to speak, in waste places, copses, and hedges, and teeth, and the gills, when present, are of the Roman patrician, of the Greek cupatrid, of popularly called spurges. composed of filamentous tufts.

the Teutonic warrior.

Edin, Rev. Eunomia (ū-nö'mi-a), 11. (Name of an ancient Eupatridæ (u-pat'ri-dē), n. pl. See EU PAT

Euphorbiaceæ (ū-for'bi-a"sē-ė), n. pl. A nat.

order of exogenous plants, consisting of Greek goddess who presided over order or RID.

herbs, shrubs, or very large trees. They good government.) A small planet or aster- Eupepsia, Eupepsy (ü-pep'si-a, ū-pep'si), occur in all regions of the globe except oid revolving between the orbits of Mars n. (Gr. eupepsia-eu, and pepsis, concoc.

the arctic. The flowers are unisexual, and Jupiter, discovered 29th July, 1851, by tion, digestion, from pepło, to cook, digest.] and the fruit tricoccous. Acridity, a viruDe Gasparis.

Good assimilation of food; good digestion. Eunomian (u-nö'mi-an), n. One of a sect

lent corrosive property, which sometimes is

An age merely mechanical! Eupepsy its main ob. 80 concentrated as to render them most of heretics, disciples of Eunomius, bishop

ject.

Carlyle. dangerous poisons, and sometimes so diffused of Cyzicum in the fourth century. The

Eupeptic (ů-pep'tik), a. 1. Having good Eunomians maintained that the Father was

as to be of little importance, with all imagindigestion.--2. Easy of digestion. Carlyle. able intermediate qualities, exists throughof a different nature from the Son, and that

A genus of birds out the order. Some of them afford caoutthe Son did not in reality unite himself to Euphema (ū-fe'ma), n.

belonging to the Psittacidæ or parrot fa- chouc. human nature. Brewer. Eunomian (ū-no'mi-an), a. Of or pertaining mily, order Scansores. Several species are Euphorbiaceous, Euphorbial (ū-for bi-ā".

shus, ū-for'bi-al), a. to Eunomius or his doctrines. found in Australia. E elegans is the ground

Of, relating to, or reSee preceding article. parakeet of the colonists.

sembling the Euphorbiaceæ. Eunomy (ü'no-mi), n. [Gr. eunomia - eu,

Euphemism (ū'fēm-izm), n. (Gr. euphēmis- Euphorbium (ū-forbi-um), n. [Gr. euphorand nomos, law.] Equal law, or a well

mos-eu, well, and phemi, to speak. ] In rhet. bion, euphorbium, said to be from Euphor. adjusted constitution of government. Mit

a figure in which a delicate word or expres- bus, physician to the King of Mauritania)

sion is substituted for one which is offen- A substance improperly called a gum or ford. Eunuch (ü'nuk), n. [Gr. eunouchos-eunē,

sive to good manners or to delicate ears. gum-resin, since it is entirely destitute a bed, and echo, to keep, to have charge of.]

When it is said of the martyr St. Stephen, that 'he

of any gum in its composition. It is the A castrated male of the human species;

fell asleep,' instead of he died, the euphemism par. juice of several species of Euphorbia, either

takes of the nature of a metaphor, intimating a exuding naturally or from incisions made hence, from the employ to which resemblance between sleep and the death of such a

in the bark. Much of the article found eunuchs were commonly put, a chamberlain. person.

Beattie.

in British commerce is obtained from the Eunuch, Eunuchate (ü'nuk, ū'nuk-at), v.t. This instinct of politeness in speech-euphemism, To make a eunuch of; to castrate, as a man. as it is called--which seeks to hint at an unpleasant

E. canariensis; that used on the Continent They eunuch all their priests; from whence 'tis shewn,

or an indelicate thing, rather than naine it directly, is obtained from E. officinalis and other

has had much to do in making words acquire new species. Euphorbium is a powerful acrid That they deserve no children of their own. Creich.

meanings and lose old ones: thus 'plain' has usurped substance, virulently purgative and emetic, It were an impossible act to eunuchate or castrate the sense of ugly fast,' of 'dissipated;" gallantry theinselves. Sir T. Browne. of licentiousness." Chambers's Int. for the People.

and the dust of it is dangerously stimulant

to the nose. Eunuchism (ū'nuk-izm), n. The state of Euphemistic, Euphemistical (ū-fēm-ist'- Euphrasia (ū-frāʼzi-a), n. [Gr, euphrasia, being a eunuch.

ik, ủ-fem-ist'ik-al), a. Pertaining to or con- delight, from euphrainā, to delight-eu. That eunuchism, not in itself, but for the kingdom taining euphemism; rendering more decent

well, and phrën, mind, heart.] A small of heaven, is better than it (marriage), we doubt not. or delicate in expression. Bp. Hall

genus of herbs, nat. order Scrophulariaceæ, Euphemize (ũ' fèm-īz), u.t. To make euEuomphalus (ū-om'fal-us), n. [Gr. eu,

natives of temperate regions, of which there phemistic; to express by a euphemism, or in well, and omphalos, the navel.) A large

are about twelve species. The plants are affectedly delicate or refined language. genus of fossil gasteropodous molluscs be- Euphemize (ū'fem - iz), v.i.

parasitic on roots, have branching stems, To use eu

The

and opposite toothed or cut leaves. longing to the family Turbinidæ, appearing in the Silurian strata, and keeping its place phemism; to express one's self in an affec

small, white, yellow, or purple flowers are tedly fine style; to euphuize. Kingsley. till the triassic period. The remains con- Euphon (ü'fon),,n.

in dense bracteate spikes. One species, E.

Same as Euphonon. sist of depressed or discoidal shells, with a

officinalis, is common in meadows and heaths Euphonia (ú-fo'ni-a), n. A genus of insespolygonal aperture and very wide umbili

throughout Britain. It was formerly used sorial birds allied to the tanagers. E. jacus (whence the name). The operculum is

as an eye medicine. Called also Euphrasy maica is the blue quit or blue sparrow of round, shelly, and multispiral.

and Eyebright.

the West Indies. Euonymus (ü-on'i-mus), n., (Gr. eu, well, Euphonic, Euphonical (u-fon’ik, ū-fon’ik- Euphrasy (u'fra-si). 2.: Euphrasia or eyegood, and onoma, a name.) The spindle

bright, formerly a specific for diseases of the al), a. (See EUPHONY.] Of or pertaining tree or prickwood of our hedges, a genus of

eye. to, or characterized by, euphony; agreeable shrubs or trees, nat, order Celastrineæ, con

Then purged with euphrasy, and rue, in sound; pleasing to the ear; as, euphoni- The visual nerve; for he had much to see. Milton. taining about fifty species, natives of the

cal orthography. temperate regions of the northern hemi

Euphroe (ū’fro-e), n. Naut. a circular piece

The Greeks adopted many changes in the combin. sphere. The plants have quadrangular ation of syllables to render their language euphonic,

of wood with holes in it through which branchlets, opposite serrate leaves, and by avoiding such collisions.

E. Porter. small lines are rove forming a crowioot, by EUPHROSYNE

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which an awning is suspended. Written also which St. Paul sailed, as narrated in Acts in her hand, or with various instruments Uphroe, Uvrou.

xxvii. 14-44. It is a north-east or north- about her. As her name denotes, she is the Euphrosyne (ū-fros'i-nē), n. [Gr Euprosynē, north-east wind, and is now known by the

inspirer of pleasure. one of the Graces.) A small planet or as- name of Gregalia.

2. In astron, an asterteroid, between the orbits of Mars and Jupi. Europa (ū-ro'pa), n. A small planet or as

oid discovered by ter, discovered by Ferguson, 1st September, teroid, between the orbits of Mars and Ju

Hind in 1853.-3. In 1854. piter, discovered by Goldschmidt, 4th Feb

bot. a genus of palms, Euphuism (ü'fū-izm), n. [From the name ruary, 1858.

having slender cyl. of the hero of two works by John Lyly, viz. European (ll-rő-pē'an), a. Pertaining to

indrical stems,someEuphues, the Anatomy of Wit, 1579, and Europe; native to Europe (L. Europa, Gr.

times nearly 100 feet Euphues and his England, 1580, written in Europe), the great quarter of the earth that

in height, crowned a strange ornate and affected style, which lies between the Atlantic Ocean and Asia,

by a tuft of pinnate became fashionable at the court of Elizabeth. and between the Mediterranean Sea and

leaves, the leaflets Euphues is the Gr. euphyēs, well-shaped, the Northern Ocean; as, European plants or

narrow, regular, and goodly, elegant-eu, well, and phyē, growth, animals; European civilization,

close together. The stature.) Affectation of excessive elegance European (ū-ro-pē'an), n. A native of Eu

bases of the leafand refinement of language; high-flown dic- rope.

stalks are dilated, tion. Europeanize (ū-rõ-pē'an-iz), v.t. To natu

and form cylindrical The discourse of Sir Percie Shafton, in 'The Mon. ralize or domesticate in Europe; to cause to

sheaths round a conastery.' is rather a caricature than a fair sample of become European; to assimilate to Euro

siderable portion of en phuism. ... Perhaps, indeed, our language is after all, indebted to this writer (Lyly) and his euphuism peans in manners, character, and usages;

the upper part of the for not a little of its present euphony. Craik. as, a europeanized American.

stem. They are naEurus (ū'rus), n. (L.) The south-east wind.

tives of the forests Euphuist (ü'fü-ist), n. (See EUPHUISM.)

Euryale (ū-ri'a-lē), n. 1. A genus of echinoOne who uses bombast or excessive orna.

of South America, ment in style; one who affects excessive derms, belonging to the Asteroidea or star

where they grow in elegance and refinement of language. Apfishes, having the rays very much branched.

large masses. One of plied particularly to a class of writers in the

They are also known by the name of me- Euterpe, from the Vatican. the chief species is age of Queen Elizabeth, at the head of which dusa's head.-2. A genus of plants of the

the Euterpe edulis, stood John Lyly, whose unnatural and high

water-lily order, growing in India and China, or assai palm of Pará in Brazil, which has flown diction is ridiculed in Sir Walter Scott's

where the floury seeds of some species are a fruit resembling a sloe in size and colour, Monastery, in the character of Sir Percie Eurycerous (ú-ris'ér-us). a. (Gr. eurys; used as food.

from which a beverage called assai is made.

Mixed with cassava tlour assai forms an imShafton. See last art. Euphuistic (ū-fū-ist'ik), a. Belonging to

broad, and keras, a horn.] Having broad portant article of diet in this part of Brazil. horns. Smart.

E. montana, a West Indian species, is culthe euphuists or to euphuism. 'Euphuistic pronunciation.' Craik.

tivated in hot-houses in this country. Eurylaiminæ (ū-ri-la-mi'nē), n. pl. [Gr. Euphuize (ü'fū-iz), v.i. To express one's

eurys, wide, and laimos, a throat. A sub- Euterpean (ů-tér pē-an), a. Pertaining or self by a euphuism; to express one's self in

family of fissirostral insessorial birds, family relating to Euterpe; pertaining to music. an affectedly fine and delicate manner; to

Coraciadæ, inhabiting India and the Indian Euthanasia, Euthanasy (ũ-than-a'zi-a, ū.
Archipelago, forming one of the connecting

than'a-si), n euphemize.

(Gr. euthanasia - eu, and links between the swallows and the bee- thanatos, death, from thanó, thnéskő, to die.) Eupione (ū'pi-on), n. (Gr. eupión, very fat or rich.) In chem. the name given by Reich

eaters, and closely allied to the todies. The 1. An easy death. enbach to a fragrant, colourless, highly vol

bill is very large and very broad at the base, A recovery in my case and at my age is impossible; atile, and inflammable liquid, produced in wings rounded, toes unequal, the outer the kindest wish of my friends is enthanasia.

drbuthnot. the destructive distillation of bones, wood,

joined to the middle. Some of the species, coal, &c. It is insoluble in water, but mixes

as Eurylaimus ochromalus, the hooded spe- 2. A putting to death by painless means; a with oils, and acts as a solvent of fats and

cies, are very beautiful, having finely marked means of putting to a painless death. resins. plumage. See CORACIADÆ.

Eutrophic (ū-trof'ik), n. In pathol. an agent

whose action is exerted on the system of Euplastic (ū-plast'ik), a. (Gr. eu, well, and Eurypterida (ū-rip-te'ri-da), n. pl. (Gr. plassó, to form.) In med. having the capa

eurys, broad, pteron, a wing, and eidos, re- nutrition, without necessarily occasioning city of becoming organizable in a high de

semblance.) An extinct sub-order of crus- manifest increase of any of the secretions. gree, as in false membranes resulting from

taceans, order Merostomata, closely allied Eutrophy (ü'tro-fi), n. (Gr. eutrophia, from acute inflammation in a healthy person. to the king-crabs. The typical genus Euryp

eutrophos, healthy-eu, well, and trepho, to Dunglison.

terus received its name from the broad, oar- nourish.] In pathol. healthy nutrition; a Euplastic (ū-plast'ik), n. A term applied like, swimming feet which the members of healthy state of the nutritive organs.

A follower or by Lobstein to the elaborated organizable

this genus possess. They range from the Eutychian (ū-ti'ki-an), n. matter by which the tissues of the body

upper Silurians to the lower coal-measures one holding the doctrines of Eutychius, who are renewed. Hoblyn. inclusive. Pterygotus, Slimonia, c., are

taught that in Jesus Christ there was but included in the sub-order.

one nature, compounded of the divine and Eupyrion (ū-pir'i on), n. (Gr. eu, and pyr,

human natures. This heresy was condemned fire. Any contrivance for obtaining an in Eurythmy(ū’rith-mi), n. (Gr.eu, and rhythstantaneous light, as lucifer-matches, &c.

mos, rythmus, number or proportion. )

by the Synod of Chalcedon, A.D. 451. Eurasian (u-ra'shi-an), n. [A contraction of

1. In the fine arts, harmony of proportion; Eutychian (ū-tiski-an), a. Of or pertaining European and Asian) One born in Hinduregularity and symmetry.-2. In med. regu

to Eutychius. See above. larity of pulse.

Eutychianism (ū-ti'ki-an-izm), n. The docstan of a Hindu mother and European

A follower or one

trines of Eutychius, or adherence to such father. They generally receive a European Eusebian (ū-sē’bi-an), n.

doctrines. education, and the young men are often

holding

the opinions of Eusebius, the father engaged in government or mercantile offices,

of ecclesiastical history, who was at the Euxanthic Acid (ūks-anth'ik as'id). n. while the girls often marry Europeans.

head of the semi-Arian or moderate party (C2H18 011-) Purreic acid, an acid obtained at the Council of Nice.

from Indian yellow. It forms yellow comIt is asserted that the lower classes of Eurasians, or half-castes, as they are designed, ...

Eusebian (ū-sē bi-an), a. Of or pertaining pounds with the alkalies and the earths.

lead the life of pariah-dogs, skulking on the outskirts between to Eusebius. See above.

Euxanthine (üks-anth'in), n. [Gr. eu, well, the European and native communities, and branded Eustachian (ū-sta'ki-an), a Of or pertain- and xanthos, yellow.) A substance supposed as noxious animals by both. Fraser's Mag. ing to Eustachius or Eustachi, a famous to be derived from the bile or urine of the Eureka (Ü-rë'ka). (Gr. heurēka, I have found, Italian physician, who died at Rome, 1574. - buffalo, camel, or elephant. It comes to us pert. ind. act. of heurisko, to find. ] The Eustachian tube, the tube which forms a from India under the name of purree or exclamation of Archimedes when, after long communication between the internal ear Indian yellow, and is used as a pigment. It study, he discovered a method of detect- and the back part of the mouth; so named forms small yellow crystals, and is the maging the amount of alloy in King Hiero's after its discoverer the Eustachius 'above- nesia salt of euxanthic or purreic acid. crown; hence, a discovery; especially, one mentioned. -- Eustachian valve, a semilunar Euxenite (ūks'en-it), n. A brownish-black made after long research; an expression of membranous valve which separates the right mineral with a metallic lustre, found in triumph at a discovery or supposed dis- auricle of the heart from the interior vena Norway, and containing the metals yttrium, covery. 'Can afford to smile at a hundred cava, first described by Eustachius.

columbium, uranium, and some others. such fussy eurekas.' Eclectic Rev.

Eustathian (ů-sta'thi-an), n. One of a sect Euxine (üks'in), n. [Gr. euxeinos, kind to Euripet (ü'rip), n. A euripus or channel. of heretics of the fourth century, so named strangers, hospitable-eu, well, and xeinos, On either side there is an euripe or arm of the sea.

from their founder Eustathius, who denied a guest.] The sea between Russia and Asia

Holland, the lawfulness of marriage, and who was Minor; the Black Sea. Euripus (ū-ri'pus), n. [L. ;Gr. euripos, a strait excommunicated by the Council of Gangra. Evacatet (e-vă'kāt), v.t. [L. e, out, and vaco, or narrow channel -eu, well, and ripë, the Eustathian (ū-sta'thi-an), a. Of or pertain

vacatum, to empty.) To evacuate; to empty. force with which anything is thrown, rush.] ing to Eustathius. See above.

Harvey. Any strait or narrow sea where the flux and Eustyle (ü'stil), n. (Gr. eu, well, and stylos, Evacuant (e-vak'ü-ant), a. (L. evacuans, reflux is violent, as that (now called Egripo) a column.) An intercolumniation of two ppr. of eracuo. See EVACUATE.) Emptying; between the island of Eubea (Negropont) and a quarter diameters.

freeing from; provoking evacuation; purgaand Boeotia in Greece. Eutaxy (ü'tak-si), n. (Gr. eutaxia, good ar

tive. Eurite (ü'rit), n. (Fr.) Felspathic granite, rangement-eu, well, and taxis, order, from Evacuant (ē-vak'ū-ant), n. A medicine of which felspar is the principal ingredient; tassó, to order, arrange. ] Good or estab. which procures evacuations, or promotes the white-stone (weiss-stein) of Werner. lished order.

the natural secretions and excretions. Eurithmy (ü'rith-mi), n. Same as Euryth

This ambition made Absalom rebel; nay, it en.

Evacuate (ē-vak'ü-át), v. t. pret. & pp. evacumy (which see)

dangered a crack in the glorious cutary of heaven ated; ppr. evacuating. [L. evacuo, evacuatum Euritic (ü-rit'ik), a. Containing eurite; com

Waterhouse --e, out, and vacuus, from vaco, to empty. posed of eurite; resembling eurite.

Euterpe (ū-tér'pē), n. (Gr. eu, well, and See VACANT.] 1. To make empty; to free Euroclydon (ü-rok'li-don), n. [Gr. euros, terpo, to delight.] 1. One of the Muses, con- from anything contained; as, to eracuate a

the south-east wind, and klydon, a wave.] sidered as presiding over lyric poetry, be- vessel; to eracuate the church.-2. To throw A tempestuous wind that frequently blows cause the invention of the flute is ascribed out; to eject; to void; to discharge; as, to in the Levant, and which was the occasion to her. She is usually represented as a evacuate dark-coloured matter from the of the disastrous shipwreck of the vessel in virgin crowned with flowers, having a flute bowels.--3. To deprive; to strip; to divest. EVACUATE

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the poor.

‘Evacuate the Scriptures of their most im- Evangel (e-van'jel), n. [L. evangelium, the the gospel; to preach the gospel to and conportant meaning.' Coleridge.-4. To with- gospel. See EVANGELIC.) Good tidings; vert to a belief of the gospel; as, to erandraw from; to quit; to desert.

specifically, the gospel. [Obsolete or poeti- gelize the world. The Norwegians were forced to evacuate the cal.)

The Spirit country.

Burke.
But alas! what holy angel

Pour'd first on his apostles, whom he sends

Brings the slave this glad evangel. Longfellow. 5. To make void; to nullify; to vacate; as,

To evangelise the nations.

Milton. to evacuate a marriage or any contract. Evangelian (é-van-jel’i-an), a. Rendering Evangelize (ē-van'jel-sz), v.i.

To preach The measures that God marks out to thy charity thanks for favours. Craig.

the gospel. are these: thy superfluities must give place to thy Evangelical, Evangelic (ē-van-jel'ik-al,

Thus did our heavenly Instructor fulfil the predic. neighbour's great convenience; thy convenience must ē-van-jel'ik), a. (L.L. evangelicus, from L.

tions of the prophets, that he would evangelize to veil thy neighbour's necessity; and, lastly, thy very

By. Porteons. necessities must yield to thy neighbour's extremity.

evangelium, the gospel: Gr.euangelikos, from This is the gradual process that must be thy rule,

euangelion, good tidings; in a Christian Evangelyt (ē-van'je-li), n. Good tidings; and he that pretends a disability to give short of this, sense, glad tidings, the gospel-eu, well,

the gospel. The sacred pledge of Christ's prevaricates with duty and evacuates the precept: good, and angello, to announce.) 1. Con

evangely.' Spenser. Sorith. Evacuatet (ē-vak'ü-át), v.i. To discharge

tained in the gospels, or four first books of Evangilet (e-van'jil), n. The gospel; good the New Testament; as, the evangelic his

tidings. an evacuation; to let blood. tory. -- 2. According to the gospel, or reli

Above all the Servians ... read with much aridity If the malady continue, it is not amiss to evacuate gious truth taught in the New Testament;

the evangile of their freedom.

Lander. in a part in the forehead.

Burton.

consonant to the doctrines and precepts of Evaniadæ (é-van-i'a-dē), n. pl. A small Evacuation (ē-vak'ü-ā"shon), n. 1. The act the gospel published by Christ and his family of hymenopterous parasitical insects; of evacuating; the act of emptying or clear- apostles; as, evangelical righteousness, obe- typical genus, Evania. E. appendigaster ating of the contents; the act of withdrawing dience, or piety.-3. Earnest for the truth

taches itself to the cockroach. from, as an army or garrison. Lest their taught in the gospel; sound in the doctrines Evanid (e-van'id), a. (L. evanidus, evanestreasury should be exhausted by so frequent of the gospel; adhering closely to the letter cent, from evanesco, to vanish. See EVANevacuations.' Potter. -2. That which is evaof the gospel; fervent and devout; as, an

ESCE.) Faint; weak; evanescent; liable cuated or discharged, especially a discharge evangelical preacher.-4. Eccles. (a) a term to vanish or disappear; as, an evanid colour by stool or other natural means; as, dark- applied to a section in the Protestant or smell. coloured evacuations.--3. A diminution of churches who profess to base their prin- I put as great difference between our new lights the fluids of an animal body by cathartics, ciples on Scripture alone, and who give

and ancient truths, as between the sun and an evanud venesection, or other means.-4. Abolition;

meteor.

Glanville, special prominence to the doctrines of the nullification. * Evacuation of all Romish

See corruption of man's nature by the fall of Evanish (e-van'ish), v.i. [L. evanesco. ceremonies.' Hooker. his regeneration and redemption through

EVANESCE.) To escape from sight or perEvacuative (ē-vak'ū-at-iv), a. Serving or our Saviour, and of free and unmerited

ception; to vanish; to disappear. tending to evacuate; cathartic; purgative. grace. (6) Á term applied in Germany to Or like the rainbow's lovely form Evacuator (e-vak'ü-at-ér), n. One who Protestants as distinguished from Roman

Evarishing

amid the storm. Burns or that which evacuates or makes void.

Catholics, inasmuch as the former recognize Evanishment (e-van'ish-ment), n. A vanEvacuators of the law.' Hammond.

no standard of faith except the writings of ishing; disappearance. Evadable (e-vād'a-bl), a. Same as Evadible.

the evangelists and other books of the Bible, Evaporable (e-va' per-a-bl), a. (See EVAPORDe Quincey.

and more especially to the national Protes- ATE.] That may be converted into vapour Evade (ē-văd'), v.t. pret. & pp. evaded; ppr. tant church formed in Prussia in 1817 by a and pass off in fumes; that may be dissipated evading. (L. cvado-e, and vado, to go. See union of the Lutheran and Calvinistic by evaporation. WADE.] 1. To avoid, escape from, or elude churches. - Evangelical Alliance, an associa- Evaporate (e-va'pér-āt), v.i. pret. & pp. erain any way, as by dexterity, artifice, strata

tion of evangelical Christians belonging to porated; ppr. evaporating. [L. evaporo, evagem, subterfuge, sophistry, address, or in- various churches and countries, formed in poratum-e, out, and vaporo, to emit steam, genuity; to slip away from; to elude; as, to 1845, to concentrate the strength of an en- from vapor, vapour. See VAPOUR.) 1. To evade a blow; the thief evaded his pursuers; lightened Protestantism against the en- pass off in vapour, as a fluid; to escape and the advocate evades an argument or the croachments of Popery and Puseyism, and be dissipated, either in visible vapour or force of an argument. - 2. To escape the to promote the interests of a scriptural in particles too minute to be visible; as, grasp or comprehension of; to baffle or foil.

Christianity.- Evangelical Union, the name fluids when heated often evaporate in visible We have seen how a contingent event baffles man's assumed by a religious body constituted in steam; but water on the surface of the knowledge and evades his powers.

South.

Scotland in 1843, its originator being the earth generally evaporates in an impercepEvade (e-vād'), v.i. 1. To escape; to slip Rev. James Morison of Kilmarnock, a minis- tible manner.-2. To escape or pass off withaway: often with from. 'Evading from ter of the United Secession Church, after out effect; to be dissipated; to be wasted; perils.' Bacon.--2. To attempt to escape; whom the members of the body are often as, arguments evaporate in words; the spirit to practise artifice or sophistry for the pur- spoken of as Morisonians. They maintain of a writer often evaporates in a translapose of eluding

the universality of the atonement, com- tion, The ministers of God are not to evade and take bining with this the doctrine of eternal, per- The enemy takes a surer way to consume uus, by refuge in any such ways. sonal, and unconditional election, and deny.

letting our courage evaporate against stones and rubbish.

Swift. He (Charles I.) hesitates; he evades; at last he ing that any one will be condemned for bargains to give his assent for five subsidies. Adam's fall.

Evaporate (ē-va'pér-át), v.t. 1. To convert

or resolve into vapour, which is specifically Evadible (ē-vād’i-bl), a. Capable of being Evangelical (e-van-jel'ik-al), n. One who maintains evangelical principles.

lighter than the air, as a fluid; to dissipate evaded.

in fumes, steam, or minute particles; to Evagation (e-va-gā'shon), n. [L. evagatio, Evangelicalism (e-van-jel'ik-al-izm), n. Adherence to evangelical doctrines; doctrines

convert from a solid or liquid state into a evagor--e, forth, and vagor, to wander.] The

The

or principles of the evangelicals. act of wandering; excursion; a roving or

gaseous; to vaporize; as, heat evaporates rambling. Ray. (Rare.) worst errors of Popery and Evangelicalism

water.-2. To give vent to; to pour out in combined.' Arnold.

words or sound. Evagination (e-vaj'in-ā"shon), n. [L. e, out,

In My lord of Essex evaporated his thoughts in a son. and vagina, a sheath.] The act of unsheath: Evangelically (e-van-jel'ik-al-li), adv. an evangelical manner; in a manner accord

Sir H. Wotton. ing: Craig. (Rare. ) ing to the gospel.

3. In phar. to perform the process of evaEvalt (ē'val), a. (L. ævum, an age.) Relat

Evangelicalness (ē-van-jel'ik-al-nes), n. poration on. ing to time or duration.

See EVAPORATION, 3.
Quality of being evangelical.

Evaporate (ē-va'per-āt), a.
Evaluation (ē-val-ū-a'shon), n. [Fr. évalu-

Dispersed in

Evan- vapours. Thomson. (Rare.) ation; L. L. evalvatio.] Exhaustive valuation Evangelicism (e-van-jel’i-sizm), n. gelical principles.

Evaporation (ē-va'per-a"shon), n. or apprizement. (Rare. ]

1. The Evangelicity (ē-van'jel- is" i-ti), n. The act of resolving into vapour, or state of being Before applying the doctrine of chances to any scientific purpose, the foundation must be laid for an

quality of being evangelical; evangelicalism. resolved into vapour, the conversion of a evaluation of the chances, by possessing ourselves A thorough earnestness and evangelicity.

solid or liquid by heat into vapour or steam, of the utmost attainable amount of positive know

Eclectic Rev. which becomes dissipated in the atmosphere le ige.

7. S. Mill.
Evangelism (ē-van'jel-izm), n.

in the manner of an elastic fluid; vaporizaEvanesce (ē-van-es), v.i. pret. & pp. evan- mulgation of the gospel. Bacon.

tion. The process of evaporation is conesced; ppr. evanescing. [L evanesco-e, and Evangelist (e-van'jel-ist), n. [Gr. euangel

stantly going on at the surface of the earth, vanesco, to vanish, from vanus, vain, empty. istës, the bringer of good tidings. See EVAN- but principally at the surface of the sea, of See VAIN.) To vanish; to disappear; to be GELICAL. ] 1. A writer of the history or doc- lakes, rivers, and pools. The vapour thus dissipated, as vapour.

trines, precepts, actions, life, and death of formed, being specifically lighter than atI believe him to have evanesced and evaporated.

our blessed Saviour Jesus Christ; as, the mospheric air, rises to considerable heights De Ouincey. four evangelists, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and

above the earth's surface; and afterwards, Evanescence (é-van-es'sens), n. 1. A vanish

John. -- 2. In the New Testament, one of by a partial condensation, forms clouds, and ing; a gradual departure from sight or an order of men in the early Church who

finally descends in rain. The effect of evapossession, either by removal to a distance, appear to have been a kind of missionary

poration is to reduce the temperature of the or by dissipation, as vapour.--2. The state preachers. Acts xxi. 8; 2 Tim. iv. 5; Eph. iv. evaporating surface. In the animal body of being liable to vanish and escape posses- 11.-3. A person licensed to preach but not evaporation from the skin and lungs is one sion; as, the evanescence of earthly plans having a charge; a layman engaged in

of the most obvious causes of diminution of or hopes.

preaching or missionary work of any kind. temperature.--2. The matter evaporated or Evanescent (ē-van-es'sent), a. 1. Vanishing; Evangelistary (ē-van'jel-ist"a-ri), n. A discharged; vapour. The evaporations of subject to vanishing; fleeting; passing away; selection of passages from the Gospels, as a

a vindictive spirit.' Howell. liable to dissipation, like vapour, or to be- lesson in divine service.

Evaporations are greater according to the greater come imperceptible; as, the pleasures and Evangelistic (ē-van'jel-ist"ik), a. Evangel

heat of the sun.

Woodward, joys of life are evanescent.-2. Lessening or ical; tending or designed to evangelize; as, 3. In phar. the transformation of a liquid lessened beyond the perception of the mind; evangelistic tendencies; evangelistic efforts. into vapour in order to obtain the fixed impalpable; imperceptible.

Evangelization (ē-van'jel-iz-a"shon), n. The matters contained in it in a dry and separate The difference between right and wrong, in some act of evangelizing.

state. petty cases, is almost evanescent. Wollaston.

Evangelize (ē-van'jel-iz), v.t. pret. & pp. Evaporative (e-va'per-āt-iv), a. Causing Evanescently (e-van-es'sent-li), adv.

evangelized; ppr. evangelizing. [L.L. evan- evaporation; pertaining to evaporation. vanishing manner.

gelizo. See EVANGELICAL.) To instruct in Evaporometer (ē-va'pér-om"et-ér), n. (L.

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