ECHIUM or prickles. The test consists of ten meridional zones or double rows of calcareous plates fitting each other accurately. In five of the zones there are little apertures for the Sea-urchin (Echinus esculentus). protrusion of muscular tubes, which serve as feet. The mouth is armed with calcareous teeth, and opens into a gullet, which conducts to a distinct stomach, whence proceeds a convoluted intestine terminating in a vent. It is popularly called the Seaurchin or Sea-egg. There are several species, and some of them eatable.-3. In bot. a prickly head or top of a plant; an echinated pericarp.-4. In arch. an ornament of the form of an egg, alternating ДОТОР Echinus. with an anchor-shaped or dart-shaped ornament, p culiar to the ovolo moulding, whence that moulding is sometimes called echinus. Echium (ek'i-um), n. [Gr. echion, from echis, the viper.] Viper's bugloss, a genus of plants, nat. order Boraginaceae. Above fifty species have been described. They are large hispid or scabrous herbs, with entire leaves and white, red, or blue flowers in racemes. They are natives of Southern Europe and Western Asia. E. vulgare is common on waste ground and on light soils in England; E. plantagineum is a native of Jersey. Echo (e'ko), n. [L. echo; Gr. echō, from êché, a sound of any sort, whence écheō, to sound. ] 1. A sound reflected or reverberated from a solid body; sound returned; repercussion of sound; as, an echo from a distant hill. Shak. Tennyson. The babbling echo mocks the hounds, Replying shrilly to the well-tuned horns, As if a double hunt were heard at once. Which makes appear the songs I made As echoes out of weaker times. Sound being produced by waves or pulses of the air, when such a wave meets an opposing surface, as a wall, it is reflected like light and proceeds in another direction, and the sound so heard is an echo. When the echo of a soun 1 returns to the point whence the sound originated, the reflecting surface is at right angles to a line drawn to it from that point. An oblique surface sends the echo of a sound off in another direction, so that it may be heard elsewhere, though not at the point where the sound originated. If the direct and reflected sounds succeed each o her with great rapidity, which happens when the reflecting surface is near, the echo only clouds the original sound, but is not heard distinctly, and it is such indistinct echoes which interfere with the hearing in churches and other large buildings. interval of about one-ninth of a second is necessary to discriminate two successive sounds; and as sound passes through the atmosphere at the rate of about 1125 feet in a second, of 1125. or about 62 feet, will be the least distance at which an echo can be heard. The wall of a house or the rampart of a city, the surface of a cloud, a wood, rocks, mountains, valleys, produce echoes. Some echoes are remarkable for their frequency of repetition.-2. In class. myth. a nymph, the aughter of the Air and Earth, who, for love of Narcissus, pined away till no hing remained of her but her voice. An Sweet Ficho, sweetest nymph, that liv'st unseen 3 In arch. a vault or arch for redoubling Echo (e'ko). v.i. 1. To resound; to reflect sound; as, the hall echoed with acclamations. 126 At the parting All the church echoed. Shak. 2. To be sounded back. Echoing noise.' Blackmore. Sounds which echo farther west Than your sires' 'Islands of the Blest.' Byron. 3. To produce a sound that reverberates; to give out a loud sound. Drums and trumpets echo loudly, Wave the crimson banners proudly Longfellow. Echo (e'ko), v. t. 1. To reverberate or send back, as sound; to return, as what has been uttered. Those peals are echoed by the Trojan throng. 2. To repeat with assent; to adopt as one's own sentiments or opinion. They would have echoed the praises of the men whom they envied, and then have sent to the newspapers libels upon them. Macaulay. Echometer (e-kom'et-ér), n. [Gr. échos, sound, and metron, measure.] In music, a scale or rule, with several lines thereon, serving to measure the duration of sounds and to find their intervals and ratios. Echometry (e-kom'et-ri), n. 1. The art or act of measuring the duration of sounds.2. The art of constructing vaults to produce echoes. Eclaircise (e-klar'siz), v. t. pret. & pp. eclaircised; ppr. eclaircising. [Fr. éclaircir, from clair, clear. See CLEAR.] To make clear; to explain; to clear up what is not understood or misunderstood. [Rare.] Éclaircissement (a-klar-sis-män), n. [Fr.] Explanation; the clearing up of anything not before understood. Nay, madam, you shall stay... till he has made an éclaircissement of his love to you. Wycherly. Eclampsy (ek-lamp'si), n. [Gr. eklampsis, a shining, from eklampo, to shine-ek, out, and lampo, to shine.] A flashing of light before the eyes; rapid convulsive motions, especially of the mouth, eyelids, and fingerssymptomatic of epilepsy; hence, epilepsy itself. Éclat (a-klä), n. [Fr., a splinter, noise, clamour, brightness, magnificence, from éclater, to split, to shiver, to make a great noise, to sparkle, to glitter; Pr. esclatar, Walloon sklate, from O.H.G. skleizan, G. schleissen, schlitzen, to split. It is easy to understand how, the sense of breaking into shivers, passes into those of making a noise and shining brilliantly.] 1. A burst, as of applause; acclamation; approbation; as, his speech was received with great éclat.2. Brilliancy of success; splendour of effect; lustre; as, the éclat of a great achievement. 3. Renown; glory. Yet the éclat it gave was enough to turn the head of a man less presumptuous than Egmont. Prescott. Eclectic (ek-lek'tik), a. [Gr. eklektikos-ex, and lego, to choose.] Selecting; choosing; not original nor following any one model or leader, but choosing at will from the doctrines, works, &c., of others; specifically applied to certain philosophers of antiquity who did not attach themselves to any particular sect, but selected from the opinions and principles of each what they thought solid and good. Eclectic (ek-lek'tik), n. One who follows an eclectic method in philosophy, science, religion, and the like; specifically, (a) a follower of the ancient eclectic philosophy. See the adjective. (b) A Christian who believed the doctrine of Plato conformable to the spirit of the gospel. Eclectically (ek-lek'tik-al-li), adv. By way of choosing or selecting; in the manner of the eclectical philosophers. Eclecticism (ek-lek'ti-sizm), n. The act, doctrine, or practice of an eclectic. Eclectism (ek-lek'tizm), n. [Fr. eclectisme.] Same as Eclecticism. [See Eclegm (ek-lem'), n. [L. ecligma; Gr. ekleigma, an electuary-ek, out, up, and leicho, to lick.] A medicine made by the incorporation of oils with syrups. Eclipsareon (e-klip-sa're-on), n. ECLIPSE.] An instrument for explaining the phenomena of eclipses. Eclipse (e-klips), n. [L. eclipsis; Gr. ekleipsis, defect, from ekleipo, to fail-ek, cut, and leipo, to leave.] 1. În astron. an interception or obscuration of the light of the sun, moon, or other luminous body, by the intervention of some other body either between it and the eye or between the luminous body and that illuminated by it; thus, an eclipse of the sun is caused by the intervention of ECONOMIC the moon, which totally or partially hides the sun's disc; an eclipse of the moon is occasioned by the shadow of the earth, which falls on it and obscures it in whole or in part, but does not entirely conceal it. The number of eclipses of the sun and moon cannot be fewer than two nor more than seven in one year. The most usual number S, Sun. M, Moon. F. Earth. 2, Umbra, or total obscuration. p, Penumbra, or partial obscuration. is four, and it is rare to have more than six. Jupiter's satellites are eclipsed by passing through his shadow, and they frequently pass over his disc and eclipse a portion of his surface. See OCCULTATION.-Annular and central eclipses. See ANNULAR 2. Darkness; obscuration; as, his glory has suffered an eclipse. All the posterity of our first parents suffered a perpetual eclipse of spiritual life. Ralegh He (Earl Hakon) was zealous, in season and out of season, to bring back those who in that eclipse of the old faith had either gone over to Christianity or pre ferred to trust in themselves,' to what he considered the true fold. Edin. Rev. Eclipse (e-klips'), v.t. pret. & pp. eclipsed; ppr. eclipsing. 1. To cause the obscuration of; to darken or hide, as a heavenly body; as, the moon eclipses the sun.-2. To cloud; to darken; to obscure; to throw into the shade; to degrade; to disgrace. I, therefore, for the moment, omit all inquiry how far the Mariolatry of the early Church did indeed eclipse Christ. Ruskin. Another now hath to himself engross'd Milton 3. To extinguish. Born to eclipse thy life' Shak. [Rare.] Eclipse (e-klips), v.i. To suffer an eclipse Milton. The labouring moon Eclipses at their charms. Ecliptic (e-klip'tik), n. [Fr. écliptique; L linea ecliptica, the ecliptic line, or line in which eclipses take place. See ECLIPTIC, a.] 1. A great circle of the sphere supposed to be drawn through the middle of the zodiac, making an angle with the equinoctial of about 23° 27', which is the sun's greatest declination. The ecliptic is the apparent path of the sun, but as in reality it is the earth which moves, the ecliptic is the path or way among the fixed stars which the earth in its orbit appears to describe to an eye placed in the sun. The angle of inclination of the equator and ecliptic is called the obliquity of the ecliptic. It has been subject to a small irregular diminution since the time of the earliest observations on record. In 1839 it was 23° 27' 46". Its mean diminution per century is about 48"-2 In geog. a great circle on the terrestrial globe, answering to and falling within the plane of the celestial ecliptic.-Plane of the eclip tic, an imaginary plane which passes through the ecliptic, and is indefinitely extended. In this plane the earth's orbit is situated Ecliptic (e-klip'tik), a. [L. eclipticus; Gr ekleiptikos, belonging to eclipse. See ECLIPSE.] 1. Pertaining to or described by the ecliptic.-2. Pertaining to an eclipse. Ecliptic conjunction, is when the moon is in conjunction with the sun at the time of new moon, both luminaries having then the same longitude or right ascension. - Ecliptic limits, the greatest distances at which the moon can be from her nodes in order that an eclipse of the sun or moon may happen Eclogue (ek'log), n. (Gr. ekloge, choice, selection, from cklego, to select.] In poetry, a pastoral composition, in which shepherds are introduced conversing with each other. a bucolic; as, the eclogues of Virgil. Eclysis (ek'li-sis), n. [Gr. ek, out, and lyo, to loose.] In music, depression; the lowering of the sound of a string three quarter tones. Economic, Economical (e-kon-om'k, e-konom'ik-al), a. [See ECONOMY.] 1. Relating ECONOMICALLY or pertaining to the household; domestic. *In the seconomical misfortune'(of ill-assorted Patrimony) Milton 2 Pertaining to the regulation of household concerns. Aoth employ het economic art, And Lay care, her household to preserve. Sir J. Davies. 3 Managing domestic or public pecuniary concerns with frugality; as, an economical hekeeper: an economical minister or a-ministration 4. Frugal; regulated by frugality; not wasteful or extravagant; as, an remomical use of money. With econo a care to save a pittance.' Harte 5. Relat ng to the science of economics, or the pecuniary and other productive resources a country; relating to the means of living. There was no economical distress in England to Impt the enterprises of colonization. Palfrey. Economical geology, a branch of the science of geology which aims at its practical application for the benefit of mankind. -SYN. Frugal, sparing, saving, thrifty, careful. Economically (-kon-om'ik-al-li), adv. With onomy, with frugality. Economics (e-kon-om'iks), n. 1. The science of household affairs or of domestic manage 127 being one of the greatest importance to the artist. Écossaise (å-kos-áz), n. [Fr.] Dance music in the Scotch style. Ecostate (e-kos'tat), a. In bot. a term applied to leaves that have no central rib or costa. Écoute (a-köt), n. [Fr., a place for listening.] In fort. a small gallery made in front of the glacis for the shelter of troops designed to annoy or interrupt the miners of the enemy. Ecphasist (ek'fa-sis), n. [Gr. ekphasis, a declaration -ek, out, and phěmi, to declare.] An explicit declaration. Ecphlysis (ek'fli-sis), n. [Gr. ekphlyzó, to bubble up.] In pathol. vesicular eruption, confined in its action to the surface. Ecphonemat (ek-fō-ne'ma), n. [Gr. ekphōnema, a thing called out-ek, out, and phone, a sound, the voice.] In rhet, a breaking out of the voice with some interjectional particle. Ecphonesist (ek-fō-ne'sis), n. [Gr. ekphōnēsis, pronunciation, exclamation-ek, out, and phone, the voice.] An animated or passionate exclamation. ment The science of the useful applica-cphora (ek'fo-ra), n. [Gr. ek, out, and pherō, tion of the wealth or material resources of a country, political economy. 'Politics and #PCNG MICR Knor Economist (e-kon'om-ist), n. 1. One who manages domestic or other concerns with frugality, one who expends money, time, or labour judiciously, and without waste. Very few people are good economists of their fortune, an 1 still fewer of their time. Lord Chesterfield. 2 One versed in economics or the science of political economy Economization (e-kon'om-iz-a"shon), n. The act or practice of economizing or managing frugally, or to the best effect; the result of enomizing; economy; saving. To the extent that augmentation of mass results in a greater retennon of heat, it effects an economizatre of force. H. Spencer. Economize (e-kon'om-iz), v.i. pret. & pp. economized; ppr. economizing. To manage pecuniary concerns with frugality; to make a prudent use of money, or of the means of saving or acquiring property. 'He does not know how to economize.' Smart. Economize (e-kon'om-iz), v.t. To use with prudence; to expend with frugality; as, to economize one's income. To manage and economize the use of circulating Walsh. Economy (é-kon'o-mi), n. [L. economia, Gr. oikonomia - oikos, house, and nomos, law, rule 1 The management, regulation, and government of a household; especially, the management of the pecuniary concerns of a household. Hence- 2. A frugal and judicious use of money; that management which expends money to advantage and incurs no waste, frugality in the necessary expendi tare of money. It differs from parsimony, which implies an improper saving of expense. Economy includes also a prudent management of all the means by which proper y is saved or accumulated, a judicious application of time, of labour, and of the instruments of labour. I have no other notion of economy than that it is the parent of liberty and ease. Swift. 3 The disposition or arrangement of any work, the system of rules and regulations which control any work, whether divine or human This economy must be observed in the minutest parts of an epic poem. Dryden. Specifically, (a) the operations of nature in the generation, nutrition, and preservation of animals and plants; the regular, harmonous system in accordance with which the functions of living animals and plants are performed; as, the animal economy; the vegetable economy (b) The regulation and disposition of the internal affairs of a state or nation, or of any department of government The Jews already had a Sabbath, which as citizens and si prets of that economy they were obliged to kep, and did keep. Paley. - Domestic economy See DOMESTIC.-Political economy See POLITICAL. E converso (é kon-vér ́só). [L] On the contrary; on the other hand Écorché (a-kor-sha), n. [Fr.] In painting and rulp the subject, man or animal, flayed or deprived of its skin, so that the muscular system is exposed for the purposes of study, the study of the muscular system to carry. In arch. the projection of any member or moulding before the face of the member or moulding next below it. Ecphractic (ek-frak'tik), a. [Gr. ekphraktikos, fit to clear obstructions, from ekphrassó, to clear away obstructions-ek, out, and phrasso, to inclose.] In med. serving to dissolve or attenuate, and so to remove obstructions; deobstruent. Ecphractic (ek-frak'tik), n. A medicine which dissolves or attenuates viscid matter and removes obstructions. Ecphyma (ek'fi-ma), n. [Gr. ekphyō, to spring out.] In pathol. a cutaneous excrescence, as a caruncle. Ecpyesis (ek-pi-ē'sis), n. [Gr. ekpyeō, to suppurate.] In pathol. a humid scall; impetigo. Écraseur (a-krä-zèr), n. [Fr. écraser, to crush to pieces.] In surg. an instrument for removing tumours or malignant growths. It consists of a fine chain, which is placed round the base of the tumour and gradually tightened by a screw or rack till it passes through the structure. It is used in cases of cancer of the tongue, of piles, polypi, &c. Ecstasis (ek'sta-sis), n. [Gr.] Ecstasy. Ecstasize (ek'sta-siz), v. t. To fill with ecstasy or excessive joy. F. Butler. [Rare.] Ecstasy (ek'sta-si), n. [Gr. ekstasis, from existemi, to change, to put out of place-ex, and histēmi, to stand. Note the fetichism wrapped up in the etymologies of these Greek words. Catalepsy, a seizing of the body by some spirit or demon, who holds it rigid. Ecstasy, a displacement or removal of the soul from the body, into which the demon enters and causes strange laughing, crying, or contortions. It is not metaphor, but the literal belief in a ghost-world, which has given rise to such words as these, and to such expressions as, 'a man beside himself or transported.' John Fiske.] 1. A state in which the mind is carried away as it were from the body; a trance; a state in which the functions of the senses are suspended by the contemplation of some extraordinary or supernatural object. Whether what we call ecstasy be not dreaming with Locke. our eyes open, I leave to be examined. There were at that period some houses built upon a certain high bank called Rialto, and the boat being driven by the wind was anchored in a marshy place, when St. Mark, snatched into ecstasy, heard the voice of an angel saying to him, 'Peace be to thee, Mark; here shall thy body rest." Ruskin. 2. Excessive joy; rapture; a degree of delight that arrests the whole mind; excessive elevation and absorption of mind; extreme delight; as, a pleasing ecstasy; the ecstasy ECTYPE al), a. 1. Pertaining to or resulting from ecstasy; suspending the senses; entrancing. In pensive trance, and anguish, and ecstatic fit. Milton. 2 Rapturous; transporting; ravishing; delightful beyond measure; as, ecstatic bliss or joy. Ecstatic dreams.' Pope.-3. ↑ Tending to external objects. I find in me a great deal of ecstatical love, which continually carries me out to good without myself. Norris. Ecstatically (ek-stat'ik-al-li), adv. In an ecstatic manner; ravishingly; rapturously. Ectasis (ek'ta-sis), n. [Gr. ektasis, extension, from ekteino, to stretch out-ek, out, and teino, to stretch.] In rhet. the lengthening of a syllable from short to long. Ecthlipsis (ek-thlips'is), n. [Gr. ckthlipsis, a squeezing out, from ekthlibó-ek, out, and thlibo, to press.] In Latin pros. the elision of the final syllable of a word ending in m, when the next word begins with a vowel. Ecthyma (ek'thi-ma or ek-thi'ma), n. (Gr. ekthyma, a pustule.] In pathol. an eruption of pimples. Ectoblast (ek'tō-blast), n. [Gr. ektos, outside, and blastos, bud, germ.] In physiol. the membrane composing the walls of a cell, as distinguished from mesoblast, the nucleus, entoblast, the nucleolus, and from entosthoblast, the cell within the nucleolus. Ectocarpacea, Ectocarpeæ (ek'tō-kär-pā”se-ē, ek-to-kar'pé-é), n. pl. [Gr. ektos, outside, and karpos, fruit.] A family of seaweeds of the order Fucoider. They are olive-coloured, articulated, filiform, with sporanges (producing ciliated zoospores) either external, attached to the jointed ramuli, or formed out of some of the interstitial cells. Ectocyst (ek'tō-sist), n. [Gr. ektos, outside, and kystis, a bladder.] In zool. the external integumentary layer of the Polyzoa. Ectoderm (ek'tō-dérm), n. [Gr. ektos, outside, and derma, skin.] In anat. an outer layer or membrane, as the epidermal layer of the skin. The Coelenterata may be defined as animals whose alimentary canal communicates freely with the general cavity of the body (somatic cavity). The body is essentially composed of two layers or membranes, an outer layer or ectoderm, and an inner layer or endoderm. H. A. Nicholson. Ectodermal,Ectodermic (ek-to-dêrm'al,ekto-dérm'ik), a. Belonging to the ectoderm. Ectoparasite (ek-to-pa'ra-sit), n. [Gr. ektos, outside, and E. parasite.] A parasitic animal infesting the outside of animals, as opposed to endoparasite, which lives in the body. Ectopia, Ectopy (ek-to'pi-a, ek'to-pi), n. [Gr. ek, out, and topos, place.] In pathol. morbid displacement of parts, usually congenital; as, ectopy of the heart or of the bladder. Ectosarc (ek'tō-särk), n. [Gr. ektos, outside, and sarx, sarkos, 1 esh.] In zool. the outer transparent sarcode-layer of certain rhizopods, such as the Amoeba. Ectozoa (ek'tō-zō-a), n. pl. [Gr. ektos, outside, and zoon, a living being.] A term introduced in contradistinction to Entozoa, to designate those parasites, as lice, ticks, many entomostracous crustaceans, &c., which infest the external parts of other animals. The term merely has reference to the habitation of the animals, and does not express any affinity among the animals included in it. Ectropium (ek-tro'pi-um), n. [Gr. ektrepō, to evert] In pathol. an unnatural eversion of the eyelids. Ectrotic (ek-trot'ik), a. [Gr. ektrōtikos, from ektitröskö, to cause abortion-ek, out, and titrosko, to wound.] In med. preventing the development or causing the abortion of a disease; as, the ectrotic method of treatment of small-pox. Ectylotic (ek-ti-lot'ik), a. [Gr. ek, out, and tylos, a knot.] In med. a term applied to a substance having a tendency to ie nove callosities or indurations of the sk n. Ectylotic (ek-ti-lot'ik), n. In med. any substance, as nitrate of silver, having a tendency to remove callosities or indurations of the skin, as warts, &c. Ectypal (ek-tip'al), a. [See E TYPE] Taken from the original; imitated. Exemplars of all the ectypal copies.' Ellis. Ectype (ek'tip), n. (Gr. ektypos, worked in high relief-ek, out, and typos, stamp, figure.] 1. A reproduction of, or very close resemblance to, an original: opposed to prototype. ECTYPOGRAPHY Some regarded him (Klopstock) as an ectype of the ancient prophets. Eng. Cyc. 2. In arch. a copy in relief or embossed. Ectypography (ek-tip-og'ra-fi), n. [Gr. ektypos, worked in relief, and graphō, to write.] A method of etching in which the lines are in relief upon the plate instead of being sunk into it. Ecumenic, Ecumenical (e-ku-men'ik, e-kūmen'ik-al), a. [L. ecumenicus, Gr. oikoumenikos, pertaining to all the habitable earth, from oikos, a habitation.] General; universal; as, ecumenical council, that is, an ecclesiastical council regarded as representing the whole Christian Church, or the Catholic Church as opposed to heretical and merely local sects. The designation is claimed by Roman Catholics as appropriate to their church. Écurie (a-kü-re), n. [Fr.] A stable; a covered place for horses. Eczema (ek'zé-ma), n. [Gr., from ekzeō, to boil out-ek, out, and zeō, to boil.] An eruptive disease of the skin, preceded by redness, heat, and itching of the part. In course of time the minute vesicles burst and discharge a thin acrid fluid, which often gives rise to excoriation. The severest form of the disease is due to the effect of mercury on the system; but the disease is likewise caused by exposure of the skin to irritating substances, as in the case of the hands of grocers from working amongst raw sugars. Eczema epizootica, foot-and-mouth disease (which see). Eczematous (ek-ze'ma-tus), a. Pertaining to or produced by eczema; as, eczematous eruptions. -Ed. An affix to weak or new verbs, showing past time-an attenuated form of ded or did. This affix is a relic of reduplication, the oldest method of forming the past tense of Aryan verbs. See DID. Its identity with did is very clearly seen in Gothic salboded-um, tami-ded-um, where Gothic dêd= English did, and um we, wherefore salboded-um=salve-did-we, tami-déd-um = tame did-we. Edacious (e-da'shus), a. [L. edax, from edo, to eat.] Eating; given to eating; greedy; voracious. Edaciously (e-da'shus-li), adv. Greedily; voraciously. Edacity. Edaciousness (é-da'shus-nes), n. Edacity (e-das'i-ti), n. [L. edacitas, from edax, from edo, to eat.] Greediness; voracity; ravenousness; rapacity. [Rare.] If thou have any vendible faculty, nay, if thou have but edacity and loquacity, come. Carlyle. Edaphodont (é-daf'ō-dont), n. [Gr. edaphos, foundation, and odous, odontos, a tooth.] One of a group of fossil chimæroid fishes, from the greensand chalk and tertiary strata. Edda (ed'da), n. [Icel., great-grandmother. A name given to the book by Bishop Brynjulf Sveinsson, to indicate that it is the mother of all Scandinavian poetry.] A book containing a system of old Scandinavian mythology, with narratives of exploits of the gods and heroes and some account of the religious doctrines of the ancient Scandinavians. Saemund, one of the early Christian priests there (in Iceland), who perhaps had a lingering fondness for Paganism, collected certain of their old pagan songs, just about becoming obsolete there-poems or chants of a mythic, prophetic, mostly all of a religious character; this is what Norse critics call the Elder or Poetic Edda. Edda, a word of uncertain etymology, is thought to signify Ancestress. Snorro Sturleson, an Iceland gentleman, an extremely notable personage, educated by this Saemund's grandson, took in hand next, near a century afterwards, to put together, among several other books he wrote, a kind of prose synopsis of the whole mythology; elucidated by new fragments of traditionary verse. This is the Younger or Prose Edda. Carlyle. Saemund was born in Iceland about the middle of the eleventh century, and died in 1133. Sturleson was born in Iceland in 1178, and was assassinated there in 1241, on his return from Norway, where he had been Scald or court poet. Eddas (ed'daz), n. Same as Eddoes. Edder (ed'dér), n. [A. Sax. edor, eder, a hedge.] 1. In agri. such wood as is worked into the top of hedge-stakes to bind them together.-2. In Scotland, straw-ropes used in thatching corn-ricks, transversely to bind together the ropes which go over the top of the ricks. Edder (ed'dér), v.t. To bind or make tight 128 by edder; to fasten the tops of hedge-stakes by interweaving edder. Edder (ed'dér), n. An adder. [Obsolete and Scotch.] Eddish, Eadish (ed'dish), n. [A. Sax. edisc, aftermath, probably from ed, a prefix signifying again, anew, as the L. re, whence edgift, a restoration, edneowung, a renewing, &c. Wedgwood regards it as another form of eatage.] The latter pasture or grass that comes after mowing or reaping. Called also Eagrass, Earsh, Etch. Eddish, commonly explained in the sense of aftermath, which gives too confined a signification. The meaning is pasturage, or the eatable growth of either Wedgwood. grass or corn field. Eddoes, Edders (ed'dōz, ed'dérz), n. A name given by the negroes of the Gold Coast to the Caladium esculentum, an esculent root. Eddy (ed'di), n. [Usually referred to A. Sax. ed, again, back, and ea, water, but by Wedgwood to Icel. ytha, a whirlpool, from ytha, to boil, to rush; A. Sax. yth, a wave, flood, ythian, to fluctuate, to overthrow.] 1. A current of air or water running back, or in a direction contrary to the main stream. Thus, a point of land extending into a river checks the water near the shore, and turns it back or gives it a circular course.-2. A whirlpool; a current of water or air moving in a circular direction. And smiling eddies dimpled on the main. Dryden. Wheel through the air, in circling eddies play. Addison. Eddy (ed'di), v.i. pret. & pp. eddied; ppr. eddying. To move circularly, or as an eddy. As they looked down upon the tumult of the people, deepening and eddying in the wide square. uttered above them the sentence of warning-'Christ shall come." Kuskin. they Eddy (ed'di), v. t. pret. & pp. eddied; ppr. eddying. To cause to move in an eddy; to collect as into an eddy. The circling mountains eddy in From the bare wild the dissipated storm. Thomson. Eddy (ed'di), a. Whirling; moving circularly. 'Eddy currents.' Hackluyt. 'Eddy winds.' Dryden. Eddy-water (ed'di-wa-ter), n. Naut. the water which falls back on the rudder of a ship under sail. Called also Dead-water. Eddy-wind (ed'di-wind), n. The wind returned or beat back from a sail, a mountain, or anything that hinders its passage. Edelforsite (ed'el-for-sit), n. In mineral. a transparent mineral, of a white or grayish colour, a neutral silicate of lime. Edelite (ed'e-lit), n. Prehnite (which see). Edema, n. See EDEMA. Edematous, Edematose, a. See EDEMA EDGED and the gravigrade family, including the extinct megatherium, mylodon, &c; these, like the sloths, being South American. The Entomophaga include the hairy ant-eater (Myrmecophaga), the scaly pangolin (Manis), the cuirassed armadilloes (Dasypus), and the extinct glyptodon. The food of this second group is chiefly insects, but they also eat carrion and worms. The pangolins and Myrmecophaga are toothless; the others have various numbers of teeth. Edentate, Edentated (e-dent'at, ē-dent'äted), a. [L. edentatus, pp. of edento, to knock out the teeth--e, ex, out of, and dens, dentik, a tooth.] Destitute or deprived of teeth, specifically, pertaining to the Edentata Edentate (e-dent'at), n. An animal having no fore teeth, as the armadillo. Edentation (e-dent-a'shon), n. A depriving of teeth. Edentulous (ē-dent'ū-lus), a. [L. e, out, and dens, dentis, a tooth.] Without teeth; toothless. Prof. Owen. Edge (ej), n. [A. Sax. ecg, edge, whence ecgian, eggian, to sharpen, to excite, to egg; cog G. ecke, Icel. and Sw. egg, edge, corner; from an Indo-European root ak, seen in L acies, an edge, acus, a needle, acuo, to sharpen: Gr. ake, a point, edge; Skr. açri, edge of a sword. See also EAGER] 1. The sharp border, the thin cutting side of an instru ment; as, the edge of an axe, razor, knife, sword, or scythe.-2. The abrupt border or margin of anything; the brink; as, the edge of the table; the edge of a book; the edge of a precipice.-3. The border or part adjacent to a line of division; the part nearest some limit; the commencement or early part; the beginning; as, the edge of a field; the edge of evening. The new general, unacquainted with his army, and on the edge of winter, would not hastily oppose them Milton 4. Sharpness of mind or appetite; keenness; Shak Shak Abate the edge of traitors. Slander, Whose edge is sharper than the sword. -To set the teeth on edge, to cause a tingling or grating sensation in the teeth.-SYN. Border, rim, brink, verge, skirt, margin, brim. Edge (ej), v.t. pret. & pp. edged; ppr. edging. 1. To sharpen. To edge her champion's sword.' Dryden.-2. To furnish with an edge, fringe, or border; as, to edge a flowerbed with box. 'A sword edged with flint.' Dryden. A long descending train, Dryden. 3. To sharpen; to exasperate; to embitter By such reasonings the simple were blinded and the malicious edged. Hayward 4. To incite; to provoke; to instigate; to urge on; to egg. Ardour or passion will edge a man forward when arguments fail. Ogilore 5. To move sideways; to move by little and little. Edging by degrees their chairs forwards, they were in a little time got close to one another. Locke Edge (ej), v.i. To move sideways; to move gradually, or so as not to attract notice; to advance or retire gradually; as, edge along this way. When one has made a bad bet, it's best to edge off Colmar -To edge away (naut.), to decline gradually from the shore, or from the line of the course -To edge in with, to draw near to, as a ship in chasing. To edge down upon an object, to approach it in a slanting direction. Edge-bone (ej'bon), n. The rump bone of a cow or ox: said to be so named because in dressed beef it presents itself edgeways. Called also Aitch-bone and Natch-bone. Edged (ejd), p. and a. 1. Furnished with an edge; sharp; keen. O turn thy edged sword another way. Shak 2. Having a border or fringe of a different substance, colour, &c., from that of the body, as a piece of cloth or a flower, the body of which is of one colour and the rim of another.-3. In her. applied to an ordinary, and noting that the edging is placed EDGELESS «m?♥ 1--tween the ordinary and the field, and But where it joins the escutcheon. The - ta the union flag are edged. Edgeless (ejles), a. Not sharp; blunt; obunfit to cut or penetrate; as, an edgesard or weapon Edge-long↑ (ej'long), adv. In the directo the edge *Stuck edge-long into the LT-uni B. Jonson Edge-rail (ej'ral), n. A rail placed on edge. The rails of the ordinary railway are laid in this way, and are sometimes so named to ***ing ish them from the flat-laid rails of the tram-road. Edge-railway (ef'rál-wa), n. A kind of way wth the wheels of the carriages run on the e Ages of iron rails. The wheels are con£ned to their path by flanges which project aut an inch beyond their periphery. See EE-RAIL Edge-tool (ej tol), n. 1. An instrument hav1 a sharp edge--2. Fig. a matter dangercus to deal or sport with. Yulest: ill-jesting with edge-tools. Tennyson. Edgewise (ej'wiz), adv. [Edge and wise.] 1 With the edge turned forward or toward articular point, in the direction of the erle 2 Sideways; with the side foremost. Edging (ejing), n 1. That which is added on the border or which forms the edge, as lar fringe, trimming, added to a garment for ornament Bordered with a rosy edg Dryden -2 In hort. a row of small plants set along the border of a flower-bed; as an edging of box. Edging-iron (ej'ing-l-èrn), n. In gardening, tool consisting of a crescent-shaped steel blade, fixed by a socket to a wooden handle, and used for cutting out the outlines of hannes, &c., in turf. Edging-machine (ej'ing-ma-shën), n. An on, properly speaking, cannot exist in Britain, bernue the er acting of laws is lodged in the parlia nt, and not in the sovereign. Ogilvie. 2 A Scotch ecclesiastical term for various proclamations or notices made of certain things which a church court has resolved upon doing -SYN Decree, proclamation, ord.nance, rescript, manifesto, command. Edictal (é-dikt al), a. Pertaining to an edict. Edictal citation, in Scots law, a citation made upon a foreigner who is not resident within Scotland, but who has a landed esate there, or upon a native of Scotland who is out of the country Formerly it was pushed at the cross of Edinburgh, and the shore and pier of Leith; but since 1825, all citations against persons out of Scotland must be given at the Record Office of the Cart of Session. Edificant (ed'i-fl-kant), a. [See EDIFY.] bling [Rare] Edification (ed-fl-ka"shon), n. [L. ædificut the act of building. See EDIFY. 1. The act of building up; construction. We were licenced to enter the castle or fortresse of Cric which is not only of situation the strongest Hackluyt seene, but also of edification. 129 Edificatory (ed′i-fi-kā-to-ri), a. Tending to edification. An exercise edificatory to the church. Bp. Hall. Edifice (ed'i-fls), n. [L. ædificium, a building. See EDIFY.] A building; a structure; a fabric: chiefly applied to elegant houses and other large structures. An edifice too large for him to fill. Milton. Edificial (ed-i-fi'shal), a. Pertaining to an edifice or structure; structural. 'Mansions without any striking edificial attraction.' British Critic. Edifier (ed'i-fi-ér), n. 1. One that builds.2. One who or that which improves another by moral or religious instruction. Edify (ed'i-fi), v. t. pret. & pp. edified; ppr. edifying. [Fr. édifier, Pr. edifiar, edificar, L. ædificare-cdes, a house, and facio, to make. 1. To build, in a literal sense. [Rare.] There on a rock of adamant it stood, Resplendent far and wide, Itself of solid diamond edified, And all around it rolled the fiery flood. Southey. 2. To build in or upon; to cover with houses. 'Countreyes waste, and eke well edifyde. Spenser.-3. To instruct and improve in knowledge generally, and particularly in moral and religious knowledge, or in faith and holiness. Edify one another. 1 Thes. v. II. Edile (e'dil), n. [L. ædilis, from ædes, a building.] In Rom. antiq. amagistrate whose chief business was to superintend buildings of all kinds, more especially public edifices, temples, bridges, aqueducts, &c., and who had also the care of the highways, public places, weights and measures, &c. Edileship (e'dil-ship), n. The office of an edile. Edingtonite (ed'ing-ton-it), n. A rare zeolitic mineral which occurs in the cavities of thomsonite near Dumbarton. Edit (ed'it), v.t. [L. edo, editum, to give forth, to publish-e, forth, and do, datum, to give.] To publish; to superintend the publication of; to prepare, as a book or paper, for the public eye, by writing, correcting, or selecting the matter; to conduct or manage, as a periodical. Abelard wrote many philosophical treatises which have never been edited. Enfield. Edition (e-di'shon), n. [L. editio, from edo, to publish. See EDIT.] 1. A literary work as bearing a special stamp or form when first published or subsequently; a work as characterized by editorial labours; as, my edition of Milton is not the same as yours. The which I also have more at large set oute in the seconde edition of my booke.' Whitgift. To set forth Nature in a second and fairer edition. South.-2. The whole number of copies of a work published at once; as, the third edition of this book is all exhausted. Edition (é-di'shon), v.t. To edit; to publish. Myles Davies. Editio princeps (e-dishi-o prin'seps), n. [L.) The first or earliest edition of a book; the first printed edition. Editor (ed'it-ér), n. [L., from edo, to publish] One who edits; particularly, a person who superintends an impression of a book; the person who superintends, revises, corrects, and prepares a book, newspaper, or magazine for publication. Editorial (ed-i-to'ri-al), a. Pertaining to, proceeding from, or written by an editor; as, editorial labours; an editorial remark or note. i, Fr. ton; ng, sing, TH, then; th, thin; EDUCATION Editorial articles are always anonymous in form. Sir G. C. Lewis. Editorial (ed-i-to'ri-al), n. An article, as in a newspaper, written by the editor; a leading article; as, an editorial on the war. Editorially (ed-i-to'ri-al-li), adv. In the manner or character of an editor. Editorship (ed'it-ér-ship), n. The business of an editor; the care and superintendence of a publication. Editress (ed'it-res), n. A female editor. Edituate (e-dit'ú-át), v.t. [L.L. ædituor, from L. ædituus, the keeper of a templeades, a temple, and tueor, to defend. ] To defend or govern, as a house or temple. Edriophthalmata (ed'ri-of-thal"ma-ta), n. pl. [Gr. (h)edraios, settled, fixed, and ophthalmos, the eye.] One of the great divisions of the Crustacea, including all those genera which have their eyes sessile, or imbedded in the head, and not fixed on a peduncle or stalk as in the crabs, lobsters, &c. It is divided into three orders, viz. Læmodipoda -abdomen rudimentary, as Cyamus balanarum (whale-louse); Amphipoda - body compressed laterally, abdomen well developed, furnished with limbs, bronchial organs confined to the thoracic legs, as Gammarus pulex (the common fresh-water shrimp); Isopoda-body depressed, abdomen well developed, bronchial organs on the abdominal legs. Many genera are parasitic (as Cymothoa on fishes), and of the others some live in the sea and some on land, as the common and the sea woodlouse. Edriophthalmous (ed'ri-of-thal"mus), a. [See EDRIOPHTHALMATA.] Pertaining to the Edriophthalmata (which see). Educability (ed'ū-ka-bil"i-ti), n. Capability of being educated; capacity for receiving instruction. Educable (ed'û-ka-bl), a. That may be educated. Educate (ed'û-kāt), v. t. pret. & pp. educated; ppr. educating. [L. educo, educatum, to bring up a child physically or mentally. from educo, eductum, to lead forth, to bring up a child-e, out, and duco, to lead.] To bring up, as a child; to instruct; to inform and enlighten the understanding of; to cultivate and train the mental powers of; to instil into the mind of, principles of art, science, morals, religion, and behaviour; to qualify for the business and cuties of life; as, to educate children well is one of the most important duties of parents and guardians.-SYN. To instruct, teach, inform, bring up, train, rear, discipline, indoctrinate. In Education (ed-u-ka'shon), n. [L. educatio. See EDUCATE.] The bringing up, as of a child; instruction; formation of manners. Education comprehends all that course of instruction and discipline which is intended to enlighten the understanding, correct the temper, cultivate the taste, and form the manners and habits of youth, and fit them for usefulness in their future stations. its most extended signification it may be defined, in reference to man, to be the art of developing and cultivating the various physical, intellectual, aesthetic, and moral faculties; and may thence be divided into four branches-physical, intellectual, esthetic, and moral education. This definition is by no means complete; but it is used merely as indicative of the manner in which this subject has generally been discussed. Under physical education is included all that relates to the organs of sensation and the muscular and nervous system. Intellectual education comprehends the means by which the powers of the understanding are to be developed and improved, and a view of the various branches of knowledge which form the objects of instruction of the four departments above stated. Æsthetic education comprehends the agencies which purify and refine the mind by train w, wig; wh, whig; zh, azure.-See KEY. 53 EDUCATIONABLE ing it to perceive and take delight in what is beautiful, true, and pure in nature, literature, and art, and to shrink from what is gross, lewd, and unlovely. Moral education embraces the various methods of cultivating and regulating the affections of the heart. Education is not that which smothers a woman with accomplishments, but that which tends to consolidate a firm and regular character-to form a friend, a companion, and a wife. Hannah More. Though her (Lady Elizabeth Hastings') mien carries much more invitation than command, to behold her is an immediate check to loose behaviour; to love her was a liberal education. Steele. -Instruction, Education. See under INSTRUCTION. SYN. Nurture, discipline, instruction, training, breeding, upbringing, tuition, learning, erudition. Educationable (ed-u-ka'shon-a-bl), a. Proper to be educated. Isaac Taylor. Educational (ed-u-ka'shon-al), a. Pertain ing to education; derived from education; as, educational institutions; educational habits. Educationalist (ed-u-ka'shon-al-ist), n. An educationist. Educationally (ed-u-ka'shon-al-li), adv. By means of education; by way of instruction; with regard to education; as, this matter, educationally considered, is important. Educationary (ed-u-ka'shon-a-ri), a. longing to education; educational. [Rare.] Educationist (ed-u-ka'shon-ist), n. One who is versed in or who advocates or promotes education. Be Educt (e'dukt), n. [L. educo, eductum, to lead out. See EDUCE.] 1. Extracted matter; that which is educed; that which is brought to light by separation, analysis, or decomposition. Educt is distinguished from product, inasmuch as a product is formed during decomposition, whereas an educt existed in its integrity in the body previous to its being operated on. The volatile oils which pre-exist in cells, in the fruit and other parts of plants, and oil of sweet almonds obtained by pressure, are educts; while oil of bitter almonds, which does not pre-exist in the almond, but is formed by the action of emulsion and water on amygdalin, is a product. Chamb. Encyc. 2. Fig. anything educed or drawn from another; an inference. The latter are conditions of, the former are educts from, experience. Sir W. Hamilton. Eduction (e-duk'shon), n. The act of drawing out or bringing into view. Eduction-pipe (e-duk'shon-pip), n. In steam-engines, the pipe by which the exhaust steam is led from the cylinder into the condenser or the atmosphere, according as the engine may be of the low or high pressure kind. Eductor (e-dukt'ér), n. That which Edulcorant (e-dul'kō-rant), a. In med. Edulcorate (e-dul'kō-rat), v.t. pret. & pp. edulcorated; ppr. edulcorating. [L. e, out, and dulcoro, dulcoratum, to sweeten, from dulcor, sweetness, dulcis, sweet.] 1. To remove acidity from; to sweeten. This (swine's dung). is said yet to edulcorate and sweeten fruit.' Evelyn.-2. In chem. to free from acids, salts, or impurities by washing. Edulcoration (e-dul 'kō-ra"shon), n. 1. The act of sweetening by admixture of some saccharine substance.-2. In chem. the act of sweetening or rendering more mild or pure by freeing from acid or saline substances, or from any soluble impurities, by repeated affusions of water. Edulcorative (e-dul'ko-rat-iv), a. Having the quality of sweetening or purifying. Edulcorator (e-dul'kō-rat-ér), n. He who 130 or that which edulcorates; specifically, a contrivance formerly used for supplying small quantities of water to test-tubes, watch-glasses, &c., by causing the water to drop from a tube inserted into the mouth of a phial, by expansion of the liquid by the warmth of the hand. Edulioust (e-du'li-us), a. [L. edulium, anything to be eaten.] Eatable. The husks of peas, beans, or such edulious pulses. Sir T. Browne. Ee (e), n. pl. Een. (e, en.) Eye. [Old English and Scotch.] But steal me a blink o' your bonny black ee, Yet look as ye were na lookin' at me. Burns. And eke with fatness swoln were his een. Spenser. -Ee. [Fr. - or -ée, a form of the Latin -atus.] A frequent suffix denoting the object of an action; as, payee, one who is paid; drawee, one who is drawn on; committee, a body to whom something is committed, &c. The word grandee is merely another spelling of the Spanish grande. Eeket (ek), v.t. [See EKE.] To increase; to add to. Spenser. Eel (el), n. [A. Sax. al, L.G. al, Fris. iel, Dan. D. and G. aal. Grimm thinks it may be derived from an old word aha, meaning a serpent (Luther spells aal ahl), and allied to Gr. echis, Skr. ahi, a serpent, just as the L. anguilla, an eel, comes from anguis, a snake.] A family of teleostean fishes belonging to the apodal section of the Malacopterygii. The sub-genus Anguilla is characterized by its serpent-like elongated body, by the absence of ventral fins, and the continuity of the dorsal and anal fins round the extremity of the tail. The gill slit is at the base of the pectoral fins, and the opercular bones are small. The dorsal fin commences halfway between the head and the anal fin, and the lower jaw projects beyond the upper. In the sub-genus Conger the dorsal fin commences above the pectoral, and the upper jaw is the longer. The smoothness of the body-the scales being inconspicuous -and the serpentine movements are proverbial. Eels of the sub-genus Conger are exclusively marine. They sometimes weigh more than 100 lbs., and have a length of 10 feet; the species of Anguilla, which are both fresh-water and marine, seldom exceed 27 lbs. weight, and 30 inches in length. Eels are esteemed good food, and form an important article of commerce in some countries. The conger and at least three other species-the sharp-nosed (Anquilla acutirostris or A. vulgaris), the broad-nosed (A. latirostris), and the snig (A. mediorostris) are found in this country. The so-called eels found in paste and vinegar are microscopic animals of the genus Vibrio. (See VIBRIO.) The term eel is applied to other fishes belonging to distinct genera. Eel-basket (ēl'bas-ket), n. A basket for catching eels; an eelbuck. Eelbuck (el'buk), n. A kind of basket for catching eels, having a sort of funnel-shaped mouse-trap entrance fitted into the mouth Framework with Eelbucks. of it, and composed of flexible willow rods converging inwards to a point, so that eels can easily force their way in, but cannot escape. These baskets are usually attached to a framework of wood erected in a river, especially a tideway river, the large open end of each being opposed to the current of the stream. The eels are thus intercepted on their descent towards the brackish water, which takes place during the autumn. Such an apparatus as that shown is used in various parts of the Thames. EFFECT Eel-fare (él'far), n. [Eel, and fare (which see).] The passage of young eels up English streams. Eel-fare (el'fár), n. A fry or brood of eels Eel-fork (el'fork), n. A pronged instrument for catching eels. Eel-grass (el'gras), n. In America, the popular name of the Zostera marina, a kind of sea-wrack. Eelpot (el'pot), n. An eel-basket. Eel-pout (el'pout), n. [A. Sax. ale-puta] The local name of two different species of fish (a) the viviparous blenny (Zoarces titiparus); and (b) the burbot (Lota vulgaris). the only freshwater species of the family which contains the cod and haddock. Eelspear (el'sper), n. A forked instrument used for catching eels. Een (en), the old plural for eyes. See EE E'en (en), adv. A contraction for even (which see). L'Estrange. As I have e'en done with you. E'en (en), n. Evening. [Scotch.] E'er (ar), adv. Contraction for ever. strange a thing as e'er I looked on. Shak. Eerie (er'i), a. [A. Sax. earh, timid.] 1. Calculated to inspire fear; dreary; lonely; weird The eerie beauty of a winter scene. Tennyson. 2. Superstitiously affected by fear, especially when lonely; nervously timorous. In mirkiest glen at midnight hour, Burns. Eeriness (er'i-nes), n. Superstitious fear combined with a sense of loneliness; mental dreariness. Efags (e-fagz), interj. [Probably a corruption of faith.] In faith; on my word; certes. [Vulgar] Ejags! the gentleman has got a Tratyor,' says Mrs. Towwouse; at which they all fell a laughing. Fielding Effablet (ef'a-bl), a. [L. effabilis, that can be uttered or spoken, from effor, efari, to speak-e, out, and fari, to speak.] Itterable; that may be uttered or spoken; that may be explained; explicable. Barrow. Efface (ef-fas), v.t. pret. & pp. effaced; ppr. effacing. [Fr. effacer-L. e, out, and facies, a face. Comp. deface.] 1. To destroy. as a figure, on the surface of anything. whether painted or carved, so as to render it invisible or not distinguishable; to blot out; to erase, strike, or scratch out, so as to destroy or render illegible; as, to efface the letters on a monument; to efface a writing: to efface a name.-2. To remove from the mind; to wear away; as, to efface the image of a person in the mind; to efface ideas or thoughts; to efface gratitude. Efface from his mind the theories and notions vulgarly received. Васом. -Deface, Efface. To deface most commonly means to injure or impair; to efface is to rub out or destroy so as to render invisible. SYN. To blot out, expunge, rase, erase, obliterate, cancel, destroy. Efface (ef-fas), v.i. To obliterate any distinctive mark or character; to make era sures. Before decay's effacing fingers Have swept the lines where beauty lingers. Effaceable (ef-fas'a-bl), a. Capable of Effacement (ef-fas'ment), n. Act of effacing. Effaré, Effrayé (ã-fa-rà, à-fra-ya), a. [Fr] In her. a term applied to an animal represented as rearing on its hind legs, as if it were frightened or enraged. Effascinate (ef-fas'sin-at), v.t. [L. efas cino, effascinatum, to bewitch-e, out, and fascino, to fascinate. See FASCINATE] To charm; to bewitch; to delude. Effascinationt (ef-fas'sin-à"shon), n. The act of bewitching or deluding, or state of being bewitched or deluded. Effect (ef-fekt'), n. [L. effectus, from efficio-ex, and facio, to make.] 1. That which is produced by an operating agent or cause; the result or consequence of the application of a cause or of the action of an agent on some subject; consequence; result; as, the effect of luxury, of intemperance, of cold, &c.; he spoke with great effect; the effect of this war was the breaking up of the kingdom. Effect is the substance produced, or simple idea introduced into any subject by the exerting of power Locke 2. Power to produce consequences or results. force; validity; importance; account; as, the obligation is void and of no effect. Christ is become of no effect to you Gal4 |