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ing it to perceive and take delight in what or that which edulcorates ; specifically, a Eel-fare (elfār), n. (Eel, and fare (which is beautiful, true, and pure in nature, litera- contrivance formerly used for supplying see).] The passage of young eels up English ture, and art, and to shrink from what is small quantities of water to test-tubes, streams. gross, lewd, and unlovely. Moral education watch-glasses, &c., by causing the water to Eel-fare (el'fār), n. A fry or brood of eels. embraces the various methods of cultivating drop from a tube inserted into the mouth Eel-fork (ēl'fork), n. A pronged instrument and regulating the affections of the heart. of a phial, by expansion of the liquid by for catching eels. Education is not that which smothers a woman the warmth of the hand.

Eel-grass (ēl'gras), n. In America, the with accomplishments, but that which tends to con- Edulioust (e-dū'li-us), a. (L. edulium, any. popular name of the Zostera marina, a kind solidate a firm and regular character - to form a thing to be eaten.) Eatable.

of sea-wrack. friend, a companion, and a wife. Hannah More.

The husks of peas, beans, or such edulious pulses.

Eelpot (@l’pot), n. An eel-basket. Though her (Lady Elizabeth Hastings') mien car.

Sir T. Brozone. Eel-pout (ēl'pout), n. [A. Sax. æle-puta. J ries much more invitation than command, to behold

Ee (ë), n. pl. Een. (ē, ēn.) Eye. (Old Eng- The local name of two different species of her is an immediate check to loose behaviour; to

lish and Scotch. ] love her was a liberal education. Steele.

fish-a) the viviparous blenny (Zoarces vivi- Instruction, Education. See under IN

But steal me a blink o' your bonny black ce, parus); and (b) the burbot (Lota vulgaris),

Yet look as ye were na lookin' at me. Burns. STRUCTION. -- SYN. Nurture, discipline, in

the only freshwater species of the family

And eke with fatness swoln were his een. Spenser. which contains the cod and haddock. struction, training, breeding, upbringing, -Ee. [Fr. -e or -ée, a form of the Latin -atus.] Eelspear (el'sper), n, tuition, learning, erudition.

A forked instrument Educationable (ed - U- kā'shon-a-bl), a.

A frequent suffix denoting the object of an used for catching eels. Proper to be educated. Isaac Taylor.

action; as, payee, one who is paid; drawee, Een (en), the old plural for eyes. See EE. Educational (ed-ū-ka'shon-al), a. Pertain

one who is drawn on; committee, a body to E'en (én), adv. A contraction for even (which

The ing to education; derived from education;

whom something is committed, &c.
word grandee is merely another spelling of

I have e'en done with you. L'Estrange. as, educational institutions; educational habits. the Spanish grande.

E'en (én), n. Evening. [Scotch. ]

As Educationalist (ed-ū-kā'shon-al-ist), n. An Eeket (ēk), v.t. (See EKE.] To increase; to B'er (ar), adv. Contraction for ever. educationist. add to. Spenser.

strange a thing as e'er I looked on.' Shak. Educationally (ed--kā'shon-al-li), adv. By Eel (el), n. [4. Sax. æl, L.G. al, Fris. iel, Dan. Eerie (ēr'i), a. (A. Sax. earh, timid.) 1. Calcumeans of education; by way of instruction;

D. and G. aal. Grimm thinks it may be de- lated to inspire fear; dreary; lonely; weird. with regard to education; as, this matter,

rived from an old word aha, meaning a ser- The eerie beauty of a winter scene. Tennyson. educationally considered, is important. pent(Luther spells aal ahl), and allied to Gr.

2. Superstitiously affected by fear, especially Educationary (ed-u-kā'shon-a-ri), a. Beechis, Skr. ahi, a serpent, just as the L. an

when lonely; nervously timorous. longing to education; educational. (Rare.]

guilla, an eel, comes from anguis, a snake.) Educationist (ed-ū-kā'shon-ist), n.

In mirkiest glen at midnight hour,
One
A family of teleostean fishes belonging to the

I'd rove and ne'er be ecrie. Burns. who is versed in or who advocates or pro

apodal section of the Malacopterygii. The motes education.

sub-genus Anguilla is characterized by its Eeriness (ēr’i-nes), n. Superstitious fear Educator (ed'ū-kát-ér), n.

combined with a sense of loneliness; mental One who or that serpent-like elongated body, by the absence

dreariness. which educates.

of ventral fins, and the continuity of the Educe (ē-dūs), v.t. pret. & pp. educed; ppr. dorsal and anal fins round the extremity Efags (e-fagz), interj(Probably a corruption educing. [L. educo-e, out, and duco, to of the tail. The gill slit is at the base of

of faith.] In faith; on my word; certes.

(Vulgar ] lead.] To bring or draw out; to cause to

the pectoral fins, and the opercular bones
are small. The dorsal fin commences half-

Ejagsl the gentleman has got a Tratyor,' says appear; to extract; to produce against a

Mrs. Towwouse; at which they all fell a laughing. counter agency or notwithstanding some way between the head and the anal fin, and

Fielding: hostile influence.

the lower jaw projects beyond the upper. Effablet (ef'a-bl), a. (L. effabilis, that can be

In the sub-genus Conger the dorsal fin uttered or spoken, from effor, effari, to Th' eternal art educing good from ill. Pope.

commences above the pectoral, and the speak-e, out, and fari, to speak.] UtterEducible (ē-düs'i-bl), a. That may be upper jaw is the longer. The smoothness able; that may be uttered or spoken; that educed.

of the body-the scales being inconspicuous may be explained; explicable. Barrow. Educt (ē'dukt), n. (L. educo, eductum, to -and the serpentine movements are pro- Efface (ef-fas), v.t. pret. & pp. effaced; ppr. lead out. See EDUCE.] 1. Extracted mat- verbial. Eels of the sub-genus Conger are effacing. (Fr. effacer-L. e, out, and facies, ter; that which is educed ; that which is exclusively marine. They sometimes weigh a face. Comp. deface.) 1. To destroy, brought to light by separation, analysis, or more than 100 lbs., and have a length as a figure, on the surface of anything, decomposition. Educt is distinguished from of 10 feet; the species of Anguilla, which whether painted or carved, so as to render product, inasmuch as a product is formed are both fresh-water and marine, seldom it invisible or not distinguishable; to blot during decomposition, whereas an educt

exceed 27 lbs. weight, and 30 inches in out; to erase, strike, or scratch out, so as to existed in its integrity in the body previous length. Eels are esteemed good food, and destroy or render illegible; as, to efface the to its being operated on.

form an important article of commerce in letters on a monument; to efface a writing; The volatile oils which pre-exist in cells, in the some countries. The conger and at least to efface a name.-2. To remove from the fruit and other parts of plants, and oil of sweet three other species—the sharp-nosed (An- mind; to wear away; as, to efface the image almonds obtained by pressure, are educts; while oil of bitter almonds, which does not pre-exist in the

guilla acutirostris or A. vulgaris), the of a person in the mind; to efface ideas or almond, but is formed by the action of emulsion

broad-nosed (A. latirostris), and the snig thoughts; to efface gratitude. and water on amygdalin, is a product.

(A. mediorostris) are found in this country. Eface from his mind the theories and notions vulChamb. Encyc. The so-called eels found in paste and vine- garly received.

Bacon. 2. Fig. anything educed or drawn from an

gar are microscopic animals of the genus Vi. Deface, Efface. To deface most commonly other; an inference.

brio. (See VIBRIO.) The term eel is applied means to injure or impair; to efface is to rub The latter are conditions of, the former are educts to other fishes belonging to distinct genera. out or destroy so as to render invisible. from, experience.

Sir W. Hamilton,

Eel-basket (el bas-ket), n. A basket for SYN. To blot out, expunge, rase, erase, obliEduction (e-duk'shon), n. The act of draw- catching eels; an eelbuck.

terate, cancel, destroy. ing out or bringing into view.

Eelbuck (el'buk), n. A kind of basket for Efface (ef-fas), v.i. To obliterate any disEduction - pipe (ē-duk’shon-pip), n. catching eels, having a sort of funnel-shaped

tinctive mark or character; to make erasteam-engines, the pipe by which the ex- mouse-trap entrance fitted into the mouth

sures. haust steam is led from the cylinder

Before decay's

effacing fingers into the condenser or the atmosphere,

Have swept the lines where beauty lingers. according as the engine may be of the

Byron. low or high pressure kind.

Effaceable (ef-fās'a-bl), a. Capable of Eductor (ē-dukt'ér), n. That which

being effaced. brings forth, elicits, or extracts. (Rare.)

Effacement (ef-fäs'ment), n. Act of effacStimulus must be called an eductor of vital

ing ether. Dr. E. Darwin.

Eftaré, Effrayé (ā-fa-rā, ā-frā-yā), a. (Fr.) Edulcorant (ē-dulko-rant), n. A medi

In her. a term applied to an animal recine which purifies the fluids of the

presented as rearing on its hind legs, as body by removing acidity or other hurt

if it were frightened or enraged. ful qualities.

Effascinate f (ef-fas'sin-āt), v.t. (L. effasEdulcorant (ē-dul’kő-rant), a. In med.

cino, effascinatum, to bewitch-e, out, having the property of sweetening by

and fascino, to fascinate. See FASCIthe removal of acidity or other hurtful

NATE.) To charm; to bewitch; to delude. qualities.

Effascinationt (ef-fas'sin-a"shon), n. The Edulcorate (e-dul’ko-rāt), v.t. pret. &

act of bewitching or deluding, or state of pp. edulcorated; ppr. edulcorating. (L.

being bewitched or deluded. e, out, and dulcoro, dulcoratui, to

Effect (ef- fekt'), n. [L. effectus, from sweeten, from dulcor, sweetness, dulcis,

efficio-ex, and facio, to make.) i. That sweet.] 1. To remove acidity from; to

which is produced by an operating agent sweeten. "This (swine's dung). is

Framework with Eelbucks.

or cause; the result or consequence of said yet to edulcorate and sweeten fruit.'

the application of a cause or of the acEvelyn. -2. In chem. to free from acids, of it, and composed of flexible willow rods tion of an agent on some subject; consesalts, or impurities by washing.

converging inwards to a point, so that eels quence; result; as, the effect of luxury, of Edulcoration (ē-dul'ko-rā"shon), n. 1. The can easily force their way in, but cannot intemperance, of cold, &c.; he spoke with act of sweetening by admixture of some escape. These baskets are usually attached great effect; the effect of this war was the saccharine substance. — 2. In chem. the act to a framework of wood erected in a river, breaking up of the kingdom. of sweetening or rendering more mild or especially a tideway river, the large open

Effect is the substance produced, or simple idea pure by freeing from acid or saline sub- end of each being opposed to the current introduced into any subject by the exerting of power. stances, or from any soluble impurities, by of the stream. The eels are thus intercepted

Locke. repeated affusions of water.

on their descent towards the brackish water, 2. Power to produce consequences or results; Edulcorative (é-dul'ko-rāt-iv), a. Having which takes place during the autumn. Such force; validity; importance; account; as, the

the quality of sweetening or purifying. an apparatus as that shown is used in vari- obligation is void and of no effect. Edulcorator (e-dulókő-rät-er), n. He who ous parts of the Thames.

Christ is become of no effect to you.

Gal. v. 4.

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3. Purport; tenor; import or general intent; Effectuate (ef-fek'tū-āt), v.t. pret. & pp. ings which cannot be suppressed; as, to efferas, he made the purchase for his friend, and effectuated; ppr. effectuating. [Fr. effectuer. vesce with joy. immediately wrote him to that effect; his See EFFECT.) To bring to pass; to achieve; Effervescence (ef-fér-ves'ens), n. 1. A kind speech was to the effect that, &c.

to accomplish; to fulfil. "A fit instrument of natural ebullition; that commotion of a When I the scripture ones or twyes hadde redde, to effectuate his desire.' Sidney.

fluid which takes place when some part of And knewe therof all the hole effecte. Hawes. Effectuation (ef-fek’tū-ā"shon), n. Act of the mass flies off in a gaseous form, produc4. Completion; perfection.

effectuating, bringing to pass, or producing ing innumerable small bubbles; as, the efferNot so worthily to be brought to heroical effect by a result.

vescence or working of new wine, cider, or fortune or necessity.

Sir P. Sidney.

The difficulty from the simultaneity of Cause and beer; the effervescence of a carbonate with

Effect, or rather from the identity of Causation and nitric acid, in consequence of chemical 5. Reality; not mere appearance; fact; subEffectuation is solved on this theory.

action and decomposition.-2. Strong exstance.

Sir W. Hamilton.

citement; manifestation of feeling; flow of No other in effect than what it seems. Denham. Effectuose, Effectuous (ef-fek'tū-os, ef-fek'

animal spirits. To say of a celebrated piece that there are faults tū-us), a. Effective; effectual. B. Jonson. in it, is, in effect, to say the author is a man, Addison,

Effervescency (ef-fér-ves'en-si), n. Same as Effeir (ef-fēr'), n. [Scotch.) 1. What is be

Effervescence 6. The impression produced on the mind, as coming one's rank or station.-2. Property; Effervescent (ef-fér-ves'ent), a. Gently boil. by natural scenery, a picture, musical com- quality; state; condition. -Effeir of war,

ing or bubbling by means of the disengage. position, or other work of art, by the object warlike guise.

ment of an elastic fluid. as a whole, before its details are examined; Effeir (ef-fēr'), v.i. In Scots law, to corre- Effervescible (ef-fér-ves'i-bl), a. That has the ensemble or general result of all the spond, be suitable, or belong.

the quality of effervescing; capable of proqualities of a work of art.

In form as effeirs, means such form as in law be- ducing effervescence. The effect was heightened by the wild and lonely longs to the thing.

Bell. nature of the place. W. Irving

A small quantity of effervescible matter. Kirwan. Effeminacy (ef-fem'in-a-si), n. (From effem7. pl. Goods; movables; personal estate; as, inate.] 1. The softness, delicacy, and weak. Effete (ef-fēt'), a. [L. effatus, effetus, exthe people escaped from the town with their ness characteristic of the female sex; un

hausted, worn out by bearing--ex, and fetus effects. -Useful effect, in mech. the measure manly delicacy; womanish softness or weak

or fætus, fruitful, pregnant.] 1. Barren; not of the real power of any machine, after ness. — 2. Voluptuousness; indulgence in

capable of producing young, as an animal deducting that portion which is lost or ex- unmanly pleasures; lasciviousness. Foul or plant. -2. Having the energieg worn out pended in overcoming the inertia and friceffeminacy held me yoked.' Milton.

or exhausted; having the vigour lost or distion of the moving parts and every other Effeminate (ef-fem'in-át), a. (L. effemina

sipated; become incapable of efficient action; source of loss, and in giving the parts the tus, from effeminor, to grow or make woman

barren of results. Elfete sensuality.' South. required velocity. - For effect, with the ish, from ex, out, and femina, a woman.) If they find the old governments effete, worn out, design of creating an impression; ostenta- 1. Having the qualities of the female sex; ... they may seck new ones.

Burke. tiously.-To give effect to, to make valid; to soft or delicate to an unmanly degree; Efficacious (ef-A-ka'shus), a. . [L. efficar, carry out in practice; to push to its legiti- tender; womanish; voluptuous.

etficacious, powerful, from efficio. See EFmate or natural result.

The king, by his voluptuous life and mean mar- FECT. ] Effectual; productive of effects; proEffect (ef-fekt), v.t. [From the noun.] 1. To

riage, became effeminate and less sensible of honour.

ducing the effect intended; having power produce, as a cause or agent; to cause to be;

Bacon. as, the revolution in France effected a great 2. Characterized by or resulting from effem

adequate to the purpose intended; powerful; change of property.-2. To bring to pass; to

inacy; as, an effeminate peace; an effemin. Efficaciously (ef-fi-kā'shus-li), adv. Effec

as, an efficacious remedy for disease. achieve; to accomplish; as, to effect an object

ate life. - 3. Womanlike; tender; womanly. or purpose. "Gentle, kind, effeminate remorse. Shak.

tually; in such a manner as to produce the What he decreed, he effected.

effect desired; as, the remedy has been Milton. - Feminine, Ejeminate. See under FEMISyx. To accomplish, fulfil, realize, achieve,

NINE. -SYN. Womanish, weak, tender, un- Eficaciousness (ef-fi-ka'shus-nes), n.

efficaciously applied.

The complete, execute, effectuate.

manly, voluptuous, delicate, cowardly. Effecter (ef-fekt'ér), n.

quality of being efficacious. Same as Effector.

Effeminate (ef-fem'in-āt), n. A tender, deliEffectible (ef-fekt'i-bl), a. That may be done

cate, womanish person.

Efficacy (ef'n-ka-si), n. [L. efficacia, efficacy,

from eficax, from efficio. See EFFECT. Í or achieved; practicable; feasible. (Rare.]

Effeminates, whose very looks Effection (ef-fek'shon), n.

Reflect dishonour on the land I love. Corper.

Power to produce effects; production of the 1. Act of effect

effect intended; as, the efficacy of the gospel ing; creation; production. Hale. 2. In Effeminate (ef-fem'in-át), v.t. pret. & pp.

in converting men from sin; the efficacy of geom. the construction of a proposition; a effeminated; ppr. effeminating. To make problem deducible from some general prowomanish; to unman; to weaken. “To ef

prayer; the efficacy of medicine in counter

acting disease; the efficacy of manure in position. Hutton. feminate children's minds.' Locke.

fertilizing land. 'Of noxious efficacy.' MilEffective (ef-fekt'iv), a. 1. Having the power Effeminate (ef-fem'in-āt), v.i.

To grow

ton. - SYN. Virtue, force, energy, power, to cause or produce effect; efficacious. womanish or weak; to melt into weakness.

effectiveness; efficiency. They are not effective of anything. Bacon.

In a slothful peace courage will effeminate. Pope. Efficiencet (ef-fi'shens), n. Same as Effi2. Operative; active; having the quality of Effeminately (ef-fem'in-at-li), adv. 1. In a ciency. producing effect.

womanish manner; weakly;" softly. -2. By Efficiency (ef-t'shen-si), n. (L. efficientia, Time is not effective, nor are bodies destroyed by means of a woman; by the power or art of a

influence, from efficio. See EFFECT.] 1. The it. Sir T. Brotune. woman. Effeminately vanquished.' Milton. act of producing effects; a causing to be or

The exist; effectual agency. 3. Efficient; causing to be; as, an effective Effeminateness (ef-fem'in-āt-nes), n. cause.-4. Having the power of active oper

state of being effeminate; unmanly softness. The manner of this divine eficiency is far above us. The

Hooker ation; efficient; fit for duty; as, effective Effemination (ef-fen'in-ā"shon), n. men in an army; an effective force. - Effecstate of one grown womanish; the state of

Gravity does not proceed from the efficiency of any

Woodward.

contingent or unstable agent. tire money, a common term on the Continent being weak or unmanly. 'Degenerate effemto express coin in contradistinction to paper ination.' Sir T. Browne.

2. Power of producing the effect intended; active competent power.

'Causes which money; thus a draft is directed to be paid Effeminize (ef-fem'in-īz), v.t. To make efin effective money to guard against deprefeminate.

should carry in their mere statement evi. ciated paper currency. -Syn. Efficient, effi- Brave knights effeminized by sloth. Sylvester,

dence of their efficiency.' J. S. Mill.-3. In

mech. the amount of useful effect or actual cacious, effectual, operative, active. Effendi (ef-fen'di), n. (Turk., a corruption Effective (ef-fektiv), n. Effective money.

work a prime mover yields, as compared of Gr. authentes, a doer with his own hand, See under EFFECTIVE, a.

with the power expended.-4. Milit. the conperpetrator, lord or master; in Mod.Gr.

dition of a volunteer who has become an Effectively (ef-fektiv-li), adv. With effect; pron. apthendis or aphendis. See AUTHENpowerfully; with real operation; completely;

efficient. See EFFICIENT, 9. 2. TIC.) A title of respect frequently attached thoroughly

to the official title of certain Turkish officers,

Efficient (ef-fi'shent), a. 1. Causing effects; Effectiveness (ef-fektiv-nes), n. The quality especially to those of learned men and

producing; that causes anything to be what of being effective.

it is; efficacious; effectual; competent; able; ecclesiastics; thus, the sultan's first physiEffectless (ef-fekt'les), a. Without effect;

operative. cian is Hakim effendi; the priest in the without advantage; useless. seraglio Imam effendi; the chancellor of the

The efficient cause is that which produces; the final

cause is that for which the thing is produced. Ogilvie. Sure all's effectless; yet nothing we'll omit empire Reis effendi. The term is also often That bears recovery's name.

Shak. used in the same way as master or sir; thus, 2. Noting a volunteer who is an efficient. Effector (ef-fekt'er), n. One who effects; Greek children are in the habit of calling

See the noun.-SYN. Effective, effectual, one who produces or causes; a maker or their fathers effendi.

competent, able, capable. creator. * That Infinite Being who was the Efferent (ef'iér-ent), a. _[L. ef for er, out Efficient (ef-fi'shent), 1. 1. The agent or effector of it.' Derham.

of, and fero, to carry.) In physiol. convey- cause which produces or causes to exist; the Effectual (ef-fek’tū-al), a. 1. Producing an ing outwards, or discharging; as, the efferent prime mover. (Rare.] effect, or the effect desired or intended; or lymphatics, which convey lymph from the God . . . moveth mere natural agents as an effi. having adequate power or force to produce lymphatic glands to the thoracic duct.

cient only.

Hooker, the effect; as, the means employed were Efferoust (ef'fér-us), a. [L. efferus, exces- 2. Milit. a volunteer who has a competent effectual. Effectual steps for the suppres- sively wild-ef for ex, intens., and ferus,

knowledge of the duties of the service, and sion of the rebellion.' Macaulay.-2. Ver- wild.] Fierce; wild; savage.

has attended a certain requisite number of acious; expressive of facts.

From the teeth of that offerous beast, from the drills. The government pays a capitation Reprove my allegation if you can;

tusk of the wild boar.

Bp. king: grant in respect of such efficient. - Extra Or else conclude my words effectual.

Shak.

Effervesce (ef-fér-ves), v.i. pret. & pp. efjer- efficient, a commissioned officer or sergeant --Efectual adjudication, in Scots law, a form vesced; ppr. effervescing. [L. effervesco-ef, of volunteers who, on examination, has obof action by which real property is attached ex, out of, and fervesco, to begin boiling, tained an official certificate of competency. by a creditor.

incept. from ferreo, to be hot, to rage. See Extra efficients earn an extra grant for their Effectually (ef-fek'tū-al-li), adv. With effect; FERVENT.) i. To be in a state of natural company efficaciously; in a manner to produce the ebullition, like liquor when gently boiling; Efficiently (ef-fi'shent-li), adv. With effect;

intended effect; thoroughly; as, the city is to bubble and hiss, as fermenting liquors effectively. effectually guarded.

or any fluid when some part escapes in a Effiercet (ef.fērs'), v.t. To make fierce or Effectualness (ef-fek'tū-al-nes), n. The gaseous form; to work, as new wine. -2. Fig. furious. With fell woodnes he effierced quality of being effectual.

to exhibit signs of excitement; to exhibit feel was.' Spenser.

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Effigial (ef-fi'ji-al), a. Exhibiting or pertain- white dust on the surface; incrusted or Effrayablet (ef- frā'a-bl), a. Frightful; ing to an effigy. (Rare.]

covered with efflorescence. -2. Liable to dreadful. The three voluines contain chiefly effigial cuts and effloresce; as, an efflorescent salt.

Effrayé. See EFFARÉ. monumental figures and inscriptions,

Effluence (ef'fly-ens), n. (Fr. efluence, from Effrenation 1 (ef-frē-nā'shon), n. [L. effreCritical Hist. of Pamphlets. L. effluo, to flow out-e, ex, and fuo, to natio, unbridled impetuosity-ef for ex, out, Effigiate (ef-fi'ji-āt), v.t. pret. & pp. effigiated; flow.] 1. The act of flowing out. -2. That and frenum, a bridle.) Unbridled rashdess ppr. effigiating. [L. effigio, effigiatum, to which flows or issues from any body or or license; unruliness. form, to fashion, from effigies, likeness, substance; an emanation.

Effrontt (ef-front), v. t. To give assurance image.] To image; to form a like figure to; Bright effluence of bright essence increate. Milton, to. Sir T. Browne. hence, to adapt. (Rare.] Effluency (ef'fly-en-si), 11. Same as

Effronted,+ Effrontitt (ef-fronted, ef-frontHe who means to win souls, and prevail to his Efluence.

it), a. [Fr. eff'ronté, brazen-faced ) Characbrother's institution, must, as Saint Paul did, effigiate Effuent (ef'fly-ent), a. [L effluens, efflu

terized by or indicating effrontery; frontless; and conform himself to those circumstances of living and discourse, by which he may prevail upon the perentis, ppr. of efluo, to flow out-e, ex, out,

brazen-faced. The efronted whore. Stir suasions, by complying with the affections and usages and fluo, to flow.] Flowing out; emanating;

ling. His effrontit shameless face.' Jer. of men. Fer. Taylor emitted. Efluent beams. Parnell.

Taylor. Effigiation (ef-fl'ji-ā"shon), 12. The act of Effluent (ef'fly-ent), n. In geog. a stream Effrontery (ef-frun’te-ri), n (Fr. effronterie, forming in resemblance. (Rare.] that flows out of another stream or out of a

from Leifrons, effrontis, bare-faced, shameEffigies (ef-fij'i-ēz), n. [L] Image; repre- lake; as, the Atchafalaya is an efluent of

less-ef for er, out, forth, and frons, the sentation; effigy. the river Mississippi.

forehead.] Assurance; shamelessness; sauci. We behold the species of eloquence in our minds, Effluviable (ef-flū'vi-a-bl), a. Capable of

ness; impudence or boldness transgressing the effigies or actual image of which we seek in the being given off in the form of effluvium.

the bounds of modesty and decorum; as, organs of our hearing.

Dryden.
*Effluviable matter.' Boyle.

effrontery is a sure mark of ill-breeding.

-Impudence, Efrontery, Sauciness. See Effigy (ef'n-ji), n. [L. efigies, from effingo, Effluvial (ef-flū'vi-al), a. Pertaining to effluto fashion-e, ex, and via; containing effluvia.

under IMPUDENCE. -SYN. Impudence, asfingo, to form or deEffluviate (ef-flü'vi-át), v.i. To throw off

surance, audacity, boldness, hardihood, vise.

shamelessness. See FEIGN.]

effluvium. Boyle. (Rare.] 1. The image, like

Effluvium (ef - flū'vi-um), n. pl. Emluvia Effrontuouslyt (ef-front'ū-us-li), adv. With ness, or representa(ef-flü'vi-a). (L., from effluo, to flow out.

effrontery; impudently; frontlessly. North tion of a person or See Flow.) Something flowing out in a

Effulcrate (ef-fulkrāt), a. (L. ef for ex, out, thing, whether of the subtle or invisible form; exhalation; emana

away, and fulcrum, a support.] In bot. whole or a part; a tion: especially applied to noxious or dis

applied to buds from under which the cuslikeness in sculpture,

tomary leaf has fallen. agreeable exhalations; as, the efluvia from painting, bas-relief, diseased bodies or putrefying animal or vege- Effulge (ef-fulj), v.t. pret

. & pp. effulged; or drawing; an imtable substances.

ppr.efulging. [L. effulgeo-ef forex, out and age; a portrait: most Efflux (ef'fluks), n. [L. effluo, efluxum, to flow

fulgeo, to shine.) To cause to shine forth; out. See EFFLUENCE.] 1. The act or state of

to radiate; to beam. frequently applied to

"His eyes effulging a the figures on sepulflowing out or issuing in a stream; effusion;

peculiar fire.' Thomson. [Rare.] chral monuments.

flow; as, an eflux of matter from an ulcer; Effulge (ef-fulj), v.i. To send forth a flood The cut shows effigy the first efflux of men's piety. By continual Effulgence (ef-fulj'ens), nu

of light; to shine with splendour.

A flood of light; on & brass of Wm.

effluxes of those powers and virtues.' South. Abell, vicar of Coles2. That which flows out; emanation. "Light

great lustre or brightness; splendour; ás, the hill, Warwickshire,

efflux divine.' Thomson.

effulgence of divine glory. 1507. --- 2. In numis. Eflux t (ef'fluks), v.i. To run or flow away.

The bright and the balmy effulgence of morn. Beattie. the print or impres

Five years being effluxed, he took out the tree and Effulgent (ef-fulj'ent), a. Shining; bright; sion on a coin repre

weighed it.

Boyle. splendid; diffusing a flood of light. senting the head of Effluxion (ef-fluk'shon), n. [See EFFLUX.)

The downward sun the sovereign by

1. The act of flowing out.--2. That which Looks out effulgent, from amid the flash whom it was issued.

Thomson.

Of broken clouds. flows out; effluvium ; emanation. Some -To burn or hang in

light effluxions from spirit to spirit.' Bacon. Effulgently (ef-fulj'ent-li), adv. In a bright effigy, to burn or hang Effodient (ef-fö'di-ent), a. [L. effodiens,

or splendid manner. an image or picture of a person as a means

The effodientis, ppr. of effodio, to dig out-ef for Effumability (ef -füm'a-bil"i-ti), the of showing dislike, hatred, or contempt for ex, out, and fodio, to dig.) Digging; ac

quality of flying off in fumes or vapour, or him: a popular mode in which antipathy or customed to dig

of being volatile. indignation is often manifested.

Effodientia (ef-fõ'di-en"shi-a), n. pl. [L. Effumable (ef-fūm'a-bl), a. Capable of flying Efflagitatet (ef-flaj'it-át), v.t. [L. efflagito, effodio, to dig out ef for ex, out, and fodio, off in fumes or vapour; volatile. eflagitatum, to demand urgently-e, ex, and to dig.) In zool. a term sometimes applied Effumet (ef-fūm'), v. t. (L. effumo, to emit flagito, to demand warmly.] To demand to the division of the edentates which com- smoke or vapour-ef for ex, out, and fumus, earnestly.

prises the entomophagous forms, as the smoke, vapour.) To breathe or puff out; to Efflate (ef-flāt), v.t. [L. efto, efflatum, to hairy ant-eater of South America, the scaly

emit, as steam or vapour. blow or breathe out-e, ex, out, and flo, to pangolin of South Africa and South Asia, I can make this dog take as many whiffs as I list, blow.] To fill with breath or air. (Rare.] the armadillo, &c.

and he shall retain or effiome them at Ronson,

pleasure. Efflation (ef-fā'shon), n. The act of breath- Effoliation (ef-fo'li-ā"shon), n. In bot. depri- Effund t (ef-fund), v.t. (See EFFUSE.] To ing out or puffing; a puff, as of wind. vation of a plant of its leaves.

pour out. Nore. A soft tation of celestial fire

Efforce 1 (ef-fors'), v. t. pret. & pp. efforced; Effuse (ef-fūz'), v.t. pret. & pp. effused; ppr. Came, like a rushing breeze, and shook the lyre. ppr. efforcing. (Fr. efforcer, to endeavour, Parnell. to strive--e, out, and forcer, to force.

effusing. (L. effundo, effusum, to pour out

See Effloresce (ef-flo-res'), 0. i. pret. & pp.

ef for ex, out, and fundo, fusum, to pour.] FORCE.) To force; to violate. effloresced; ppr. efflorescing. (L. efloresco,

To pour out, as a fluid; to spill; to shed. Burnt his beastly heart t'efforce her chastity. Spenser. Whose maiden-blood thus rigorously effused from floresco, foreo, to blossom, from flos, a flower.

Will cry for vengeance at the gates of heaven. Shak, See FLOWER.] 1. To burst into

Efformt(ef-form'), u.t. (L. ef for ex, out, and

formo, to form.) To fashion; to shape; to Effuse (ef-fūz), o.i. bloom, as a flower; to break out into florid

To emanate; to come form. or excessive ornamentation.

* Efforming us after thy own image.' forth. Thomson. Jer. Taylor.

Effuse (ef'fūs ), a. 1.7 Poured out freely; The Italian (Gothic architecture) effloresced. Efformationt (ef-form-ä'shon), n. The act into the meaningless ornamentation of the Certosa

profuse. Mirth effuse.' Young.-2.1 Disof Pavia and the cathedral of Como. Ruskin. of giving shape or form; formation.

posed to pour out freely; dissipated; extra2. In chem. to change over the surface or

They pretend to give an account of the efforma. vagant. Bp. Richardson.-3. In bot. applied tion of the universe.

Ray. throughout to a whitish, mealy, or crystal. Effort (ef'fort or ef'fert), n. [Fr. effort-L.

to inflorescence, or to a kind of panicle with line powder, from a gradual decomposition,

a very loose one-sided arrangement.--4. In ef for ex, out, and fortis, strong. ) A strainon simple exposure to the air; to become

conch a term applied to shells where the ing: an exertion of strength or power, covered with a whitish crust or light crystal

aperture is not whole behind, but the lips whether physical or mental; endeavour; are separated by a gap or groove. lization, from a slow chemical change be

strenuous exertion to accomplish an object; Effuse (ef-füs'), n. Effusion; outpouring; tween some of the ingredients of the matter covered and an acid proceeding commonly

as, the army, by great efforts, scaled the walls; loss; waste.

distinction in science is gained by continued from an external source.

And much effuse of blood doth make me faint. Shak. efforts of the mind. Those salts whose crystals effloresce belong to the

Effusion (ef-fū’zhon), n. 1. The act of pouring

There certainly is a kind of moral excellence implied class which is most soluble, and crystallizes by cooling. in the renunciation of all effort after display.

out; as, the effusion of water, of blood, of Fourcroy.

Abp. Whately:

grace, of words, and the like. To save the The walls of limestone caverns sometimes efloresce SYN. Endeavour, exertion, struggle, strain, effusion of my people's blood.' Dryden. with nitrate of lime in consequence of the action of nitric acid formed in the atmosphere. straining, attempt, trial, essay.

Endless and senseless effusions of indigested Dana.

Effortless (ef'fort-les or ef'fèrt-les), a. Mak- prayers.' Hooker.-2. That which is poured Eftiorescence (ef-flo-res'ens), n. 1. In bot. ing no effort.

out. a term sometimes applied to the time Effossion (ef - fo'shon), n. [L. effossus, pp.

Wash ine with that precious effusion, and I shall be whiter than snow.

Eikon Basilike. of flowering; the season when a plant shows of effodio, to dig out.) The act of digging its blossoms.-2. In med. a redness of the out of the earth. * The effossion of coins.' 3. Giving in donation. That liberal effuskin; eruption, as in rash, measles, small- Arbuthnot. (Rare. ]

sion of all that they had.' Hammond. pox, scarlatina, &c.-3. In chem. the forma Effracture (ef-frak'tūr), n. In surg, a frac- 4. In pathol. (a) the escape of any fluid out tion of small white threads, resembling the ture, with depression of the cranial bones. of the vessel containing it into another sublimated matter called flowers, on the sur- Effranchise (ef-fran'chiz), v.t. [L. ef for ex, part. () The secretion of fluid from the face of certain bodies, as salts; the powder out, and E. franchise.) To invest with fran- vessels, as of lymph or serum, on different or crust thus formed. chises or privileges.

surfaces. - Effusion of gases, in chem, the Efflorescency (ef-flo-res'en-si), n. Same as Effrayt(ef-fra'), v.t. (Fr. effrayer, to frighten escape of gases through minute apertures Eflorescence.

-L. e, out, and frigidus, cold.] To frighten. into a vacuum. In his experiments to deterEfforescent (ef-flo-res'ent), a. 1. Shooting

The dam upstart, out of her den effraide,

mine the rate of effusion of gases Graham into white threads or spiculae; forming a And ruslied forth.

Spenser. used thin sheets of metal or glass, perforated EFFUSIVE

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with minute apertures 086 millimetre or do not leave the egg till after it is laid are about the size of a goose's egg, being boiled, 003 inch in diameter. The rates of effusion called oviparous; those in which the eggs stewed in sauces, &c., like love-apple. coincided so nearly with the rates of diffusion are retained within the parent body until Egg-sauce (egésąs), n. Sauce prepared with as to lead to the conclusion that both phe- they are hatched are called ovoviviparous. eggs. nomena follow the same law, and there- 2. Anything resembling an egg in shape. Egg-shell (egʻshel), n. The shell or outside fore the rates of effusion are inversely as the

There was taken a great glass bubble with a long

covering of an egg. square roots of the densities of the gases. neck, such as chymists are wont to call a philosophi. Egg-slice (eg'slīs), n. A kitchen utensil for Sffusive (ef-fūs'iv), a. 1. Pouring out; that

Boyle. removing omelets or fried eggs from a pan. pours forth largely. Th' effusive south.' ---Egg and anchor, egg and dart, egg and Egg-spoon (egʻspön), n. A small spoon for Thomson.- 2. Poured abroad; spread widely. tongue, in arch, an egg-shaped ornament eating eggs with. The effusive wave.' Pope.

alternating with a dart-like ornament, used Egg-trot (egʻtrot), n. In the manége, a cauEffusively (ef-fūs'iv-li), adv. In an effusive to enrich the ovolo. It is also called the tious, jog-trot pace, like that of a housemanner.

Echinus Ornament. See ECHINUS, 4.- Will wife riding to market with eggs in her panEffusiveness (ef-füs'iv-nes), n. State of you take eggs for money? a saying which niers. being effusive.

originated when eggs were so plentiful as Egilopical (e-ji-lop'ik-al), a. 1. Pertaining Eft (eft), n. [O.E. evet, ext; A. Sax. efete. scarcely to have a money value. It means to or of the nature of egilops.--2. Affected Newt is from ewt, the n of the indefinite art. then, Will you allow yourself to be im- with egilops. an having adhered to the noun.) A name of posed upon?'

Egilops (é'ji-lops), n. [Gr. aigilõps-aix, the newt (Triton).

Mine honest friend,
Will you take eggs for money!

aigos, a goat, and ope, the eye.) Goat's eye;

Shak. Eft! (eft), ado. [A. Sax.) After; again; soon;

an abscess in the inner canthus of the eye. quickly

-Don't put all your eggs in one basket, don't Egina Marbles (e-gi'na mär-blz), n. pl. A Yet had the body not dismembred bee,

venture all you have in one speculation. collection of ancient statues discovered on It would have lived, and revived eft. Spenser. Egg (eg), v.t. (A. Sax. ecgian, eggian, to in- the island of Egina, supposed to have ori. Eftsoon, Eftsoons (eft-sön', eft-sönz'), adv. cite, to sharpen. See EDGE.] To incite or ginally decorated the temple in that island (A. Sax. eft, after, and sona, sones, soon.)

urge on; to stimulate; to encourage; to in- sacred to Pallas Athēnē. They are before Soon afterward; in a short time. (Rare stigate; to provoke.

the age of Phidias, so, although true to and poetical.)

They egged him forward still not to spare the no. nature generally, their faces are characbility.

North. Shal all the world be lost eftsones now. Chaucer.

terized by that forced smile which gives an Eftsoon the lofty tree its top inclined. Southey. Eggar, Egger (eg'ar, eg'er), n. A name given

unpleasant expression to the earlier Greek Hold off, unhand me, greybeard loon!

to moths of the family Bombycidæ, and sculptures. They are the most remarkable Eftsoons his hand dropt he.

Coleridge. genera Lasiocampa and Eriogaster. The ornaments of the Glyptothek of Munich. E G. [L exempli gratia.) For the sake of

L. trifolii, a well-known British moth, is Egis (e'jis), n. Same as Ægis. an example; for instance.

called the grass-egger, and the L. roboris Eglandulose, Eglandulous (e-gland’ū-los, Egad (e-gad'), exclam. (Probably a euphethe oak-egger, from the food of their cater

e-gland'ū-lus), a. (L. e, out, and glandulomistic corruption of the oath by God.') pillars. The Eriogaster lanestris is the small

sus, glandulous.] Destitute of glands. An exclamation expressing exultation or

egger of collectors. surprise.

Eglantine (eg lan-tin or egʻlan-tin), n. (Fr. Egg-bag (eg'bag), n. In zool. the ovary. églantine, églantier; Pr. aiglentina, the egEgalt (é'gal), 4., [Fr. égal; L. oequus, equal.] Egg-bird (egʻbėrd), n. Goldsmith.

lantine; O.Fr. aiglent, from a form aculenEqual. Egal justice.' Shak.

The name given to tus, from L. aculeus, a spine, a prickle, acus, Egalitee, n. Equality. Chaucer.

Hydrochelidon fuliginosum, a species of a needle.) The English name of the sweetEgality (ē-galli-ti), n. [Fr. égalité. See tern, a bird of considerable commercial im

brier, Rosa rubiginosa of botanists. It flowers EGAL Equality. "Cursed France with her

portance in the West Indies, as its eggs, in in June and July, and grows in dry bushy egalities.' Tennyson.

common with those of two other species of places. Egean, Egean (ē-jē'an), n. or a. [L. (Mare)

tern, form an object of profitable adventure Egæum.) A term often applied to that part to the crews of numerous small vessels,

Milton has distinguished the sweet-brier and the

eglantine: of the Mediterranean otherwise called the which collect them in the months of March,

Through the sweet-brier, or the vine, Archipelago. April, and May.

Or the twisted eglantine.'- Allegro, v. 47. Eger (è'ger), n. Same as Eagre. Egg-born (eg'born), a. Produced from an

Eglantine has sometimes been erroneously taken Eger, Egre, t a. Sharp. Chaucer. egg, as a bird; oviparous.

for the honey-suckle, and it seems more than proEger (e'ger), n. In bot. a tulip appearing Egg-cup (egʻkup), n. A cup used to hold

bable that Milton so understood it, by his calling it early in bloom. an egg at table.

twisted. If not, he must have meant the wild-rose.

Nares. Egeran (e'je-ran), n. [From Eger, in Bohe. Eggeba (eg'e-ba), n. A weight used on the mia, where idocrase occurs.] A synonym

Guinea coast,

equal to half an affa or half Eglatere (egʻla-tēr), n. Eglantine. of idocrase (which see).

The woodbine and eglatere

Drip sweeter dews than traitor's tear. Tennyson. Egeria (e-jē'ri-a), n. One of the small planets Eggement, t Egging,t n. Incitement. or asteroids between the orbits of Mars and

Thurgh womannes eggement Eglomerate (e-glom'er-āt), v.t. [L. e, out, Jupiter, discovered by De Gasparis, 2d No

Mankind was borne, and damned ay to die. and glomero, glomeratum, to wind up.] To

Chaucer. vember, 1850.

One who incites.

unwind, as a thread from a ball. [Rare.] Egerminate! (ē-jérm'in-āt), v.i. [I. eger- Egger (eg'ér), n. Egger (eg'er), n.

A corruption of enigma. mino, egerminatum-e, out, and germino,

An eggler or gatherer of Egma (eg'ma), n.

No egma, no riddle.' Shak. eggs. to sprout.] To put forth buds; to germin- Eggery (eg'e-ri), n.

A nest of eggs; a place Ego (go), pron, or n. [L.,1.] In metaph. 1; ate.

the conscious thinking subject; the subject, where eggs are deposited, as those of seaEgest (e-jest), v.t. (L. egero, egestum, to

as opposed to the non-ego, the not-self, the birds. carry or bear out—e, out, and gero, to carry:) Egg-flip (eg'fip), n. A drink made of warmed

object. To cast or throw out; to void, as excrement. beer, flavoured with a little sugar, spirit,

The ego, as the subject of thought and knowledge, Bacon.

is now commonly styled by philosophers the subject, Egestion (e-jest'yon), n. The act of voiding Egg-glass (egʻglas), n. spices, and eggs beaten with it.

and subjective is a familiar expression for what per

1. A small glass for tains to the mind or thinking power. In contrast and digested matter at the natural vent.

holding an egg at the table.-2. A sand-glass correlation to these, the terms object and objective are Egg (eg), n. [A. Sax. æg; like Icel. egg, Dan. running about three minutes, for regulating

now in use to denote the non-ego, its affections and æg. The sound of g was sometimes softened,

properties, and, in general, the really existent as the boiling of eggs.

Reid. giving 0. E. eye or ey, as ·gos eye, goose's Egg-hot (eghot); . A posset made of eggs, Egoical (ē-gõ’ik-al), a. Pertaining to egoism.

opposed to the ideally known.
egg, in Piers the Plowman's Crede; 'an ey or
tweye,' Chaucer; comp. G. and D. ei.. Pro- Eggler (eg'ler), n.

ale, sugar, and brandy. Lamb.
A collector of or dealer

Mare. (Rare. ) bably allied in origin to L. ovum, Gr. oon,

in eggs.

Egoism (ē'go-izm), n. [Fr. égoisme, from L. Ir. ugh, Gael. ubh, an egg: 1. The body Egg-nog (eg'nog), n. A drink consisting of ego, L.) 1. In philos. the opinion of one who formed in the females of all animals (with

the yolks of eggs beaten up with sugar, and thinks everything uncertain except his own the exception of a few of the lowest type, the white of egg3 whipped, with the addi

existence; the doctrine which refers the elewhich are reproduced by gemmation or tion of wine or spirits.

ments of all knowledge to the phenomena division), in which, by impregnation, the Egg-plant (egʻplant), n. A white-fruited of personal existence; subjective idealism. development of the fætus takes place.

See IDEALISM. -- 2. A passionate love of self, Regarded physiologically there are three

leading one to refer all things to one's self, essential parts in an egg, viz. the germinal

and to judge of everything by its relation to spot, or Wagnerian vesicle; the germinal,

one's interests or importance; egotism; selor Purkingean vesicle; and the vitellus or

fishness. yolk-the first being contained in the ger

The Ideal, the True and Noble that was in them minal vesicle, which again is contained

having faded out, and nothing new remaining but within the body of the yolk. The eggs

naked egoism, vulturous greediness, they cannot

live. of most animals lower than the bird have

Carlyle. no more than these three parts. The

Egoist (ē'go-ist), n. (Fr. égoïste, an egotist. ] eggs of birds, however, have, besides these,

1. An egotist; a selfish person.-2. One holdthe white, or albumen, and the shell, which

ing the doctrine of egoism; one who believes consists of a membrane coated with carbon

that a person can be certain only of his own ate of lime. The yolk consists of a strong

existence, and the operations and ideas of solution of albumen, in which multitudes

his own mind. of minute globules of oil are suspended.

Egoistic, Egoistical (ē-go-ist'ik, 7-go-ist'ik(See Ovum.) A hen's egg of good size weighs

al), a. 1. Pertaining to one's personal about 1000 grains, of which the white con

identity. stitutes 600, the yolk 300, and the shell 100.

The egoistical idealism of Fichte is less exposed to Eggs of domestic fowls, and of certain wild

criticism than the theological idealism of Berkeley.

Sir W. Hamilton. fowls, as the plover, gulls, &c., are an important article of commerce, and furnish a

Egg-plant (Solanum esculentum).

2. Addicted to or manifesting egoism; egowholesome, nutritious, and very pleasant

tistic. article of diet. The eggs of turtles are also variety of Solanum esculentum, cultivated Egoistically (ē-go-ist’ik-al-li), adv. In an held in high esteem. Animals whose young as an article of food, the fruit, which is egoistic manner.

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Egoity (e-go'i-ti), n. Personality; indivi- giously mistaken; they were egregiously fices, especially of the propylea or vestibules duality. Swift." (Rare.) cheated.

of its temples; (c) roofs and covered ways If you would permit me to use a school term, I Make the Moor thank me, love me, and reward me,

flat or without pediments, and composed would say the egoity remains; that is, that by which For making him egregiously an ass. Shak. of immense blocks of stone reaching from I am the same I was. Wollaston,

The
Egregiousness (e-grē'ji-us-nes), n.

one wall or column to another, the arch Egoize (é'go-iz), v.i. Same as Egotize. state of being egregious.

being seldom if ever employed; (d) columns Egomismi (e'go-mizm), n. Egoism. That Egress (ē gres, formerly ē-gres'), n. [L.

numerous, close, and massive, generally kind of scepticism called egomism.' Baxter. egressus, from egredior -e, and gradior, to

without bases, and exhibiting great variety Egophonic (ē-go-fon'ik), a. Relating to or

in their capitals, from a simple square block step.] 1. The act of going or issuing out, having the character of egophony.

ornamented with hieroglyphics to an elaor the power of departing from any inclosed Egophony (ē-gof'o-ni), n. (Gr. aix, aigos, or confined place.

borate composition of palm-leaves or other a goat, and phònē, voice.) The sound of the

Gates of burning adamant,

forms suggested by vegetation; (e) the emvoice of a person affected with pleurisy,

Barr'd over us, prohibit all agress. Milton.

ployment of a large concave moulding in when heard through the stethoscope: so

the entablature, decorated with vertical called because it is broken and tremulous, 2. In astron. the passing of an inferior flutings or leaves; (j) walls and columns so as to suggest the bleating of a goat. planet from the disc of the sun in a transit. decorated with a profusion of sculptures in Egotheism (é'go-the-izm), n. (Gr. ego, 1, and Egress (e-gres'), v.i. To go out; to depart; outline or low-relief representing divinities, theos, a god.] The deification of self; the to leave. substitution of self for the Deity, as an ob- Egression (e-gre'shon), n. [L. egressio, from ject of love and honour.

egredior. See EGRESS.) The act of going Egotism (e'got-izm), n. (See EGOISM.] The out from any inclosure or place of confinepractice of too frequently using the word I; ment; escape; egress. B. Jonson. (Rare.] hence, a speaking or writing much of one's Egressor (e-gres'ér), n. One who goes out. self; a passionate and exaggerated love of Egret (ē'gret), n. (Fr. aigrette, a dim. from self, leading one to refer all things to one's an old form aigre, from 0.H.G. heigro, a self, and to judge of everything by its rela- heron. Cog. Sw. hæger, a heron. Heron tion to one's interests or importance.

(which see) has the same origin.) A name The most violent egotism which I have met with

common to those species of herons which is that of Cardinal Wolsey's 'Ego et rex meus,

have the feathers on the lower part of the I and my king.'

Spectator. back lengthened and the barbs loose, so - Egotism, Self-conceit, Vanity. Egotism,

that this part of the plumage is very soft a strong and obtrusively displayed belief in

and flowing The little egret (Herodias one's own importance, manifested by a con- or Ardea garzetta) is probably the most stant reference to self in conversation or elegant of all the heron tribe. The deli. writing, the result of a combination of in- cately formed feathers of its crested head, tense self-esteem and selfishness. Self-con- breast, and shoulders are used as ornaments ceit, an exaggerated opinion of one's own in the turbans of Turks and Persians, and abilities, allied to vanity. Vanity, lit. in the head - dresses of European ladies. emptiness, a belief that one deserves to be, The bird is of a white colour, about 18 and is, held by others in great admiration,

inches long, and weighs about i} lb. – especially on some frivolous grounds, as

2. A heron's feather. B. Jonson.-3. In bot. good looks, dress, &c. An egotistical man the flying, feathery, or hairy down of seeds, ignores the opinions of others, through his

as the down of the thistle.-4. A species of perfect satisfaction with his own; a conceited ape. person openly claims praise, and is prone to Egrett, Egrette (ē-gret), n. [From Fr. detract from the merits of others and sneer aigrette, a white heron, because this bird at them, in order to his own exaltation; a has a tuft on its head. See EGRET.) A tuft

Court of Temple at Edfou. vain person is not so self-assertive as a con- of feathers, diamonds, &c.; an ornament of ceited one, but is more athirst for praise.

ribbons. Written also Aigret, Aigrette. men, and animals, with innumerable hieroByron said he was too proud to be vain. Egrimonyt (egʻri-mo-ni), n. Same as Agri- glyphics, brilliant colouring being often Egotism and conceit are based on what we mony.

superadded. One remarkable feature assothink of ourselves; vanity, on what we be- Egrimonyt (@'gri-mo-ni), n. [L. ægrimonia, ciated with this style is the grandeur of lieve others think of us.

from æger, sick.) Sickness of the mind; sad- its mechanical operations, in cutting, poHis excessive egotism which filled all objects with ness; sorrow Cockeram.

lishing, sculpturing, and transporting vast himself.

Hazlitt.
Egriot (ē'gri-ot), n. [Fr. aigre, sour.] A kind blocks of limestone and of granite.-

EgypThey that have the least reason, have the most of sour cherry

tian bean, a name sometimes given to self-conceit.

Whichcote. Egritude t (ē gri-tūd), n. [L. ægritudo, from the bean - like fruits of Nelumbium speThe exquisitely sensitive vanity of Garrick was æger, sick.] Sorrow of the mind; more ciosum. - Egyptian blue, a brilliant piggalled.

Macaulay. rarely, sickness of body. Sir T. Elyot. ment consisting of the hydrated protoxide Egotist (e'got-ist), n. One who repeats the Egyptian (ē-jip'shan), a. [From Egypt, Gr. of copper mixed with a minute quantity of word I very often in conversation or writ- Aigyptos, supposed to be so called from the iron. - Egyptian lotus. See LOTUS.-Egyping; one who speaks much of himself or name Coptos, a principal town, from gupta, tian pebble, a species of agate or jasper. magnifies his own achievements; one who guarded, fortified. Akin Gipsy. ] 1. Pertain- Egyptian thorn, the Acacia vera of Willdemakes himself the hero of every tale. ing to Egypt in Africa. -- 2. Gipsy. See

now, an ornamental tree, native of the norEgotistic, Egotistical (e-got-ist'ik, e-got- EGYPTIAN, n. 2. Egyptian architecture, thern parts of Africa. - Egyptian vulture, ist'ik-al), a. 1. Addicted to egotism; as, an a style of architecture which, among its Neophron percnopterus, one of the smaller egotistic person.-2. Manifesting egotism. peculiar monuments, exhibits pyramids, vultures, about the size of a raven, differing It would, indeed, be scarcely safe to draw any de

from the true vultures in having a long cided inferences as to the character of a writer from

slender bill covered half its length with a passages directly egotistical. Macaulay.

naked cere. The head and front of the neck SYN. Conceited, vain, self-important, opin

are bare. The general colour is white, the ionated

quill feathers of the wing being dark brown. Egotistically (e-got-ist'ik-al-li), adv. In an

The face, bill, and legs are bright yellow. egotistical or self-conceited manner.

It frequents the streets of eastern towns, Egotize (e'got-iz), v.i. pret. & pp. egotized;

where it is protected on account of its serppr. egotizing. To talk or write much of

vices as a scavenger, and follows the caraone's self; to make pretensions to self-im- ចំឱត្ត

vans through the desert to devour whatever portance. (Rare.)

may die. Though not gregarious, large

numbers may be seen together wherever I egotize in my letters to thee, not because I am of much importance to myself, but because to thee both

there is much carrion. It ranges over Norego and all that ego does are interesting. Cowper.

thern Africa and a large part of Asia, as

well as the south of Europe, and has even Egregious (e-grē'ji-us), a. (L. egregius, from

been shot in the British islands. Called also e or ex grege, from or out of or beyond the

Pharaoh's Hen or Chicken. herd, select, choice. ] 1. Eminent; remark

1. A native of

Egyptian (ē-jip'shan), n. able; extraordinary; distinguished: in a

Egypt. -2. An old designation for a gypsy, good sense. *This accession of dignity to

so called because believed to have come your egregious merits.' Milton. 'Egregious

from Egypt. exploits. More. 'Egregious prince. Philips.

Egyptologer, Egyptologist (e-jip-tol'o-jer, 1 dali This essay affords an egregious instance of the pre

e-jip-tol'o-jist),

n. One skilled in or weli dominance of genius. Johnson

acquainted with the antiquities of Egypt, 2. Great; extraordinary; remarkable; enor

especially the hieroglyphic inscriptions and mous: in a bad or ironical sense; as, an

documents. egregious mistake; egregious contempt.

Egyptological (e-jip'to-loj"ik-al), a. Per-
Egregious murtherer. Shak.
Egyptian Columns.-1, From Rhamession, Thebes. taining to Egyptology;

devoted to the study Reader, try by this the egregious impudence of 2, Pórtico of Temple at Dendera. 3, In Brit. Mus. of Egyptology; as, an Egyptological museum this fellow Bp. Hall.

or work. SYN. Extraordinary, remarkable, monstrous, rock-cut temples and tombs, gigantic mo- Egyptology. (ē-jip-tol'o-ji), n. (Egypt, and enormous, exceptional, astonishing, un- nolithic obelisks, and colossal statues. The Gr. logos, discourse.) The science of Egypcommon, unique, surprising.

characteristic features of the style are tian antiquities; that branch of knowledge Egregiously (e-grē'ji-us-li), adv. In an egre- solidity, boldness, and originality. Among which treats of the ancient language, hisgious, eminent, distinguished, or remark- its peculiar characteristics may be noted tory, &c., of Egypt. able manner; greatly; enormously; shame- (a) symmetry of structure; (b) the gradual Eh! (ā ore), an interj. expressive of doubt, fully: usually in a bad sense; as, he is egre- converging of the walls of some of its edi- inquiry, slight surprise.

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