The circling mountains eddy in
From the bare wild the dissipated storm.
Thomson.
||E"del*weiss (?), n. [G., fr. edel noble + weiss white.] (Bot.) A little, perennial, white, woolly plant (Leontopodium alpinum), growing at high elevations in the Alps.
E*de"ma (?), n. [NL.] (Med.) Same as dema.
{ E*de"ma*tous (?), or E*de"ma*tose` (?) }, a. (Med.) Same as dematous.
E"den (?), n. [Heb. den delight, pleasure; also, a place of pleasure, Eden.] The garden where Adam and Eve first dwelt; hence, a delightful region or residence.
E*den"ic (?), a. Of or pertaining to Eden; paradisaic. "Edenic joys." Mrs. Browning.
E"den*ite (?), n. [From Edenville, N. Y.] (Min.) A variety of amphibole. See Amphibole.
E"den*ized (?), a. Admitted to a state of paradisaic happiness. [R.] Davies (Wit's Pilgr. ).
E*den"tal (?), a. See Edentate, a. -- n. (Zoöl.) One of the Edentata.
E*den"tal*ous (?), a. See Edentate, a.
||E`den*ta"ta (?), n. pl. [NL., neut. pl. from L. edentatus, p. p. of edentare to render toothless; e out + dens, dentis, tooth.] (Zoöl.) An order of mammals including the armadillos, sloths, and anteaters; -- called also Bruta. The incisor teeth are rarely developed, and in some groups all the teeth are lacking.
E*den"tate (?), a. 1. Destitute of teeth; as, an edentate quadruped; an edentate leaf.