E*du"ci*ble (?), a. Capable of being educed.
E"duct (?), n. [L. eductum, fr. educere.] That which is educed, as by analysis. Sir W. Hamilton.
E*duc"tion (?), n. [L. eductio.] The act of drawing out or bringing into view.
Eduction pipe, ∧ Eduction port. See Exhaust pipe and Exhaust port, under Exhaust, a.
E*duc"tive (?), a. Tending to draw out; extractive.
E*duc"tor (?), n. [L., tutor.] One who, or that which, brings forth, elicits, or extracts.
Stimulus must be called an eductor of vital ether.
E. Darwin.
E*dul"co*rant (?), a. [See Edulcorate.] Having a tendency to purify or to sweeten by removing or correcting acidity and acrimony.
E*dul"co*rant, n. An edulcorant remedy.
E*dul"co*rate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Edulcorated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Edulcorating.] [L. e out + dulcoratus, p. p. of dulcorare to sweeten, fr. dulcor sweetness, fr. dulcis sweet: cf. F. édulcorer.] 1. To render sweet; to sweeten; to free from acidity.
Succory . . . edulcorated with sugar and vinegar.
Evelyn.
2. (Chem.) To free from acids, salts, or other soluble substances, by washing; to purify. [R.]
E*dul`co*ra"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. édulcoration.] 1. The act of sweetening or edulcorating.
2. (Chem.) The act of freeing from acids or any soluble substances, by affusions of water. [R.] Ure.
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E*dul"co*ra*tive (?), a. Tending to &?;weeten or purify by affusions of water.
E*dul"co*ra`tor (?), n. A contrivance used to supply small quantities of sweetened liquid, water, etc., to any mixture, or to test tubes, etc.; a dropping bottle.
E*du"li*ous (?), a. [L. edulis, fr. edere to eat.] Edible. [Obs.] "Edulious pulses." Sir T. Browne.
-ee (?). [Formed on the F. p. p. ending -é, masc.] A suffix used, chiefly in law terms, in a passive signification, to indicate the direct or indirect object of an action, or the one to whom an act is done or on whom a right is conferred; as in assignee, donee, alienee, grantee, etc. It is correlative to -or, the agent or doer.
{ Eek, Eeke (?) }, v. t. See Eke. [Obs.] Spenser.
Eel (?), n. [AS. &?;l; akin to D., G., & Dan. aal, Icel. ll, Sw. ål.] (Zoöl.) An elongated fish of many genera and species. The common eels of Europe and America belong to the genus Anguilla. The electrical eel is a species of Gymnotus. The so called vinegar eel is a minute nematode worm. See Conger eel, Electric eel, and Gymnotus.
Eel"buck` (?), n. An eelpot or eel basket.
Eel"fare` (?), n. [Eel + fare a journey or passage.] (Zoöl.) A brood of eels. [Prov. Eng.]
Eel"grass` (?), n. (Bot.) A plant (Zostera marina), with very long and narrow leaves, growing abundantly in shallow bays along the North Atlantic coast.
Eel"-moth`er (?), n. (Zoöl.) The eelpout.
Eel"pot` (?), n. A boxlike structure with funnel-shaped traps for catching eels; an eelbuck.
Eel"pout` (?), n. [AS. &?;lepute.] (Zoöl.) (a) A European fish (Zoarces viviparus), remarkable for producing living young; -- called also greenbone, guffer, bard, and Maroona eel. Also, an American species (Z. anguillaris), -- called also mutton fish, and, erroneously, congo eel, ling, and lamper eel. Both are edible, but of little value. (b) A fresh-water fish, the burbot.
Eel"spear` (?), n. A spear with barbed forks for spearing eels.
E'en (?), adv. A contraction for even. See Even.