Wash me with that precious effusion, and I shall be whiter than sow.
Eikon Basilike.
The light effusions of a heedless boy.
Byron.
3. (Pathol.) (a) The escape of a fluid out of its natural vessel, either by rupture of the vessel, or by exudation through its walls. It may pass into the substance of an organ, or issue upon a free surface. (b) The liquid escaping or exuded.
Ef*fu"sive (?), a. Pouring out; pouring forth freely. "Washed with the effusive wave." Pope.
Effusive rocks (Geol.), volcanic rocks, in distinction from so-called intrusive, or plutonic, rocks.
-- Ef*fu"sive*ly, adv. -- Ef*fu"sive*ness, n.
Ef"reet (?), n. See Afrit.
Eft (?), n. [AS. efete lizard. See Newt.] (Zoöl.) (a) A European lizard of the genus Seps. (b) A salamander, esp. the European smooth newt (Triton punctatus).
Eft, adv. [AS. eft, æft, again, back, afterward. See Aft, After.] Again; afterwards; soon; quickly. [Obs.]