2. Contrived with care; ingenious. [Obs.]

The mark of all enginous drifts.

B. Jonson.

En*gird" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Engirded or Engirt (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. Engirding.] [Pref. en- + gird. Cf. Ingirt.] To gird; to encompass. Shak.

En*gir"dle (?), v. t. To surround as with a girdle; to girdle.

En*girt" (?), v. t. To engird. [R.] Collins.

En"gi*scope (?), n. [Gr. &?; near + -scope.] (Opt.) A kind of reflecting microscope. [Obs.]

En*glaimed" (?), a. [OE. engleimen to smear, gleim birdlime, glue, phlegm.] Clammy. [Obs.]

En"gle (?), n. [OE. enghle to coax or cajole. Cf. Angle a hook, one easily enticed, a gull, Ingle.] A favorite; a paramour; an ingle. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

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