Eu*ri"pus (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. &?;; &?; well + &?; a rushing motion.] A strait; a narrow tract of water, where the tide, or a current, flows and reflows with violence, as the ancient frith of this name between Euba and Botia. Hence, a flux and reflux. Burke.
Eu"rite ("rt), n. [Cf. F. eurite.] (Min.) A compact feldspathic rock; felsite. See Felsite.
Eu*rit"ic (?), a. Of or relating to eurite.
Eu*roc"ly*don (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?;; &?; the southeast wind + &?; wave, billow; according to another reading, &?;, i. e. a north-east wind, as in the Latin Vulgate Euro-aquilo.] A tempestuous northeast wind which blows in the Mediterranean. See Levanter.
A tempestuous wind called Euroclydon.
Acts xxvii. 14.
Eu`ro*pe"an (?), a. [L. europeaus, Gr. &?;, fr. Gr. &?; (L. europa.)] Of or pertaining to Europe, or to its inhabitants.
On the European plan, having rooms to let, and leaving it optional with guests whether they will take meals in the house; -- said of hotels. [U. S.]
Eu`ro*pe"an, n. A native or an inhabitant of Europe.
Eu`ro*pe"an*ize (?), v. t. To cause to become like the Europeans in manners or character; to habituate or accustom to European usages.
A state of society . . . changed and Europeanized.
Lubbock.
||Eu"rus (?), n. [L., gr. &?;.] The east wind.
||Eu*ry"a*le (?), n. [NL., fr. Euryale, one of the Gorgons.] 1. (Bot.) A genus of water lilies, growing in India and China. The only species (E. ferox) is very prickly on the peduncles and calyx. The rootstocks and seeds are used as food.