ECTHYMA, ek-th[=i]'ma, _n._ a pustular disease of the skin, in which the
pustules often reach the size of a pea, and have a red, slightly elevated,
hardish base. [Gr., _ek_, _thyein_, to boil.]
ECTOBLAST, ek'to-blast, _n._ the outer wall of a cell.--_adj._
ECTOBLAS'TIC.
ECTODERM, ek'to-d[.e]rm, _n._ the external germinal layer of the embryo.
[Gr. _ektos_, outside, _derma_, skin.]
ECTOPARASITE, ek-t[=o]-par'a-s[=i]t, _n._ an external parasite.
ECTOPIA, ek-t[=o]'pi-a, _n._ (_path._) morbid displacement of
parts.--_adj._ ECTOP'IC.
ECTOPLASM, ek'to-plasm, _n._ the exterior protoplasm or sarcode of a
cell.--_adjs._ ECTOPLAS'MIC, ECTOPLAS'TIC.
ECTOZOA, ek-t[=o]-z[=o]'a, _n.pl._ external parasites generally--opp. to
_Entozoa_.--_n._ ECTOZ[=O]'AN, one of the Ectozoa.
ECTROPION, -UM, ek-tr[=o]p'i-on, -um, _n._ eversion of the margin of the
eyelid, so that the red inner surface is exposed.--_adj._ ECTROP'IC. [Gr.
_ek_, out, and _trepein_, to turn.]
ECTYPE, ek't[=i]p, _n._ a reproduction or copy.--_adj._ EC'TYPAL.--_n._
ECTYPOG'RAPHY. [Gr. _ek_, out, and _typos_, a figure.]
ÉCU, [=a]'kü, or [=a]-k[=u]', _n._ a French silver coin, usually considered
as equivalent to the English crown--there were also gold _écus_ weighing
about 60 grains: a common name for the five-franc piece. [Fr.,--L.
_scutum_, a shield.]
ECUMENIC, -AL, ek-[=u]-men'ik, -al, _adj._ general, universal, belonging to
the entire Christian Church.--Also OECUMEN'IC, -AL.
ECZEMA, ek'ze-ma, _n._ a common skin disease, in which the affected portion
of the skin is red, and is covered with numerous small papules, which
speedily turn into vesicles.--_adj._ ECZEM'ATOUS. [Gr., from
_ekzein_--_ek_, out, _zeein_, to boil.]
EDACIOUS, e-d[=a]'shus, _adj._ given to eating: gluttonous.--_adv._
ED[=A]'CIOUSLY.--_ns._ ED[=A]'CIOUSNESS; EDAC'ITY. [L. _edax_,
_ed[=a]cis_--_ed[)e]re_, to eat.]
EDDA, ed'a, _n._ the name of two Scandinavian books--the 'Elder' Edda, a
collection of ancient mythological and heroic songs (9th-11th century); and
the 'Younger' or prose Edda, by Snorri Sturluson (_c._ 1230), mythological
stories, poetics, and prosody. [Ice., 'great-grandmother.']
EDDISH, ed'dish, _n._ pasturage, or the eatable growth of grass after
mowing. [Dubiously referred to A.S. _edisc_, a park.]
EDDY, ed'i, _n._ a current of water or air running back, contrary to the
main stream, thus causing a circular motion: a whirlpool: a
whirlwind.--_v.i._ to move round and round:--_pr.p._ edd'ying; _pa.p._
edd'ied.--_n._ EDD'YING, the action of the verb _eddy_. [Prob. from A.S.
_ed_, back; cf. Ice. _ida_--_id_, back.]
EDELWEISS, [=a]'del-v[=i]s, _n._ a small white composite, with pretty white
flower, found growing in damp places at considerable altitudes (5000-7000
feet) throughout the Alps. [Ger. _edel_, noble, _weiss_, white.]
EDEMATOSE, -OUS. Same as OEDEMATOSE, -OUS (q.v. under OEDEMA).
EDEN, [=e]'den, _n._ the garden where Adam and Eve lived: a
paradise.--_adj._ EDEN'IC. [Heb. _[=e]den_, delight, pleasure.]
EDENTATE, -D, e-den't[=a]t, -ed, _adj._ without teeth: wanting front
teeth--also EDEN'TAL.--_ns._ EDENT[=A]'TA, a Cuvierian order of mammals,
having no teeth or very imperfect ones; EDENT[=A]'TION,
toothlessness.--_adj._ EDEN'TULOUS, edentate. [L. _edent[=a]tus_,
toothless--_e_, out of, _dens_, _dentis_, a tooth.]
EDGE, ej, _n._ the border of anything: the brink: the cutting side of an
instrument: something that wounds or cuts: sharpness of mind or appetite:
keenness.--_v.t._ to put an edge on: to place a border on: to exasperate:
to urge on: to move by little and little.--_v.i._ to move sideways.--_n._
EDGE'-BONE, the haunch-bone.--_adjs._ EDGED; EDGE'LESS, without an edge:
blunt.--_ns._ EDGE'-RAIL, a rail of such form that the carriage-wheels roll
on its edges, being held there by flanges; EDGE'-TOOL, EDGED TOOL, a tool
with a sharp edge.--_advs._ EDGE'WAYS, EDGE'WISE, in the direction of the
edge: sideways.--_ns._ EDG'INESS, angularity, over-sharpness of outline;
EDG'ING, any border or fringe round a garment: a border of box, &c., round
a flower-bed.--_adj._ EDG'Y, with edges, sharp, hard in outline.--EDGE IN A
WORD, to get a word in with difficulty; EDGE OF THE SWORD, a rhetorical
phrase for the sword as the symbol of slaughter.--OUTSIDE EDGE, figure in
skating, made on the outer edge of the skate.--PLAY WITH EDGE-TOOLS, to
deal carelessly with dangerous matters.--SET ON EDGE, to excite; SET THE
TEETH ON EDGE, to cause a strange grating feeling in the teeth; to rouse an
instinctive dislike. [A.S. _ecg_; cf. Ger. _ecke_, L. _acies_.]
EDIBLE, ed'i-bl, _adj._ fit to be eaten.--_n._ something for food.--_ns._
EDIBIL'ITY, ED'IBLENESS, fitness for being eaten. [L.
_edibilis_--_ed[)e]re_, to eat.]
EDICT, [=e]'dikt, _n._ something proclaimed by authority: an order issued
by a king or lawgiver.--_adj._ EDICT'AL.--_adv._ EDICT'ALLY. [L.
_edictum_--_e_, out, _dic[)e]re_, _dictum_, to say.]
EDIFY, ed'i-f[=i], _v.t._ to build: to build up the faith of: to strengthen
spiritually towards faith and holiness: to comfort: to improve the
mind:--_pr.p._ ed'ifying; _pa.p._ ed'ified.--_n._ EDIFIC[=A]'TION,
instruction: progress in knowledge or in goodness.--_adj._ ED'IFICATORY,
tending to edification.--_n._ ED'IFICE, a large building or house.--_adj._
EDIFIC'IAL, structural.--_n._ ED'IFIER, one who edifies.--_adj._ ED'IFYING,
instructive: improving.--_adv._ ED'IFYINGLY. [Fr. _édifier_--L.
_ædific[=a]re_--_ædes_, a house, _fac[)e]re_, to make.]
EDILE. See ÆDILE.
EDIT, ed'it, _v.t._ to prepare the work of an author for publication: to
superintend the publication of (a newspaper, &c.): to compile, garble, or
cook up materials into literary shape.--_ns._ EDI'TION, the publication of
a book: the number of copies of a book printed at a time; ED'ITOR, one who
edits a book: one who conducts a newspaper or journal:--_fem._
ED'ITRESS.--_adj._ EDIT[=O]'RIAL, of or belonging to an editor.--_n._ an
article in a newspaper written by the editor, a leading article.--_adv._
EDIT[=O]'RIALLY.--_n._ ED'ITORSHIP. [L. _ed[)e]re_, _ed[)i]tum_--_e_, out,
_d[)a]re_, to give.]
EDUCATE, ed'[=u]-k[=a]t, _v.t._ to bring up children: to train: to teach:
to cultivate any power.--_adj._ ED'UCABLE.--_n._ EDUC[=A]'TION, the
bringing up or training, as of a child: instruction: strengthening of the
powers of body or mind.--_adj._ EDUC[=A]'TIONAL.--_adv._
EDUC[=A]'TIONALLY.--_n._ EDUC[=A]'TIONIST, one skilled in methods of
educating or teaching: one who promotes education.--_adj._ ED'UCATIVE, of
or pertaining to education: calculated to teach.--_n._ ED'UCATOR. [L.
_educ[=a]re_, _-[=a]tum_--_educ[)e]re_--_e_, out, _duc[)e]re_, to lead.]
EDUCE, [=e]-d[=u]s', _v.t._ to draw out: to extract: to cause to
appear.--_n._ inference.--_adj._ EDUC'IBLE, that may be educed or brought
out and shown.--_ns._ E'DUCT, what is educed; EDUC'TION, the act of
educing; EDUC'TION-PIPE, the pipe by which the exhaust steam is led from
the cylinder of a steam-engine into the condenser or the atmosphere;
EDUC'TOR, he who, or that which, educes. [L. _educ[)e]re_, _eductum_--_e_,
out, and _duc[)e]re_, to lead.]
EDULCORATE, [=e]-dul'k[=o]-r[=a]t, _v.t._ to sweeten: to free from acids,
&c.--_adj._ EDUL'CORANT.--_n._ EDULCOR[=A]'TION.--_adj._
EDUL'COR[=A]TIVE.--_n._ EDUL'COR[=A]TOR.
EE, [=e], Scotch form of _eye_:--_pl._ EEN.
EEL, _n._ a name widely applied in popular usage, but justifiably extended
to all the members of the family _Murænidæ_--the body is much elongated,
cylindrical or ribbon-shaped.--_ns._ EEL'-BAS'KET, a basket for catching
eels; EEL'-POUT, in England, a Burbot (q.v.); in parts of Scotland, a
Blenny (q.v.): a well-known fish, with a slimy body, living chiefly in mud;
EEL'-SPEAR, an instrument with broad prongs for catching eels. [A.S.
_['æ]l_; Ger., Dut. _aal_.]
E'EN, [=e]n, a contraction of _even_.
E'ER, [=a]r, a contraction of _ever_.
EERIE, EERY, [=e]'ri, _adj._ exciting fear: weird: affected with fear:
timorous.--_adv._ EE'RILY.--_n._ EE'RINESS (_Scot._). [M. E. _arh_,
_eri_--A.S. _earg_, timid.]
EFFABLE, ef'a-bl, _adj._ capable of being expressed. [Fr.,--L.
_eff[=a]ri_--_ex_, out, _f[=a]ri_, to speak.]
EFFACE, ef-f[=a]s', _v.t._ to destroy the surface of a thing: to rub out:
to obliterate, wear away.--_adj._ EFFACE'ABLE, that can be rubbed
out.--_n._ EFFACE'MENT. [Fr. _effacer_--L. _ex_, out, _facies_, face.]
EFFECT, ef-fekt', _n._ the result of an action: impression produced:
reality: the consequence intended: (_pl._) goods: property.--_v.t._ to
produce: to accomplish.--_ns._ EFFEC'TER, EFFEC'TOR.--_adjs._ EFFEC'TIBLE,
that may be effected; EFFEC'TIVE, having power to effect: causing
something: powerful: serviceable.--_adv._ EFFEC'TIVELY.--_n._
EFFEC'TIVENESS.--_adjs._ EFFECT'LESS, without effect, useless; EFFEC'TUAL,
successful in producing the desired effect: (_Shak._) decisive.--_n._
EFFECTUAL'ITY.--_adv._ EFFEC'TUALLY.--_v.t._ EFFEC'TUATE, to
accomplish.--_n._ EFFECTUA'TION.--EFFECTUAL CALLING (_theol._), the
invitation to come to Christ which the elect receive.--FOR EFFECT, so as to
make a telling impression; GENERAL EFFECT, the effect produced by a
picture, &c., as a whole; GIVE EFFECT TO, to accomplish, perform; IN
EFFECT, in truth, really: substantially.--LEAVE NO EFFECTS, to die without
property to bequeath.--TAKE EFFECT, to begin to operate: to come into
force. [Fr.,--L. _effic[)e]re_, _effectum_, to accomplish--_ex_, out,
_fac[)e]re_, to make.]
EFFEIR, EFFERE, e-f[=e]r', _n._ Scotch form of _affair_.
EFFEMINATE, ef-fem'in-[=a]t, _adj._ womanish: unmanly: weak: cowardly:
voluptuous.--_n._ an effeminate person.--_v.t._ to make womanish: to unman:
to weaken.--_v.i._ to become effeminate.--_n._ EFFEM'INACY, womanish
softness or weakness: indulgence in unmanly pleasures.--_adv._
EFFEM'INATELY.--_n._ EFFEM'INATENESS. [L. _effemin[=a]re_, _-[=a]tum_, to
make womanish--_ex_, out, and _femina_, a woman.]
EFFENDI, ef-fen'di, _n._ a Turkish title for civil officials and educated
persons generally. [Turk.; from Gr. _authent[=e]s_, an absolute master.]
EFFERENT, ef'e-rent, _adj._ conveying outward or away.
EFFERVESCE, ef-f[.e]r-ves', _v.i._ to boil up: to bubble and hiss: to froth
up.--_ns._ EFFERVES'CENCE; EFFERVES'CENCY.--_adjs._ EFFERVES'CENT, boiling
or bubbling from the disengagement of gas; EFFERVES'CIBLE. [L.
_effervesc[)e]re_--_ex_, inten., and _ferv[=e]re_, to boil.]
EFFETE, ef-f[=e]t', _adj._ exhausted: worn out with age. [L. _eff[=e]tus_,
weakened by having brought forth young--_ex_, out, _fetus_, a bringing
forth young.]
EFFICACIOUS, ef-fi-k[=a]'shus, _adj._ able to produce the result
intended.--_adv._ EFFIC[=A]'CIOUSLY.--_ns._ EFFIC[=A]'CIOUSNESS;
EFFICAC'ITY; EF'FICACY, virtue: energy. [Fr.,--L. _efficax_,
_efficacis_--_effic[)e]re_.]
EFFICIENT, ef-fish'ent, _adj._ capable of producing the desired result:
effective.--_n._ the person or thing that effects.--_ns._ EFFI'CIENCE,
EFFI'CIENCY, power to produce the result intended, adequate
fitness.--_adv._ EFFI'CIENTLY. [Fr.,--L. _efficiens_, _-entis_, pr.p. of
_effic[)e]re_--_ex_, out, _fac[)e]re_, to make.]
EFFIERCE, ef-f[=e]rs', _v.t._ (_Spens._) to make fierce.
EFFIGY, ef'fi-ji, _n._ a likeness or figure of a person: the head or
impression on a coin: resemblance--(_arch._) EFFIG'IES.--BURN IN EFFIGY, to
burn a figure of a person, expressing dislike or contempt. [Fr.,--L.
_effigies_--_effing[)e]re_--_ex_, inten., _fing[)e]re_, to form.]
EFFLORESCE, ef-flo-res', _v.i._ to blossom forth: (_chem._) to become
covered with a white dust: to form minute crystals.--_ns._ EFFLORES'CENCE,
EFFLORES'CENCY, production of flowers: the time of flowering: a redness of
the skin: the formation of a white powder on the surface of bodies, or of
minute crystals.--_adj._ EFFLORES'CENT, forming a white dust on the
surface: shooting into white threads. [L. _effloresc[)e]re_--_ex_, out,
_floresc[)e]re_, to blossom--_flos_, _floris_, a flower.]
EFFLUENT, ef'floo-ent, _adj._ flowing out.--_n._ a stream that flows out of
another stream or lake.--_n._ EF'FLUENCE, a flowing out: that which flows
from any body: issue. [L. _effluens_, _-entis_, _pr.p._ of
_efflu[)e]re_--_ex_, out, _flu[)e]re_, to flow.]
EFFLUVIUM, ef-fl[=oo]'vi-um, _n._ minute particles that flow out from
bodies: disagreeable vapours rising from decaying matter:--_pl._
EFFLU'VIA.--_adj._ EFFLU'VIAL. [Low L.,--L. _efflu[)e]re_.]
EFFLUX, ef'fluks, _n._ act of flowing out: that which flows out.--Also
EFFLUX'ION. [L. _efflu[)e]re_, _effluxum_.]
EFFODIENT, e-f[=o]'di-ent, _adj._ (_zool._) habitually digging.
EFFOLIATION, e-f[=o]-li-[=a]'shun, _n._ the removal or fall of the leaves
of a plant.
EFFORCE, ef-f[=o]rs', _v.t._ (_Spens._) to compel. [Fr. _efforcer_--Late L.
_efforti[=a]re_--_ex_, out, _fortis_, strong.]
EFFORT, ef'fort, _n._ a putting forth of strength: attempt:
struggle.--_adj._ EF'FORTLESS, making no effort: passive. [Fr.,--L. _ex_,
out, _fortis_, strong.]
EFFRAY, an obsolete form of _affray_.
EFFRONTERY, ef-frunt'[.e]r-i, _n._ shamelessness: impudence: insolence. [O.
Fr.,--L. _effrons_, _effrontis_--_ex_, out, _frons_, _frontis_, the
forehead.]
EFFULGE, ef-fulj', _v.i._ to shine forth: to beam:--_pr.p._ effulg'ing;
_pa.p._ effulged'.--_n._ EFFUL'GENCE, great lustre or brightness: a flood
of light.--_adj._ EFFUL'GENT, shining forth: extremely bright:
splendid.--_adv._ EFFUL'GENTLY. [L. _effulg[=e]re_, to shine out, pr.p.
_effulgens_, _-entis_--_ex_, out, _fulg[=e]re_, to shine.]
EFFUSE, ef-f[=u]z', _v.t._ to pour out: to pour forth, as words: to
shed.--_n._ effusion, loss.--_adj._ loosely spreading, not compact,
expanded.--_n._ EFF[=U]'SION, act of pouring out: that which is poured out
or forth: quality of being effusive.--_adj._ EFF[=U]'SIVE, pouring forth
abundantly: gushing: expressing emotion in a pronounced manner.--_adv._
EFF[=U]'SIVELY.--_n._ EFF[=U]'SIVENESS. [L. _effund[)e]re_,
_effusum_--_ex_, out, _fund[)e]re_, to pour.]
EFT, eft, _n._ a kind of lizard: a newt. [A.S. _efeta_. Origin obscure. See
NEWT.]
EFT, eft, _adj._ ready (_Shak._, _Much Ado_, IV. ii. 38).
EFT, eft, _adv._ (_Spens._) afterwards, again, forthwith, moreover.--_adv._
EFTSOONS' (_obs._), soon afterwards, forthwith. [A.S. _æft_, _eft_, after,
again. See AFT.]