EGAL, [=e]'gal, _adj._ (_Shak._) equal.--_n._ EGAL'ITY, equality. [Fr.
_égalité_--_égal_--L. _æquus_, equal.]
EGER, [=e]'g[.e]r, _n._ Same as EAGRE.
EGENCE, [=e]'jens, _n._ exigence.
EGESTION, ej-est'yun, _n._ the passing off of excreta from within the
body.--_v.t._ EGEST', to discharge.--_n.pl._ EGEST'A, things thrown out,
excrements.--_adj._ EGEST'IVE. [L. _eger[)e]re_--_e_, out, _ger[)e]re_, to
carry.]
EGG, eg, _n._ an oval body laid by birds and certain other animals, from
which their young are produced: anything shaped like an egg.--_ns._
EGG'-APP'LE, or PLANT, the brinjal or aubergine, an East Indian annual with
egg-shaped fruit; EGG'-BIRD, a sooty tern; EGG'-C[=O]'SY, a covering put
over boiled eggs to keep in the heat after being taken from the pot:
EGG'-CUP, a cup for holding an egg at table; EGG'ER, EGG'LER, one who
collects eggs; EGG'ERY, a place where eggs are laid; EGG'-FLIP, a hot drink
made of ale, with eggs, sugar, spice, &c.; EGG'-GLASS, a small sand-glass
for regulating the boiling of eggs; EGG'-NOG, a drink compounded of eggs
and hot beer, spirits, &c.; EGG'-SHELL, the shell or calcareous substance
which covers the eggs of birds; EGG'-SLICE, a kitchen utensil for lifting
fried eggs out of a pan; EGG'-SPOON, a small spoon used in eating eggs from
the shell.--A BAD EGG (_coll._), a worthless person; PUT ALL ONE'S EGGS
INTO ONE BASKET, to risk all on one enterprise; TAKE EGGS FOR MONEY, to be
put off with mere promises of payment; TEACH YOUR GRANDMOTHER TO SUCK EGGS,
spoken contemptuously to one who would teach those older and wiser than
himself; TREAD UPON EGGS, to walk warily, to steer one's way carefully in a
delicate situation. [A.S. _æg_; cf. Ice. _egg_, Ger. _ei_, perh. L. _ovum_,
Gr. _[=o]on_.]
EGG, eg, _v.t._ to instigate. [Ice. _eggja_--_egg_, an edge; cog. with A.S.
_ecg_. See EDGE.]
EGIS. See ÆGIS.
EGLANDULAR, [=e]-glan'd[=u]-lar, _adj._ having no glands.
EGLANTINE, eg'lan-t[=i]n, _n._ a name given to the sweet-brier, and some
other species of rose, whose branches are covered with sharp prickles.
[Fr.,--O. Fr. _aiglent_, as if from a L. _aculentus_, prickly--_acus_, a
needle, and suff. _lentus_.]
EGLATERE, eg-la-t[=e]r', _n._ (_Tenn._) eglantine.
EGMA, eg'ma, _n._ (_Shak._) a corruption of _enigma_.
EGO, [=e]'g[=o], _n._ the 'I,' that which is conscious and thinks.--_ns._
E'G[=O]ISM (_phil._), the doctrine that we have proof of nothing but our
own existence: (_ethics_), the theory of self-interest as the principle of
morality: selfishness; E'G[=O]IST, one who holds the doctrine of egoism:
one who thinks and speaks too much of himself.--_adjs._ EG[=O]IST'IC, -AL,
pertaining to or manifesting egoism.--_ns._ EG[=O]'ITY, the essential
element of the ego; E'G[=O]THEISM, the deification of self.--_v.i._
E'GOTISE, to talk much of one's self.--_ns._ E'GOTISM, a frequent use of
the pronoun I: speaking much of one's self: self-exaltation; E'GOTIST, one
full of egotism.--_adjs._ EGOTIST'IC, -AL, showing egotism: self-important:
conceited.--_adv._ EGOTIST'ICALLY. [L. _ego_, I.]
EGOPHONY, [=e]-gof'o-ni, _n._ a tremulous resonance heard in auscultation
in cases of pleurisy.--Also ÆGOPH'ONY. [Gr. _aix_, a goat, _phon[=e]_,
voice.]
EGREGIOUS, e-gr[=e]'ji-us, _adj._ prominent: distinguished: outrageous:
enormous (in bad sense).--_adv._ EGR[=E]'GIOUSLY.--_n._ EGR[=E]'GIOUSNESS.
[L. _egregius_, chosen out of the flock--_e_, out, _grex_, _gregis_, a
flock.]
EGRESS, [=e]'gres, _n._ act of going out: departure: the way out: the power
or right to depart.--_n._ EGRES'SION, the act of going out. [L. _egredi_,
_egressus_--_e_, out, forth, and _gradi_, to go.]
EGRET, [=e]'gret, _n._ a form of _aigrette_.
EGYPTIAN, [=e]-jip'shi-an, _adj._ belonging to Egypt.--_n._ a native of
Egypt: a gipsy.--_adj._ EGYPTOLOG'ICAL.--_ns._ EGYPTOL'OGIST; EGYPTOL'OGY,
the science of Egyptian antiquities.--EGYPTIAN DARKNESS, darkness like that
of Exod. x. 22.
EH, [=a], _interj._ expressing inquiry or slight surprise.--_v.i._ to say
'Eh.'
EIDENT, [=i]'dent, _adj._ busy: (_Scot._) diligent. [M. E. _ithen_--Ice.
_iðinn_, diligent.]
EIDER, [=i]'d[.e]r, _n._ the eider-duck, a northern sea-duck, sought after
for its fine down.--_n._ EI'DER-DOWN, the soft down of the eider-duck, used
for stuffing quilts. [Prob. through Sw. from Ice. _æðar_, gen. of _æðr_, an
eider-duck.]
EIDOGRAPH, [=i]'do-graf, _n._ an instrument for copying drawings. [Gr.
_eidos_, form, _graphein_, to write.]
EIDOLON, [=i]-d[=o]'lon, _n._ an image: a phantom or apparition: a
confusing reflection or reflected image:--_pl._ EID[=O]'LA. [Gr. See IDOL.]
EIFFEL-TOWER, [=i]f'el-tow'[.e]r, _n._ a colossal building--from the iron
structure, 985 feet high, erected (1887-89) in the Champ-de-Mars at Paris
by Gustave _Eiffel_.
EIGHT, [=a]t, _n._ the cardinal number one above seven: the figure (8 or
viii.) denoting eight.--_adj._ noting the number eight.--_adjs._ and _ns._
EIGHT'EEN, eight and ten, twice nine; EIGHT'EENM[=O], same as OCTODECIMO
(q.v.); EIGHT'EENTH, the ordinal number corresponding to eighteen.--_n._
EIGHT'FOIL (_her._), an eight-leaved grass.--_adjs._ EIGHT'FOLD, eight
times any quantity; EIGHTH, the ordinal number corresponding to
eight.--_n._ an eighth part.--_adv._ EIGHTH'LY, in the eighth
place.--_adjs._ and _ns._ EIGHT'IETH, the ordinal number corresponding to
eighty; EIGHT'Y, eight times ten, fourscore.--AN EIGHT, a crew of a
rowing-boat, consisting of eight oarsmen; AN EIGHT-OAR, or simply EIGHT,
the boat itself; AN EIGHT DAYS, a week; FIGURE OF EIGHT, a figure shaped
like an 8 made in skating; PIECE OF EIGHT, a Spanish coin; THE EIGHTS,
annual bumping boat-races which take place in the summer term in Oxford and
Cambridge between the various colleges. [A.S. _eahta_; Ger. _acht_, L.
_octo_, Gr. _okt[=o]_.]