EIRACK, [=e]'rak, _n._ (_Scot._) a young hen.
EIRENICON, [=i]-r[=e]'ni-kon, _n._ a proposal calculated to promote
peace.--_adj._ EIR[=E]'NIC. [Gr.,--_eir[=e]n[=e]_, peace.]
EIRIE, [=e]'ri, _n._ Same as EERIE.
EISTEDDFOD, es-teth'vod, _n._ a congress of Welsh bards and musicians held
in various towns for the preservation and cultivation of national poetry
and music. [W.; lit. 'session,' _eistedd_, to sit.]
EITHER, _[=e]'_th_[.e]r_, or _[=i]'_th_[.e]r_, _adj._ or _pron._ the one or
the other: one of two: each of two.--_conj._ correlative to _or_: (_B._)
or. [A.S. _['æ]gðer_, a contr. of _['æ]ghthwæðer_=_á_, aye, the pfx. _ge-_,
and _hwæther_, the mod. _whether_. See also EACH.]
EJACULATE, e-jak'[=u]-l[=a]t, _v.t._ to eject: to utter with
suddenness.--_v.i._ to utter ejaculations.--_n._ EJACUL[=A]'TION, a sudden
utterance in prayer or otherwise: what is so uttered.--_adjs._
EJAC'ULATIVE; EJAC'ULATORY, uttered in short, earnest sentences. [L. _e_,
out, and _jacul[=a]ri_, _-[=a]tus_--_jac[)e]re_, to throw.]
EJECT, e-jekt', _v.t._ to cast out: to dismiss: to dispossess of: to
expel.--_ns._ E'JECT, a coinage of Prof. Clifford for an inferred
existence, a thing thrown out of one's own consciousness, as distinguished
from _object_, a thing presented in one's consciousness; EJEC'TION,
discharge: expulsion: state of being ejected: vomiting: that which is
ejected.--_adj._ EJEC'TIVE.--_ns._ EJECT'MENT, expulsion; dispossession:
(_law_) an action for the recovery of the possession of land; EJECT'OR, one
who ejects or dispossesses another of his land: any mechanical apparatus
for ejecting. [L. _eject[=a]re_, freq. of _ejic[)e]re_, _ejectum_--_e_,
out, _jac[)e]re_, to throw.]
EKE, [=e]k, _v.t._ to add to or increase: to lengthen.--_n._ E'KING, act of
adding: what is added.--EKE OUT, to supplement: to prolong. [A.S. _écan_,
akin to L. _aug[=e]re_, to increase.]
EKE, [=e]k, _adv._ in addition to: likewise. [A.S. _éac_; Ger. _auch_; from
root of _eke_, _v.t_.]
ELABORATE, e-lab'or-[=a]t, _v.t._ to labour on: to produce with labour: to
take pains with: to improve by successive operations.--_adj._ wrought with
labour: done with fullness and exactness: highly finished.--_adv._
ELAB'ORATELY.--_ns._ ELAB'ORATENESS; ELABOR[=A]'TION, act of elaborating:
refinement: the process by which substances are formed in the organs of
animals or plants.--_adj._ ELAB'ORATIVE.--_ns._ ELAB'ORATOR, one who
elaborates; ELAB'ORATORY=LABORATORY. [L. _elabor[=a]re_, _-[=a]tum_--_e_,
out, _labor[=a]re_--_labor_, labour.]