ESTRANGE, es-tr[=a]nj', _v.t._ to treat as an alien: to alienate: to divert
from its original use or possessor.--_p.adj._ ESTRANGED', alienated:
disaffected.--_ns._ ESTRANG'EDNESS; ESTRANGE'MENT; ESTRANG'ER. [O. Fr.
_estranger_ (Fr. _étranger_)--L. _extrane[=a]re_--_extraneus_. See
STRANGE.]
ESTRAY, e-str[=a]', _n._ a beast found within a manor or lordship, and not
owned.--_v.i._ to stray. [See ASTRAY.]
ESTREAT, e-str[=e]t', _n._ (_law_) a true extract, copy, or note of some
original writing or record, esp. of fines and amercements to be levied by
bailiffs or other officers.--_v.t._ to extract from the records of a court,
as a forfeited recognisance: to levy fines under an estreat. [O. Fr.
_estraite_--L. _extrah[)e]re_--_ex_, out, and _trah[)e]re_, to draw. See
EXTRACT.]
ESTRICH, es'trich, ESTRIDGE, es'trij, _n._ (_obs._) the ostrich.
ESTUARY, es't[=u]-ar-i, _n._ the wide lower part of a river where it
becomes tidal.--_adjs._ ESTU[=A]'RIAN, ES'T[=U]ARINE. [L.
_æstuarium_--_æstus_, tide.]
ESURIENT, es-[=u]'ri-ent, _adj._ hungry: penurious.--_n._ ES[=U]'RIENCE,
hunger: neediness. [L. _esuriens_, _-entis_, pr.p. of _esur[=i]re_, to be
hungry--_ed[)e]re_, to eat.]
ET CETERA, et set'er-a, usually written ETC. or &C., a phrase meaning 'and
so on.'--_n._ something in addition, which can easily be understood. [L.
_et_ and, _cetera_, the rest.]
ETCH, ech, _v.t._ or _v.i._ to make designs on metal, glass, &c. by eating
out the lines with an acid.--_ns._ ETCH'ER, one who etches; ETCH'ING, the
act or art of etching or engraving: the impression from an etched plate;
ETCH'ING-GROUND, the coating of wax or varnish on a plate prepared for
etching; ETCH'ING-NEED'LE, a fine-pointed steel instrument used in etching.
[From Ger. _ätzen_, to corrode by acid; from same root as Ger. _essen_. See
EAT.]
ETERNAL, [=e]-t[.e]r'nal, _adj._ without beginning or end of existence:
everlasting: ceaseless: unchangeable--(_arch._) ETERNE'.--_v.t._
ETER'NALISE, ETER'NISE, to make eternal: to immortalise.--_n._ ETER'NALIST,
one who thinks that matter has existed from eternity.--_adv._
ETER'NALLY.--_n._ ETER'NITY, eternal duration: the state or time after
death.--THE ETERNAL, an appellation of God; THE ETERNITIES, the eternal
reality or truth. [Fr. _éternel_--L. _æternus_, _æviternus_--_ævum_--Gr.
_aion_, a period of time, an age.]
ETESIAN, e-t[=e]'zhan, _adj._ periodical: blowing at stated seasons, as
certain winds. [L. _etesius_--Gr. _et[=e]sios_, annual--_etos_, a year.]