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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Eas'ter-gift, n. p. 425A gift presented at Easter.East'er-ling, n. p. 425A native of some country eastward of another; — especially used, by the English, of traders or other persons from the coasts of the Baltic. Merchants of Norway, Denmark, . . . called Easterlings…East'er-ling, a. p. 425Relating to the money of the Easterlings, or Baltic traders. See STERLING.East'er-ly, a. p. 425Coming from the eastward; as, an easterly wind. 2. Situated, directed, or moving toward the east; as, the easterly side of a lake or country; an easterly course or voyage.East’er-ly, adv. p. 425On the east; in the direction of east.East'ern, a. p. 425Situated or dwelling in the east; oriental; as, an eastern gate; Eastern countries. Eastern churches first did Christ embrace. Stirling. 2. Going toward the east, or in the direction of east; as, an…East'ing, n. p. 425(Navigation & Surv.) The perpendicular distance between two meridians drawn through the extremities of a course; distance eastward from a given meridian.East/-in’su·lar, a. p. 425Relating to the Eastern Islands; East-Indian. [Rare.] Ogilvie.Ēast'ward, adv. p. 425Toward the east; in the direction of east from some point or place; as, New Haven lies eastward from New York.Ēas'y, a. p. 425At ease; free from pain, disgust, or constraint; as, (a.) Free from pain, distress, toil, exertion, and the like; quiet; as, the patient is easy. (b.) Free from care, sorrow, responsibility…Ēas'y-châir, n. p. 425An arm-chair for ease or repose.Ēat, v. t. p. 425To partake of as food; to swallow as nourishment;—said especially of food not liquid; as, to eat bread. They shall make thee to eat grass as oxen. Dan. iv. 25. With stories told of many a feat, How…Ēat, v. i. p. 425To take food; to feed; especially, to take solid, in distinction from liquid, food; to board. He did eat continually at the king’s table. 2 Sam. ix. 13. 2. To taste or relish; as, it eats like the…Eat'a-ble, a. p. 425Capable of being eaten; fit to be eaten; proper for food; esculent; edible.Eat'a-ble, n. p. 425Any thing that may be eaten; that which is fit for food; that which is used as food.Eat'age, n. p. 425Food for horses and cattle from aftermath. See AFTER-EATAGE and EDDISH.Eat'er, n. p. 425One who, or that which, eats or corrodes; — a corrosive.Eath, a. p. 425Easy. [Obs.] “Eath to move with plaints.” Fairfax.Eat'ing-house, n. p. 425A house where provisions are sold ready cooked, and usually eaten on the premises; a restaurant.Eau-de-Cologne, n. p. 425A perfumed spirit, originally prepared at Cologne;—commonly called Cologne-water.Eau-de-Luce, n. p. 425A strong solution of ammonia, scented, and rendered milky by mastic and oil of amber. It is used in India as an antidote for the venom of poisonous serpents.Eau-de-vie, n. p. 425Literally, water of life;—the French name for brandy. Bescherelle.Eaves, n. pl. p. 425(Arch.) The edges or lower borders of the roof of a building, which overhang the walls, and cast off the water that falls on the roof.Eaves'-board, n. p. 425(Arch.) An arris fillet, or a thick board with a feather-edge, nailed across the rafters at the eaves of a building, to raise the lower course of slates a little, or to receive the lowest course of…Eaves'-catch, n. p. 425See EAVES-BOARD.Eaves'dröp, v. i. p. 425To stand under the eaves or near the windows of a house, to listen and learn what is said within doors; hence, to watch for opportunities of hearing the private conversation of others. “To eavesdrop…Eaves'drŏp, n. p. 425The water which falls in drops from the eaves of a house. Ogilvie.Eaves'dröp-per, n. p. 425One who stands under the eaves, or near the window or door of a house, to listen; hence, one who watches for an opportunity of hearing the private conversation of others.Eaves'-lath, n. p. 425See EAVES-BOARD.Ebb, n. p. 425The reflux of the tide; the return of tide-water toward the sea;—opposed to flood. 2. The state or time of passing away; a falling from a better to a worse state; decline; decay. “Our ebb of life.”…Ĕbb, v. i. p. 425To flow back; to return, as the water of a tide toward the ocean;—opposed to flow. 2. To return or fall back from a better to a worse state; to decline; to decay. “The hours of life ebb fast.”…Ĕbb, v. t. p. 425To cause to flow back or return to the sea. [Obs.] Ford.Ĕbb, a. p. 425Not deep; shallow; low. [Obs.] “The water there is very low and ebb.” Holland.Ĕbb'-tīde, n. p. 425The reflux of tide-water; the retiring tide.Ěb'e-nā'ce-æ p. 425m. pl. [From Gr. ἔβενος, ebony; Lat. ebenus.] (Bot.) A natural order of monopetalous exogenous plants, including those trees which furnish the ebony wood of commerce.E'bĭ-o-nite, n. p. 426(Eccl. Hist.) One of a sect of Jewish Christians, in the first ages of the church, who combined Judaism with Christianity, rejected much of the New Testament, and were accounted heretics by the…Ĕb'i-o-nite, a. p. 426Pertaining to the religious sect called Ebionites, or to their doctrines.Ĕb'la-nine, n. p. 426(Chem.) A yellowish-red crystallizable substance obtained from wood-spirit. Ogilvie.Ĕb'lis, n. p. 426(Mohammedan Myth.) An evil spirit or devil. E. W. Lane.Ĕb'o-lĭ'tion, n. p. 426The act of breathing out; hence, the act of smoking, as tobacco. [Obs.] “The practice of the Cuban ebolition.” B. Jonson.Ēb'on, a. p. 426Consisting of ebony; like ebony. 2. Black as ebony; dark. Night, sable goddess! from her ebon throne, In rayless majesty, now stretches forth Her leaden scepter o'er a slumbering world. Young.Éb'on-ist, n. p. 426One who works in ebony.Eb'on-ize, v. t. p. 426To make black or tawny; to tinge like ebony; as, to ebonize the fairest complexion.Ĕb'on-y, n. p. 426A species of hard, heavy, and durable wood, from Madagascar and Ceylon, which admits of a fine polish or gloss. The most usual color is black, but it also occurs red or green. The black is the heart…Ĕb'on-y-tree, n. p. 426(Bot.) A tree (the Anthyllis Cretica) growing in Crete. It is not the species which furnishes the ebony wood. See EBONY.Éboulement, n. p. 426(Mil.) The crumbling or falling of the wall of a fortification.Ē-brăc'te-ate, a. p. 426(Bot.) Without bracts.E-brăc'te-o-late, a. p. 426(Bot.) Without bracteoles, or little bracts; — said of a pedicel or flower stalk.E-brī'e-ty, n. p. 426Intoxication by spirituous liquors; drunkenness; inebriety.E-bril'ade, n. p. 426(Man.) A check given to a horse by a sudden jerk of one rein, when he refuses to turn.Ē'bri-ōs'i-ty, n. p. 426— Partial intoxication; habitual drinking to excess.Ĕb'ri-ōus, a. p. 426Partially intoxicated; inclined to drink to excess.E-bŭl'li-āte, v. i. p. 426To boil up; to bubble; to effervesce. [Obs.] Prynne.E-bŭl'lience or E-bŭl'lien-cy, n. p. 426A boiling over. Cudworth.Ē-bŭl'lient, a. p. 426Boiling over, as a liquor; hence, manifesting exhilaration or excitement, as of feeling; effervescing. “Ebullient with subtlety.” De Quincey.Ĕb'ul-lĭ'tion, n. p. 426The operation of boiling; the agitation of a liquid from the escape of bubbles, the existence of these being due to the action of heat in converting a part of the liquid into vapor. 2. Effervescence…E-bur'na, n. p. 426(Zoöl.) A genus of gastropodous mollusks, having a smooth shell covered with a shining enamel. Baird.E-bûr'ne-an, a. p. 426Made of ivory.E-bŭr’ni-fi-cā’tion, n. p. 426The conversion of substances into others which have the appearance or characteristics of ivory. Craig.Ē-cau'date, a. p. 426(Bot.) Without a tail or spur.