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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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Ĕc'cri-sis, n. p. 426(Med.) Ejection of excrementitious or morbific matter. Dunglison.E'cdy-sis, n. p. 426The act of putting off or moulting; emerging; as, the ecdysis of the pupa from its shell. Dunglison.Ēch'e-lon, n. p. 426(Mil.) An arrangement of battalions in the form of steps, so that each has a line of battle in advance or in rear of its adjacent battalion.E-chĭd'nă, n. p. 426(Zoöl.) A genus of ant-eaters, found in New Holland. They are monotrematous, toothless mammals, nearly allied to the duck-bill, or ornithorhyncus.Ěch'i-nāte or Ěch'i-nā/ted, a. p. 426(Nat. Hist.) Set with prickles; prickly, like a hedgehog; having sharp points; bristled; as, an echinated pericarp.E-chī'ne-is, n. p. 426(Ichth.) A genus of fishes including the sucking fish or remora.E-chīn'i-dan, n. p. 426A radiate animal, a species of the family of the echinus.E-chīn'i-tal, a. p. 426Belonging to, or like, an echinite.Ĕch'i-nīte, n. p. 426A fossil echinus.E-chīn'o-dĕrm', n. p. 426(Zoöl.) An animal of one of the grand divisions of the Radiates. See ANIMAL KINGDOM.—The species have an exterior calcareous crust or shell made of many pieces, more or less firm, rarely coriaceous…Ech'i-no-dĕrm'a-toŭs, a. p. 427Pertaining, or related, to the echinoderms.Ech'i-nōph'o-ră, n. p. 427(Bot.) A genus of umbelliferous plants, including the prickly samphire. Ogilvie.E-chĭ'nops, n. p. 427(Bot.) A genus of composite plants, including the globe-thistle. 2. (Zoöl.) A genus of animals of the shrew tribe. Ogilvie.E-chin'ŭ-late, a. p. 427Set with minute prickles.E-chĭ'nus, n. p. 427A hedgehog. 2. (Zoöl.) A genus of Echinoderms; sea-urchin; sea hedgehog. 3. (Bot.) A prickly head or top of a plant; an echinated pericarp. 4. (Arch.) A form of molding, being the same as the ovolo…E'chi-ŭm, n. p. 427(Bot.) A genus of plants of many species, including the viper's bugloss.Ĕch'o, n. p. 427A sound reflected or reverberated to the ear; the repetition of a sound by reflection from any substance. The woods shall answer, and the echo ring. Pope. 2. (a.) (Myth. & Poet.) A wood or mountain…Ĕch'o, v. t. p. 427To reverberate or send back; to return. Those peals are echoed by the Trojan throng. Dryden. 2. To repeat with assent; to respond; to adopt. They would have echoed the praises of the men whom they…Ĕch'o, v. i. p. 427To be echoed or reverberated; to cause an echo; to be attended with an echo; as, the hall echoed with acclamations. “Echoing noise.” Blackmore.Ech'o-less, a. p. 427Without echo or response.E-chōm'e-ter, n. p. 427(Mus.) A graduated scale for measuring the duration of sounds, and determining their different powers, and the relation of their intervals.E-chŏm'e-try, n. p. 427The art or act of measuring the duration of sounds. 2. The art of constructing vaults to produce echoes.E-clair'cise, v. t. p. 427To make clear; to clear up what is not understood or misunderstood; to explain.E-clâir'cïsse-ment, n. p. 427The clearing up of any thing which is obscure or not easily understood; the explanation of an offensive word or action. “The éclaircissement ended in the discovery of the informer.” Clarendon.Ee-lămp'sy, n. p. 427(Med.) A fancied perception of flashes of light, a symptom of epilepsy; hence, epilepsy itself. The term is generally restricted to a convulsive affection attending pregnancy and parturition, and…E-clāt', n. p. 427Brilliancy of success or effort which attracts admiration and applause; splendor; show. “The eclat of Homer’s battles.” Pope. 2. Demonstration of admiration and approbation; applause.Ec-lēe'tic, a. p. 427Selecting; not original nor following any one model or leader, but choosing at will from the tenets, works, &c., of others; hence, selecting and combining without unity, principle, or a consistent…Ec-lēc'tic, n. p. 427One who follows an eclectic method in philosophy, science, religion, and the like.Ee-léc'tic-al-ly, adv. p. 427In an eclectic manner. Eclectically, that is, by no law generally recognized. De Quincey.Ec-lĕc'ti-cĭsm, n. p. 427The act, doctrine, or practice of an eclectic.Ecle'gm, n. p. 427(Med.) A medicine made by mixing oils with sirups. Quincy.E-clip-sā're-on, n. p. 427A contrivance for illustrating and determining the phenomena of solar eclipses.E-clipse', n. p. 427(Astron.) An interception or obscuration of the light of the sun, moon, or other luminous body, by the intervention of some other body, either between it and the eye, or between the luminous body and…E-clipse', v. t. p. 427To cause the obscuration of; to darken or hide;—said of a heavenly body; as, the moon eclipses the sun. 2. To obscure, darken, or extinguish the beauty, luster, or honor, &c., of; to sully; to cloud…E-clipse', v. i. p. 427To suffer an eclipse; to become eclipsed. While the laboring moon Eclipses at their charms. Milton.E-clip'tic, n. p. 427(Astron.) A great circle of the sphere, conceived to be drawn through the middle of the zodiac, making an angle with the equinoctial of about 23° 28'. It is the apparent path of the sun, or the real…E-clip'tic, a. p. 427Pertaining to, or described by, the ecliptic. “The bright ecliptic road.” Thomson. 2. Pertaining to an eclipse or to eclipses. Ecliptic limit, lunar (Astron.), the space of 12° on the moon’s orbit…Eclogue, n. p. 427(Poet.) A pastoral composition, in which shepherds are introduced conversing with each other; a bucolic; an idyl; as, the Eclogues of Virgil.Ē/e·co-nôm'ic or Ē/e·co-nôm'ic-al, a. p. 427Pertaining to the household; domestic. “In this economical misfortune [of ill-assorted matrimony].” Milton. 2. Relating to economy, or to the management of household or pecuniary affairs, private or…Ē·co-nŏm'ic-al-ly, adv. p. 427With economy; with frugality.E·co-nŏm'ics, n. sing. p. 427The science of household affairs, or of domestic and internal management. 2. Political economy; the science of the utilities or useful application of wealth or material resources. “In politics and…E-cŏn'o-mīst, n. p. 427One who economizes, or manages domestic or other concerns with frugality; one who expends money, time, or labor, judiciously, and without waste. “Economists even to parsimony.” Burke. 2. One who is…E-cŏn'o-mi-zā'tion, n. p. 427The act of using to the best effect. [Rare.]E-cŏn'/o-mīze, v. t. p. 427To use with prudence; to expend with frugality; as, to economize one's income. “Calculating how to economize time.” W. Irving.E-cōn'o-mize, v. i. p. 427To manage pecuniary concerns with frugality; to make a prudent use of money, or of the means of saving or acquiring property; as, careful to economize in order to grow rich.E-cŏn'ō-my, n. p. 427The management of domestic affairs; the regulation and government of household matters, especially as they concern expense or disbursement; as, a careful economy. “Their economy was sincere.” Bp.…Écorché, n. p. 427(Paint. & Sculp.) An animal subject, particularly a human subject, or a representation of one, flayed or deprived of its skin, so that the muscular system is exposed for the purposes of study. —…É·cos·sūise', n. p. 427(Mus.) A dancing tune in the Scotch style.Écoute, n. p. 427(Mil.) A gallery built in front of the glacis of a fortification, as a place of lodgment and shelter for troops stationed there in order to annoy and interrupt the miners of the enemy.Ĕc'pha-sis, n. p. 427An explicit declaration.Ĕc'pho-nē'mā, n. p. 427(Rhet.) A breaking out of the voice with some interjectional particle.Ec'pho-nēme, n. p. 427(Gram.) A mark (!) used to indicate an exclamation, or an expression of wonder, surprise, or other sudden emotion. G. Brown.Ĕc'pho·nē'sis, n. p. 427(Rhet.) An animated or passionate exclamation.Ee-phræ'tie, a. p. 427(Med.) Serving to dissolve or attenuate, and so to remove obstructions; deobstruent. Harvey.Ee-phræ'tic, n. p. 428(Med.) A medicine which dissolves or attenuates viscid matter, and removes obstructions; a deobstruent.Ĕc'phy-mā, n. p. 428(Med.) A cutaneous excrescence, as a caruncle, and the like.Ĕc'phy-sē'sis, n. p. 428(Med.) Rapid breathing.Eē-rhyth'mus, n. p. 428(Med.) An irregular or disordered beating of the pulse.Ĕc'sta-sy, n. p. 428A being beside one's self so far that the primary functions, particularly of the senses, are suspended; a state in which the mind is rapt or carried away beyond the reach of ordinary impressions, as…Ĕc'sta-sy, v. t. p. 428To fill with rapture or enthusiasm; to make beside one's self with excitement, joy, or grief. [Obs.] The most ecstasied order of holy and unpolluted spirits. Bp. Taylor.