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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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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.Ee-stăt'tie or Ee-stăt'tie-al, a. p. 428Rendering one beside one's self; suspending the senses; entrancing. In pensive trance, and anguish, and ecstatic fit. Milton. 2. Delightful beyond measure; rapturous; as, ecstatic bliss or joy. 3.…Ec-stāt'ic-al-ly, adv. p. 428Rapturously; ravishingly.Ĕc'ta-sĭs, n. p. 428(Pros.) The lengthening of a syllable from short to long.Ec-thlip'sis, n. p. 428(Lat. Pros.) A figure by which a final m, with the preceding vowel, is cut off, when the next word begins with a vowel.E'ethy-mā or Ee-thy'mā, n. p. 428(Med.) A cutaneous eruption, consisting of large, round pimples, upon an indurated and inflamed base. Dunglison.Ĕc'to-blăst, n. p. 428(Nat. Hist.) The membrane composing the walls of a cell, as distinguished from the membranes of the mesoblast, the entoblast, and the entosthoblast. Agassiz.Ĕc'to-dĕrm, n. p. 428(Nat. Hist.) The external skin or outer layer. Carpenter.Ec'to-dĕrm'ic, a. p. 428Belonging to the ectoderm.Ec-tō'pi-ā, n. p. 428Ĕc'to-py p. 428Morbid displacement of parts usually congenital; as, ectopy of the heart, or of the bladder.E-e-trō'pi-ŭm, n. p. 428(Med.) An unnatural eversion of the eyelids, in consequence of the tumefaction of the inner membrane, or of a contraction of the skin covering the eyelids.Ee-trŏt'ic, a. p. 428(Med.) Having a tendency to prevent the development of any thing, especially of a disease.Ec'ty-lōt'ic, a. p. 428(Med.) Having a tendency to remove callosities and indurations of the skin. Craig.Ec'ty-lōt'ic, n. p. 428(Med.) A substance applied to the skin for the removal of warts or other indurated excrescences.Ĕc'ty-pal, a. p. 428Taken from the original; imitated. “Exemplars of all the ectypal copies.” Ellis.Ĕc'type, n. p. 428A copy from an original; a type of something that has previously existed. Some regarded him [Klopstock] as an ectype of the ancient prophets. Eng. Cyc. 2. (Arch.) An object or copy in relief, or…Ēc/ty-pōg'ra-phy, n. p. 428A method of etching, in which lines of the design upon the plate are in relief, instead of being depressed or cut into it.Ĕc'ū-mĕn'ic or Ĕc'ū-mĕn'ic-al, a. p. 428General; universal; as, an ecumenical council. [Written also œcumenical.]Ĕc'ū-rie, n. p. 428A covered place for horses; a stable.Ĕc'ze-mȧ, n. p. 428(Med.) An eruption of minute vesicles upon the skin.E-dā'cioŭs, a. p. 428Given to eating; greedy; voracious; devouring. Johnson.E-dā'cioŭs-ly, adv. p. 428Greedily; voraciously.E-dā'cioŭs-ness, n. p. 428Edacity. W. Scott.E-dăç'i-ty, n. p. 428Greediness; voracity; ravenousness; rapacity. Bacon.