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An American Dictionary of the English Language

by Noah Webster

Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)

Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865

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  1. Ef-fös'sion, n.p. 430The act of digging out of the earth. “The effossion of coins.” Arbuthnot.
  2. Ef-frān'chīze, v. t.p. 430To invest with franchises or privileges.
  3. Ef-frāy', v. t.p. 430To frighten. [Obs.] Spenser.
  4. Ef-frāy'a-ble, a.p. 430Frightful. [Obs.] Harvey.
  5. Ef'fre-nā'tion, n.p. 430Unbridled rashness or license; unruliness. [Obs.] Cockram.
  6. Ef-frōnt', v. t.p. 430To give assurance to. [Obs.] Browne.
  7. Ef-frönt’er-y, n.p. 430Impudence or boldness in confronting or transgressing the bounds of duty or decorum; assurance; sauciness; shamelessness. Corruption lost nothing of its effrontery. Bancroft. Syn.—Impudence…
  8. Ef-frónt’it, a.p. 430Marked by impudence; barefaced. [Obs. and rare.] “His effrontit, shameless face.” Bp. Taylor.
  9. Ef-frōnt'ū-ōüs-ly, adv.p. 430With effrontery; contemptuously. [Obs.] North.
  10. Ef-fúlge', v. t.p. 430To cause to shine, as with abundance of light; to radiate; to beam. [Rare.] “His eyes effulging a peculiar fire.” Thomson.
  11. Ef-fŭl'ge', v. i.p. 430To shine forth; to beam.
  12. Ef-ful'gence, n.p. 430The state of being effulgent; extreme brilliancy; a flood of light; great luster or brightness; splendor. The bright and the balmy effulgence of morn. Beattie.
  13. Ef-fūl'gent, a.p. 430Diffusing a flood of light; shining; bright; splendid. “Effulgent rays of light.” Cooper.
  14. Ef-fūl'gent-ly, adv.p. 430In an effulgent, bright, or splendid manner.
  15. Ef-fū'ma-bil'i-ty, n.p. 431The capability of flying off in fumes or vapor. [Obs.] Boyle.
  16. Ef-fūme', v. t.p. 431To breathe or puff out, as steam or vapor; to emit. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
  17. Ef-fūnd′, v. t.p. 431To pour out. [Obs.] More.
  18. Ef-fūse′, v. t.p. 431To pour out, as a fluid; to spill; to shed. “With gushing blood effused.” Milton.
  19. Ef-fūse′, v. i.p. 431To emanate; to issue. Thomson.
  20. Ef-fūse', a.p. 431Poured out freely; profuse. [Obs.] “So should our joy be very effuse.” Barrow. 2. Disposed to pour out freely; dissipated; extravagant. [Obs.] Bp. Richardson. 3. (Bot.) Spreading loosely, especially…
  21. Ef-fūse', n.p. 431Effusion; loss; waste. [Obs.] “Much effuse of blood.” Shak.
  22. Ef-fu’sion, n.p. 431The act of pouring out; as, effusion of water, of blood, of grace, of words, and the like. To save the effusion of my people's blood. Dryden. 2. That which is poured out. Wash me with that precious…
  23. Ef-fū'sive, a.p. 431Pouring out; pouring forth largely. “Washed with the effusive wave.” Pope.
  24. Ef-fū'sive-ly, adv.p. 431In an effusive manner.
  25. Ef-fū'sive-ness, n.p. 431State of being poured forth.
  26. Eft, n.p. 431(Zoöl.) A saurian reptile, the Lacerta seps of Linnæus; a salamander or newt, especially the common smooth newt.
  27. Ěft, adv.p. 431Soon after; again; soon; quickly. [Obs.] I would never eft comen into the snare. Spenser.
  28. Eft-sōons', adv.p. 431Soon afterward; in a short time. [Obs.] The champion stout eftsoons dismounted. Spenser.
  29. E-găd', interj.p. 431An exclamation expressing exultation or surprise.
  30. E'ger, n.p. 431An impetuous flood. See EAGRE. 2. (Bot.) A tulip appearing early in bloom.
  31. E-gē'ri-ā, n.p. 431(Zoöl.) A genus of brachyural decapodous crustaceans.
  32. E-gĕr'mi-nāte, n.p. 431To put forth buds; to begin to grow; to germinate. [Obs.] Cockeram.
  33. E-gest’, v. t.p. 431To cast or throw out; to void, as excrement.
  34. E-gĕs'tion, n.p. 431The act of voiding digested matter at the natural vent. Hale.
  35. Egg, n.p. 431A spheroidal body formed in the female of animal species, containing the germ of a new individual of the species, within a shell or firm membrane. ☞ The shell also contains more or less of yolk, and…
  36. Egg, v. t.p. 431To urge on; to instigate; to incite; to edge. They egged him forward still not to spare the nobility. North.
  37. Egg'-bird, n.p. 431(Ornith.) A species of web-footed birds; Hydrochelidon fuliginosum; a species of tern.
  38. Egg'-cup, n.p. 431A cup used to hold an egg at the table.
  39. Egg'er, n.p. 431One who gathers eggs; an eggler. 2. One who excites. Sherwood.
  40. Egg'er-y, n.p. 431A place where eggs are deposited or kept; a nest of eggs. [Rare.]
  41. Egg'-glass, n.p. 431A small glass for holding an egg at the table. 2. A small sand-glass, running about three minutes, for regulating the boiling of eggs.
  42. Egg'hŏt, n.p. 431A kind of posset made of eggs, brandy, sugar, and ale. C. Lamb.
  43. Egg'ler, n.p. 431One who collects, or deals in, eggs.
  44. Egg-nōg', n.p. 431A drink consisting of eggs beaten up with sugar, milk, and wine or spirits.
  45. Egg'-plant, n.p. 431(Bot.) A plant allied to the tomato, and bearing a large, smooth fruit, shaped somewhat like an egg, used in cookery. It is the Solanum melongena. London.
  46. Egg'-shĕll, n.p. 431The shell or covering of an egg.
  47. Æ-gĭ-lŏp'ie-al, a.p. 431(Med.) (a.) Pertaining to, or of the nature of, an ægilops. (b.) Affected with ægilops; having a tumor in the corner of the eye.
  48. Æ'gi-lops, n.p. 431See ÆGILOPS.
  49. E-glānd'ū-lōse or E-glānd'ū-lōus, a.p. 431Destitute of glands.
  50. Eg'lan-tine, n.p. 431(Bot.) A species of rose; the sweet-brier (Rosa rubiginosa). ☞ “Milton has distinguished the sweet-brier and the eglantine. Through the sweet-brier, or the vine, Or the twisted eglantine. L’Allegro…
  51. E-glŏm'er-āte, v. t.p. 431To unwind, as a thread from a ball.
  52. Ĕg'mă, n.p. 431A corruption of enigma;— used by Shakespeare.
  53. E-gō'ic-al, a.p. 431Pertaining to egoism. [Rare.] Rare.
  54. E'go-ism, n.p. 431(Philos.) The doctrine of a supposed sect of the disciples of Descartes and G. J. Fichte, who refer the elements of all knowledge to the phenomena of personal existence; subjective idealism. 2. An…
  55. E'go-ist, n.p. 431A follower of Descartes or Fichte; one given to egoism. [Obs.]
  56. E'go-ist'ic or E'go-ist'ic-al, a.p. 431Pertaining to egoism; addicted to, or manifesting, egoism; egotistic.
  57. E'go-is'tic-al-ly, adv.p. 431In an egoistic manner.
  58. E-gō'ī-ty, n.p. 431Personality; individuality. [R.] Swift.
  59. E'go-mism, n.p. 431Egoism. [Rare.] “The kind of skepticism called egomism.” Baxter.
  60. E-gŏph'o-ny, n.p. 431(Med.) The sound of a patient's voice resembling the bleating of a goat, heard on applying the ear to the chest in certain diseases within its cavity, as in pleurisy with effusion.