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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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E-lĕc'trō-mō'tive, a. p. 434Producing electro-motion; producing mechanical effects by means of electricity; as, electro-motive power.E-lĕc'tro-mō'tor, n. p. 434A mover of the electric fluid; a piece of apparatus for generating a current of electricity.E-lĕc'tron, n. p. 434Amber; also, the alloy called electrum. Coxe.E-lĕc'tro-nĕg'a-tĭve, a. p. 434Having the property of being attracted by an electro-positive body, or a tendency to pass to the positive pole in electrolysis.E-lĕc'tro-nĕg'a-tīve, n. p. 434A body which passes to the positive pole in electrolysis.Ē'lec-trŏph'o-rŭs, n. p. 434An instrument for exciting electricity, and repeating the charge indefinitely by induction, consisting of a flat, smooth cake of resin, as an electric, upon which is placed a corresponding plate of…E-lēe'tro-phys'i-o-lŏg'ie-al, a. p. 434Pertaining to electrical results produced through physiological agencies, or by change of action in a living being.E-lĕc/tro-phys/i-ōl'o-gy, n. p. 434Electric results produced through physiological agencies.E-lē'c'tro-plāte, v. t. p. 434To plate or cover with a coating of metal by means of electrolysis.E-lèc'tro-plàt'er, n. p. 434One who practices electro-plating.E-lĕc'tro-pō'lar, a. p. 434Positively electrified at one end, or on one surface, and negatively at the other;—said of a conductor.E-lĕc'tro-pŏs'i-tive, a. p. 434Of such a nature relatively to some other associated body or bodies, as to tend to the negative pole of a voltaic battery, while the associated body tends to the positive pole;—the converse or…E-lĕc'tro-pŏs'i-tive, n. p. 434A body which passes to the negative pole in electrolysis.E-lēc/tro-pūn'et-ū-rā'tion or E-lēc/tro-pūn'et/ūr-ing, n. p. 434(Surg.) The act of inserting two or more needles in the body, and connecting them with the poles of a galvanic apparatus.E-lĕc'tro-scōpe, n. p. 434An instrument for detecting changes in the electric state of bodies, or the species of electricity present, as by means of pith-balls, &c.; an electrometer.E-lēc'tro-stāt'ics, n. sing. p. 434That branch of science which treats of statical electricity. [See Note under MATHEMATICS.]E-lĕc'tro-tĕl'e-grāph'ic, a. p. 434Pertaining to the electric telegraph, or by means of it.E-lĕc'tro-thĕr'man-cy, n. p. 434That branch of electrical science which treats of the effect of an electric current upon the temperature of a conductor, or part of a circuit composed of two different metals.E-lĕc'tro-tint, n. p. 434A style of etching by means of galvanism. A picture is drawn on a metallic plate with some material which resists the fluids of a battery; so that, in electrotyping, the parts not covered by the…E-lĕc'tro-tŏn'ic, a. p. 434Of, or pertaining to, electrical tension;—said of the peculiar latent state of a conducting body during its exposure to the action of an electric current.E-lē c'tro-tȳpe, n. p. 434A copy or stereotype taken by electrotypy, or the process by which this is effected.E-lĕc'tro-tȳpe, v. t. p. 434To stereotype or take copies of by electrotypy.E-lĕc'tro-tȳp'er, n. p. 434One who practices electrotypy.E-lĕc'tro-typ'ic, a. p. 434Pertaining to, or effected by means of, electrotypy.E-lĕc'tro-typ'y, n. p. 434The process of copying metals, engravings, &c., and of making stereotype plates by means of electric deposition.E-lĕc'tro-vī'tal, a. p. 434Derived from, or dependent upon, vital processes;—said of certain electric currents supposed by some physiologists to circulate in the nerves of animals.E-lĕc'trum, n. p. 435Amber. See ELECTER. 2. An alloy of gold and silver, of an amber color, used by the ancients.E-lĕc'tŭ-a-ry, n. p. 435(Med.) A medicine composed of powders, or other ingredients, incorporated with some conserve, honey, or sirup; a confection.Ĕl'e-mōs'y-na-ri-ly, adv. p. 435In an eleemosynary manner; by charity; charitably.ĕl`e-mōs'y-na-ry, a. p. 435Relating to charity, alms, or alms-giving; intended for the distribution of charity; as, an eleemosynary corporation. 2. Given in charity or alms; founded by charity; as, an eleemosynary hospital or…Ĕl/e-mōs'y-na-ry, n. p. 435One who subsists on charity; a dependent. South.El'e-gance or El'e-gan-cy, n. p. 435The state or quality of being elegant; beauty as resulting from the complete absence of that which deforms or impresses unpleasantly; grace given by art or practice; refinement;—said of manners…Ĕl'e-gant, a. p. 435Pleasing by acquired or imparted grace and beauty; possessed of unusual and impressive attractions; exciting admiration and approbation by symmetry, completeness, freedom from blemish, and the like…Ĕl'e-gant-ly, adv. p. 435In a manner to please; with elegance; with due symmetry; richly.E-lē’gi-ae or Ēl’e-gī’ae, a. p. 435Belonging to elegy, or written in elegiacs; plaintive; expressing sorrow or lamentation; as, an elegiac lay; elegiac strains. “Elegiac griefs, and songs of love.” E. B. Browning. 2. Used in elegies…E-lē'gi-ae or El'e-gi-ae, n. p. 435Elegiac verse. Warton.El'e-gī'ae-al, a. p. 435Pertaining to elegy; elegiac.E-lē'gi-ast or Ĕl'e-gĭ'ast, n. p. 435One who composes elegies. “The great fault of these elegiasts.” Goldsmith.Ĕl'e-gĭ-ŏg'ra-pher, n. p. 435A writer of elegies; an elegist.Ēl'e-gīst, n. p. 435A writer of elegies. Warton.E-lē'git, n. p. 435(Law.) A judicial writ of execution, by which a defendant’s goods are appraised and delivered to the plaintiff, and, if not sufficient to satisfy the debt, all of his lands are delivered, to be held…El'e-gy, n. p. 435A mournful or plaintive poem; a funeral song; a poem or a song expressive of sorrow and lamentation. Elegy is the form of poetry natural to the reflective mind. It may treat of any subject, but it…Ĕl'e-ment, n. p. 435One of the simplest or essential parts or principles of which any thing consists, or upon which the constitution or fundamental powers of any thing are based. 2. One of the ultimate, undecomposable…Ēl'e-ment, v. t. p. 435To compound of elements or first principles. [Obs.] “Elemented bodies.” Boyle. 2. To constitute; to make up as a first principle.Ĕl'e-mĕn'tal, a. p. 435Pertaining to the elements, first principles and primary ingredients, or to the four supposed elements of the material world. All subsists by elemental strife. Pope. 2. Pertaining to rudiments or…Ēl'e-men-tāl'i-ty, n. p. 435The condition of being composed of elements, or a thing so composed; combination of ingredients. [Rare.] Whitlock.Ĕl'e-mĕn'tal-ly, adv. p. 435According to elements; literally; as the words, “Take, eat; this is my body;” elementally understood.Ĕl'e-mĕn'tar, a. p. 435Elementary. [Obs.] Skelton.Ēl'e-men-tär'i-ty or Ēl'e-mēn'ta-ri-ness p. 435n. The state of being elementary; original simplicity; uncompounded state.Ĕl'e-mĕn'ta-ry, a. p. 435Having only one principle or constituent part; consisting of a single element; simple; uncombined; uncompounded; primarily constituent; as, an elementary substance; elementary particles. 2.…Ēl'e-men-tā'tion, n. p. 435Instruction in the elements or first principles. [Rare.]Ĕl'e-mĭ, n. p. 435A concrete resinous substance produced by several allied species of trees, chiefly in the tropics, among which are Amyris elemifera and A. (balsamodendron) zeilonica. It is used in ointments and…El'e-mīne, n. p. 435(Chem.) The crystallized and purified resin of elemi.E-lĕnch', n. p. 435(Logic.) (a.) That part of an argument on which its conclusiveness depends; that which convinces or refutes an antagonist; the refutation of an antagonist by argument. (b.) A vicious and fallacious…E-lēnch'us, n. p. 435Same as ELENCH.E-lēnch'ic-al, a. p. 435Pertaining to an elench.E-lēn'chic-al-ly, adv. p. 435By means of an elench.E-lēnch'ize, v. i. p. 435To dispute. [Obs.] B. Jonson.E-lēneh'tie-al, a. p. 435Serving to confute. [Obs.]El'e-phant, n. p. 435(Zoöl.) A quadruped of the tribe of pachyderms, of two living species, Elephas Indicus and E. Africanus, characterized by a proboscis or trunk, and two large ivory tusks proceeding from the extremity…