Dictionary
An American Dictionary of the English Language
Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)
Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
- Entries
- 95,912
- Pages
- 1,538
- Illustrations
- 2,133
Look up a word as the writers of the time used it.
Em'i-cant, a. p. 441Beaming forth; sparkling. [Rare.] Emicant did this and that way dart. Blackmore.Ĕm′/i-cā′tion, n. p. 441A flying off in small particles, as heated iron or fermenting liquors; a sparkling; scintillation. “Ebullition with noise and emication.” Browne.E-mic'tion, n. p. 441The discharging of urine. 2. What is voided by the urinary passages; urine.Ĕm'i-grant, a. p. 441Pertaining to an emigrant; as, an emigrant ship, or hospital. 2. Removing or emigrating from one country to another; as, an emigrant company or nation.Ĕm'i-grant, n. p. 441One who removes his habitation, or quits one country or region to settle in another.Ĕm′ĭ-grāte, v. i. p. 441To remove from one country or state to another, for the purpose of residence. “Forced to emigrate in a body to America.” Macaulay.Ĕm'i-grate, a. p. 441Given to emigration; roving; wandering. [Obs.] Gayton.Em'i-grā'tion, n. p. 441Removal of inhabitants from one country or state to another, for the purpose of residence, as from Europe to America, or, in America, from the Atlantic States to the Western. 2. A body of emigrants…Ĕm'ĭ-grā'tion-al, a. p. 441Relating to emigration.Em'i-grā'tion-ist, n. p. 441An advocate or promoter of emigration.Ĕm'i-grā'tor, n. p. 441An emigrant. [Rare.]Em'i-nence or Em'i-nen-cy, n. p. 441That which is eminent or exalted; a height; an elevation. “Without eminences or cavities.” Dryden. The temple of honor ought to be seated on an eminence. Burke. 2. An elevated situation among men; a…Ĕm'i-nent, a. p. 441High; lofty; towering; overhanging; projecting. “A very eminent promontory.” Evelyn. 2. Exalted in rank; high in office or public estimation; distinguished; conspicuous; remarkable; as, an eminent…Ĕm'i-nent-ly, adv. p. 441In an eminent or high degree; in a degree to be conspicuous and distinguished from others; as, to be eminently learned or useful.Ē'mir or E-meer', n. p. 441An Arabian prince, military commander, and governor of a conquered province; also, an honorary title given at present in Turkey to the descendants of Mahomet.Ĕm'is-sa-ry, n. p. 441A person sent on a mission; especially, a person sent on a private message or business; a secret agent employed to advance, in a covert manner, the interests of his employers. Buzzing emissaries fill…Ĕm'is-sa-ry, a. p. 441Exploring; spying. B. Jonson. 2. (Anat.) Conveying excretions; excretory; as, emissary vessels.Ĕm'is-sa-ry-shĭp, n. p. 441The office of an emissary. B. Jonson.E-mis'sion, n. p. 441The act of sending or throwing out; the act of sending forth or putting into circulation; issue; as, the emission of light from the sun; the emission of heat from a fire; the emission of State notes…Ĕm'/is-sĭ'tiōŭs, a. p. 441Looking, or narrowly examining; prying. [Obs.] “Those emissitious eyes.” Bp. Hall.E-mis'sive, a. p. 441Sending out; emitting. Brooke.E-mĭs'so-ry, a. p. 441(Anat.) Conveying out; emissive; — said of certain ducts or veins which convey fluids out of the body.E-mit',, v. t. p. 441To send forth; to throw or give out; to cause to issue; to eject; to discharge; as, fire emits heat and smoke; boiling water emits steam; the sun and moon emit light. Lest, wrathful, the far-shooting…E-mit'tent, a. p. 441Sending out; emissive. Boyle.Em-mān’tle, v. t. p. 441To cover over with, as a mantle; to envelop; to put about as a protection. [Obs.] Under the bending cope of which [heaven] all things are emmantled. Holland.Em-mär'ble, v. t. p. 441To turn to marble; to petrify. [Obs.] Thou dost emmarble the proud heart. Spenser.Em-mĕn'a-gōgue, n. p. 441(Med.) A medicine that promotes the menstrual discharge.Ĕm'me-nōl'o-gy, n. p. 441(Med.) A treatise on menstruation. Dunglison.Ĕm'met, n. p. 442An ant or pismire. See ANT.Em-mew', v. t. p. 442To confine, as in a mew or cage; to coop up. Shak.Em'mol-lĕs'cence, n. p. 442That degree of softness in a body beginning to melt which alters its shape; the first or lowest degree of fusibility.Em-move′, v. t. p. 442To move; to rouse; to excite. [Obs.] Spenser.E-mŏl'li-āte, v. t. p. 442To soften; to render effeminate. Emolliated by four centuries of Roman domination, the Belgie colonies had forgotten their pristine valor. Pinkerton.E-mōl'lient, a. p. 442Softening; making supple; acting as an emollient. “Barley is emollient.” Arbuthnot.E-mŏl'lient, n. p. 442(Med.) An external application to allay irritation, and alleviate inflammatory soreness, swelling, and pain.E-mŏl'li-ment, n. p. 442A softening or relaxing; assuaging. [Obs.] Cockeram.Ĕm'ol-li'tion, n. p. 442The act of softening or relaxing.E-mŏl'ū-ment, n. p. 442[Lat. emolumentum, literally a working out, from emoliri, to move out, to work out, from e, out, and moliri, to set in motion, from moles, a huge, heavy mass; Fr. émolument, Pr. emolumen, Sp., Pg., &…E-mŏl'ū-mĕnt'al, a. p. 442Pertaining to, or producing, emolument; yielding profit; useful; profitable; advantageous. [Rare.] Evelyn.E-mông' or E-môngst', prep. p. 442Among. [Obs. and rare.] Spenser.E-mō'tion, n. p. 442A moving of the mind or soul; hence, any excitement of sensibility; a state of excited feeling of any kind; especially, an intense excitement of feeling manifested by motion or effects on the body…E-mō'tion, v. t. p. 442To move; to excite the sensibilities of. [Rare.] W. Scott.E-mō'tion-al or E-mō'tĭve, a. p. 442Pertaining to emotion, or the capacity for emotion; attended or characterized by emotion. Mackintosh.E-move', v. t. p. 442To move. [Obs.] Spenser.Em-pâir', v. t. p. 442To impair. [Obs.] Spenser.Em-pāis'tic, n. p. 442(Antiq.) Inlaid work consisting of threads or lines of metal pressed or forced into some other metal. Fairholt.Em-pāle’, v. t. p. 442To fence or fortify with stakes; to surround with a line of stakes or posts for defense. [Obs.] All that dwell near enemies empale villages, to save themselves from surprise. Raleigh. 2. To inclose…Em-pāle', v. t. p. 442To cause to grow pale; to pale. [Obs. and rare.] No bloodless malady empales their face. G. Fletcher.Em-pāle'ment, n. p. 442A fencing, fortifying, or inclosing with stakes. 2. A putting to death by thrusting a stake into the body. 3. (Bot.) The calyx of a plant which surrounds the other parts of fructification. 4. (Her.)…Em-păn'el, n. p. 442(Law.) A list of jurors; a panel. Cowell.Em-păn'el, v. t. p. 442See IMPANEL.Em-pā'r'a-dīse, v. t. p. 442The same as IMPARADISE.Em-pärk', v. t. p. 442To make a park of; to inclose, as with a fence. [Obs.] Bp. King.Em-pär'lançe, n. p. 442The same as IMPARLANCE.Em-pāṣm’, n. p. 442A powder used to remove any disagreeable odor of the body. Johnson.Em-păs'sion, v. t. p. 442To move with passion; to affect strongly. See IMPASSION. She was empassioned at that piteous act. Spenser.Em-păs'sion-ate, a. p. 442Strongly affected. Spenser.Em-pawn′, v. t. p. 442To put in pawn; to pledge. To sell, empawn, and alienate the estates of the church. Milman.Em-pēach’, v. t. p. 442See IMPEACH.Em-pēarl', v. t. p. 442To cover or adorn with pearls, or any thing resembling pearls.