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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’qui-lĭb’ri-ty, n. p. 459The state of being equally balanced; equal balance on both sides; equilibrium; as, the theory of equilibrity. Gregory.E'qui-līb'ri-ŭm, n. p. 459Equality of weight or force; a state of rest produced by the mutual counteraction of two or more forces. 2. A just poise or balance in respect to an object, so that it remains firm; as, to preserve…Ē'/qui-mŭl'ti-ple, a. p. 459Multiplied by the same number or quantity.E'qui-mŭl'ti-ple, n. p. 459(Arith. & Geom.) A product arising from the multiplication of two or more primitive quantities by the same number or quantity. Thus, seven times 2, or 14, and seven times 4, or 28, are equimultiples…E-qui'nal or E'quine, a. p. 459Pertaining to, or resembling, a horse. The shoulders, body, thighs, and mane are equine; the head completely bovine. Barrow.Ē'qui-nē'ces-sa-ry, a. p. 459Necessary or needful in the same degree. [Rare.] Hudibras.E-quīn'ĭ-a, n. p. 459(Med.) Glanders; a dangerous contagious disease of horses, communicable to man. See GLANDERS.E'qui-nōc'tial, a. p. 459Pertaining to the equinoxes; designating an equal length of day and night; as, the equinoctial line. 2. Pertaining to the regions or climate of the equinoctial line or equator; in or near that line…Ē'qui-nōe'tial, n. p. 459(Astron.) The celestial equator;—so called because when the sun is on it, the nights and days are of equal length in all parts of the world. See EQUATOR.E'qui-nōc'tial-ly, adv. p. 460In the direction of the equinox.E'qui-nōx, n. p. 460The precise time when the sun enters one of the equinoctial points. 2. Equinoctial wind or storm. [Rare.] Dryden. Autumnal equinox, the time when the sun enters the first point of Libra, being about…Ē'qui-nū'mĕr-ant, a. p. 460Having or consisting of the same number. [Obs.] Arbuthnot.E-quip', v. t. p. 460To furnish for service, or against a need or exigency; to fit out; to supply with whatever is necessary to efficient action in any way; to provide with arms or an armament, stores, munitions…Eq'ui-page, n. p. 460Furniture; fitting out; especially, the furniture and supplies of a vessel, fitting her for a voyage or for warlike purposes, or the furniture of an army, a body of troops, or a single soldier…Eq'ui-pāged, a. p. 460Furnished with equipage, attendance, dress, or carriage and horses. Well dressed, well bred. Well equipaged, is ticket good enough. Cooper.Ē'qui-pār'a-ble, a. p. 460Capable of being compared; comparable. [Very rare.]E-quip'a-rāte, v. t. p. 460To compare. [Rare.]E-quip'e-dal, a. p. 460Equal-footed; in zoölogy, having the pairs of feet equal. Dana.E'qui-pēn'den-cy, n. p. 460The act of hanging in equipoise; a being not inclined or determined either way. South.Ē'qui-pēn'sāte, v. t. p. 460To weigh equally; to esteem alike. [Obs.]E-quip'ment, n. p. 460The act of equipping, or state of being equipped, as for a voyage or expedition. 2. Any thing that is used in equipping; furniture; habiliments; warlike apparatus; necessaries for an expedition or…Ē'qui-poise, n. p. 460Equality of weight or force; hence, equilibrium; a state in which the two ends or sides of a thing are balanced; hence, equal; — said of moral, political, or social interests or forces. The means of…E'qui-pŏl'lence or E'qui-pŏl'len-cy, n. p. 460Equality of power, force, signification, or application. Boyle. 2. (Logic.) An equivalence between two or more propositions.E'qui-pŏl'lent, a. p. 460Having equal power or force; equivalent. Bacon. 2. (Logic.) Having equivalent signification and reach.E'qui-pōl'lent-ly, adv. p. 460With equal power.E'qui-pōn'der-ance or E'qui-pōn'der-an-cy, n. p. 460Equality of weight; equipoise.Ē'qui-pŏn'der-ant, a. p. 460Having the same weight. Locke.Ē'qui-pŏn'der-āte, v. i. p. 460To be equal in weight; to weigh as much as another thing. Wilkins.Ē'qui-pŏn'der-āte, v. t. p. 460To weigh against; to counterbalance. More than equiponderated the declension in that direction. De Quincey.Ē'qui-pŏn'der-ous, a. p. 460Having equal weight. Bailey.E'qui-pôn'di-oûs, a. p. 460Having equal weight on both sides; equiponderant. — [Obs.] Glanville.Ē'/qui-rād'/i-cal, a. p. 460Equally radical. [Rare.] Coleridge.E'qui-rō'tal, a. p. 460Having wheels of the same size or diameter.Ē'qui-se-tā'ceoûs, a. p. 460(Bot.) Belonging to the family of the Equisetum, or horse-tail plant.E'qui-sĕt'i-fôrm, a. p. 460(Bot.) Having the form of the Equisetum. Craig.Ēq'ui-sē'tum, n. p. 460(Bot.) A genus of leafless plants, with hollow stems, containing much silicious matter, called horse-tail, in allusion to the fine branches of the species E. hyemale, known as the Dutch rush, or…E-quis'o-nance, n. p. 460(Mus.) An equal sounding; the consonance of the octave and double octave. Busby.E-quis'o-nant, a. p. 460Sounding equally.E'qui-ta-ble (ĕk'wi-ta-bl), a. p. 460Possessing or exhibiting equity; marked by a due consideration for what is fair, unbiased, or impartial; as, an equitable decision; an equitable distribution of an estate; an equitable judge. 2.…Ĕq'ui-ta-ble-ness, n. p. 460The quality of being equitable, just, or impartial; as, the equitableness of a judge; the equitableness of a decision, or distribution of property.E'qui-ta-bly, adv. p. 460In an equitable manner; justly; impartially; as, the laws should be equitably administered.Ēq'ui-tan-cy, n. p. 460Horsemanship.E'qui-tan-gên'tial, a. p. 460(Geom.) Having the tangent equal to a constant line; — said of a certain curve. Hutton.Eq'ui-tant, a. p. 460Mounted on, or sitting upon, a horse; riding on horseback. 2. (Bot.) Overlapping each other; — said of leaves whose bases or edges alternately overlap each other; as, the equitant leaves of the iris.…Eq'ui-tā'tion, n. p. 460A riding, or the act of riding, on horseback; horsemanship. The pretender to equitation mounted. W. Irving.Ē'qui-tēm'po-rā'ne-oûs, a. p. 460Taking place or existing at the same time; contemporaneous; contemporary. [Obs.] Boyle.Eq'ui-ty, n. p. 460Justice; impartiality; the giving, or desiring to give, to each man his due, according to reason, and the law of God to man;—distinguished from justice in requiring a more perfect standard than any…Equity of redemption p. 460the advantage, allowed to a mortgageor, of a certain or reasonable time to redeem lands mortgaged, after they have been forfeited at law by the non-payment of the sum of money due on the mortgage at…E-quiv'a-lence or E-quiv'a-len-cy, n. p. 460The condition of being equivalent or equal; equality of value, signification, or force; as, to give an equivalence of money for goods. 2. Equal power or force.E-quiv'a-lence, v. t. p. 460To be equal to. [Obs.] Brown.E-quiv'a-lent, a. p. 460Equal in value, worth, force, power, effect, import, and the like; alike in significance and value; interchangeable. For now to serve and to minister, servile and ministerial are terms equivalent.…E-quiv'a-lent, n. p. 460That which is equal in value, weight, dignity, or force; as, to offer an equivalent for damage done. Rogers. 2. (Chem.) The atomic weight of a substance, or a number which expresses the proportion by…E-quiv'a-lent-ly, adv. p. 460In an equal manner.E'qui-välve, a. p. 460(Conch.) Having the valves equal in size and form; — said of certain bivalve shells.E'qui-välve, n. p. 460(Conch.) A bivalve in which the valves are of equal size and form.Ē'qui-vălved, a. p. 460(Conch.) Having the valves equal, as some bivalve shells. Dana.E-quĭv'o-ca-cy, n. p. 460Equivocalness. [Obs.] Browne.E-quiv'o-cal, a. p. 460Having different significations equally appropriate or plausible; capable of double interpretation; ambiguous; uncertain; as, equivocal words. For the beauties of Shakespeare are not of so dim or…E-quiv'o-cal, n. p. 460A word or term of doubtful meaning, or capable of different meanings; an ambiguous term, or one of double meaning; an equivogue. [Obs.] Dennis.E-quiv'o-cal-ly, adv. p. 460In an equivocal manner, signification, or origin; ambiguously.