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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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Es-tŏp’, v. t. p. 466(Law.) To impede or bar; to stop the progress of. “Estopping a river.” Burvill. A man shall always be estopped by his own deed, or not permitted to aver or prove any thing in contradiction to what he…Ēs'to-pĭl'la, n. p. 466A kind of long lawn or mixed linen fabric, made in Silesia. Simmonds.Es-tōp'pel, n. p. 466(Law.) A stop; an obstruction or bar to one's alleging or denying a fact contrary to his own previous action, allegation, or denial; a conclusive admission, which can not be denied or controverted.…Es-tō'vers, n. pl. p. 466(Law.) Necessaries or supplies; an allowance to a person out of an estate or other thing for support; as of wood to a tenant for life, &c., of sustenance to a man confined for felony out of his…Es-trāde’, n. p. 466An even or level space; a level and slightly raised place in a room. Smart.Estramaçon p. 466m. [Fr., It. stramazone, L. Lat. scramasaxus, O. Ger. schramas, from L. Lat. scrama, broadsword, akin to Ger. schramme, scratch, scar, and L. Lat. saxa, a little knife, small sword, M. H. Ger. sahs].…Es-trānge', v. t. p. 466To make strange; to withdraw; to withhold; hence, reflexively, to keep at a distance; to cease to be familiar and friendly with. We must estrange our belief from what is not clearly evidenced.…Es-trān'ged-ness, n. p. 466The state of being estranged; estrangement. Prynne.Es-trānge'ment, n. p. 466The act of estranging, or the state of being estranged; a keeping at a distance; voluntary abstraction; alienation; removal; as, an estrangement of affection. A long estrangement from better things.…Es-trān'ǵer, n. p. 466One who estranges. Browning.Es-trăn'gle, v. t. p. 466To strangle. [Obs.]Es'tra-pāde', n. p. 466(Man.) The action of a horse, when, to get rid of his rider, he rises before, and at the same time kicks furiously with his hind legs.Es-trāy', v. i. p. 466To stray. [Obs.]Es-trāy', n. p. 466(Law.) Any valuable animal, not wild, found wandering from its owner; a stray. Burrill.Es-trēat’, n. p. 466(Law.) A true copy, duplicate, or extract of an original writing or record, especially of amercements or penalties set down in the rolls of court to be levied by the bailiff, or other officer.…Es-trēat', v. t. p. 466(Law.) (a.) To extract or take out from the records of a court, and return to the court of exchequer to be prosecuted;— said of a forfeited recognizance. (b.) To bring in to the exchequer, as a fine.…Ĕs'tre-mē'ni-an, a. p. 466(Geog.) Belonging or relating to Estremadura, in Spain.Ĕs'tre-mē'ni-an, n. p. 466(Geog.) A native or an inhabitant of Estremadura.Es-trēpe', v. t. p. 466(Law.) To strip or lay bare, as trees of their branches, or land of wood, houses, &c.; to commit waste or spoil in, as in lands, woods, or houses, to the damage of another. Burrill.Es-trēpe'ment, n. p. 466(Law.) A destructive kind of waste, committed by a tenant, in lands, woods, or houses. Cowell.Ĕs'trich, n. p. 466The ostrich. [Obs.] Massinger.Ĕs'tridge p. 4662. (Com.) The fine down of the ostrich, lying immediately beneath the feathers.Ĕst'ū-ance, n. p. 466Heat. [Obs.] “Regulated estuance from wine.” Browne.Ĕst'ū-a-ry, n. p. 466A place where water boils up or wells forth. [Obs.] Bogle. 2. A narrow passage, as the mouth of a river or lake, where the tide meets the current; an arm of the sea; a frith.Ĕst'ū-a-ry, a. p. 466Belonging to, or formed in, an estuary; as, estuary strata. Lyell.Ĕst'ū-āte, v. i. p. 466To boil up; to swell and rage; to be agitated. Cockeram.Ĕst'ū-ā'tion, n. p. 466The act of estuating; commotion, as of a fluid; agitation; violence; hence, excitement. “Estuations of joys and fears.” Mountague.Ĕst'ūre, n. p. 467A state of commotion; agitation; as, the esture of the sea. [Obs.] Chapman.E-sū'ri-ent, a. p. 467Inclined to eat; hungry. [Obs.] Bailey.E-sŭ'ri-ent, n. p. 467One who is hungry or greedy. [Obs.] An insatiable esurient after riches. Wood.Es'ū-rīne, a. p. 467Eating; corroding. [Obs.] Wiseman.Es'ü-rine, n. p. 467(Med.) A medicine which provokes appetite, or causes hunger. [Obs.]Étagère, n. p. 467A piece of furniture having a number of shelves or stages, one above another, for receiving articles of elegance or use. Fairholt.État Major p. 467(Mil.) The staff of an army, including all officers above the rank of colonel; also, all adjutants, inspectors, quartermasters, commissaries, engineers, ordnance officers, paymasters, physicians…Ĕtch, n. p. 467Ground from which a crop has been taken. [Obs.] See EDDISH. Mortimer.Ĕtch, v. t. p. 467To produce, as figures or designs, on metal, glass, or the like, by means of lines or strokes eaten in or corroded by means of some strong acid. ☞ The plate is first covered with varnish, or some…Ĕtch, v. i. p. 467To practice etching. Locke.Ĕtch'er, n. p. 467One who etches.Ĕtch'ing, n. p. 467The act, art, or practice of etching; a mode of engraving. 2. The impression taken from an etched plate.Ĕtch'ing-nee'dle, n. p. 467An instrument of steel with a fine point, used in etching for tracing out lines, &c., on the plate. Brande.Ē'te-ŏs'tic, n. p. 467A chronogrammatical composition; a phrase or piece, the initial letters of which express a date; a chronogram. [Rare.] See CHRONOGRAM. B. Jonson.E-tēr’mi-na-ble, a. p. 467Without end; interminable. [Obs.] Skelton.E-tĕrn' or E-tĕrn'e', a. p. 467Eternal. [Obs. or poet.] Shak. The whole temporal show related royally, And built up to eterne significance Through the open arms of God. E. B. Browning.E-tēr'nal, a. p. 467Without beginning or end of existence; always existing; underived and indestructible. The eternal God is thy refuge. Deut. xxxiii. 27. To know whether there were any real being, whose duration has…E-tĕr'nal, n. p. 467That which is without beginning or end; especially, the Deity; God. Milton.E-tĕr'nal-ist, n. p. 467One who holds the existence of matter to be from eternity. Burnet.E-tĕr'nal-ize, v. t. p. 467To make eternal; to give endless duration to; to eternize. Skelton.E-tĕr'nal-ly, adv. p. 467In an eternal manner; without beginning or end; without end of duration; unchangeably; perpetually. That which is morally good or evil at any time or in any case, must be eternally and unchangeably…E-tērne', a. p. 467See ETERN.E-tēr'ni-fy, v. t. p. 467To make eternal; to immortalize. [Obs.] This said, her winged shoes to her feet she tied, Formed all of gold, and all eternified. Chapman.E·tēr'ni·ty, n. p. 467The condition or quality of being eternal; continuance without beginning or end; duration without end; everlastingness. The high and lofty One, that inhabiteth eternity. Is. lvii. 15. By repeating…E-tĕr'ni-zā'tion, n. p. 467The act of eternizing; the act of rendering immortal or famous.E-tĕr'nize, v. t. p. 467To make eternal or endless; to continue the existence or duration of indefinitely; to perpetuate. This other [gift] served but to eternize woe. Milton. 2. To make forever famous; to immortalize; as…E-tē′si-an, a. p. 467(Gr. & Rom. Lit.) Blowing at stated times of the year; stated; periodical; annual. Etesian winds, yearly or anniversary winds, answering to the monsoons of the East Indies.Ē’thal, n. p. 467(Chem.) A peculiar oily substance, obtained from purified spermaceti, and called also cetylic alcohol. It is a white, waxy solid, and crystallizes in shining scales by solution in alcohol or ether.…Ē'the, a. p. 467Easy. [Obs.] “Thence the passage ethe.” Spenser.Eth'el, a. p. 467Noble. [Obs.]E’ther, n. p. 467(Physics.) An hypothetical medium of great elasticity and extreme tenuity, supposed to pervade all space, the interior of solid bodies not excepted, and to be the medium of transmission of light and…E-thē're-al, a. p. 467Pertaining to the ether, or to the higher regions beyond the earth or beyond the atmosphere; celestial; as, ethereal space; ethereal regions. Go, heavenly guest, ethereal messenger. Milton. 2.…E·thē're-al-ism, n. p. 467The state or quality of being ethereal; etherealness; ethereality.