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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-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.E-thĕ're-ăl'ĭ-ty, n. p. 467The state or condition of being ethereal; etherealness.E·thē're-al-īze, v. t. p. 467To convert into ether, or into subtile fluid; to saturate with ether. Good. 2. To render ethereal or spirit-like.E-thē're-al-ly, adv. p. 467In an ethereal, celestial, or heavenly manner.E·thē're-al-ness, n. p. 467The state or quality of being ethereal; ethereality; etherealism.E-thē're-oûs, a. p. 467Formed of ether; ethereal. [Obs.] This ethereous mold on which we stand. Milton.E-thē'ri-a, n. p. 467(Conch.) A genus of bivalve mollusks inhabiting fresh water, and found in the rivers of Africa attached to stones or to other shells. Baird.E'ther-i-fi-cā'tion, n. p. 467The production of ether.E'ther-i-fōrm or E-thér'i-fōrm, a. p. 467Having the form of ether.E'ther-ine, n. p. 467Carbureted hydrogen; — so called from being supposed to exist in ether.Ē'ther-i-zā'tion, n. p. 467(Med.) (a.) The administration of ether by inhalation. (b.) The state of the system under the influence of ether.Ē'ther-īze, v. t. p. 467To convert into ether. 2. To put under the influence of ether, as by inhalation; as, to etherize a patient.Ĕth'ic or Ĕth'ic-al, a. p. 467Relating to manner or morals; treating of the moral feelings or duties; containing precepts of morality; as, ethic discourses or epistles. Cicero was himself the author of an ethical system. De…Ĕth'ic-al-ly, adv. p. 467According to, or in harmony with, moral principles or character.Ĕth'ics, n. sing. p. 467The science of human duty; the body of rules of duty drawn from this science; a particular system of principles and rules concerning duty, whether true or false; rules of practice in respect to a…Ĕ'thi-op or Ĕ'thi-ō'pi-an, n. p. 467(Geog.) A native, or inhabitant, of Ethiopia.Ē'thi-ō'pi-an or Ē'thi-ōp'ic, a. p. 467(Geog.) Belonging, or relating, to Ethiopia.Ē'thi-ōp'ie, n. p. 467The language of Ethiopia.Æ'thi-ops Mār'tial p. 467Black oxide of iron; iron in the form of a very fine powder.É'thi-ops Mīner-al p. 467A combination of mercury and sulphur, of a black color; black sulphuret of mercury. See CALOMEL.Ĕth'moid or Eth-moid'al, a. p. 467(Anat.) Resembling a sieve; cribriform. Ethmoid bone (Anat.), the bone through which the nerves of olfaction pass to the nose, and on which they are mainly distributed.Ĕth'moid, n. p. 467(Anat.) The ethmoid bone.Ěth'nārch, n. p. 467(Gr. Antiq.) The governor of a province or people.Eth'nārch-y, n. p. 467The dominion of an ethnarch; principality and rule. Wright.Eth'nie or Eth'nie-al, a. p. 467Belonging to races; based on distinctions of race; ethnological. 2. Pertaining to the gentiles, or nations not converted to Christianity; heathen; pagan;—opposed to Jewish and Christian. Hudibras.Ĕth'nie, n. p. 467A heathen; a pagan. [Obs.] No better reported than impure ethnics and lay dogs. Milton.Ĕth'ni-cĭsm, n. p. 467Heathenism; paganism; idolatry. [Obs.] B. Jonson.Eth-nŏg'ra-pher, n. p. 467One who cultivates ethnography; one who studies or treats of the different natural races and families of men.Ĕth'no-grāph'ic or Ĕth'no-grāph'ic-al, a. p. 467Pertaining to ethnography.