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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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Eū-phōn'ĭ-cal p. 469euphony; agreeable in sound; pleasing to the ear; euphonious; as, euphonical orthography. Colebrooke.Eū-phōn'i-con, n. p. 469(Mus.) A kind of upright piano.Eū-phō'ni-oŭs, a. p. 469Agreeable in sound; euphonic. [Recent.]Eū-phō'ni-oŭs-ly, adv. p. 469In a euphonious manner; with euphony; harmoniously.Eū'pho-nĭsm, n. p. 469An agreeable combination of sounds; euphony.Eū'pho-nīze, v. t. p. 469To make agreeable in sound.Eū'pho-non, n. p. 469(Mus.) An instrument resembling, in tone, the organ, in form, the upright piano, and characterized by great strength and sweetness of tone. Black.Eū'pho-noŭs, a. p. 469Euphonious. [Rare.]Eū'pho-ny, n. p. 469An agreeable sound; an easy, smooth enunciation of sounds; a pronunciation of letters and syllables which is pleasing to the ear.Eu-phōr'bi-ā, n. p. 469(Bot.) Spurge, or bastard spurge, a genus of plants of many species, mostly shrubby, herbaceous succulents, affording an acrid, milky juice, some of them armed with thorns.Eū'phor-bi-ā'ceoŭs or Eū-phōr'bi-al, a. p. 469(Bot.) Of, relating to, or resembling, the Euphorbia, or spurge family. Ogilvie.Eū-phōr'bi-ăm, n. p. 469(Med.) An inodorous gum-resin, usually in the form of yellow tears, produced by Euphorbia officinarum, and used in the composition of some plasters. Dunglison.Eū-phra'si-ā or Eū'phra-sy (yŭ'fra-sy), n. p. 469(Bot.) The plant eyebright (Euphrasia officinalis), formerly regarded as beneficial in disorders of the eyes. Then purged with euphrasy and rue The visual nerve, for he had much to see. Milton.Eū'phu-ĭsm, n. p. 469(Rhet.) An affectation of excessive elegance and refinement of language; high-flown diction.Eū'phu-ĭst, n. p. 469One who affects excessive refinement and elegance of language: — applied particularly to a class of writers, in the age of Elizabeth, whose unnatural high-flown diction is ridiculed in Sir Walter…Eū'phu-ĭst'ic, a. p. 469Belonging to the euphuists, or to euphuism.Eū'pi-on, n. p. 469(Chem.) An oily liquid, of highly inflammable nature, obtained from vegetable substances by destructive distillation.Eū-plās'tic, a. p. 469(Pathol.) Having the capacity of becoming organizable in a high degree, as the matter forming the false membranes which sometimes result from acute inflammation in a healthy person. Dunglison.Eū-plăs'tic, n. p. 469(Med.) Organizable substance by which the tissues of an animal body are renewed.Eū-pȳr'i-on, n. p. 469A contrivance for obtaining a light instantaneously, as a lucifer match, and the like.Eū-rā'sian, n. p. 469A child born of a European parent on the one side, and an Asiatic on the other.Eū-rē'kā, n. p. 469A discovery; especially, a discovery made after long or difficult research;—so called in allusion to the story of Archimedes, who is said to have uttered this word, on finding out, after long and…Eū'ri-pīze, v. t. p. 469To whirl hither and thither. [Obs.]Eū'ri-pūs, n. p. 469A strait; a narrow tract of water, where the tide, or a current, flows and reflows with violence, as the ancient frith of this name between Eubœa and Bœotia.Eū'rite, n. p. 469(Min.) Feldspathic granite, consisting of feldspar; the white stone (weiss stein) of Werner. Dana.Eū-rīt'ic, a. p. 469Pertaining to, or consisting of, eurite.Eū-rōc'ly-don, n. p. 469A tempestuous wind, which blows from an easterly point, on the Mediterranean, and is very dangerous; a levantee. But not long after there arose against it a tempestuous wind called Euroclydon. Acts…Eū'ro-pē'an, a. p. 469(Geog.) Pertaining to Europe, or to its inhabitants.Eū'ro-pē'an, n. p. 469(Geog.) A native or an inhabitant of Europe.Eū'ro-pē'an-īze, v. t. p. 469To cause to become like the Europeans in manners or character; to habituate or accustom to European usages; to cause to become naturalized or domesticated in Europe.Eū'rus, n. p. 469The east wind.Eū-rȳ'a-le, n. p. 469(Bot.) A genus of plants, of the family of the water-lilies, growing in India and China, where the roots of some species are used for food.Eū-rȳ'cĕr-ōūs, a. p. 469Having broad horns.Eū-rȳn'o-me, n. p. 469(Zoöl.) A genus of crustaceous animals resembling the spider-crabs.Eū'ryth-my, n. p. 469(Fine Arts.) Just or harmonious proportion or movement, as in the composition of a poem, an edifice, a painting, or statue. 2. (Med.) Regularity of the pulse.Eū-sē'bi-an, n. p. 469(Eccl. Hist.) A follower of Eusebius of Nicomedia, who was a friend and protector of Arius.Eū-stā'chi-an, a. p. 469(Anat.) Discovered by Eustachius. Eustachian tube (Anat.), a slender pipe affording a passage for the air from a cavity in the ear to the back part of the mouth.—Eustachian valve (Anat.), a…Eū'stȳle, n. p. 469(Arch.) A form of colonnade, in which the columns are placed at a distance from each other, equal to two diameters and a quarter of the column. Gwilt.Eū'tax-y, n. p. 469Good or established order or arrangement. [Obs.] Waterhouse.Eū-tēr'pe, n. p. 469(Myth.) The Muse who presides over wind instruments. 2. (Bot.) A genus of palms, some species of which are elegant trees.Eū-tēr'pe-an, a. p. 469Relating to Euterpe; hence, pertaining to music.Eū'tha-nā'si-ā or Eū'tha-nā'sy or Eū-thān'a-sy, n. p. 469An easy death; a mode of dying to be desired; “An euthanasia of all thought.” Hazlitt. The kindest wish of my friends is euthanasia. Arbuthnot.Eū'tro-phy, n. p. 469(Pathol.) Healthy nutrition; soundness as regards the nutritive functions.Eū-tȳch'i-an, n. p. 469(Eccl. Hist.) A follower of Eutychius, who held that the divine and human natures of Christ, after their union, became so blended together, as to constitute but one nature; a monophysite.Eŭ-tȳch'i-an-ism, n. p. 469(Eccl. Hist.) The doctrine of Eutychius.Eūx-ăn’thine, n. p. 469(Chem.) A substance which forms small yellow crystals, brought from India, and known in commerce by the name of purree or Indian yellow.Eûx'e-nîte, n. p. 469(Min.) A brownish-black mineral with a metallic luster, found in Norway. It contains the metals yttrium, columbium, and uranium, with some others. Dana.E-vā'cāte, v. t. p. 469To empty. [Obs.] Harvey.E-văc'ē-ant, a. p. 469Emptying; evacuative; purgative; cathartic.E-văc'ū-ant, n. p. 469(Med.) Something which procures evacuations, or promotes the natural secretions and excretions; a purgative or cathartic.E-văc'ū-āte, v. t. p. 469To make empty; to remove the contents of; as, to evacuate a vessel or dish. 2. To deprive. [Rare.] Evacuate the Scriptures of their most important meaning. Coleridge. Evacuate the term of all its…E-văc'ŭ-āte, v. t. p. 469To let blood, or cause it to flow. [Obs.] Burton.E-văc/u-ā'tion, n. p. 469The act of emptying, clearing of the contents, or discharging; as, an evacuation of the bowels, of a city, fort, and the like. 2. That which is evacuated or discharged; especially, a discharge by…E-văc'ū-ā-tive, a. p. 469Serving or tending to evacuate; cathartic; purgative.E-văc'ŭ-ā'tor, n. p. 469One who evacuates, or makes void; a nullifier. “The great evacuators of the law.” Hammond.E-vāde', v. t. p. 469To get away from by artifice; to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, address, or ingenuity; to elude; to escape; as, to evade a blow, a pursuer, a punishment; to evade the force of an argument. The…E-vāde', v. i. p. 469To escape; to slip away;—often with from; as, to evade from perils. 2. To attempt to escape; to practice artifice or sophistry, for the purpose of eluding. The ministers of God are not to evade and…E-vā'd/i-ble, a. p. 469Capable of being evaded. [Rare.]Ēv'a-gā'tion, n. p. 469The act of wandering; excursion; a roving or rambling. [Rare.] Ray.E-văg'ĭ-nā'tion, n. p. 469The act of unsheathing.