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An American Dictionary of the English Language

by Noah Webster

Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)

Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865

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  1. Ex-ū'vi-a-ble, a.p. 488Capable of being cast off in the form of exuviæ.
  2. Ex-ū'vi-æ, n. pl.p. 488Cast skins, shells, or coverings of animals; any parts of animals which are shed or cast off, as the skins of serpents, the shells of lobsters, &c. 2. (Geol.) The fossil shells and other remains…
  3. Ex-ū'vi-āte, v. i.p. 488To lay aside an old coat or condition as preliminary to taking a new one; as, a crab exuviates yearly. Dana.
  4. Ex-ū-vi-ā'tion, n.p. 488The rejecting or casting off of some part, as the deciduous teeth, or the shells of crustaceans, the skin of serpents, &c.
  5. Eŷ, n.p. 488An island. [Obs.] Johnson.
  6. Eÿ'a-let, n.p. 488A Turkish government or principality, under the administration of a vizier or pacha of the first class.
  7. Ey'as, n.p. 488A young hawk just taken from the nest, not able to prey for itself. There is, sir, an eyre of children, little eyaes that cry out. Shak.
  8. Ey'as, a.p. 488Unfledged, or newly fledged. Like eyas hawk up mounts unto the skies, His newly budded pinions to assay.
  9. Ey'as-mŭs'ket, n.p. 488A young unfledged male hawk; jocularly, a small child. How now, my eyas-musket! what news? Shak.
  10. Eye, n.p. 488The organ of sight or vision; in man, quadrupeds, and other vertebrates, it is properly the globe or ball movable in the orbit, but often or usually includes the adjacent parts. The eye has in front…
  11. E'ye, n.p. 488A brood; as, an eye of pheasants. Todd.
  12. Eŷe, v. t.p. 488To fix the eye on; to look on; to view; to observe; particularly, to observe or watch narrowly, or with fixed attention. Eye me, blest Providence, and square my trial To my proportionate strength.…
  13. Eȳe, v. i.p. 488To appear; to have an appearance. [Obs.] My becomings kill me, when they do not eye well to you. Shak.
  14. Eȳe'ball, n.p. 488The ball, globe, or apple of the eye.
  15. Eȳe'-bēam, n.p. 488A glance of the eye. Shak.
  16. Eȳe'bōlt, n.p. 488(Naut.) A bar of iron, or bolt, with an eye at one end, formed to be driven into the deck or sides, for the purpose of hooking tackles or fastening ropes to it. Totten.
  17. Eye'bright, n.p. 488(Bot.) A plant of the genus Euphrasia (E. officinalis), formerly much used as a remedy for diseases of the eye.
  18. Eye'-bright'en-ing, n.p. 488A clearing of the sight. Milton.
  19. Eyĕ'brow, n.p. 488The brow or hairy arch above the eye. “Penning a sonnet to his mistress' eye-brow.” Shak.
  20. Eȳed, a.p. 488Having eyes;—used in composition; as, a dull-eyed man; ox-eyed Juno.
  21. Eȳe'-drŏp, n.p. 488A tear. “Gentle eye-drops.” Shak.
  22. Eȳe'-flăp, n.p. 488A blinder on a horse's bridle.
  23. Eȳe'ful, a.p. 488Filling or attracting the eye; visible; remarkable. [Obs.] “Eyeful trophies.” Chapman.
  24. Eyë'glănce, n.p. 488A glance or quick movement of the eye; a rapid look. Spenser.
  25. Eŷe'glass, n.p. 488A glass to assist the sight; spectacles. Shak. 2. The eye-piece of a telescope, and like instruments. 3. A glass adapted for the application of remedies to the eye. Dunglison.
  26. Eye'-glūt/ting, n.p. 488A feasting of the eyes. Spenser.
  27. Eÿe'-in-firm'a-ry, n.p. 488A place for the cure of diseased eyes.
  28. Eye′lāsh, n.p. 488The line of hairs that edges the eyelid. 2. A single one of the hairs on the edge of the eyelid.
  29. Eȳe'less, a.p. 488Wanting eyes; destitute of sight; blind. “Eyeless rage.” Shak.
  30. Eye'let, n.p. 488A small hole or perforation to receive a lace or small rope or cord, as in garments, sails, &c.
  31. Eye'let-eer', n.p. 488A small, sharp-pointed instrument used in piercing eyelet-holes; a stiletto.
  32. Eŷe'let-hōle, n.p. 488An eyelet.
  33. Eye'let-ring, n.p. 488A small ring of metal, ivory, &c., inserted in an eyelet to prevent wearing.
  34. Eyĕ'li-ād, n.p. 488A glance of the eye; œillad. [Obs.] “Judicious eyeliads.” Shak.
  35. Eye'lid, n.p. 488The cover of the eye; that portion of movable skin with which an animal covers or uncovers the eyeball at pleasure.
  36. Eye'-piece, n.p. 488(Opt.) The lens, or combination of lenses, at the eye-end of a telescope, or other optical instrument, by which the image, formed by the mirror or object-glass, is viewed. Negative or Huyghenian…
  37. Ey'er, n.p. 488One who eyes another. Gayton.
  38. Eyĕ'-rēach, n.p. 488The range or reach of the eye. “A seat in eye-reach of him.” B. Jonson.
  39. Eye'-sāint, n.p. 488An object of interest to the eye; one looked at or worshiped with the eyes. That's the eye-saint, I know, Among young gallants. Beau. & Fl.
  40. Eye'-sälve, n.p. 488Ointment for the eye.
  41. Eye'-sērv'ant, n.p. 488A servant who attends to his duty only when watched, or under the eye of his master or employer.
  42. Eye'-sĕrv'ĭce, n.p. 488Service performed only under inspection, or the eye of an employer. “Not with eye-service, as men-pleasers.” Col. iii. 22.
  43. Eȳe'-shŏt, n.p. 488Range, reach, or glance of the eye; view; sight; as, to be out of eye-shot. Dryden.
  44. Eye'-sight, n.p. 488The sight of the eye; view; observation. Josephus sets this down from his own eye-sight. Wilkins. 2. The power or relative capacity of seeing. “My eye-sight fails.” Shak.
  45. Eŷe'-sōre, n.p. 488Something offensive to the eye or sight. Mordecai was an eye-sore to Haman. L'Estrange.
  46. Eye'-splice, n.p. 488(Naut.) A sort of eye or circle formed by splicing the end of a rope into itself. Totten.
  47. Eye'-spot/ted, a.p. 488Marked with spots like eyes. “Juno’s bird, in her eye-spotted train.” Spenser.
  48. Eŷe'-stōne, n.p. 488A small, calcareous stone, the operculum of a univalve shell, used for taking substances from between the lid and ball of the eye, by being put into the inner corner of the eye under the lid, and…
  49. Eŷe'-string, n.p. 488The tendon by which the eye is moved. Shak.
  50. Eye'-tooth, n.p. 488A tooth whose fang is long, and points up toward the eye; the pointed tooth in the upper jaw next to the grinders; a fang;—called also a canine tooth, and cuspidate tooth.
  51. Eye'-wa/ter, n.p. 488A medicated water or lotion for the eyes; a collyrium.
  52. Eŷe'-wīnk, n.p. 488A wink or motion of the eyelid; a hint or token. Shak.
  53. Eyé'-wît/ness, n.p. 488One who sees a thing done; one who has ocular view of any thing. We... were eye-witnesses of his majesty. 2 Pet. i. 16.
  54. Eyne or Ey'en, n.p. 488The plural of eye:—now obsolete, or used only in poetry. With such a plaintive gaze their eyne Are fastened upwardly on mine. Browning.
  55. Ey'ot, n.p. 488A little island in a river. [Usually written ait, sometimes eight.] Blackstone.
  56. Eyre, n.p. 488A journey or circuit. 2. A court of itinerant justices. Blackstone. Justice in eyre (O. Eng. Law), an itinerant judge, who rode the circuit to hold courts in the different counties.
  57. Ey'rie or Ey'ry, n.p. 488The place where birds of prey construct their nests and hatch their young. See AERIE. The eagle and the stork On cliffs and cedar tops their eyries build. Milton.
  58. Eŷ'sell, n.p. 488The same as EISEL.
  59. Fp. 489F, the sixth letter of the English alphabet, is a labio-dental articulation, formed by the passage of breath between the lower lip and the upper incisive teeth, or between the upper lip and the lower…
  60. Fāp. 489A syllable applied to the fourth tone of the gamut or model scale, for the purposes of solmization;—used by the French and Italians to designate the fourth tone of the scale of absolute pitch…