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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Shore \Shore\, n. [OE. schore, AS. score, probably fr. scieran, and so meaning properly, that which is shorn off, edge; akin to OD. schoore, schoor. See {Shear}, v. t.] The coast or land adjacent to a large body of water, as an ocean, lake, or large river. Michael Cassio, Lieutenant to the warlike Moor Othello, Is come shore. --Shak. The fruitful shore of muddy Nile. --Spenser. {In shore}, near the shore. --Marryat. {On shore}. See under {On}. {Shore birds} (Zo[94]l.), a collective name for the various limicoline birds found on the seashore. {Shore crab} (Zo[94]l.), any crab found on the beaches, or between tides, especially any one of various species of grapsoid crabs, as {Heterograpsus nudus} of California. {Shore lark} (Zo[94]l.), a small American lark ({Otocoris alpestris}) found in winter, both on the seacoast and on the Western plains. Its upper parts are varied with dark brown and light brown. It has a yellow throat, yellow local streaks, a black crescent on its breast, a black streak below each eye, and two small black erectile ear tufts. Called also {horned lark}. {Shore plover} (Zo[94]l.), a large-billed Australian plover ({Esacus magnirostris}). It lives on the seashore, and feeds on crustaceans, etc. {Shore teetan} (Zo[94]l.), the rock pipit ({Anthus obscurus}). [Prov. Eng.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Exegesis \Ex`e*ge"sis\, n.; pl. {Exegeses}. [NL., fr.Gr. [?],fr. [?] to explain, interpret; [?] out + [?] to guide, lead, akin, to [?] to lead. See {Agent}.] 1. Exposition; explanation; especially, a critical explanation of a text or portion of Scripture. 2. (Math.) The process of finding the roots of an equation. [Obs.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Exegesis \Ex`e*ge"sis\, n.; pl. {Exegeses}. [NL., fr.Gr. [?],fr. [?] to explain, interpret; [?] out + [?] to guide, lead, akin, to [?] to lead. See {Agent}.] 1. Exposition; explanation; especially, a critical explanation of a text or portion of Scripture. 2. (Math.) The process of finding the roots of an equation. [Obs.] | |
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Exequy \Ex"e*quy\, n.; pl. {Exequies}. [L. exequiae, exsequiae, a funeral procession, fr. exsequi to follow out: cf. OF. exeques. See {Exequte}.] A funeral rite (usually in the plural); the ceremonies of burial; obsequies; funeral procession. But see his exequies fulfilled in Rouen. --Shak. | |
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Exequious \Ex*e"qui*ous\, a. Funereal. [Obs.] --Drayton. | |
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Exiguous \Ex*ig"u*ous\, a. [L. exiguus.] Scanty; small; slender; diminutive. [R.] [bd]Exiguous resources.[b8] --Carlyle. -- {Ex*ig"uous*ness}, n. [R.] | |
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Exiguous \Ex*ig"u*ous\, a. [L. exiguus.] Scanty; small; slender; diminutive. [R.] [bd]Exiguous resources.[b8] --Carlyle. -- {Ex*ig"uous*ness}, n. [R.] | |
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Exosse-ous \Ex*os"se-ous\, a. [Ex + osseous.] Boneless. [bd]Exosseous animals. [b8] --Sir T. Browne. | |
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Exsuccous \Ex*suc"cous\, a. [L. exsuccus; ex out + succus juice.] Destitute of juice; dry; sapless. Latham. | |
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Exuccous \Ex*uc"cous\, a. See {Exsuccous}. [Obs.] | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Egegik, AK (CDP, FIPS 21150) Location: 58.22874 N, 157.39270 W Population (1990): 122 (66 housing units) Area: 139.5 sq km (land), 58.4 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 99579 | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Ezekias Grecized form of Hezekiah (Matt. 1:9, 10). |