English Dictionary: Einstellungsvertragen | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Eucalyptus \[d8]Eu`ca*lyp"tus\, n. [NL., from GR. [?] well, good + [?] covered. The buds of Eucalyptus have a hemispherical or conical covering, which falls off at anthesis.] (Bot.) A myrtaceous genus of trees, mostly Australian. Many of them grow to an immense height, one or two species exceeding the height even of the California Sequoia. Note: They have rigid, entire leaves with one edge turned toward the zenith. Most of them secrete resinous gums, whence they called {gum trees}, and their timber is of great value. {Eucalyptus Globulus} is the blue gum; {E. gigantea}, the stringy bark: {E. amygdalina}, the peppermint tree. {E. Gunnii}, the Tasmanian cider tree, yields a refreshing drink from wounds made in the bark in the spring. Other species yield oils, tars, acids, dyes and tans. It is said that miasmatic valleys in Algeria and Portugal, and a part of the unhealthy Roman Campagna, have been made more salubrious by planting groves of these trees. | |
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Stringy \String"y\, a. 1. Consisting of strings, or small threads; fibrous; filamentous; as, a stringy root. 2. Capable of being drawn into a string, as a glutinous substance; ropy; viscid; gluely. {Stringy bark} (Bot.), a name given in Australia to several trees of the genus Eucalyptus (as {E. amygdalina, obliqua, capitellata, macrorhyncha, piperita, pilularis, [and] tetradonta}), which have a fibrous bark used by the aborigines for making cordage and cloth. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Musk \Musk\, n. [F. musc, L. muscus, Per. musk, fr. Skr. mushka testicle, orig., a little mouse. See {Mouse}, and cd. {Abelmosk}, {Muscadel}, {Muscovy duck}, {Nutmeg}.] 1. A substance of a reddish brown color, and when fresh of the consistence of honey, obtained from a bag being behind the navel of the male musk deer. It has a slightly bitter taste, but is specially remarkable for its powerful and enduring odor. It is used in medicine as a stimulant antispasmodic. The term is also applied to secretions of various other animals, having a similar odor. 2. (Zo[94]l.) The musk deer. See {Musk deer} (below). 3. The perfume emitted by musk, or any perfume somewhat similar. 4. (Bot.) (a) The musk plant ({Mimulus moschatus}). (b) A plant of the genus {Erodium} ({E. moschatum}); -- called also {musky heron's-bill}. (c) A plant of the genus {Muscari}; grape hyacinth. {Musk beaver} (Zo[94]l.), muskrat (1). {Musk beetle} (Zo[94]l.), a European longicorn beetle ({Aromia moschata}), having an agreeable odor resembling that of attar of roses. {Musk cat}. See {Bondar}. {Musk cattle} (Zo[94]l.), musk oxen. See {Musk ox} (below). {Musk deer} (Zo[94]l.), a small hornless deer ({Moschus moschiferus}), which inhabits the elevated parts of Central Asia. The upper canine teeth of the male are developed into sharp tusks, curved downward. The male has scent bags on the belly, from which the musk of commerce is derived. The deer is yellow or red-brown above, whitish below. The pygmy musk deer are chevrotains, as the kanchil and napu. {Musk duck}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The Muscovy duck. (b) An Australian duck ({Biziura lobata}). {Musk lorikeet} (Zo[94]l.), the Pacific lorikeet ({Glossopsitta australis}) of Australia. {Musk mallow} (Bot.), a name of two malvaceous plants: (a) A species of mallow ({Malva moschata}), the foliage of which has a faint musky smell. (b) An Asiatic shrub. See {Abelmosk}. {Musk orchis} (Bot.), a European plant of the Orchis family ({Herminium Minorchis}); -- so called from its peculiar scent. {Musk ox} (Zo[94]l.), an Arctic hollow-horned ruminant ({Ovibos moschatus}), now existing only in America, but found fossil in Europe and Asia. It is covered with a thick coat of fine yellowish wool, and with long dark hair, which is abundant and shaggy on the neck and shoulders. The full-grown male weighs over four hundred pounds. {Musk parakeet}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Musk lorikeet} (above). {Musk pear} (Bot.), a fragrant kind of pear much resembling the Seckel pear. {Musk plant} (Bot.), the {Mimulus moschatus}, a plant found in Western North America, often cultivated, and having a strong musky odor. {Musk root} (Bot.), the name of several roots with a strong odor, as that of the nard ({Nardostachys Jatamansi}) and of a species of {Angelica}. {Musk rose} (Bot.), a species of rose ({Rosa moschata}), having peculiarly fragrant white blossoms. {Musk seed} (Bot.), the seed of a plant of the Mallow family ({Hibiscus moschatus}), used in perfumery and in flavoring. See {Abelmosk}. {Musk sheep} (Zo[94]l.), the musk ox. {Musk shrew} (Zo[94]l.), a shrew ({Sorex murinus}), found in India. It has a powerful odor of musk. Called also {sondeli}, and {mondjourou}. {Musk thistle} (Bot.), a species of thistle ({Carduus nutans}), having fine large flowers, and leaves smelling strongly of musk. {Musk tortoise}, {Musk turtle} (Zo[94]l.), a small American fresh-water tortoise ({Armochelys, [or] Ozotheca, odorata}), which has a distinct odor of musk; -- called also {stinkpot}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Silver \Sil"ver\, a. 1. Of or pertaining to silver; made of silver; as, silver leaf; a silver cup. 2. Resembling silver. Specifically: (a) Bright; resplendent; white. [bd]Silver hair.[b8] --Shak. Others, on silver lakes and rivers, bathed Their downy breast. --Milton. (b) Precious; costly. (c) Giving a clear, ringing sound soft and clear. [bd]Silver voices.[b8] --Spenser. (d) Sweet; gentle; peaceful. [bd]Silver slumber.[b8] --Spenser. {American silver fir} (Bot.), the balsam fir. See under {Balsam}. {Silver age} (Roman Lit.), the latter part (a. d. 14-180) of the classical period of Latinity, -- the time of writers of inferior purity of language, as compared with those of the previous golden age, so-called. {Silver-bell tree} (Bot.), an American shrub or small tree ({Halesia tetraptera}) with white bell-shaped flowers in clusters or racemes; the snowdrop tree. {Silver bush} (Bot.), a shrubby leguminous plant ({Anthyllis Barba-Jovis}) of Southern Europe, having silvery foliage. {Silver chub} (Zo[94]l.), the fallfish. {Silver eel}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The cutlass fish. (b) A pale variety of the common eel. {Silver fir} (Bot.), a coniferous tree ({Abies pectinata}) found in mountainous districts in the middle and south of Europe, where it often grows to the height of 100 or 150 feet. It yields Burgundy pitch and Strasburg turpentine. {Silver foil}, foil made of silver. {Silver fox} (Zo[94]l.), a variety of the common fox ({Vulpes vulpes}, variety {argenteus}) found in the northern parts of Asia, Europe, and America. Its fur is nearly black, with silvery tips, and is highly valued. Called also {black fox}, and {silver-gray fox}. {Silver gar}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Billfish} (a) . {Silver grain} (Bot.), the lines or narrow plates of cellular tissue which pass from the pith to the bark of an exogenous stem; the medullary rays. In the wood of the oak they are much larger than in that of the beech, maple, pine, cherry, etc. {Silver grebe} (Zo[94]l.), the red-throated diver. See Illust. under {Diver}. {Silver hake} (Zo[94]l.), the American whiting. {Silver leaf}, leaves or sheets made of silver beaten very thin. {Silver lunge} (Zo[94]l.), the namaycush. {Silver moonfish}.(Zo[94]l.) See {Moonfish} (b) . {Silver moth} (Zo[94]l.), a lepisma. {Silver owl} (Zo[94]l.), the barn owl. {Silver perch} (Zo[94]l.), the mademoiselle, 2. {Silver pheasant} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of beautiful crested and long-tailed Asiatic pheasants, of the genus {Euplocamus}. They have the tail and more or less of the upper parts silvery white. The most common species ({E. nychtemerus}) is native of China. {Silver plate}, domestic utensils made of silver. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Emaciate \E*ma"ci*ate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Emaciated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Emaciating}.] [L. emaciatus, p. p. of emaciare to make lean; e + maciare to make lean or meager, fr. macies leanness, akin to macer lean. See {Meager}.] To lose flesh gradually and become very lean; to waste away in flesh. [bd]He emaciated and pined away.[b8] --Sir T. Browne. | |
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Emaciate \E*ma"ci*ate\, v. t. To cause to waste away in flesh and become very lean; as, his sickness emaciated him. | |
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Emaciate \E*ma"ci*ate\, a. [L. emaciatus, p. p.] Emaciated. [bd]Emaciate steeds.[b8] --T. Warton. | |
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Emaciate \E*ma"ci*ate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Emaciated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Emaciating}.] [L. emaciatus, p. p. of emaciare to make lean; e + maciare to make lean or meager, fr. macies leanness, akin to macer lean. See {Meager}.] To lose flesh gradually and become very lean; to waste away in flesh. [bd]He emaciated and pined away.[b8] --Sir T. Browne. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Emaciate \E*ma"ci*ate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Emaciated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Emaciating}.] [L. emaciatus, p. p. of emaciare to make lean; e + maciare to make lean or meager, fr. macies leanness, akin to macer lean. See {Meager}.] To lose flesh gradually and become very lean; to waste away in flesh. [bd]He emaciated and pined away.[b8] --Sir T. Browne. | |
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Emaciation \E*ma`ci*a"tion\, n. [Cf. F. [82]maciation.] 1. The act of making very lean. 2. The state of being emaciated or reduced to excessive leanness; an excessively lean condition. | |
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Emication \Em`i*ca"tion\, n. [L. emicatio, fr. emicare to spring out or forth; e out + micare to move quickly to and fro, to sparkle.] A flying off in small particles, as heated iron or fermenting liquors; a sparkling; scintillation. --Sir T. Browne. | |
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Emiction \E*mic"tion\, n. [L. e out + mingere, mictum, to make water.] 1. The voiding of urine. 2. What is voided by the urinary passages; urine. | |
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Emictory \E*mic"to*ry\, a. & n. (Med.) Diuretic. | |
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Emissitious \Em`is*si"tious\, a. [L. emissitius, fr. emittere.] Looking, or narrowly examining; prying. [Obs.] [bd]Those emissitious eyes.[b8] --Bp. Hall. | |
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Emuscation \Em`us*ca"tion\, n. [L. emuscare to clear from moss; e out + muscus moss.] A freeing from moss. [Obs.] | |
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Enact \En*act"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Enacted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Enacting}.] 1. To decree; to establish by legal and authoritative act; to make into a law; especially, to perform the legislative act with reference to (a bill) which gives it the validity of law. 2. To act; to perform; to do; to effect. [Obs.] The king enacts more wonders than a man. --Shak. 3. To act the part of; to represent; to play. I did enact Julius Caesar. --Shak. {Enacting clause}, that clause of a bill which formally expresses the legislative sanction. | |
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Enact \En*act"\, n. Purpose; determination. [Obs.] | |
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Enact \En*act"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Enacted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Enacting}.] 1. To decree; to establish by legal and authoritative act; to make into a law; especially, to perform the legislative act with reference to (a bill) which gives it the validity of law. 2. To act; to perform; to do; to effect. [Obs.] The king enacts more wonders than a man. --Shak. 3. To act the part of; to represent; to play. I did enact Julius Caesar. --Shak. {Enacting clause}, that clause of a bill which formally expresses the legislative sanction. | |
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Enact \En*act"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Enacted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Enacting}.] 1. To decree; to establish by legal and authoritative act; to make into a law; especially, to perform the legislative act with reference to (a bill) which gives it the validity of law. 2. To act; to perform; to do; to effect. [Obs.] The king enacts more wonders than a man. --Shak. 3. To act the part of; to represent; to play. I did enact Julius Caesar. --Shak. {Enacting clause}, that clause of a bill which formally expresses the legislative sanction. | |
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Enact \En*act"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Enacted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Enacting}.] 1. To decree; to establish by legal and authoritative act; to make into a law; especially, to perform the legislative act with reference to (a bill) which gives it the validity of law. 2. To act; to perform; to do; to effect. [Obs.] The king enacts more wonders than a man. --Shak. 3. To act the part of; to represent; to play. I did enact Julius Caesar. --Shak. {Enacting clause}, that clause of a bill which formally expresses the legislative sanction. | |
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Enactive \En*act"ive\, a. Having power to enact or establish as a law. --Abp. Bramhall. | |
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Enactment \En*act"ment\, n. 1. The passing of a bill into a law; the giving of legislative sanction and executive approval to a bill whereby it is established as a law. 2. That which is enacted or passed into a law; a law; a decree; a statute; a prescribed requirement; as, a prohibitory enactment; a social enactment. | |
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Enactor \En*act"or\, n. One who enacts a law; one who decrees or establishes as a law. --Atterbury. | |
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Enacture \En*ac"ture\ (?; 135), n. Enactment; resolution. [Obs.] --Shak. | |
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Enecate \En"e*cate\, v. t. [L. enecatus, p. p. of enecare; e out, utterly + necare to kill.] To kill off; to destroy. [Obs.] --Harvey. | |
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Enjoy \En*joy"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Enjoyed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Enjoying}.] [OF. enjoier to receive with joy; pref. en- (L. in) + OF. & F. joie joy: cf. OF. enjoir to enjoy. See {Joy}.] 1. To take pleasure or satisfaction in the possession or experience of; to feel or perceive with pleasure; to be delighted with; as, to enjoy the dainties of a feast; to enjoy conversation. 2. To have, possess, and use with satisfaction; to occupy or have the benefit of, as a good or profitable thing, or as something desirable; as, to enjoy a free constitution and religious liberty. That the children of Israel may enjoy every man the inheritance of his fathers. --Num. xxxvi. 8. To enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season. --Heb. xi. 25. 3. To have sexual intercourse with. --Milton. {To enjoy one's self}, to feel pleasure; to be happy. | |
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Enmist \En*mist"\, v. t. To infold, as in a mist. | |
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Enmossed \En*mossed"\ (?; 115), a. [Pref. en- + moss.] Covered with moss; mossed. --Keats. | |
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Woodchat \Wood"chat`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any one of several species of Asiatic singing birds belonging to the genera {Ianthia} and {Larvivora}. They are closely allied to the European robin. The males are usually bright blue above, and more or less red or rufous beneath. (b) A European shrike ({Enneoctonus rufus}). In the male the head and nape are rufous red; the back, wings, and tail are black, varied with white. | |
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Ensate \En"sate\, a. [NL. ensatus, fr. L. ensis sword.] (Bot. & Zo[94]l.) Having sword-shaped leaves, or appendages; ensiform. | |
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Enshedule \En*shed"ule\ (?; 135), v. t. To insert in a schedule. See {Schedule}. [R.] --Shak. | |
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Enstamp \En*stamp"\, v. t. To stamp; to mark as [?]ith a stamp; to impress deeply. It is the motive . . . which enstamps the character. --Gogan. | |
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Enstate \En*state"\, v. t. See {Instate}. | |
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Enstatite \En"sta*tite\, n. [Named fr. Gr. [?] an adversary, because infusible before the blowpipe.] (Min.) A mineral of the pyroxene group, orthorhombic in crystallization; often fibrous and massive; color grayish white or greenish. It is a silicate of magnesia with some iron. Bronzite is a ferriferous variety. | |
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Enstatitic \En`sta*tit"ic\, a. Relating to enstatite. | |
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Enstore \En*store"\, v. t. [See {Instaurate}.] To restore. [Obs.] --Wyclif. | |
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Enstyle \En*style"\, v. t. To style; to name. [Obs.] | |
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Ensue \En*sue"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ensued}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Ensuing}.] [OF. ensevre, OF. & F. ensuivre, fr. L. insequi; in + sequi to pursue. See {Sue}.] To follow; to pursue; to follow and overtake. [Obs.] [bd]Seek peace, and ensue it.[b8] --1 Pet. iii. 11. To ensue his example in doing the like mischief. --Golding. | |
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Enswathe \En*swathe"\, v. t. To swathe; to envelop, as in swaddling clothes. --Shak. | |
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Enswathement \En*swathe"ment\, n. The act of enswathing, or the state of being enswathed. | |
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Enzo94tic \En`zo*[94]t"ic\, a. [Gr. [?] in + [?] an animal: cf. F. enzo[94]tique.] Afflicting animals; -- used of a disease affecting the animals of a district. It corresponds to an endemic disease among men. | |
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Anaconda \An`a*con"da\, n. [Of Ceylonese origin?] (Zo[94]l.) A large South American snake of the Boa family ({Eunectes murinus}), which lives near rivers, and preys on birds and small mammals. The name is also applied to a similar large serpent ({Python tigris}) of Ceylon. | |
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Eunuch \Eu"nuch\, Eunuchate \Eu"nuch*ate\, v. t. [L. eunuchare.] To make a eunuch of; to castrate. as a man. --Creech. Sir. T. Browne. | |
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Ewe-necked \Ewe"-necked`\, a. Having a neck like a ewe; -- said of horses in which the arch of the neck is deficent, being somewhat hollowed out. --Youwatt. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Engadine, MI Zip code(s): 49827 | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
encode 1. quantity into a given format. E.g. {uuencode}. See also {encoder}. 2. (1999-07-06) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
encoder 1. which {encode}s. Example usages: "{MPEG} encoder", "{NTSC} encoder", "{RealAudio} encoder". 2. motion or position to a series of electronic pulses. (1997-03-04) | |
From The Elements (22Oct97) [elements]: | |
einsteinium Symbol: Es Atomic number: 99 Atomic weight: (254) Appearance is unknown, however it is most probably metallic and silver or gray in color. Radioactive metallic transuranic element belonging to the actinoids. Es-254 has the longest half-life of the eleven known isotopes at 270 days. First identified by Albert Ghiorso and associates in the debris of the 1952 hydrogen bomb explosion. In 1961 the first microgram quantities of Es-232 were separated. While einsteinium never exists naturally, if a sufficient amount was assembled, it would pose a radiation hazard. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Engedi fountain of the kid, place in the wilderness of Judah (Josh. 15:62), on the western shore of the Dead Sea (Ezek. 47:10), and nearly equidistant from both extremities. To the wilderness near this town David fled for fear of Saul (Josh. 15:62; 1 Sam. 23:29). It was at first called Hazezon-tamar (Gen. 14:7), a city of the Amorites. The vineyards of Engedi were celebrated in Solomon's time (Cant. 1:4). It is the modern 'Ain Jidy. The "fountain" from which it derives its name rises on the mountain side about 600 feet above the sea, and in its rapid descent spreads luxuriance all around it. Along its banks the osher grows abundantly. That shrub is thus described by Porter: "The stem is stout, measuring sometimes nearly a foot in diameter, and the plant grows to the height of 15 feet or more. It has a grayish bark and long oval leaves, which when broken off discharge a milky fluid. The fruit resembles an apple, and hangs in clusters of two or three. When ripe it is of a rich yellow colour, but on being pressed it explodes like a puff-ball. It is chiefly filled with air...This is the so-called 'apple of Sodom.'" Through Samaria, etc. (See {APPLE}.) | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
En-gedi, eye, or fountain, of the goat, or of happiness |