English Dictionary: Eva Le Gallienne | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Eblis \Eb"lis\, n. [Ar. iblis.] (Moham. Myth.) The prince of the evil spirits; Satan. [Written also {Eblees}.] | |
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Eblis \Eb"lis\, n. [Ar. iblis.] (Moham. Myth.) The prince of the evil spirits; Satan. [Written also {Eblees}.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Ebullioscope \E*bul"li*o*scope\, n. [L. ebullire to boil up + -scope.] (Phys. Chem.) An instrument for observing the boiling point of liquids, especially for determining the alcoholic strength of a mixture by the temperature at which it boils. | |
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Efflagitate \Ef*flag"i*tate\, v. t. [L. efflagitatus, p. p. of efflagitare.] To ask urgently. [Obs.] --Cockeram. | |
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Efflux \Ef"flux\, n. [See {Effluent}, {Flux}.] 1. The act or process of flowing out, or issuing forth; effusion; outflow; as, the efflux of matter from an ulcer; the efflux of men's piety. It is then that the devout affections . . . are incessantly in efflux. --I. Taylor. 2. That which flows out; emanation; effluence. Prime cheerer, light! . . . Efflux divine. --Thomson. | |
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Efflux \Ef*flux"\, v. i. To run out; to flow forth; to pass away. [Obs.] --Boyle. | |
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Effluxion \Ef*flux"ion\, n. [From {Efflux}.] 1. The act of flowing out; effusion. 2. That which flows out; effluvium; emanation. Some light effluxions from spirit to spirit. --Bacon. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Effulge \Ef*fulge"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Effulged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Effulging}.] [L. effulgere to shine forth; ex + fulgere to flash, shine. See {Fulgent}.] To cause to shine with abundance of light; to radiate; to beam. [R.] His eyes effulging a peculiar fire. --Thomson. | |
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Effulge \Ef*fulge"\, v. i. To shine forth; to beam. | |
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Effulge \Ef*fulge"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Effulged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Effulging}.] [L. effulgere to shine forth; ex + fulgere to flash, shine. See {Fulgent}.] To cause to shine with abundance of light; to radiate; to beam. [R.] His eyes effulging a peculiar fire. --Thomson. | |
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Effulgence \Ef*ful"gence\, n. The state of being effulgent; extreme brilliancy; a flood of light; great luster or brightness; splendor. The effulgence of his glory abides. --Milton. The bright and the balmy effulgence of morn. --Beattie. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Effulgent \Ef*ful"gent\, a. [L. effulgens, -entis, p. pr. of effulgere.] Diffusing a flood of light; shining; luminous; beaming; bright; splendid. [bd]Effulgent rays of light.[b8] --Cowper. | |
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Effulgently \Ef*ful"gent*ly\, adv. In an effulgent manner. | |
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Effulge \Ef*fulge"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Effulged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Effulging}.] [L. effulgere to shine forth; ex + fulgere to flash, shine. See {Fulgent}.] To cause to shine with abundance of light; to radiate; to beam. [R.] His eyes effulging a peculiar fire. --Thomson. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Epilogation \Ep`i*lo*ga"tion\, n. [LL. epilogatio.] A summing up in a brief account. [Obs.] --Udall. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Epilogic \Ep`i*log"ic\, Epilogical \Ep`i*log"ic*al\, a. [Gr. 'epilogiko`s.] Of or pertaining to an epilogue. | |
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Epilogic \Ep`i*log"ic\, Epilogical \Ep`i*log"ic*al\, a. [Gr. 'epilogiko`s.] Of or pertaining to an epilogue. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Epilogism \E*pil"o*gism\, n. [Gr. [?], fr. [?] to reckon over, to deliver an epilogue; 'epi` upon + [?] to count, reckon. See {Epilogue}.] Enumeration; computation. [R.] --J. Gregory. | |
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Epilogistic \Ep`i*lo*gis"tic\, a. [Cf. Gr. [?] calculating. See {Epilogism}.] Of or pertaining to epilogue; of the nature of an epilogue. --T. Warton. | |
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Epilogize \E*pil"o*gize\, v. i. & t. [See {Epilogism}.] To speak an epilogue to; to utter as an epilogue. | |
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Epilogue \Ep"i*logue\ (?; 115), n. [F. [82]pilogue, L. epilogus, fr. Gr. [?] conclusion, fr. [?] to say in addition; 'epi` upon, besides + [?] to say. See {Legend}.] 1. (Drama) A speech or short poem addressed to the spectators and recited by one of the actors, after the conclusion of the play. A good play no epilogue, yet . . . good plays prove the better by the help of good epilogues. --Shak. 2. (Rhet.) The closing part of a discourse, in which the principal matters are recapitulated; a conclusion. | |
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Epiloguize \Ep"i*lo*guize\, v. i. & t. Same as {Epilogize}. | |
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Epulose \Ep"u*lose`\, a. [L. epulum a feast.] Feasting to excess. [Obs.] | |
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Epulosity \Ep`u*los"i*ty\, n. A feasting to excess. [Obs.] | |
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Euplastic \Eu*plas"tic\, a. [Pref. eu- + -plastic.] (Med.) 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. | |
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Euplastic \Eu*plas"tic\, n. (Med.) Organizable substance by which the tissues of an animal body are renewed. | |
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Venus \Ve"nus\, n. [L. Venus, -eris, the goddess of love, the planet Venus.] 1. (Class. Myth.) The goddess of beauty and love, that is, beauty or love deified. 2. (Anat.) One of the planets, the second in order from the sun, its orbit lying between that of Mercury and that of the Earth, at a mean distance from the sun of about 67,000,000 miles. Its diameter is 7,700 miles, and its sidereal period 224.7 days. As the morning star, it was called by the ancients {Lucifer}; as the evening star, {Hesperus}. 3. (Alchem.) The metal copper; -- probably so designated from the ancient use of the metal in making mirrors, a mirror being still the astronomical symbol of the planet Venus. [Archaic] 4. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of marine bivalve shells of the genus {Venus} or family {Venerid[91]}. Many of these shells are large, and ornamented with beautiful frills; others are smooth, glossy, and handsomely colored. Some of the larger species, as the round clam, or quahog, are valued for food. {Venus's basin} (Bot.), the wild teasel; -- so called because the connate leaf bases form a kind of receptacle for water, which was formerly gathered for use in the toilet. Also called {Venus's bath}. {Venus's basket} (Zo[94]l.), an elegant, cornucopia-shaped, hexactinellid sponge ({Euplectella speciosa}) native of the East Indies. It consists of glassy, transparent, siliceous fibers interwoven and soldered together so as to form a firm network, and has long, slender, divergent anchoring fibers at the base by means of which it stands erect in the soft mud at the bottom of the sea. Called also {Venus's flower basket}, and {Venus's purse}. {Venus's comb}. (a) (Bot.) Same as {Lady's comb}. (b) (Zo[94]l.) A species of {Murex} ({M. tenuispinus}). It has a long, tubular canal, with a row of long, slender spines along both of its borders, and rows of similar spines covering the body of the shell. Called also {Venus's shell}. {Venus's fan} (Zo[94]l.), a common reticulated, fanshaped gorgonia ({Gorgonia flabellum}) native of Florida and the West Indies. When fresh the color is purple or yellow, or a mixture of the two. {Venus's flytrap}. (Bot.) See {Flytrap}, 2. {Venus's girdle} (Zo[94]l.), a long, flat, ribbonlike, very delicate, transparent and iridescent ctenophore ({Cestum Veneris}) which swims in the open sea. Its form is due to the enormous development of two spheromeres. See Illust. in Appendix. {Venus's hair} (Bot.), a delicate and graceful fern ({Adiantum Capillus-Veneris}) having a slender, black and shining stem and branches. {Venus's hair stone} (Min.), quartz penetrated by acicular crystals of rutile. {Venus's looking-glass} (Bot.), an annual plant of the genus {Specularia} allied to the bellflower; -- also called {lady's looking-glass}. {Venus's navelwort} (Bot.), any one of several species of {Omphalodes}, low boraginaceous herbs with small blue or white flowers. {Venus's pride} (Bot.), an old name for Quaker ladies. See under {Quaker}. {Venus's purse}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Venus's basket}, above. {Venus's shell}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any species of Cypr[91]a; a cowrie. (b) Same as {Venus's comb}, above. (c) Same as {Venus}, 4. {Venus's slipper}. (a) (Bot.) Any plant of the genus {Cypripedium}. See {Lady's slipper}. (b) (Zo[94]l.) Any heteropod shell of the genus {Carinaria}. See {Carinaria}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Insecta \[d8]In*sec"ta\, n. pl. [NL. See {Insect}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) One of the classes of Arthropoda, including those that have one pair of antenn[91], three pairs of mouth organs, and breathe air by means of trache[91], opening by spiracles along the sides of the body. In this sense it includes the Hexapoda, or six-legged insects and the Myriapoda, with numerous legs. See {Insect}, n. 2. (Zo[94]l.) In a more restricted sense, the Hexapoda alone. See {Hexapoda}. 3. (Zo[94]l.) In the most general sense, the Hexapoda, Myriapoda, and Arachnoidea, combined. Note: The typical Insecta, or hexapod insects, are divided into several orders, viz.: {Hymenoptera}, as the bees and ants; {Diptera}, as the common flies and gnats; {Aphaniptera}, or fleas; {Lepidoptera}, or moths and butterflies; {Neuroptera}, as the ant-lions and hellgamite; {Coleoptera}, or beetles; {Hemiptera}, as bugs, lice, aphids; {Orthoptera}, as grasshoppers and cockroaches; {Pseudoneuroptera}, as the dragon flies and termites; {Euplexoptera}, or earwings; {Thysanura}, as the springtails, podura, and lepisma. See these words in the Vocabulary. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Note: The {common, [or] English, {pheasant} ({Phasianus Colchicus}) is now found over most of temperate Europe, but was introduced from Asia. The {ring-necked pheasant} ({P. torquatus}) and the {green pheasant} ({P. versicolor}) have been introduced into Oregon. The {golden pheasant} ({Thaumalea picta}) is one of the most beautiful species. The {silver pheasant} ({Euplocamus nychthemerus}) of China, and several related species from Southern Asia, are very beautiful. 2. (Zo[94]l.) The ruffed grouse. [Southern U.S.] Note: Various other birds are locally called pheasants, as the lyre bird, the leipoa, etc. {Fireback pheasant}. See {Fireback}. {Gold}, [or] {Golden}, {pheasant} (Zo[94]l.), a Chinese pheasant ({Thaumalea picta}), having rich, varied colors. The crest is amber-colored, the rump is golden yellow, and the under parts are scarlet. {Mountain pheasant} (Zo[94]l.), the ruffed grouse. [Local, U.S.] {Pheasant coucal} (Zo[94]l.), a large Australian cuckoo ({Centropus phasianus}). The general color is black, with chestnut wings and brown tail. Called also {pheasant cuckoo}. The name is also applied to other allied species. {Pheasant duck}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The pintail. (b) The hooded merganser. {Pheasant parrot} (Zo[94]l.), a large and beautiful Australian parrakeet ({Platycercus Adelaidensis}). The male has the back black, the feathers margined with yellowish blue and scarlet, the quills deep blue, the wing coverts and cheeks light blue, the crown, sides of the neck, breast, and middle of the belly scarlet. {Pheasant's eye}. (Bot.) (a) A red-flowered herb ({Adonis autumnalis}) of the Crowfoot family; -- called also {pheasant's-eye Adonis}. (b) The garden pink ({Dianthus plumarius}); -- called also {Pheasant's-eye pink}. {Pheasant shell} (Zo[94]l.), any marine univalve shell of the genus {Phasianella}, of which numerous species are found in tropical seas. The shell is smooth and usually richly colored, the colors often forming blotches like those of a pheasant. {Pheasant wood}. (Bot.) Same as {Partridge wood} (a), under {Partridge}. {Sea pheasant} (Zo[94]l.), the pintail. {Water pheasant}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The sheldrake. (b) The hooded merganser. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Evil \E*vil\a. [OE. evel, evil, ifel, uvel, AS. yfel; akin to OFries, evel, D. euvel, OS. & OHG. ubil, G. [81]bel, Goth. ubils, and perh. to E. over.] 1. Having qualities tending to injury and mischief; having a nature or properties which tend to badness; mischievous; not good; worthless or deleterious; poor; as, an evil beast; and evil plant; an evil crop. A good tree can not bring forth evil fruit. --Matt. vii. 18. 2. Having or exhibiting bad moral qualities; morally corrupt; wicked; wrong; vicious; as, evil conduct, thoughts, heart, words, and the like. Ah, what a sign it is of evil life, When death's approach is seen so terrible. --Shak. 3. Producing or threatening sorrow, distress, injury, or calamity; unpropitious; calamitous; as, evil tidings; evil arrows; evil days. Because he hath brought up an evil name upon a virgin of Israel. --Deut. xxii. 19. The owl shrieked at thy birth -- an evil sign. --Shak. Evil news rides post, while good news baits. --Milton. {Evil eye}, an eye which inflicts injury by some magical or fascinating influence. It is still believed by the ignorant and superstitious that some persons have the supernatural power of injuring by a look. It almost led him to believe in the evil eye. --J. H. Newman. {Evil speaking}, speaking ill of others; calumny; censoriousness. {The evil one}, the Devil; Satan. Note: Evil is sometimes written as the first part of a compound (with or without a hyphen). In many cases the compounding need not be insisted on. Examples: Evil doer or evildoer, evil speaking or evil-speaking, evil worker, evil wishing, evil-hearted, evil-minded. Syn: Mischieveous; pernicious; injurious; hurtful; destructive; wicked; sinful; bad; corrupt; perverse; wrong; vicious; calamitous. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Evulgate \E*vul"gate\v. t. [L. evulgatus, p. p. of evulgare to publish.] To publish abroad. [Obs.] | |
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Evulgation \Ev`ul*ga"tion\, n. A divulging. [Obs.] | |
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Evulsion \E*vul"sion\, n. [L. evulsio, fr. evellere, evulsum, to pluck out; e out + vellere to pluck; cf. F. [82]vulsion.] The act of plucking out; a rooting out. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Ewa Villages, HI (CDP, FIPS 7485) Location: 21.34545 N, 158.04088 W Population (1990): 3780 (939 housing units) Area: 2.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
eyeball search n.,v. To look for something in a mass of code or data with one's own native optical sensors, as opposed to using some sort of pattern matching software like {grep} or any other automated search tool. Also called a {vgrep}; compare {vdiff}, {desk check}. = F = | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Eiffel source checker A compiler {front-end} for {Eiffel} 3 by Olaf Langmack generated automatically with the {Karlsruhe toolbox} for compiler construction according to the most recent public language definition. The {parser} derives an easy-to-use {abstract syntax tree}, supports elementary error recovery and provides a precise source code indication of errors. It performs a strict syntax check and analyses 4000 lines of source code per second on a {Sun} {SPARC} {workstation}. {(ftp://ftp.fu-berlin.de/pub/heron/ep.tar.Z)}. (1992-12-14) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
EPILOG 1. Extended Programming In LOGic. {PROLOG} with several AND's having different time constraints. ["Epilog: A Language for Extended Programming in Logic", A. Porto in Implementations of Prolog, J.A. Campbell ed, Ellis Horwood 1984]. 2. A {data-driven} {PROLOG}, with both {AND parallelism} and {OR parallelism}. ["EPILOG = PROLOG + Data Flow", M.J. Wise, SIGPLAN Noices 17:80-86 (1982)]. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
eyeball search data with one's own native optical sensors, as opposed to using some sort of pattern matching software like {grep} or any other automated search tool. Compare {vdiff}, {desk check}. [{Jargon File}] (1997-12-17) | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Evil-speaking is expressly forbidden (Titus 3:2; James 4:11), and severe punishments are denounced against it (1 Cor. 5:11; 6:10). It is spoken of also with abhorrence (Ps. 15:3; Prov. 18:6, 7), and is foreign to the whole Christian character and the example of Christ. | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Eubulus, prudent; good counselor |