English Dictionary: ecru | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Eachwhere \Each"where`\, adv. Everywhere. [Obs.] The sky eachwhere did show full bright and fair. --Spenser. | |
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Eager \Ea"ger\, a. [OE. egre sharp, sour, eager, OF. agre, aigre, F. aigre, fr. L. acer sharp, sour, spirited, zealous; akin to Gr. [?] highest, extreme, Skr. a[?]ra point; fr. a root signifying to be sharp. Cf. {Acrid}, {Edge}.] 1. Sharp; sour; acid. [Obs.] [bd]Like eager droppings into milk.[b8] --Shak. 2. Sharp; keen; bitter; severe. [Obs.] [bd]A nipping and an eager air.[b8] [bd]Eager words.[b8] --Shak. 3. Excited by desire in the pursuit of any object; ardent to pursue, perform, or obtain; keenly desirous; hotly longing; earnest; zealous; impetuous; vehement; as, the hounds were eager in the chase. And gazed for tidings in my eager eyes. --Shak. How eagerly ye follow my disgraces! --Shak. When to her eager lips is brought Her infant's thrilling kiss. --Keble. A crowd of eager and curious schoolboys. --Hawthorne. Conceit and grief an eager combat fight. --Shak. 4. Brittle; inflexible; not ductile. [Obs.] Gold will be sometimes so eager, as artists call it, that it will as little endure the hammer as glass itself. --Locke. Syn: Earnest; ardent; vehement; hot; impetuous; fervent; intense; impassioned; zealous; forward. Usage: See {Earnest}. -- {Eager}, {Earnest}. Eager marks an excited state of desire or passion; thus, a child is eager for a plaything, a hungry man is eager for food, a covetous man is eager for gain. Eagerness is liable to frequent abuses, and is good or bad, as the case may be. It relates to what is praiseworthy or the contrary. Earnest denotes a permanent state of mind, feeling, or sentiment. It is always taken in a good sense; as, a preacher is earnest in his appeals to the conscience; an agent is earnest in his solicitations. | |
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Eager \Ea"ger\, n. Same as {Eagre}. | |
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Eagre \Ea"gre\, n. [AS. e[a0]gor, [?]gor, in comp., water, sea, e[a0]gor-stre[a0]m water stream, sea.] A wave, or two or three successive waves, of great height and violence, at flood tide moving up an estuary or river; -- commonly called the bore. See {Bore}. | |
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Easy \Eas"y\, a. [Compar. {Easier}; superl. {Easiest}.] [OF. aisi[82], F. ais[82], prop. p. p. of OF. aisier. See {Ease}, v. t.] 1. At ease; free from pain, trouble, or constraint; as: (a) Free from pain, distress, toil, exertion, and the like; quiet; as, the patient is easy. (b) Free from care, responsibility, discontent, and the like; not anxious; tranquil; as, an easy mind. (c) Free from constraint, harshness, or formality; unconstrained; smooth; as, easy manners; an easy style. [bd]The easy vigor of a line.[b8] --Pope. 2. Not causing, or attended with, pain or disquiet, or much exertion; affording ease or rest; as, an easy carriage; a ship having an easy motion; easy movements, as in dancing. [bd]Easy ways to die.[b8] --Shak. 3. Not difficult; requiring little labor or effort; slight; inconsiderable; as, an easy task; an easy victory. It were an easy leap. --Shak. 4. Causing ease; giving freedom from care or labor; furnishing comfort; commodious; as, easy circumstances; an easy chair or cushion. 5. Not making resistance or showing unwillingness; tractable; yielding; complying; ready. He gained their easy hearts. --Dryden. He is too tyrannical to be an easy monarch. --Sir W. Scott. 6. Moderate; sparing; frugal. [Obs.] --Chaucer. 7. (Com.) Not straitened as to money matters; as, the market is easy; -- opposed to {tight}. {Honors are easy} (Card Playing), said when each side has an equal number of honors, in which case they are not counted as points. Syn: Quiet; comfortable; manageable; tranquil; calm; facile; unconcerned. | |
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Echoer \Ech"o*er\, n. One who, or that which, echoes. | |
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Ecurie \Ec"u*rie\, n. [F. See {Equerry}.] A stable. | |
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Eger \E"ger\, Egre \E"gre\, a. [See {Eager}.] Sharp; bitter; acid; sour. [Obs.] The egre words of thy friend. --Chaucer. | |
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Eger \E"ger\, n. An impetuous flood; a bore. See {Eagre}. | |
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Eggar \Eg"gar\, n. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Zo[94]l.) Any bombycid moth of the genera {Eriogaster} and {Lasiocampa}; as, the oak eggar ({L. roboris}) of Europe. | |
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Egger \Egg"er\, n. [See {Egg}, n.] One who gathers eggs; an eggler. | |
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Egger \Egg"er\, n. [See {Egg}, v. t.] One who eggs or incites. | |
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Eggery \Egg"er*y\, n. A place where eggs are deposited (as by sea birds) or kept; a nest of eggs. [R.] | |
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Eger \E"ger\, Egre \E"gre\, a. [See {Eager}.] Sharp; bitter; acid; sour. [Obs.] The egre words of thy friend. --Chaucer. | |
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Egre \E"gre\, a. & n. See {Eager}, and {Eagre}. [Obs.] | |
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Equerry \Eq"uer*ry\ (?; 277), n.; pl. {Equerries}. [F. [82]curie stable, for older escurie, escuirie (confused somewhat with F. [82]cuyer, OF. escuyer, squire), LL. scuria, OHG. skiura, sc[?]ra, barn, shed, G. scheuer, from a root meaning to cover, protect, and akin to L. scutum shield. See {Esquire}, and cf. {Ecurie}, {Querry}.] 1. A large stable or lodge for horses. --Johnson. 2. An officer of princes or nobles, charged with the care of their horses. Note: In England equerries are officers of the royal household in the department of the Master of the Horse. | |
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Equery \Eq"ue*ry\, n. Same as {Equerry}. | |
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Eschar \Es"char\, n. [L. eschara, Gr. [?]: cf. F. eschare. See {Scar}.] (Med.) A dry slough, crust, or scab, which separates from the healthy part of the body, as that produced by a burn, or the application of caustics. | |
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Eschar \Es"char\, n. [Ir.] (Geol.) In Ireland, one of the continuous mounds or ridges of gravelly and sandy drift which extend for many miles over the surface of the country. Similar ridges in Scotland are called kames or kams. [Written also {eskar} and {esker}.] | |
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Eschewer \Es*chew"er\, n. One who eschews. | |
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Escrow \Es"crow\, n. [OF. escroe, escroue, a roll of writings, bond. See {Scroll}.] (Law) A deed, bond, or other written engagement, delivered to a third person, to be held by him till some act is done or some condition is performed, and then to be by him delivered to the grantee. --Blackstone. | |
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Eskar \Es"kar\, [or] Esker \Es"ker\, n. (Geol.) See {Eschar}. | |
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Eschar \Es"char\, n. [Ir.] (Geol.) In Ireland, one of the continuous mounds or ridges of gravelly and sandy drift which extend for many miles over the surface of the country. Similar ridges in Scotland are called kames or kams. [Written also {eskar} and {esker}.] | |
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Eskar \Es"kar\, [or] Esker \Es"ker\, n. (Geol.) See {Eschar}. | |
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Eschar \Es"char\, n. [Ir.] (Geol.) In Ireland, one of the continuous mounds or ridges of gravelly and sandy drift which extend for many miles over the surface of the country. Similar ridges in Scotland are called kames or kams. [Written also {eskar} and {esker}.] | |
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Eskar \Es"kar\, [or] Esker \Es"ker\, n. (Geol.) See {Eschar}. | |
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Eschar \Es"char\, n. [Ir.] (Geol.) In Ireland, one of the continuous mounds or ridges of gravelly and sandy drift which extend for many miles over the surface of the country. Similar ridges in Scotland are called kames or kams. [Written also {eskar} and {esker}.] | |
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Eskar \Es"kar\, [or] Esker \Es"ker\, n. (Geol.) See {Eschar}. | |
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Eschar \Es"char\, n. [Ir.] (Geol.) In Ireland, one of the continuous mounds or ridges of gravelly and sandy drift which extend for many miles over the surface of the country. Similar ridges in Scotland are called kames or kams. [Written also {eskar} and {esker}.] | |
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Esquire \Es*quire"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Esquired}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Esquiring}.] To wait on as an esquire or attendant in public; to attend. [Colloq.] | |
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Esquire \Es*quire"\, n. [OF. escuyer, escuier, properly, a shield-bearer, F. [82]cuyer shield-bearer, armor-bearer, squire of a knight, esquire, equerry, rider, horseman, LL. scutarius shield-bearer, fr. L. scutum shield, akin to Gr. [?] skin, hide, from a root meaning to cover; prob. akin to E. hide to cover. See {Hide} to cover, and cf. {Equerry}, {Escutcheon}.] Originally, a shield-bearer or armor-bearer, an attendant on a knight; in modern times, a title of dignity next in degree below knight and above gentleman; also, a title of office and courtesy; -- often shortened to squire. Note: In England, the title of esquire belongs by right of birth to the eldest sons of knights and their eldest sons in perpetual succession; to the eldest sons of younger sons of peers and their eldest sons in perpetual succession. It is also given to sheriffs, to justices of the peace while in commission, to those who bear special office in the royal household, to counselors at law, bachelors of divinity, law, or physic, and to others. In the United States the title is commonly given in courtesy to lawyers and justices of the peace, and is often used in the superscription of letters instead of Mr. | |
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Essayer \Es*say"er\, n. One who essays. --Addison. | |
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Euchre \Eu"chre\, v. t. 1. To defeat, in a game of euchre, the side that named the trump. 2. To defeat or foil thoroughly in any scheme. [Slang.] | |
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Euchre \Eu"chre\, n. [Perh. from F. [82]cart[82].] A game at cards, that may be played by two, three, or four persons, the highest card (except when an extra card called the Joker is used) being the knave of the same suit as the trump, and called right bower, the lowest card used being the seven, or frequently, in two-handed euchre, the nine spot. See {Bower}. | |
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Excur \Ex*cur"\i. [L. excurrere. See {Excurrent}.] To run out or forth; to extend. [Obs.] --Harvey. | |
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Exquire \Ex*quire"\, v. t. [L. exquirere. See {Exquisite}.] To search into or out. [Obs.] --Chapman. | |
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Eyesore \Eye"sore`\, n. Something offensive to the eye or sight; a blemish. Mordecai was an eyesore to Haman. --L'Estrange. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Eagar, AZ (town, FIPS 20960) Location: 34.10493 N, 109.29211 W Population (1990): 4025 (1504 housing units) Area: 26.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 85925 | |
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Ecru, MS (town, FIPS 21340) Location: 34.35621 N, 89.02542 W Population (1990): 696 (311 housing units) Area: 10.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 38841 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Exira, IA (city, FIPS 26265) Location: 41.59162 N, 94.87929 W Population (1990): 955 (441 housing units) Area: 2.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 50076 | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
escrow documents) is held in trust ("in escrow") by a trusted third party until certain agreed conditions are met. In computing the term is used for {key escrow} and also for {source code escrow}. (1999-12-14) | |
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ESR {Eric S. Raymond} | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Ezer treasure. (1.) One of the sons of Seir, the native princes, "dukes," of Mount Hor (Gen. 36:21, 27). (2.) 1 Chr. 7:21; (3.) 4:4. (4.) One of the Gadite champions who repaired to David at Ziklag (12:9). (5.) A Levite (Neh. 3:19). (6.) A priest (12:42). | |
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Ezra help. (1.) A priest among those that returned to Jerusalem under Zerubabel (Neh. 12:1). (2.) The "scribe" who led the second body of exiles that returned from Babylon to Jerusalem B.C. 459, and author of the book of Scripture which bears his name. He was the son, or perhaps grandson, of Seraiah (2 Kings 25:18-21), and a lineal descendant of Phinehas, the son of Aaron (Ezra 7:1-5). All we know of his personal history is contained in the last four chapters of his book, and in Neh. 8 and 12:26. In the seventh year of the reign of Artaxerxes Longimanus (see {DARIUS}), he obtained leave to go up to Jerusalem and to take with him a company of Israelites (Ezra 8). Artaxerxes manifested great interest in Ezra's undertaking, granting him "all his request," and loading him with gifts for the house of God. Ezra assembled the band of exiles, probably about 5,000 in all, who were prepared to go up with him to Jerusalem, on the banks of the Ahava, where they rested for three days, and were put into order for their march across the desert, which was completed in four months. His proceedings at Jerusalem on his arrival there are recorded in his book. He was "a ready scribe in the law of Moses," who "had prepared his heart to seek the law of the Lord and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and judgments." "He is," says Professor Binnie, "the first well-defined example of an order of men who have never since ceased in the church; men of sacred erudition, who devote their lives to the study of the Holy Scriptures, in order that they may be in a condition to interpret them for the instruction and edification of the church. It is significant that the earliest mention of the pulpit occurs in the history of Ezra's ministry (Neh. 8:4). He was much more of a teacher than a priest. We learn from the account of his labours in the book of Nehemiah that he was careful to have the whole people instructed in the law of Moses; and there is no reason to reject the constant tradition of the Jews which connects his name with the collecting and editing of the Old Testament canon. The final completion of the canon may have been, and probably was, the work of a later generation; but Ezra seems to have put it much into the shape in which it is still found in the Hebrew Bible. When it is added that the complete organization of the synagogue dates from this period, it will be seen that the age was emphatically one of Biblical study" (The Psalms: their History, etc.). For about fourteen years, i.e., till B.C. 445, we have no record of what went on in Jerusalem after Ezra had set in order the ecclesiastical and civil affairs of the nation. In that year another distinguished personage, Nehemiah, appears on the scene. After the ruined wall of the city had been built by Nehemiah, there was a great gathering of the people at Jerusalem preparatory to the dedication of the wall. On the appointed day the whole population assembled, and the law was read aloud to them by Ezra and his assistants (Neh. 8:3). The remarkable scene is described in detail. There was a great religious awakening. For successive days they held solemn assemblies, confessing their sins and offering up solemn sacrifices. They kept also the feast of Tabernacles with great solemnity and joyous enthusiasm, and then renewed their national covenant to be the Lord's. Abuses were rectified, and arrangements for the temple service completed, and now nothing remained but the dedication of the walls of the city (Neh. 12). | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Ezri help of Jehovah, the son of Chelub. He superintended, under David, those who "did the work of the field for tillage" (1 Chr. 27:26). | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Eker, barren, feeble | |
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Ezer, a help | |
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Ezra, help; court | |
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Ezri, my help |