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Ease \Ease\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Eased}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Easing}.] [OE. esen, eisen, OF. aisier. See {Ease}, n.] 1. To free from anything that pains, disquiets, or oppresses; to relieve from toil or care; to give rest, repose, or tranquility to; -- often with of; as, to ease of pain; ease the body or mind. Eased [from] the putting off These troublesome disguises which we wear. --Milton. Sing, and I 'll ease thy shoulders of thy load. --Dryden. 2. To render less painful or oppressive; to mitigate; to alleviate. My couch shall ease my complaint. --Job vii. 13. 3. To release from pressure or restraint; to move gently; to lift slightly; to shift a little; as, to ease a bar or nut in machinery. 4. To entertain; to furnish with accommodations. [Obs.] --Chaucer. {To ease off}, {To ease away} (Naut.), to slacken a rope gradually. {To ease a ship} (Naut.), to put the helm hard, or regulate the sail, to prevent pitching when closehauled. {To ease the helm} (Naut.), to put the helm more nearly amidships, to lessen the effect on the ship, or the strain on the wheel rope. --Ham. Nav. Encyc. Syn: To relieve; disburden; quiet; calm; tranquilize; assuage; alleviate; allay; mitigate; appease; pacify. | |
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East \East\, a. (Eccl.) Designating, or situated in, that part of a church which contains the choir or chancel; as, the east front of a cathedral. | |
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East \East\, n. [OE. est, east, AS. e[a0]st; akin to D. oost, oosten, OHG. [?]stan, G. ost, osten, Icel. austr, Sw. ost, Dan. [94]st, [94]sten, Lith. auszra dawn, L. aurora (for ausosa), Gr. [?], [?], [?], Skr. ushas; cf. Skr. ush to burn, L. urere. [?][?][?][?], [?][?][?]. Cf. {Aurora}, {Easter}, {Sterling}.] 1. The point in the heavens where the sun is seen to rise at the equinox, or the corresponding point on the earth; that one of the four cardinal points of the compass which is in a direction at right angles to that of north and south, and which is toward the right hand of one who faces the north; the point directly opposite to the west. The east began kindle. --E. Everett. 2. The eastern parts of the earth; the regions or countries which lie east of Europe; the orient. In this indefinite sense, the word is applied to Asia Minor, Syria, Chaldea, Persia, India, China, etc.; as, the riches of the East; the diamonds and pearls of the East; the kings of the East. The gorgeous East, with richest hand, Showers on her kings barbaric pearl and gold. --Milton. 3. (U. S. Hist. and Geog.) Formerly, the part of the United States east of the Alleghany Mountains, esp. the Eastern, or New England, States; now, commonly, the whole region east of the Mississippi River, esp. that which is north of Maryland and the Ohio River; -- usually with the definite article; as, the commerce of the East is not independent of the agriculture of the West. {East by north}, {East by south}, according to the notation of the mariner's compass, that point which lies 11[frac14][deg] to the north or south, respectively, of the point due east. {East-northeast}, {East-southeast}, that which lies 22[frac12][deg] to the north or south of east, or half way between east and northeast or southeast, respectively. See Illust. of {Compass}. | |
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East \East\, a. Toward the rising sun; or toward the point where the sun rises when in the equinoctial; as, the east gate; the east border; the east side; the east wind is a wind that blows from the east. | |
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East \East\, v. i. To move toward the east; to veer from the north or south toward the east; to orientate. | |
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East \East\, adv. Eastward. | |
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Echo \Ech"o\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Echoed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Echoing}. -- 3d pers. sing. pres. {Echoes}.] 1. To send back (a sound); to repeat in sound; to reverberate. Those peals are echoed by the Trojan throng. --Dryden. The wondrous sound Is echoed on forever. --Keble. 2. To repeat with assent; to respond; to adopt. They would have echoed the praises of the men whom they [?]nvied, and then have sent to the newspaper anonymous libels upon them. --Macaulay. | |
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Ect- \Ect-\, Ecto- \Ec"to-\ [Gr. [?] outside.] A combining form signifying without, outside, external. | |
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Ect- \Ect-\, Ecto- \Ec"to-\ [Gr. [?] outside.] A combining form signifying without, outside, external. | |
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Ecto- \Ec"to-\ See {Ect-}. | |
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Egad \E*gad"\, interj. [Euphemistic corruption of the oath, [bd]by God.[b8]] An exclamation expressing exultation or surprise, etc. | |
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Egg \Egg\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Egged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Egging}.] [OE. eggen, Icel. eggja, fr. egg edge. [?][?]. See {Edge}.] To urge on; to instigate; to incite[?] Adam and Eve he egged to ill. --Piers Plowman. [She] did egg him on to tell How fair she was. --Warner. | |
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Egghot \Egg"hot`\, n. A kind of posset made of eggs, brandy, sugar, and ale. --Lamb. | |
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Egoity \E*go"i*ty\, n. Personality. [R.] --Swift. | |
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Eight \Eight\, n. [See {Ait}.] An island in a river; an ait. [Obs.] [bd]Osiers on their eights.[b8] --Evelyn. | |
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Eight \Eight\, a. [AS. eahta; akin to OS. ahto, OFries. achta, D. & G. acht, OHG. ahto, Icel. [be]tta, Sw. [86]tta, Dan. otte, Goth. ahtau, Lith. aszt[?]ni, Ir. & Gael. ochd, W. wyth, Armor. eich, eiz, L. octo, Gr. [?], Skr. ash[?]an. [?][?][?][?]. Cf. {Octave}.] Seven and one; as, eight years. | |
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Eight \Eight\, n. 1. The number greater by a unit than seven; eight units or objects. 2. A symbol representing eight units, as 8 or viii. | |
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Eighth \Eighth\, n. 1. The quotient of a unit divided by eight; one of eight equal parts; an eighth part. 2. (Mus.) The interval of an octave. | |
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Eighth \Eighth\, a. [AS. eahto[?]a.] 1. Next in order after the seventh. 2. Consisting of one of eight equal divisions of a thing. {Eighth note} (Mus.), the eighth part of a whole note, or semibreve; a quaver. | |
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Eighty \Eight"y\, a. [AS. eahtatig, where the ending -tig is akin to English ten; cf. G. achtzig. See {Eight}, and {Ten}.] Eight times ten; fourscore. | |
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Eighty \Eight"y\, n. 1. The sum of eight times ten; eighty units or objects. 2. A symbol representing eighty units, or ten eight times repeated, as 80 or lxxx. | |
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Eke \Eke\ ([emac]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Eked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Eking}.] [AS. [c7]kan, [df]kan; akin to OFries, [be]ka, OS. [?]kian, OHG. ouhh[d3]n to add, Icel. auka to increase, Sw. [94]ka, Dan. [94]ge, Goth. aukan, L. augere, Skr. [?]jas strength, ugra mighty, and probably to English wax, v. i. Cf. {Augment}, {Nickname}.] To increase; to add to; to augment; -- now commonly used with out, the notion conveyed being to add to, or piece out by a laborious, inferior, or scanty addition; as, to eke out a scanty supply of one kind with some other. [bd]To eke my pain.[b8] --Spenser. He eked out by his wits an income of barely fifty pounds. --Macaulay. | |
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Equate \E*quate"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Equated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Equating}.] [L. aequatus, p. p. of aequare to make level or equal, fr. aequus level, equal. See {Equal}.] To make equal; to reduce to an average; to make such an allowance or correction in as will reduce to a common standard of comparison; to reduce to mean time or motion; as, to equate payments; to equate lines of railroad for grades or curves; equated distances. Palgrave gives both scrolle and scrowe and equates both to F[rench] rolle. --Skeat (Etymol. Dict. ). {Equating for grades} (Railroad Engin.), adding to the measured distance one mile for each twenty feet of ascent. {Equating for curves}, adding half a mile for each 360 degrees of curvature. | |
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Equity \Eq"ui*ty\, n.; pl. {Equities}. [F. [82]quit[82], L. aequitas, fr. aequus even, equal. See {Equal}.] 1. Equality of rights; natural justice or right; the giving, or desiring to give, to each man his due, according to reason, and the law of God to man; fairness in determination of conflicting claims; impartiality. Christianity secures both the private interests of men and the public peace, enforcing all justice and equity. --Tillotson. 2. (Law) An equitable claim; an equity of redemption; as, an equity to a settlement, or wife's equity, etc. I consider the wife's equity to be too well settled to be shaken. --Kent. 3. (Law) A system of jurisprudence, supplemental to law, properly so called, and complemental of it. Equity had been gradually shaping itself into a refined science which no human faculties could master without long and intense application. --Macaulay. Note: Equitable jurisprudence in England and in the United States grew up from the inadequacy of common-law forms to secure justice in all cases; and this led to distinct courts by which equity was applied in the way of injunctions, bills of discovery, bills for specified performance, and other processes by which the merits of a case could be reached more summarily or more effectively than by common-law suits. By the recent English Judicature Act (1873), however, the English judges are bound to give effect, in common-law suits, to all equitable rights and remedies; and when the rules of equity and of common law, in any particular case, conflict, the rules of equity are to prevail. In many jurisdictions in the United States, equity and common law are thus blended; in others distinct equity tribunals are still maintained. See {Chancery}. {Equity of redemption} (Law), the advantage, allowed to a mortgageor, of a certain or reasonable time to redeem lands mortgaged, after they have been forfeited at law by the nonpayment of the sum of money due on the mortgage at the appointed time. --Blackstone. Syn: Right; justice; impartiality; rectitude; fairness; honesty; uprightness. See {Justice}. | |
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Escheat \Es*cheat"\, n. [OE. eschete, escheyte, an escheat, fr. OF. escheit, escheoit, escheeite, esheoite, fr. escheoir (F. [82]choir) to fall to, fall to the lot of; pref. es- (L. ex) + cheoir, F. choir, to fall, fr. L. cadere. See {Chance}, and cf. {Cheat}.] 1. (Law) (a) (Feud. & Eng. Law) The falling back or reversion of lands, by some casualty or accident, to the lord of the fee, in consequence of the extinction of the blood of the tenant, which may happen by his dying without heirs, and formerly might happen by corruption of blood, that is, by reason of a felony or attainder. --Tomlins. --Blackstone. (b) (U. S. Law) The reverting of real property to the State, as original and ultimate proprietor, by reason of a failure of persons legally entitled to hold the same. Note: A distinction is carefully made, by English writers, between escheat to the lord of the fee and forfeiture to the crown. But in this country, where the State holds the place of chief lord of the fee, and is entitled to take alike escheat and by forfeiture, this distinction is not essential. --Tomlins. Kent. (c) A writ, now abolished, to recover escheats from the person in possession. --Blackstone. 2. Lands which fall to the lord or the State by escheat. 3. That which falls to one; a reversion or return To make me great by others' loss is bad escheat. --Spenser. | |
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Escheat \Es*cheat"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Esheated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Escheating}.] (Law) To revert, or become forfeited, to the lord, the crown, or the State, as lands by the failure of persons entitled to hold the same, or by forfeiture. Note: In this country it is the general rule that when the title to land fails by defect of heirs or devisees, it necessarily escheats to the State; but forfeiture of estate from crime is hardly known in this country, and corruption of blood is universally abolished. --Kent. --Bouvier. | |
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Escheat \Es*cheat"\, v. t. (Law) To forfeit. --Bp. Hall. | |
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Escot \Es*cot"\, n. [OF.] See {Scot}, a tax. [Obs.] | |
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Escot \Es*cot"\, v. t. To pay the reckoning for; to support; to maintain. [Obs.] --Shak. | |
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Escout \Es*cout"\, n. See {Scout}. [Obs.] --Hayward. | |
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Eschew \Es*chew"\ (es*ch[udd]"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Eshewed} (-ch[udd]"d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Eshewing}.] [OF. eschever, eschiver, eskiver, F. esquiver, fr. OHG. sciuhen, G. scheuen; akin to E. sky. See {Shy}, a.] 1. To shun; to avoid, as something wrong, or from a feeling of distaste; to keep one's self clear of. They must not only eschew evil, but do good. --Bp. Beveridge. 2. To escape from; to avoid. [Obs.] He who obeys, destruction shall eschew. --Sandys. | |
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Essay \Es*say"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Essayed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Essaying}.] [F. essayer. See {Essay}, n.] 1. To exert one's power or faculties upon; to make an effort to perform; to attempt; to endeavor; to make experiment or trial of; to try. What marvel if I thus essay to sing? --Byron. Essaying nothing she can not perform. --Emerson. A danger lest the young enthusiast . . . should essay the impossible. --J. C. Shairp. 2. To test the value and purity of (metals); to assay. See {Assay}. [Obs.] --Locke. | |
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Est \Est\, n. & adv. East. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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-est \-est\ [AS. -ost, -est; akin to G. -est, -ist, Icel. -astr, -str, Goth. -ists, -[?]sts, Skr. -ish[?]ha.] A suffix used to form the superlative of adjectives and adverbs; as, smoothest; earl(y)iest. | |
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Est \Est\, n. & adv. East. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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-est \-est\ [AS. -ost, -est; akin to G. -est, -ist, Icel. -astr, -str, Goth. -ists, -[?]sts, Skr. -ish[?]ha.] A suffix used to form the superlative of adjectives and adverbs; as, smoothest; earl(y)iest. | |
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Euchite \Eu"chite\, n. [From Gr. [?] to pray.] One who resolves religion into prayer. [Obs.] --Gauden. | |
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Exceed \Ex*ceed"\, v. i. 1. To go too far; to pass the proper bounds or measure. [bd]In our reverence to whom, we can not possibly exceed.[b8] --Jer. Taylor. Forty stripes he may give him, and not exceed. --Deut. xxv. 3. 2. To be more or greater; to be paramount. --Shak. | |
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Exceed \Ex*ceed"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Exceeded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Exceeding}.] [L. excedere, excessum, to go away or beyond; ex out + cedere to go, to pass: cf. F. exc[82]der. See {Cede}.] To go beyond; to proceed beyond the given or supposed limit or measure of; to outgo; to surpass; -- used both in a good and a bad sense; as, one man exceeds another in bulk, stature, weight, power, skill, etc.; one offender exceeds another in villainy; his rank exceeds yours. Name the time, but let it not Exceed three days. --Shak. Observes how much a chintz exceeds mohair. --Pope. Syn: To outdo; surpass; excel; transcend; outstrip; outvie; overtop. | |
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Excheat \Ex*cheat"\, n. See {Escheat}. [Obs.] --Spenser. | |
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Excide \Ex*cide"\, v. t. [L. excidere, excisum; ex out + caedere to cut. See {Concise}, and cf. {Excise} to cut off.] To cut off. [R.] | |
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Excite \Ex*cite"\, v. t. (Elec.) To energize (an electro-magnet); to produce a magnetic field in; as, to excite a dynamo. | |
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Excite \Ex*cite"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Excited}; p. pr. & vb. n. {exciting}.] [L. excitare; ex out + citare to move rapidly, to rouse: cf. OF. esciter, exciter, F. exciter. See {Cite}.] 1. To call to activity in any way; to rouse to feeling; to kindle to passionate emotion; to stir up to combined or general activity; as, to excite a person, the spirits, the passions; to excite a mutiny or insurrection; to excite heat by friction. 2. (Physiol.) To call forth or increase the vital activity of an organism, or any of its parts. Syn: To incite; awaken; animate; rouse or arouse; stimulate; inflame; irritate; provoke. Usage: To {Excite}, {Incite}. When we excite we rouse into action feelings which were less strong; when we incite we spur on or urge forward to a specific act or end. Demosthenes excited the passions of the Athenians against Philip, and thus incited the whole nation to unite in the war against him. Antony, by his speech over the body of C[91]sar, so excited the feelings of the populace, that Brutus and his companions were compelled to flee from Rome; many however, were incited to join their standard, not only by love of liberty, but hopes of plunder. | |
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Exit \Ex"it\, n. [See 1st {Exit}.] 1. The departure of a player from the stage, when he has performed his part. They have their exits and their entrances. --Shak. 2. Any departure; the act of quitting the stage of action or of life; death; as, to make one's exit. Sighs for his exit, vulgarly called death. --Cowper. 3. A way of departure; passage out of a place; egress; way out. Forcing he water forth thought its ordinary exists. --Woodward. | |
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Exode \Ex"ode\n. [L. exodium, Gr. [?] (sc. [?] song) fr. [?] belonging to an exit, or to the finale of a tragedy, fr. [?]: cf. F. exode. See {Exodus}.] 1. Departure; exodus; esp., the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt. [Obs.] --L. Coleman. Bolingbroke. 2. (Gr. Drama) The final chorus; the catastrophe. 3. (Rom. Antig.) An afterpiece of a comic description, either a farce or a travesty. | |
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Exody \Ex"o*dy\, n. Exodus; withdrawal. [Obs.] The time of the Jewish exody. --Sir M. Hale. | |
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Exude \Ex*ude"\, v. i. To flow from a body through the pores, or by a natural discharge, as juice. | |
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Exude \Ex*ude"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Exuded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {exuding}.] [L. exudare, exsudare, exudatum, exsudatum, to sweat out; ex out + sudare to sweat: cf. F. exuder, exsuder. See {Sweat}.] To discharge through pores or incisions, as moisture or other liquid matter; to give out. Our forests exude turpentine in . . . abundance. --Dr. T. Dwight. | |
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Eye \Eye\, n. [OE. eghe, eighe, eie, eye, AS. e[a0]ge; akin to OFries. [be]ge, OS. [?]ga, D. oog, Ohg. ouga, G. auge, Icel. auga, Sw. [94]ga, Dan. [94]ie, Goth. aug[?]; cf. OSlav. oko, Lish. akis, L. okulus, Gr. [?], eye, [?], the two eyes, Skr. akshi. [root]10, 212. Cf. {Diasy}, {Ocular}, {Optic}, {Eyelet}, {Ogle}.] 1. The organ of sight or vision. In man, and the vertebrates generally, it is properly the movable ball or globe in the orbit, but the term often includes the adjacent parts. In most invertebrates the years are immovable ocelli, or compound eyes made up of numerous ocelli. See {Ocellus}. Description of illustration: a b Conjunctiva; c Cornea; d Sclerotic; e Choroid; f Cillary Muscle; g Cillary Process; h Iris; i Suspensory Ligament; k Prosterior Aqueous Chamber between h and i; l Anterior Aqueous Chamber; m Crystalline Lens; n Vitreous Humor; o Retina; p Yellow spot; q Center of blind spot; r Artery of Retina in center of the Optic Nerve. Note: The essential parts of the eye are inclosed in a tough outer coat, the sclerotic, to which the muscles moving it are attached, and which in front changes into the transparent cornea. A little way back of cornea, the crystalline lens is suspended, dividing the eye into two unequal cavities, a smaller one in front filled with a watery fluid, the aqueous humor, and larger one behind filled with a clear jelly, the vitreous humor. The sclerotic is lined with a highly pigmented membrane, the choroid, and this is turn is lined in the back half of the eyeball with the nearly transparent retina, in which the fibers of the optic nerve ramify. The choroid in front is continuous with the iris, which has a contractile opening in the center, the pupil, admitting light to the lens which brings the rays to a focus and forms an image upon the retina, where the light, falling upon delicate structures called rods and cones, causes them to stimulate the fibres of the optic nerve to transmit visual impressions to the brain. 2. The faculty of seeing; power or range of vision; hence, judgment or taste in the use of the eye, and in judging of objects; as, to have the eye of sailor; an eye for the beautiful or picturesque. 3. The action of the organ of sight; sight, look; view; ocular knowledge; judgment; opinion. In my eye, she is the sweetest lady that I looked on. --Shak. 4. The space commanded by the organ of sight; scope of vision; hence, face; front; the presence of an object which is directly opposed or confronted; immediate presence. We shell express our duty in his eye. --Shak. Her shell your hear disproved to her eyes. --Shak. 5. Observation; oversight; watch; inspection; notice; attention; regard. [bd]Keep eyes upon her.[b8] --Shak. Booksellers . . . have an eye to their own advantage. --Addison. 6. That which resembles the organ of sight, in form, position, or appearance; as: (a) (Zo[94]l.) The spots on a feather, as of peacock. (b) The scar to which the adductor muscle is attached in oysters and other bivalve shells; also, the adductor muscle itself, esp. when used as food, as in the scallop. (c) The bud or sprout of a plant or tuber; as the eye of a potato. (d) The center of a target; the bull's-eye. (e) A small loop to receive a hook; as hooks and eyes on a dress. (f) The hole through the head of a needle. (g) A loop forming part of anything, or a hole through anything, to receive a rope, hook, pin, shaft, etc.; as an eye at the end of a tie bar in a bridge truss; as an eye through a crank; an eye at the end of rope. (h) The hole through the upper millstone. 7. That which resembles the eye in relative importance or beauty. [bd]The very eye of that proverb.[b8] --Shak. Athens, the eye of Greece, mother of arts. --Milton. 8. Tinge; shade of color. [Obs.] Red with an eye of blue makes a purple. --Boyle. {By the eye}, in abundance. [Obs.] --Marlowe. {Elliott eye} (Naut.), a loop in a hemp cable made around a thimble and served. {Eye agate}, a kind of circle agate, the central part of which are of deeper tints than the rest of the mass. --Brande & C. {Eye animalcule} (Zo[94]l), a flagellate infusorian belonging to {Euglena} and related genera; -- so called because it has a colored spot like an eye at one end. {Eye doctor}, an oculist. {Eye of a volute} (Arch.), the circle in the center of volute. {Eye of day}, {Eye of the morning}, {Eye of heaven}, the sun. [bd]So gently shuts the eye day.[b8] --Mrs. Barbauld. {Eye of a ship}, the foremost part in the bows of a ship, where, formerly, eyes were painted; also, the hawser holes. --Ham. Nav. Encyc. {Half an eye}, very imperfect sight; a careless glance; as, to see a thing with half an eye; often figuratively. [bd]Those who have but half an eye. [b8] --B. Jonson. {To catch one's eye}, to attract one's notice. {To find favor in the eyes (of)}, to be graciously received and treated. {To have an eye to}, to pay particular attention to; to watch. [bd]Have an eye to Cinna.[b8] --Shak. {To keep an eye on}, to watch. {To set the eyes on}, to see; to have a sight of. {In the eye of the wind} (Naut.), in a direction opposed to the wind; as, a ship sails in the eye of the wind. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Eyeshot \Eye"shot`\, n. Range, reach, or glance of the eye; view; sight; as, to be out of eyeshot. --Dryden. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Eyot \Ey"ot\ ([imac]"[ocr]t or [amac]t), n. [Ey (AS. [c6]g or Icel. ey) + F. dim. termination -ot; cf. AS. [c6]geo[edh]. See {Island}, and cf. {Ait}.] A little island in a river or lake. See {Ait}. [Written also {ait}, {ayt}, {ey}, {eyet}, and {eyght}.] --Blackstone. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Eyght \Eyght\ ([amac]t), n. An island. See {Eyot}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Eyot \Ey"ot\ ([imac]"[ocr]t or [amac]t), n. [Ey (AS. [c6]g or Icel. ey) + F. dim. termination -ot; cf. AS. [c6]geo[edh]. See {Island}, and cf. {Ait}.] A little island in a river or lake. See {Ait}. [Written also {ait}, {ayt}, {ey}, {eyet}, and {eyght}.] --Blackstone. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Eyght \Eyght\ ([amac]t), n. An island. See {Eyot}. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Esto, FL (town, FIPS 21250) Location: 30.98500 N, 85.64216 W Population (1990): 253 (128 housing units) Area: 5.7 sq km (land), 0.4 sq km (water) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
EAST A {Eureka} project developing a {software engineering} {platform}. (1994-12-07) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
ECHT European Conference on {Hypertext}. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
ESCD {Extended System Configuration Data} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
ESD {Electrostatic Discharge} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
ESDI {Enhanced Small Disk Interface} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Exceed applications on {Microsoft Windows}. Exceed is not an X server. (2001-04-29) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
ezd between an {application program} and an {X} server and allows both existing and new programs easy access to structured graphics. Ezd users have been able to have their programs produce interactive drawings within hours of reading the manual page. Ezd supports structured graphics - application defined graphical objects are ordered into drawings by the application. Unlike most X tools, ezd does not require any event handling by the application. The ezd server maintains the window contents. When an event occurs an application supplied {Scheme} expression is evaluated. Current version: 15mar93 (as of 1993-03-10). {(ftp://gatekeeper.dec.com/pub/DEC/ezd/)}. Contact: Joel Bartlett. (2000-03-25) | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
East (1.) The orient (mizrah); the rising of the sun. Thus "the east country" is the country lying to the east of Syria, the Elymais (Zech. 8:7). (2). Properly what is in front of one, or a country that is before or in front of another; the rendering of the word _kedem_. In pointing out the quarters, a Hebrew always looked with his face toward the east. The word _kedem_ is used when the four quarters of the world are described (Gen. 13:14; 28:14); and _mizrah_ when the east only is distinguished from the west (Josh. 11:3; Ps. 50:1; 103:12, etc.). In Gen. 25:6 "eastward" is literally "unto the land of kedem;" i.e., the lands lying east of Palestine, namely, Arabia, Mesopotamia, etc. |