English Dictionary: eggcup | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Egg-cup \Egg"-cup`\, n. A cup used for holding an egg, at table. | |
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Equip \E*quip"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Equipped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Equipping}.] [F. [82]quiper to supply, fit out, orig. said of a ship, OF. esquiper to embark; of German origin; cf. OHG. scif, G. schiff, Icel. skip, AS. scip. See {Ship}.] 1. To furnish for service, or against a need or exigency; to fit out; to supply with whatever is necessary to efficient action in any way; to provide with arms or an armament, stores, munitions, rigging, etc.; -- said esp. of ships and of troops. --Dryden. Gave orders for equipping a considerable fleet. --Ludlow. 2. To dress up; to array; accouter. The country are led astray in following the town, and equipped in a ridiculous habit, when they fancy themselves in the height of the mode. --Addison. | |
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Escape \Es*cape"\, n. (Bot.) A plant which has escaped from cultivation. | |
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Escape \Es*cape"\, v. i. 1. To flee, and become secure from danger; -- often followed by from or out of. Haste, for thy life escape, nor look behind[?][?] --Keble. 2. To get clear from danger or evil of any form; to be passed without harm. Such heretics . . . would have been thought fortunate, if they escaped with life. --Macaulay. 3. To get free from that which confines or holds; -- used of persons or things; as, to escape from prison, from arrest, or from slavery; gas escapes from the pipes; electricity escapes from its conductors. To escape out of these meshes. --Thackeray. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Escape \Es*cape"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Escaped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Escaping}.] [OE. escapen, eschapen, OF. escaper, eschaper, F. echapper, fr. LL. ex cappa out of one's cape or cloak; hence, to slip out of one's cape and escape. See 3d {Cape}, and cf. {Scape}, v.] 1. To flee from and avoid; to be saved or exempt from; to shun; to obtain security from; as, to escape danger. [bd]Sailors that escaped the wreck.[b8] --Shak. 2. To avoid the notice of; to pass unobserved by; to evade; as, the fact escaped our attention. They escaped the search of the enemy. --Ludlow. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Escape \Es*cape"\, n. 1. The act of fleeing from danger, of evading harm, or of avoiding notice; deliverance from injury or any evil; flight; as, an escape in battle; a narrow escape; also, the means of escape; as, a fire escape. I would hasten my escape from the windy storm. --Ps. lv. 8. 2. That which escapes attention or restraint; a mistake; an oversight; also, transgression. [Obs.] I should have been more accurate, and corrected all those former escapes. --Burton. 3. A sally. [bd]Thousand escapes of wit.[b8] --Shak. 4. (Law) The unlawful permission, by a jailer or other custodian, of a prisoner's departure from custody. Note: Escape is technically distinguishable from prison breach, which is the unlawful departure of the prisoner from custody, escape being the permission of the departure by the custodian, either by connivance or negligence. The term escape, however, is applied by some of the old authorities to a departure from custody by stratagem, or without force. --Wharton. 5. (Arch.) An apophyge. 6. Leakage or outflow, as of steam or a liquid. 7. (Elec.) Leakage or loss of currents from the conducting wires, caused by defective insulation. {Escape pipe} (Steam Boilers), a pipe for carrying away steam that escapes through a safety valve. {Escape valve} (Steam Engine), a relief valve; a safety valve. See under {Relief}, and {Safety}. {Escape wheel} (Horol.), the wheel of an escapement. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Espy \Es*py"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Espied}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Espying}.] [OF. espier, F. [82]pier, from OHG. speh[?]n to watch, spy, G. sp[84]hen; akin to L. specere to look, species sight, shape, appearance, kind. See {Spice}, {Spy}, and cf. {Espionage}.] 1. To catch sight of; to perceive with the eyes; to discover, as a distant object partly concealed, or not obvious to notice; to see at a glance; to discern unexpectedly; to spy; as, to espy land; to espy a man in a crowd. As one of them opened his sack to give his ass provender in the inn, . . . he espied his money. --Gen. xlii. 27. A goodly vessel did I then espy Come like a giant from a haven broad. --Wordsworth. 2. To inspect narrowly; to examine and keep watch upon; to watch; to observe. He sends angels to espy us in all our ways. --Jer. Taylor. Syn: To discern; discover; detect; descry; spy. | |
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Espy \Es*py"\, v. i. To look or search narrowly; to look about; to watch; to take notice; to spy. Stand by the way, and espy. --Jer. xlviii. 19. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Espy \Es*py"\, n.; pl. {Espies}. [OF. espie. See {Espy}, v., {Spy}.] A spy; a scout. [Obs.] --Huloet. | |
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Excave \Ex*cave"\, v. t. [L. excavare.] To excavate. [Obs.] --Cockeram. | |
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Eyecup \Eye"cup`\, n. A small oval porcelain or glass cup, having a rim curved to fit the orbit of the eye. it is used in the application of liquid remedies to eyes; -- called also {eyeglass}. | |
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Espy, PA (CDP, FIPS 24088) Location: 41.00500 N, 76.41769 W Population (1990): 1430 (655 housing units) Area: 2.4 sq km (land), 0.4 sq km (water) | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
ECP /E-C-P/ n. See {spam} and {velveeta}. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
ECAP II Electronic Circuit Analysis Program. Simple language for analysing electrical networks. "Introduction to Computer Analysis: ECAP for Electronics Technicians and Engineers", H. Levin, P-H 1970. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
ECIP2 An {Esprit} project on the definition of a specification language at the requirement level. | |
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ECOOP European Conference on Object-oriented Programming. | |
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ECP 1. {Engineering Change Proposal}. 2. {Enhanced Capabilities Port}. 3. {Extended Capabilities Port}. 4. {Extended Concurrent Prolog}. (1997-12-01) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
ECSP An extension to {CSP}, supporting dynamic communication channels and nested processes. ["Static Type Checking of Interprocess Communication in ECSP", F. Baiardi et al, SIGPLAN Notices 19(6):290-299 (June 1984)]. (1994-12-08) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
EGP {Exterior Gateway Protocol} | |
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EJB {Enterprise JavaBeans} | |
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ESCAPE [Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959)]. (1995-01-05) | |
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escape When sent by the user, escape is often used to abort execution or data entry. When sent by the computer it often starts an {escape sequence}. (1997-11-27) | |
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ESCAPE [Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959)]. (1995-01-05) | |
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escape When sent by the user, escape is often used to abort execution or data entry. When sent by the computer it often starts an {escape sequence}. (1997-11-27) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
ESF Eureka Software Factory. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
ESP 1. Extra Simple Pascal. Subset of Pascal. 2. Econometric Software Package. Statistical analysis of time series. "Econometric Software Package, User's Manual", J.P. Cooper, Graduate School of Business, U Chicago. Sammet 1978. 3. {Extended Self-containing Prolog}. 4. An early {symbolic mathematics} system. [A. Rom, Celest Mech 3:331-345 (1971)]. (1994-12-08) |