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Emetine \Em"e*tine\ (?; 104), n. [See {Emetic}.] (Chem.) A white crystalline bitter alkaloid extracted from ipecacuanha root, and regarded as its peculiar emetic principle. | |
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Emittent \E*mit"tent\, a. [L. emittens, p. pr. emittere.] Sending forth; emissive. --Boyle. | |
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Emit \E*mit"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Emitted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Emitting}.] [L. emittere to send out; e out + mittere to send. See {Mission}.] 1. To send forth; to throw or give out; to cause to issue; to give vent to; to eject; to discharge; as, fire emits heat and smoke; boiling water emits steam; the sun emits light. Lest, wrathful, the far-shooting god emit His fatal arrows. --Prior. 2. To issue forth, as an order or decree; to print and send into circulation, as notes or bills of credit. No State shall . . . emit bills of credit. --Const. of the U. S. | |
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Emmet \Em"met\, n. [OE. emete, amete, AS. [91]mete. See {Ant}.] (Zo[94]l.) An ant. {Emmet hunter} (Zo[94]l.), the wryneck. | |
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Emodin \Em"o*din\, n. (Chem.) An orange-red crystalline substance, {C15H10O5}, obtained from the buckthorn, rhubarb, etc., and regarded as a derivative of anthraquinone; -- so called from a species of rhubarb ({Rheum emodei}). | |
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Emotion \E*mo"tion\, n. [L. emovere, emotum, to remove, shake, stir up; e out + movere to move: cf. F. [82]motion. See {Move}, and cf. {Emmove}.] A moving of the mind or soul; excitement of the feelings, whether pleasing or painful; disturbance or agitation of mind caused by a specific exciting cause and manifested by some sensible effect on the body. How different the emotions between departure and return! --W. Irving. Some vague emotion of delight. --Tennyson. Syn: Feeling; agitation; tremor; trepidation; perturbation; passion; excitement. Usage: {Emotion}, {Feeling}, {Agitation}. Feeling is the weaker term, and may be of the body or the mind. Emotion is of the mind alone, being the excited action of some inward susceptibility or feeling; as, an emotion of pity, terror, etc. Agitation may the bodily or mental, and usually arises in the latter case from a vehement struggle between contending desires or emotions. See {Passion}. [bd]Agitations have but one character, viz., that of violence; emotions vary with the objects that awaken them. There are emotions either of tenderness or anger, either gentle or strong, either painful or pleasing.[b8] --Crabb. | |
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Emotional \E*mo"tion*al\, a. Pertaining to, or characterized by, emotion; excitable; easily moved; sensational; as, an emotional nature. | |
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Emotionalism \E*mo"tion*al*ism\, n. The cultivation of an emotional state of mind; tendency to regard things in an emotional manner. | |
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Emotionalize \E*mo"tion*al*ize\, v. t. To give an emotional character to. Brought up in a pious family where religion was not talked about emotionalized, but was accepted as the rule of thought and conduct. --Froude. | |
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Emotioned \E*mo"tioned\, a. Affected with emotion. [R.] [bd]The emotioned soul.[b8] --Sir W. Scott. | |
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Enation \E*na"tion\, n. (Bot.) Any unusual outgrowth from the surface of a thing, as of a petal; also, the capacity or act of producing such an outgrowth. | |
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{An end}. (a) On end; upright; erect; endways. --Spenser (b) To the end; continuously. [Obs.] --Richardson. {End bulb} (Anat.), one of the bulblike bodies in which some sensory nerve fibers end in certain parts of the skin and mucous membranes; -- also called end corpuscles. {End fly}, a bobfly. {End for end}, one end for the other; in reversed order. {End man}, the last man in a row; one of the two men at the extremities of a line of minstrels. {End on} (Naut.), bow foremost. {End organ} (Anat.), the structure in which a nerve fiber ends, either peripherally or centrally. {End plate} (Anat.), one of the flat expansions in which motor nerve fibers terminate on muscular fibers. {End play} (Mach.), movement endwise, or room for such movement. {End stone} (Horol.), one of the two plates of a jewel in a timepiece; the part that limits the pivot's end play. {Ends of the earth}, the remotest regions of the earth. {In the end}, finally. --Shak. {On end}, upright; erect. {To the end}, in order. --Bacon. {To make both ends meet}, to live within one's income. --Fuller. {To put an end to}, to destroy. | |
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{An end}. (a) On end; upright; erect; endways. --Spenser (b) To the end; continuously. [Obs.] --Richardson. {End bulb} (Anat.), one of the bulblike bodies in which some sensory nerve fibers end in certain parts of the skin and mucous membranes; -- also called end corpuscles. {End fly}, a bobfly. {End for end}, one end for the other; in reversed order. {End man}, the last man in a row; one of the two men at the extremities of a line of minstrels. {End on} (Naut.), bow foremost. {End organ} (Anat.), the structure in which a nerve fiber ends, either peripherally or centrally. {End plate} (Anat.), one of the flat expansions in which motor nerve fibers terminate on muscular fibers. {End play} (Mach.), movement endwise, or room for such movement. {End stone} (Horol.), one of the two plates of a jewel in a timepiece; the part that limits the pivot's end play. {Ends of the earth}, the remotest regions of the earth. {In the end}, finally. --Shak. {On end}, upright; erect. {To the end}, in order. --Bacon. {To make both ends meet}, to live within one's income. --Fuller. {To put an end to}, to destroy. | |
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Endamage \En*dam"age\ (?; 48), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Endamaged} (?; 48); p. pr. & vb. n. {Endamaging}.] [Pref. en- + damage: cf. F. endommager.] To bring loss or damage to; to harm; to injure. [R.] The trial hath endamaged thee no way. --Milton. | |
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Endamageable \En*dam"age*a*ble\, a. Capable of being damaged, or injured; damageable. [Obs.] | |
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Endamage \En*dam"age\ (?; 48), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Endamaged} (?; 48); p. pr. & vb. n. {Endamaging}.] [Pref. en- + damage: cf. F. endommager.] To bring loss or damage to; to harm; to injure. [R.] The trial hath endamaged thee no way. --Milton. | |
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Endamagement \En*dam"age*ment\, n. [Cf. F. endommagement.] Damage; injury; harm. [Obs.] --Shak. | |
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Endamage \En*dam"age\ (?; 48), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Endamaged} (?; 48); p. pr. & vb. n. {Endamaging}.] [Pref. en- + damage: cf. F. endommager.] To bring loss or damage to; to harm; to injure. [R.] The trial hath endamaged thee no way. --Milton. | |
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Endamnify \En*dam"ni*fy\, v. t. To damnify; to injure. [R.] --Sandys. | |
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Endanger \En*dan"ger\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Endangered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Endangering}.] 1. To put to hazard; to bring into danger or peril; to expose to loss or injury; as, to endanger life or peace. All the other difficulties of his reign only exercised without endangering him. --Burke. 2. To incur the hazard of; to risk. [Obs.] He that turneth the humors back . . . endangereth malign ulcers. --Bacon. | |
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Endanger \En*dan"ger\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Endangered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Endangering}.] 1. To put to hazard; to bring into danger or peril; to expose to loss or injury; as, to endanger life or peace. All the other difficulties of his reign only exercised without endangering him. --Burke. 2. To incur the hazard of; to risk. [Obs.] He that turneth the humors back . . . endangereth malign ulcers. --Bacon. | |
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Endanger \En*dan"ger\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Endangered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Endangering}.] 1. To put to hazard; to bring into danger or peril; to expose to loss or injury; as, to endanger life or peace. All the other difficulties of his reign only exercised without endangering him. --Burke. 2. To incur the hazard of; to risk. [Obs.] He that turneth the humors back . . . endangereth malign ulcers. --Bacon. | |
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Endangerment \En*dan"ger*ment\, n. Hazard; peril. --Milton. | |
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Endemial \En*de"mi*al\, a. Endemic. [R.] | |
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Endemic \En*dem"ic\, a. Belonging or native to a particular people or country; native as distinguished from introduced or naturalized; hence, regularly or ordinarily occurring in a given region; local; as, a plant endemic in Australia; -- often distinguished from {exotic}. The traditions of folklore . . . from a kind of endemic symbolism. --F. W. H. Myers. | |
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Endemic \En*de"mic\, Endemical \En*de"mic*al\, a. [Gr. [?], [?]; [?] + [?] the people: cf. F. end[82]mique.] (Med.) Peculiar to a district or particular locality, or class of persons; as, an endemic disease. Note: An endemic disease is one which is constantly present to a greater or less degree in any place, as distinguished from an epidemic disease, which prevails widely at some one time, or periodically, and from a sporadic disease, of which a few instances occur now and then. | |
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Endemic \En*dem"ic\, n. (Med.) An endemic disease. Fear, which is an endemic latent in every human heart, sometimes rises into an epidemic. --J. B. Heard. | |
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Endemic \En*de"mic\, Endemical \En*de"mic*al\, a. [Gr. [?], [?]; [?] + [?] the people: cf. F. end[82]mique.] (Med.) Peculiar to a district or particular locality, or class of persons; as, an endemic disease. Note: An endemic disease is one which is constantly present to a greater or less degree in any place, as distinguished from an epidemic disease, which prevails widely at some one time, or periodically, and from a sporadic disease, of which a few instances occur now and then. | |
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Endemically \En*dem"ic*al*ly\, adv. In an endemic manner. | |
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Endemiology \En*dem`i*ol"o*gy\, n. The science which treats of endemic affections. | |
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Endenization \En*den`i*za"tion\, n. The act of naturalizing. [R.] | |
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Endenize \En*den"ize\, v. t. To endenizen. [Obs.] | |
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Endenizen \En*den"i*zen\, v. t. [Pref. en- + denizen. Cf. {Indenizen}.] To admit to the privileges of a denizen; to naturalize. [Obs.] --B. Jonson. | |
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End \End\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ended}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Ending}.] 1. To bring to an end or conclusion; to finish; to close; to terminate; as, to end a speech. [bd]I shall end this strife.[b8] --Shak. On the seventh day God ended his work. --Gen. ii. 2. 2. To form or be at the end of; as, the letter k ends the word back. 3. To destroy; to put to death. [bd]This sword hath ended him.[b8] --Shak. {To end up}, to lift or tilt, so as to set on end; as, to end up a hogshead. | |
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Ending \End"ing\, n. 1. Termination; concluding part; result; conclusion; destruction; death. 2. (Gram.) The final syllable or letter of a word; the part joined to the stem. See 3d {Case}, 5. {Ending day}, day of death. --Chaucer. | |
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Ending \End"ing\, n. 1. Termination; concluding part; result; conclusion; destruction; death. 2. (Gram.) The final syllable or letter of a word; the part joined to the stem. See 3d {Case}, 5. {Ending day}, day of death. --Chaucer. | |
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Endmost \End"most`\, a. Farthest; remotest; at the very end. --Tylor. | |
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Endome \En*dome"\, v. t. To cover as with a dome. | |
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Endomorph \En"do*morph\, n. [Endo- + Gr. [?] form.] (Min.) A crystal of one species inclosed within one of another, as one of rutile inclosed in quartz. | |
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Endow \En*dow"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Endowed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Endowing}.] [OF. endouer; pref. en- (L. in) + F. douer to endow, L. dotare. See {Dower}, and cf. 2d {Endue}.] 1. To furnish with money or its equivalent, as a permanent fund for support; to make pecuniary provision for; to settle an income upon; especially, to furnish with dower; as, to endow a wife; to endow a public institution. Endowing hospitals and almshouses. --Bp. Stillingfleet. 2. To enrich or furnish with anything of the nature of a gift (as a quality or faculty); -- followed by with, rarely by of; as, man is endowed by his Maker with reason; to endow with privileges or benefits. | |
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Endowment \En*dow"ment\, n. 1. The act of bestowing a dower, fund, or permanent provision for support. 2. That which is bestowed or settled on a person or an institution; property, fund, or revenue permanently appropriated to any object; as, the endowment of a church, a hospital, or a college. 3. That which is given or bestowed upon the person or mind; gift of nature; accomplishment; natural capacity; talents; -- usually in the plural. His early endowments had fitted him for the work he was to do. --I. Taylor. | |
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Insurance \In*sur"ance\, n. [From {Insure}.] 1. The act of insuring, or assuring, against loss or damage by a contingent event; a contract whereby, for a stipulated consideration, called premium, one party undertakes to indemnify or guarantee another against loss by certain specified risks. Cf. {Assurance}, n., 6. Note: The person who undertakes to pay in case of loss is termed the insurer; the danger against which he undertakes, the risk; the person protected, the insured; the sum which he pays for the protection, the premium; and the contract itself, when reduced to form, the policy. --Johnson's Cyc. 2. The premium paid for insuring property or life. 3. The sum for which life or property is insured. 4. A guaranty, security, or pledge; assurance. [Obs.] The most acceptable insurance of the divine protection. --Mickle. {Accident insurance}, insurance against pecuniary loss by reason of accident to the person. {Endowment insurance} [or] {assurance}, a combination of life insurance and investment such that if the person upon whose life a risk is taken dies before a certain specified time the insurance becomes due at once, and if he survives, it becomes due at the time specified. {Fire insurance}. See under {Fire}. {Insurance broker}, a broker or agent who effects insurance. {Insurance company}, a company or corporation whose business it is to insure against loss, damage, or death. {Insurance policy}, a certificate of insurance; the document containing the contract made by an insurance company with a person whose property or life is insured. {Life insurance}. See under {Life}. | |
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Enduement \En*due"ment\, n. Act of enduing; induement. | |
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Endue \En*due"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Endued}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Enduing}.] [L. induere, prob. confused with E. endow. See {Indue}.] To invest. --Latham. Tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on high. --Luke xxiv. 49. Endue them . . . with heavenly gifts. --Book of Common Prayer. | |
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Ennation \En*na"tion\, n. [Gr. [?] nine.] (Zo[94]l.) The ninth segment in insects. | |
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Entame \En*tame"\, v. t. To tame. [Obs.] --Shak. | |
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Entangle \En*tan"gle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Entangled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Entangling}.] 1. To twist or interweave in such a manner as not to be easily separated; to make tangled, confused, and intricate; as, to entangle yarn or the hair. 2. To involve in such complications as to render extrication a bewildering difficulty; hence, metaphorically, to insnare; to perplex; to bewilder; to puzzle; as, to entangle the feet in a net, or in briers. [bd]Entangling alliances.[b8] --Washington. The difficulties that perplex men's thoughts and entangle their understandings. --Locke. Allowing her to entangle herself with a person whose future was so uncertain. --Froude. | |
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Entangle \En*tan"gle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Entangled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Entangling}.] 1. To twist or interweave in such a manner as not to be easily separated; to make tangled, confused, and intricate; as, to entangle yarn or the hair. 2. To involve in such complications as to render extrication a bewildering difficulty; hence, metaphorically, to insnare; to perplex; to bewilder; to puzzle; as, to entangle the feet in a net, or in briers. [bd]Entangling alliances.[b8] --Washington. The difficulties that perplex men's thoughts and entangle their understandings. --Locke. Allowing her to entangle herself with a person whose future was so uncertain. --Froude. | |
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Entanglement \En*tan"gle*ment\, n. 1. (Mil.) An extensive low obstacle formed of stakes, stumps, or the like, connected by wires, ropes, or the like. 2. (Naut.) An obstruction of cables and spars across a river or harbor entrance. | |
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Entanglement \En*tan"gle*ment\, n. State of being entangled; intricate and confused involution; that which entangles; intricacy; perplexity. | |
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Entangler \En*tan"gler\, n. One that entangles. | |
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Entangle \En*tan"gle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Entangled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Entangling}.] 1. To twist or interweave in such a manner as not to be easily separated; to make tangled, confused, and intricate; as, to entangle yarn or the hair. 2. To involve in such complications as to render extrication a bewildering difficulty; hence, metaphorically, to insnare; to perplex; to bewilder; to puzzle; as, to entangle the feet in a net, or in briers. [bd]Entangling alliances.[b8] --Washington. The difficulties that perplex men's thoughts and entangle their understandings. --Locke. Allowing her to entangle herself with a person whose future was so uncertain. --Froude. | |
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Entend \En*tend"\, v. i. [F. entendre, fr. L. intendere. See {Intend}.] To attend to; to apply one's self to. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Entender \En*ten"der\, v. t. 1. To make tender. [R.] --Jer. Taylor. 2. To treat with tenderness. [R.] --Young. | |
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Ententive \En*ten"tive\, a. [OF. ententif.] Attentive; zealous. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Entheal \En"the*al\, Enthean \En"the*an\, a. [Gr. [?] full of the god, inspired; [?] in + [?] god.] Divinely inspired; wrought up to enthusiasm. [Obs.] | |
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Enthymematic \En`thy*me*mat"ic\, Enthymematical \En`thy*me*mat"ic*al\, a. [Gr. [?].] Pertaining to, or of the form of, an enthymeme. | |
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Enthymematic \En`thy*me*mat"ic\, Enthymematical \En`thy*me*mat"ic*al\, a. [Gr. [?].] Pertaining to, or of the form of, an enthymeme. | |
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Enthymeme \En"thy*meme\, n. [Gr. [?], fr. [?] to keep in mind, consider; [?] in + [?] mind, soul.] (Logic) An argument consisting of only two propositions, an antecedent and consequent deduced from it; a syllogism with one premise omitted; as, We are dependent; therefore we should be humble. Here the major proposition is suppressed. The complete syllogism would be, Dependent creatures should be humble; we are dependent creatures; therefore we should be humble. | |
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Diamond \Di"a*mond\ (?; 277), n. [OE. diamaund, diamaunt, F. diamant, corrupted, fr. L. adamas, the hardest iron, steel, diamond, Gr. [?]. Perh. the corruption is due to the influence of Gr. [?] transparent. See {Adamant}, {Tame}.] 1. A precious stone or gem excelling in brilliancy and beautiful play of prismatic colors, and remarkable for extreme hardness. Note: The diamond is native carbon in isometric crystals, often octahedrons with rounded edges. It is usually colorless, but some are yellow, green, blue, and even black. It is the hardest substance known. The diamond as found in nature (called a rough diamond) is cut, for use in jewelry, into various forms with many reflecting faces, or facets, by which its brilliancy is much increased. See {Brilliant}, {Rose}. Diamonds are said to be of the first water when very transparent, and of the second or third water as the transparency decreases. 2. A geometrical figure, consisting of four equal straight lines, and having two of the interior angles acute and two obtuse; a rhombus; a lozenge. 3. One of a suit of playing cards, stamped with the figure of a diamond. 4. (Arch.) A pointed projection, like a four-sided pyramid, used for ornament in lines or groups. 5. (Baseball) The infield; the square space, 90 feet on a side, having the bases at its angles. 6. (Print.) The smallest kind of type in English printing, except that called brilliant, which is seldom seen. Note: [b5] This line is printed in the type called {Diamond}. {Black diamond}, coal; (Min.) See {Carbonado}. {Bristol diamond}. See {Bristol stone}, under {Bristol}. {Diamond beetle} (Zo[94]l.), a large South American weevil ({Entimus imperialis}), remarkable for its splendid luster and colors, due to minute brilliant scales. {Diamond bird} (Zo[94]l.), a small Australian bird ({Pardalotus punctatus}, family {Ampelid[91]}.). It is black, with white spots. {Diamond drill} (Engin.), a rod or tube the end of which is set with black diamonds; -- used for perforating hard substances, esp. for boring in rock. {Diamond finch} (Zo[94]l.), a small Australian sparrow, often kept in a cage. Its sides are black, with conspicuous white spots, and the rump is bright carmine. {Diamond groove} (Iron Working), a groove of V-section in a roll. {Diamond mortar} (Chem.), a small steel mortar used for pulverizing hard substances. {Diamond-point tool}, a cutting tool whose point is diamond-shaped. {Diamond snake} (Zo[94]l.), a harmless snake of Australia ({Morelia spilotes}); the carpet snake. {Glazier's diamond}, a small diamond set in a glazier's tool, for cutting glass. | |
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Entomb \En*tomb"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Entombed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Entombing}.] [Pref. en- + tomb: cf. OF. entomber.] To deposit in a tomb, as a dead body; to bury; to inter; to inhume. --Hooker. | |
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Entomb \En*tomb"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Entombed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Entombing}.] [Pref. en- + tomb: cf. OF. entomber.] To deposit in a tomb, as a dead body; to bury; to inter; to inhume. --Hooker. | |
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Entomb \En*tomb"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Entombed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Entombing}.] [Pref. en- + tomb: cf. OF. entomber.] To deposit in a tomb, as a dead body; to bury; to inter; to inhume. --Hooker. | |
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Entombment \En*tomb"ment\, n. The act of entombing or burying, or state of being entombed; burial. --Barrow. | |
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Entomere \En"to*mere\, n. [Ento- + -mere.] (Biol.) The more granular cells, which finally become internal, in many segmenting ova, as those of mammals. | |
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Entomic \En*tom"ic\, Entomical \En*tom"ic*al\, a. [Gr. [?] insect. See {Entomology}.] (Zo[94]l.) Relating to insects; entomological. | |
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Entomic \En*tom"ic\, Entomical \En*tom"ic*al\, a. [Gr. [?] insect. See {Entomology}.] (Zo[94]l.) Relating to insects; entomological. | |
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Entomoid \En"to*moid\, a. [Gr. [?] insect + -oid.] (Zo[94]l.) Resembling an insect. -- n. An object resembling an insect. | |
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Entomolin \En*tom"o*lin\, n. [Gr. [?] insect.] (Chem.) See {Chitin}. | |
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Entomolite \En*tom"o*lite\, n. [Gr. [?] insect + -lite.] (Paleon.) A fossil insect. | |
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Entomologic \En`to*mo*log"ic\, Entomological \En`to*mo*log"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. entomologique.] Of or relating to entomology. -- {En`to*mo*log"ic*al*ly}, adv. | |
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Entomologic \En`to*mo*log"ic\, Entomological \En`to*mo*log"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. entomologique.] Of or relating to entomology. -- {En`to*mo*log"ic*al*ly}, adv. | |
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Entomologic \En`to*mo*log"ic\, Entomological \En`to*mo*log"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. entomologique.] Of or relating to entomology. -- {En`to*mo*log"ic*al*ly}, adv. | |
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Entomology \En`to*mol"o*gy\, n.; pl. {Entomologies}. [Gr. 'e`ntomon insect (so called because nearly cut in two, fr. 'e`ntomos cut in; 'en in + te`mnein to cut) + -logy: cf. F. entomologie. See {In}, and {Tome}, and cf. {Insect}.] 1. That part of zo[94]logy which treats of insects. 2. A treatise on the science of entomology. | |
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Entomologist \En`to*mol"o*gist\, n. [Cf. F. entomologiste.] One versed in entomology. | |
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Entomologize \En`to*mol"o*gize\, v. i. To collect specimens in the study of entomology. --C. Kingsley. | |
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Entomology \En`to*mol"o*gy\, n.; pl. {Entomologies}. [Gr. 'e`ntomon insect (so called because nearly cut in two, fr. 'e`ntomos cut in; 'en in + te`mnein to cut) + -logy: cf. F. entomologie. See {In}, and {Tome}, and cf. {Insect}.] 1. That part of zo[94]logy which treats of insects. 2. A treatise on the science of entomology. | |
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Entomophagan \En`to*moph"a*gan\, a. (Zo[94]l.) Relating to the Entomophaga. -- n. One of the Entomophaga. | |
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Entomophagous \En`to*moph"a*gous\, a. (Zo[94]l.) Feeding on insects; insectivorous. | |
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Entomophilous \En`to*moph"i*lous\, a. [Gr. [?] insect + [?] a lover.] (Bot.) Fertilized by the agency of insects; -- said of plants in which the pollen is carried to the stigma by insects. | |
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Entomostracan \En`to*mos"tra*can\, a. (Zo[94]l.) Relating to the Entomostraca. -- n. One of the Entomostraca. | |
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Entomostracous \En`to*mos"tra*cous\, a. (Zo[94]l.) Belonging to the Entomostracans. | |
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Entomotomist \En`to*mot"o*mist\, n. One who practices entomotomy. | |
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Entomotomy \En`to*mot"o*my\, n. [Gr. [?] insect + te`mnein to cut.] The science of the dissection of insects. | |
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Wurraluh \Wur"ra*luh\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The Australian white-quilled honey eater ({Entomyza albipennis}). | |
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Entonic \En*ton"ic\, a. [Gr. [?] strained, fr. [?] to strain. See {Entasis}.] (Med.) Having great tension, or exaggerated action. --Dunglison. | |
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Entune \En*tune"\, v. t. To tune; to intone. --Chaucer. | |
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Intwine \In*twine"\, v. t. [Cf. {Entwine}.] To twine or twist into, or together; to wreathe; as, a wreath of flowers intwined. [Written also {entwine}.] | |
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Entwine \En*twine"\, v. t. [Pref. en- + twine. Cf. {Intwine}.] To twine, twist, or wreathe together or round. [Written also {intwine}.] Entwined in duskier wreaths her braided locks. --Shelley. Thy glorious household stuff did me entwine. --Herbert. | |
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Entwine \En*twine"\, v. i. To be twisted or twined. With whose imperial laurels might entwine no cypress. --De Quincey. | |
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Intwine \In*twine"\, v. t. [Cf. {Entwine}.] To twine or twist into, or together; to wreathe; as, a wreath of flowers intwined. [Written also {entwine}.] | |
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Entwine \En*twine"\, v. t. [Pref. en- + twine. Cf. {Intwine}.] To twine, twist, or wreathe together or round. [Written also {intwine}.] Entwined in duskier wreaths her braided locks. --Shelley. Thy glorious household stuff did me entwine. --Herbert. | |
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Entwine \En*twine"\, v. i. To be twisted or twined. With whose imperial laurels might entwine no cypress. --De Quincey. | |
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Entwinement \En*twine"ment\, n. A twining or twisting together or round; union. --Bp. Hacket. | |
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Enwiden \En*wid"en\, v. t. To widen. [Obs.] | |
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Emden, IL (village, FIPS 23971) Location: 40.29773 N, 89.48517 W Population (1990): 459 (208 housing units) Area: 0.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 62635 Emden, MO Zip code(s): 63439 | |
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EMD Enterprises, Inc. specialising in {database} and {client-server} applications. {(http://www.emdent.com/)}. (1994-12-12) | |
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-endian The ordering of {bytes} in a multi-byte number. The term comes from Swift's "Gulliver's Travels" via the famous paper "On Holy Wars and a Plea for Peace" by Danny Cohen, USC/ISI IEN 137, 1980-04-01. The Lilliputians, being very small, had correspondingly small political problems. The Big-Endian and Little-Endian parties debated over whether soft-boiled eggs should be opened at the big end or the little end. See {big-endian}, {little-endian}, {middle-endian}, {holy wars}, {NUXI problem}, {swab}. (1998-08-09) | |
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Ente Nazionale Italiano di Unificazione (UNI) The Italian national standards body, a member of {ISO}. |