English Dictionary: epha | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Hind \Hind\, n. [AS. hind; akin to D. hinde, OHG. hinta, G. hinde, hindin, Icel., Sw., & Dan. hind, and perh. to Goth. hinpan to seize (in comp.), E. hunt, or cf. Gr. [?] a young deer.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) The female of the red deer, of which the male is the stag. 2. (Zo[94]l.) A spotted food fish of the genus {Epinephelus}, as {E. apua} of Bermuda, and {E. Drummond-hayi} of Florida; -- called also {coney}, {John Paw}, {spotted hind}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Ebb \Ebb\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The European bunting. | |
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Ebb \Ebb\, a. Receding; going out; falling; shallow; low. The water there is otherwise very low and ebb. --Holland. | |
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Ebb \Ebb\, n. [AS. ebba; akin to Fries. ebba, D. eb, ebbe, Dan. & G. ebbe, Sw. ebb, cf. Goth. ibuks backward; prob. akin to E. even.] 1. The reflux or flowing back of the tide; the return of the tidal wave toward the sea; -- opposed to {flood}; as, the boats will go out on the ebb. Thou shoreless flood which in thy ebb and flow Claspest the limits of morality! --Shelley. 2. The state or time of passing away; a falling from a better to a worse state; low state or condition; decline; decay. [bd]Our ebb of life.[b8] --Roscommon. Painting was then at its lowest ebb. --Dryden. {Ebb and flow}, the alternate ebb and flood of the tide; often used figuratively. This alternation between unhealthy activity and depression, this ebb and flow of the industrial. --A. T. Hadley. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Ebb \Ebb\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Ebbed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Ebbing}.] [AS. ebbian; akin to D. & G. ebben, Dan. ebbe. See 2d {Ebb}.] 1. To flow back; to return, as the water of a tide toward the ocean; -- opposed to {flow}. That Power who bids the ocean ebb and flow. --Pope. 2. To return or fall back from a better to a worse state; to decline; to decay; to recede. The hours of life ebb fast. --Blackmore. Syn: To recede; retire; withdraw; decay; decrease; wane; sink; lower. | |
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Ebb \Ebb\, v. t. To cause to flow back. [Obs.] --Ford. | |
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Ep- \Ep-\ ([ecr]p-). [Gr. 'epi`.] See {Epi-}. | |
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Ephah \E"phah\, [or] Epha \E"pha\, n. [Heb. [?][?][?][?][?][?].] A Hebrew dry measure, supposed to be equal to two pecks and five quarts. ten ephahs make one homer. | |
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Ephah \E"phah\, [or] Epha \E"pha\, n. [Heb. [?][?][?][?][?][?].] A Hebrew dry measure, supposed to be equal to two pecks and five quarts. ten ephahs make one homer. | |
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Eve \Eve\, n. [See {Even}, n.] 1. Evening. [Poetic] Winter oft, at eve resumes the breeze. --Thomson. 2. The evening before a holiday, -- from the Jewish mode of reckoning the day as beginning at sunset. not at midnight; as, Christians eve is the evening before Christmas; also, the period immediately preceding some important event. [bd]On the eve of death.[b8] --Keble. {Eve churr} (Zo[94]l), the European goatsucker or nightjar; -- called also {night churr}, and {churr owl}. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
E View, KY Zip code(s): 42732 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Effie, MN (city, FIPS 18260) Location: 47.84068 N, 93.63778 W Population (1990): 130 (70 housing units) Area: 14.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 56639 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Eva, AL (town, FIPS 24688) Location: 34.33042 N, 86.75585 W Population (1990): 438 (171 housing units) Area: 7.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 35621 Eva, TN Zip code(s): 38333 | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
EOF /E-O-F/ n. [abbreviation, `End Of File'] 1. [techspeak] The {out-of-band} value returned by C's sequential character-input functions (and their equivalents in other environments) when end of file has been reached. This value is usually -1 under C libraries postdating V6 Unix, but was originally 0. DOS hackers think EOF is ^Z, and a few Amiga hackers think it's ^\. 2. [Unix] The keyboard character (usually control-D, the ASCII EOT (End Of Transmission) character) that is mapped by the terminal driver into an end-of-file condition. 3. Used by extension in non-computer contexts when a human is doing something that can be modeled as a sequential read and can't go further. "Yeah, I looked for a list of 360 mnemonics to post as a joke, but I hit EOF pretty fast; all the library had was a {JCL} manual." See also {EOL}. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
EAF {Effort Adjustment Factor} | |
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EFF {Electronic Frontier Foundation} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
EOF End Of File 1. The {out-of-band} value returned by {C}'s sequential character-input functions (and their equivalents in other environments) when end of file has been reached. This value is -1 under {C} libraries postdating V6 Unix, but was originally 0. 2. The keyboard character (usually control-D, the ASCII EOT (End Of Transmission) character) that is mapped by the {Unix} terminal driver into an end-of-file condition. [{Jargon File}] (1995-01-18) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
EP {Emulator program} | |
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EPP {Enhanced Parallel Port} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
EV6 {Slot A} {motherboards}. The Alpha EV6 bus protocol is capable of bus speeds from 40 to 400 MHz and uses a {point-to-point} {topology} with {clock forwarding}. (1999-08-05) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Eva 1. A toy ALGOL-like language used in "Formal Specification of Programming Languages: A Panoramic Primer", F.G. Pagan, P-H 1981. 2. Explicit Vector Language. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
EVE {Extensible VAX Editor} | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Ephah gloom. (1.) One of the five sons of Midian, and grandson of Abraham (Gen. 25:4). The city of Ephah, to which he gave his name, is mentioned Isa. 60:6, 7. This city, with its surrounding territory, formed part of Midian, on the east shore of the Dead Sea. It abounded in dromedaries and camels (Judg. 6:5). (2.) 1 Chr. 2:46, a concubine of Caleb. (3.) 1 Chr. 2:47, a descendant of Judah. Ephah, a word of Egyptian origin, meaning measure; a grain measure containing "three seahs or ten omers," and equivalent to the bath for liquids (Ex. 16:36; 1 Sam. 17:17; Zech. 5:6). The double ephah in Prov. 20:10 (marg., "an ephah and an ephah"), Deut. 25:14, means two ephahs, the one false and the other just. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Eve life; living, the name given by Adam to his wife (Gen. 3:20; 4:1). The account of her creation is given in Gen. 2:21, 22. The Creator, by declaring that it was not good for man to be alone, and by creating for him a suitable companion, gave sanction to monogamy. The commentator Matthew Henry says: "This companion was taken from his side to signify that she was to be dear unto him as his own flesh. Not from his head, lest she should rule over him; nor from his feet, lest he should tyrannize over her; but from his side, to denote that species of equality which is to subsist in the marriage state." And again, "That wife that is of God's making by special grace, and of God's bringing by special providence, is likely to prove a helpmeet to her husband." Through the subtle temptation of the serpent she violated the commandment of God by taking of the forbidden fruit, which she gave also unto her husband (1 Tim. 2:13-15; 2 Cor. 11:3). When she gave birth to her first son, she said, "I have gotten a man from the Lord" (R.V., "I have gotten a man with the help of the Lord," Gen. 4:1). Thus she welcomed Cain, as some think, as if he had been the Promised One the "Seed of the woman." | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Ephah, weary; tired | |
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Eve, living; enlivening | |
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Evi, unjust |