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Easement \Ease"ment\, n. [OF. aisement. See {Ease}, n.] 1. That which gives ease, relief, or assistance; convenience; accommodation. In need of every kind of relief and easement. --Burke. 2. (Law) A liberty, privilege, or advantage, which one proprietor has in the estate of another proprietor, distinct from the ownership of the soil, as a way, water course, etc. It is a species of what the civil law calls servitude. --Kent. 3. (Arch.) A curved member instead of an abrupt change of direction, as in a baseboard, hand rail, etc. | |
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Ecgonine \Ec"go*nine\ (?; 104), n. [Gr. 'e`kgonos sprung from.] (Chem.) A colorless, crystalline, nitrogenous base, obtained by the decomposition of cocaine. | |
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Economic \E`co*nom"ic\ (?; 277), Economical \E`co*nom"ic*al\, a. [F. [82]conomique, L. oeconomicus orderly, methodical, Gr. [?] economical. See {Economy}.] 1. Pertaining to the household; domestic. [bd]In this economical misfortune [of ill-assorted matrimony.][b8] --Milton. 2. Relating to domestic economy, or to the management of household affairs. And doth employ her economic art And busy care, her household to preserve. --Sir J. Davies. 3. Managing with frugality; guarding against waste or unnecessary expense; careful and frugal in management and in expenditure; -- said of character or habits. Just rich enough, with economic care, To save a pittance. --Harte. 4. Managed with frugality; not marked with waste or extravagance; frugal; -- said of acts; saving; as, an economical use of money or of time. 5. Relating to the means of living, or the resources and wealth of a country; relating to political economy; as, economic purposes; economical truths. These matters economical and political. --J. C. Shairp. There was no economical distress in England to prompt the enterprises of colonization. --Palfrey. Economic questions, such as money, usury, taxes, lands, and the employment of the people. --H. C. Baird. 6. Regulative; relating to the adaptation of means to an end. --Grew. Note: Economical is the usual form when meaning frugal, saving; economic is the form commonly used when meaning pertaining to the management of a household, or of public affairs. | |
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Rent \Rent\, n. (Polit. Econ.) (a) That portion of the produce of the earth paid to the landlord for the use of the [bd]original and indestructible powers of the soil;[b8] the excess of the return from a given piece of cultivated land over that from land of equal area at the [bd]margin of cultivation.[b8] Called also {economic, [or] Ricardian, rent}. Economic rent is due partly to differences of productivity, but chiefly to advantages of location; it is equivalent to ordinary or commercial rent less interest on improvements, and nearly equivalent to ground rent. (b) Loosely, a return or profit from a differential advantage for production, as in case of income or earnings due to rare natural gifts creating a natural monopoly. | |
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Economic \E`co*nom"ic\ (?; 277), Economical \E`co*nom"ic*al\, a. [F. [82]conomique, L. oeconomicus orderly, methodical, Gr. [?] economical. See {Economy}.] 1. Pertaining to the household; domestic. [bd]In this economical misfortune [of ill-assorted matrimony.][b8] --Milton. 2. Relating to domestic economy, or to the management of household affairs. And doth employ her economic art And busy care, her household to preserve. --Sir J. Davies. 3. Managing with frugality; guarding against waste or unnecessary expense; careful and frugal in management and in expenditure; -- said of character or habits. Just rich enough, with economic care, To save a pittance. --Harte. 4. Managed with frugality; not marked with waste or extravagance; frugal; -- said of acts; saving; as, an economical use of money or of time. 5. Relating to the means of living, or the resources and wealth of a country; relating to political economy; as, economic purposes; economical truths. These matters economical and political. --J. C. Shairp. There was no economical distress in England to prompt the enterprises of colonization. --Palfrey. Economic questions, such as money, usury, taxes, lands, and the employment of the people. --H. C. Baird. 6. Regulative; relating to the adaptation of means to an end. --Grew. Note: Economical is the usual form when meaning frugal, saving; economic is the form commonly used when meaning pertaining to the management of a household, or of public affairs. | |
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Economically \E`co*nom"ic*al*ly\, adv. With economy; with careful management; with prudence in expenditure. | |
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Economics \E`co*nom"ics\, n. [Gr. [?], equiv. to [?] [?]. See {Economic}.] 1. The science of household affairs, or of domestic management. 2. Political economy; the science of the utilities or the useful application of wealth or material resources. See {Political economy}, under {Political}. [bd]In politics and economics.[b8] --V. Knox. | |
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Economy \E*con"o*my\, n.; pl. {Economies}. [F. [82]conomie, L. oeconomia household management, fr. Gr. [?], fr. [?] one managing a household; [?] house (akin to L. vicus village, E. vicinity) + [?] usage, law, rule, fr. ne`mein to distribute, manage. See {Vicinity}, {Nomad}.] 1. The management of domestic affairs; the regulation and government of household matters; especially as they concern expense or disbursement; as, a careful economy. Himself busy in charge of the household economies. --Froude. 2. Orderly arrangement and management of the internal affairs of a state or of any establishment kept up by production and consumption; esp., such management as directly concerns wealth; as, political economy. 3. The system of rules and regulations by which anything is managed; orderly system of regulating the distribution and uses of parts, conceived as the result of wise and economical adaptation in the author, whether human or divine; as, the animal or vegetable economy; the economy of a poem; the Jewish economy. The position which they [the verb and adjective] hold in the general economy of language. --Earle. In the Greek poets, as also in Plautus, we shall see the economy . . . of poems better observed than in Terence. --B. Jonson. The Jews already had a Sabbath, which, as citizens and subjects of that economy, they were obliged to keep. --Paley. 4. Thrifty and frugal housekeeping; management without loss or waste; frugality in expenditure; prudence and disposition to save; as, a housekeeper accustomed to economy but not to parsimony. {Political economy}. See under {Political}. Syn: {Economy}, {Frugality}, {Parsimony}. Economy avoids all waste and extravagance, and applies money to the best advantage; frugality cuts off indulgences, and proceeds on a system of saving. The latter conveys the idea of not using or spending superfluously, and is opposed to lavishness or profusion. Frugality is usually applied to matters of consumption, and commonly points to simplicity of manners; parsimony is frugality carried to an extreme, involving meanness of spirit, and a sordid mode of living. Economy is a virtue, and parsimony a vice. | |
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Economize \E*con"o*mize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Economized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Economizing}.] [Cf. F. [82]conomiser.] To manage with economy; to use with prudence; to expend with frugality; as, to economize one's income. [Written also {economise}.] Expenses in the city were to be economized. --Jowett (Thucyd. ). Calculating how to economize time. --W. Irving. | |
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Economize \E*con"o*mize\, v. i. To be prudently sparing in expenditure; to be frugal and saving; as, to economize in order to grow rich. [Written also {economise}.] --Milton. | |
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Economist \E*con"o*mist\, n. [Cf. F. [82]conomiste.] 1. One who economizes, or manages domestic or other concerns with frugality; one who expends money, time, or labor, judiciously, and without waste. [bd]Economists even to parsimony.[b8] --Burke. 2. One who is conversant with political economy; a student of economics. | |
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Economization \E*con`o*mi*za"tion\, n. The act or practice of using to the best effect. [R.] --H. Spenser. | |
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Economize \E*con"o*mize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Economized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Economizing}.] [Cf. F. [82]conomiser.] To manage with economy; to use with prudence; to expend with frugality; as, to economize one's income. [Written also {economise}.] Expenses in the city were to be economized. --Jowett (Thucyd. ). Calculating how to economize time. --W. Irving. | |
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Economize \E*con"o*mize\, v. i. To be prudently sparing in expenditure; to be frugal and saving; as, to economize in order to grow rich. [Written also {economise}.] --Milton. | |
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Economize \E*con"o*mize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Economized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Economizing}.] [Cf. F. [82]conomiser.] To manage with economy; to use with prudence; to expend with frugality; as, to economize one's income. [Written also {economise}.] Expenses in the city were to be economized. --Jowett (Thucyd. ). Calculating how to economize time. --W. Irving. | |
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Economizer \E*con"o*mi`zer\, n. 1. One who, or that which, economizes. 2. Specifically: (Steam Boilers) An arrangement of pipes for heating feed water by waste heat in the gases passing to the chimney. | |
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Economize \E*con"o*mize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Economized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Economizing}.] [Cf. F. [82]conomiser.] To manage with economy; to use with prudence; to expend with frugality; as, to economize one's income. [Written also {economise}.] Expenses in the city were to be economized. --Jowett (Thucyd. ). Calculating how to economize time. --W. Irving. | |
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Economy \E*con"o*my\, n.; pl. {Economies}. [F. [82]conomie, L. oeconomia household management, fr. Gr. [?], fr. [?] one managing a household; [?] house (akin to L. vicus village, E. vicinity) + [?] usage, law, rule, fr. ne`mein to distribute, manage. See {Vicinity}, {Nomad}.] 1. The management of domestic affairs; the regulation and government of household matters; especially as they concern expense or disbursement; as, a careful economy. Himself busy in charge of the household economies. --Froude. 2. Orderly arrangement and management of the internal affairs of a state or of any establishment kept up by production and consumption; esp., such management as directly concerns wealth; as, political economy. 3. The system of rules and regulations by which anything is managed; orderly system of regulating the distribution and uses of parts, conceived as the result of wise and economical adaptation in the author, whether human or divine; as, the animal or vegetable economy; the economy of a poem; the Jewish economy. The position which they [the verb and adjective] hold in the general economy of language. --Earle. In the Greek poets, as also in Plautus, we shall see the economy . . . of poems better observed than in Terence. --B. Jonson. The Jews already had a Sabbath, which, as citizens and subjects of that economy, they were obliged to keep. --Paley. 4. Thrifty and frugal housekeeping; management without loss or waste; frugality in expenditure; prudence and disposition to save; as, a housekeeper accustomed to economy but not to parsimony. {Political economy}. See under {Political}. Syn: {Economy}, {Frugality}, {Parsimony}. Economy avoids all waste and extravagance, and applies money to the best advantage; frugality cuts off indulgences, and proceeds on a system of saving. The latter conveys the idea of not using or spending superfluously, and is opposed to lavishness or profusion. Frugality is usually applied to matters of consumption, and commonly points to simplicity of manners; parsimony is frugality carried to an extreme, involving meanness of spirit, and a sordid mode of living. Economy is a virtue, and parsimony a vice. | |
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Ecumenic \Ec`u*men"ic\, Ecumenical \Ec`u*men"ic*al\, a. [L. oecumenicus, Gr. [?] (sc. [?]) the inhabited world, fr. [?] to inhabit, from [?] house, dwelling. See {Economy}.] General; universal; in ecclesiastical usage, that which concerns the whole church; as, an ecumenical council. [Written also {[oe]cumenical}.] {Ecumenical Bishop}, a title assumed by the popes. {Ecumenical council}. See under {Council}. | |
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Ecumenic \Ec`u*men"ic\, Ecumenical \Ec`u*men"ic*al\, a. [L. oecumenicus, Gr. [?] (sc. [?]) the inhabited world, fr. [?] to inhabit, from [?] house, dwelling. See {Economy}.] General; universal; in ecclesiastical usage, that which concerns the whole church; as, an ecumenical council. [Written also {[oe]cumenical}.] {Ecumenical Bishop}, a title assumed by the popes. {Ecumenical council}. See under {Council}. | |
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Ecumenic \Ec`u*men"ic\, Ecumenical \Ec`u*men"ic*al\, a. [L. oecumenicus, Gr. [?] (sc. [?]) the inhabited world, fr. [?] to inhabit, from [?] house, dwelling. See {Economy}.] General; universal; in ecclesiastical usage, that which concerns the whole church; as, an ecumenical council. [Written also {[oe]cumenical}.] {Ecumenical Bishop}, a title assumed by the popes. {Ecumenical council}. See under {Council}. | |
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Ecumenic \Ec`u*men"ic\, Ecumenical \Ec`u*men"ic*al\, a. [L. oecumenicus, Gr. [?] (sc. [?]) the inhabited world, fr. [?] to inhabit, from [?] house, dwelling. See {Economy}.] General; universal; in ecclesiastical usage, that which concerns the whole church; as, an ecumenical council. [Written also {[oe]cumenical}.] {Ecumenical Bishop}, a title assumed by the popes. {Ecumenical council}. See under {Council}. | |
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Council \Coun"cil\ (koun"s[icr]l), n. [F. concile, fr. L. concilium; con- + calare to call, akin to Gr. [?][?][?] to call, and E. hale, v., haul. Cf. {Conciliate}. This word is often confounded with counsel, with which it has no connection.] 1. An assembly of men summoned or convened for consultation, deliberation, or advice; as, a council of physicians for consultation in a critical case. 2. A body of man elected or appointed to constitute an advisory or a legislative assembly; as, a governor's council; a city council. An old lord of the council rated me the other day. --Shak. 3. Act of deliberating; deliberation; consultation. Satan . . . void of rest, His potentates to council called by night. --Milton. O great in action and in council wise. --Pope. {Aulic council}. See under {Aulic}. {Cabinet council}. See under {Cabinet}. {City council}, the legislative branch of a city government, usually consisting of a board of aldermen and common council, but sometimes otherwise constituted. {Common council}. See under {Common}. {Council board}, {Council table}, the table round which a council holds consultation; also, the council itself in deliberation. {Council chamber}, the room or apartment in which a council meets. {Council fire}, the ceremonial fire kept burning while the Indians hold their councils. [U.S.] --Bartlett. {Council of war}, an assembly of officers of high rank, called to consult with the commander in chief in regard to measures or importance or nesessity. {Ecumenical council} (Eccl.), an assembly of prelates or divines convened from the whole body of the church to regulate matters of doctrine or discipline. {Executive council}, a body of men elected as advisers of the chief magistrate, whether of a State or the nation. [U.S.] {Legislative council}, the upper house of a legislature, usually called the senate. {Privy council}. See under {Privy}. [Eng.] Syn: Assembly; meeting; congress; diet; parliament; convention; convocation; synod. | |
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Eggement \Eg"ge*ment\, n. [Egg, v. t. + -ment.] Instigation; incitement. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Ekename \Eke"name`\, n. [See {Nickname}.] An additional or epithet name; a nickname. [Obs.] | |
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Equanimity \E`qua*nim"i*ty\, n. [L. aequanimitas, fr. aequanimus: cf. F. [82]quanimit[82]. See {Equanimous}.] Evenness of mind; that calm temper or firmness of mind which is not easily elated or depressed; patience; calmness; composure; as, to bear misfortunes with equanimity. | |
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Equanimous \E*quan"i*mous\, a. [L. aequanimus, fr. aequus equal + animus mind.] Of an even, composed frame of mind; of a steady temper; not easily elated or depressed. --Bp. Gauden. | |
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Equimomental \E`qui*mo*men"tal\, a. [Equi- + momental.] (Mech.) Having equal moments of inertia. Note: Two bodies or systems of bodies are said to be equimomental when their moments of inertia about all straight lines are equal each to each. {Equimomental cone of a given rigid body}, a conical surface that has any given vertex, and is described by a straight line which moves in such manner that the moment of inertia of the given rigid body about the line is in all its positions the same. | |
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Equimomental \E`qui*mo*men"tal\, a. [Equi- + momental.] (Mech.) Having equal moments of inertia. Note: Two bodies or systems of bodies are said to be equimomental when their moments of inertia about all straight lines are equal each to each. {Equimomental cone of a given rigid body}, a conical surface that has any given vertex, and is described by a straight line which moves in such manner that the moment of inertia of the given rigid body about the line is in all its positions the same. | |
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Roan \Roan\, a. [F. rouan; cf. Sp. roano, ruano, It. rovano, roano.] 1. Having a bay, chestnut, brown, or black color, with gray or white thickly interspersed; -- said of a horse. Give my roan a drench. --Shak. 2. Made of the leather called roan; as, roan binding. {Roan antelope} (Zo[94]l.), a very large South African antelope ({Hippotragus equinus}). It has long sharp horns and a stiff bright brown mane. Called also {mahnya}, {equine antelope}, and {bastard gemsbok}. | |
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Equinumerant \E`qui*nu"mer*ant\, a. [Equi- + L. numerans, p. pr. of numerare to number.] Equal as to number. [Obs.] --Arbuthnot. | |
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Eschewment \Es*chew"ment\, n. The act of eschewing. [R.] | |
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Malay \Ma*lay"\, Malayan \Ma*lay"an\, a. Of or pertaining to the Malays or their country. -- n. The Malay language. {Malay apple} (Bot.), a myrtaceous tree ({Eugenia Malaccensis}) common in India; also, its applelike fruit. | |
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Eugenin \Eu"ge*nin\, n. (Chem.) A colorless, crystalline substance extracted from oil of cloves; -- called also {clove camphor}. | |
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Soldier \Sol"dier\, n. [OE. souldier, soudiour, souder, OF. soldier, soldoier, soldeier, sodoier, soudoier, soudier, fr. L. solidus a piece of money (hence applied to the pay of a soldier), fr. solidus solid. See {Solid}, and cf. {Sold}, n.] 1. One who is engaged in military service as an officer or a private; one who serves in an army; one of an organized body of combatants. I am a soldier and unapt to weep. --Shak. 2. Especially, a private in military service, as distinguished from an officer. It were meet that any one, before he came to be a captain, should have been a soldier. --Spenser. 3. A brave warrior; a man of military experience and skill, or a man of distinguished valor; -- used by way of emphasis or distinction. --Shak. 4. (Zo[94]l.) The red or cuckoo gurnard ({Trigla pini}.) [Prov. Eng.] 5. (Zo[94]l.) One of the asexual polymorphic forms of white ants, or termites, in which the head and jaws are very large and strong. The soldiers serve to defend the nest. See {Termite}. {Soldier beetle} (Zo[94]l.), an American carabid beetle ({Chauliognathus Americanus}) whose larva feeds upon other insects, such as the plum curculio. {Soldier bug} (Zo[94]l.), any hemipterous insect of the genus {Podisus} and allied genera, as the spined soldier bug ({Podius spinosus}). These bugs suck the blood of other insects. {Soldier crab} (Zo[94]l.) (a) The hermit crab. (b) The fiddler crab. {Soldier fish} (Zo[94]l.), a bright-colored etheostomoid fish ({Etheostoma c[d2]ruleum}) found in the Mississippi River; -- called also {blue darter}, and {rainbow darter}. {Soldier fly} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of small dipterous flies of the genus {Stratyomys} and allied genera. They are often bright green, with a metallic luster, and are ornamented on the sides of the back with markings of yellow, like epaulets or shoulder straps. {Soldier moth} (Zo[94]l.), a large geometrid moth ({Euschema militaris}), having the wings bright yellow with bluish black lines and spots. {Soldier orchis} (Bot.), a kind of orchis ({Orchis militaris}). | |
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Examen \Ex*a"men\, n. [L., the tongue of a balance, examination; for exagmen, fr. exigere to weigh accurately, to treat: cf. F. examen. See {Exact}, a.] Examination; inquiry. [R.] [bd]A critical examen of the two pieces.[b8] --Cowper. | |
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Examinable \Ex*am"i*na*ble\, a. Capable of being examined or inquired into. --Bacon. | |
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Examinant \Ex*am"i*nant\, n. [L. examinans, -antis, examining.] 1. One who examines; an examiner. --Sir W. Scott. 2. One who is to be examined. [Obs.] --H. Prideaux. | |
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Examinate \Ex*am"i*nate\, n. [L. examinatus, p. p. of examinare. See {Examine}. ] A person subjected to examination. [Obs.] --Bacon. | |
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Examination \Ex*am`i*na"tion\, n. [L. examinatio: cf. F. examination.] 1. The act of examining, or state of being examined; a careful search, investigation, or inquiry; scrutiny by study or experiment. 2. A process prescribed or assigned for testing qualification; as, the examination of a student, or of a candidate for admission to the bar or the ministry. He neglected the studies, . . . stood low at the examinations. --Macaulay. {Examination in chief}, [or] {Direct examination} (Law), that examination which is made of a witness by a party calling him. {Cross-examination}, that made by the opposite party. {Re[89]xamination}, [or] {Re-direct examination}, that made by a party calling a witness, after, and upon matters arising out of, the cross-examination. Syn: Search; inquiry; investigation; research; scrutiny; inquisition; inspection; exploration. | |
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Examination \Ex*am`i*na"tion\, n. [L. examinatio: cf. F. examination.] 1. The act of examining, or state of being examined; a careful search, investigation, or inquiry; scrutiny by study or experiment. 2. A process prescribed or assigned for testing qualification; as, the examination of a student, or of a candidate for admission to the bar or the ministry. He neglected the studies, . . . stood low at the examinations. --Macaulay. {Examination in chief}, [or] {Direct examination} (Law), that examination which is made of a witness by a party calling him. {Cross-examination}, that made by the opposite party. {Re[89]xamination}, [or] {Re-direct examination}, that made by a party calling a witness, after, and upon matters arising out of, the cross-examination. Syn: Search; inquiry; investigation; research; scrutiny; inquisition; inspection; exploration. | |
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Examinator \Ex*am"i*na`tor\, n. [L.: cf. F. examinateur.] An examiner. [R.] --Sir T. Browne. | |
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Examine \Ex*am"ine\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Examined}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Examining}.] [L. examinare, examinatum, fr. examen, examinis: cf. F. examiner. See {Examen}.] 1. To test by any appropriate method; to inspect carefully with a view to discover the real character or state of; to subject to inquiry or inspection of particulars for the purpose of obtaining a fuller insight into the subject of examination, as a material substance, a fact, a reason, a cause, the truth of a statement; to inquire or search into; to explore; as, to examine a mineral; to examine a ship to know whether she is seaworthy; to examine a proposition, theory, or question. Examine well your own thoughts. --Chaucer. Examine their counsels and their cares. --Shak. 2. To interrogate as in a judicial proceeding; to try or test by question; as, to examine a witness in order to elicit testimony, a student to test his qualifications, a bankrupt touching the state of his property, etc. The offenders that are to be examined. --Shak. Syn: To discuss; debate; scrutinize; search into; investigate; explore. See {Discuss}. | |
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Examine \Ex*am"ine\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Examined}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Examining}.] [L. examinare, examinatum, fr. examen, examinis: cf. F. examiner. See {Examen}.] 1. To test by any appropriate method; to inspect carefully with a view to discover the real character or state of; to subject to inquiry or inspection of particulars for the purpose of obtaining a fuller insight into the subject of examination, as a material substance, a fact, a reason, a cause, the truth of a statement; to inquire or search into; to explore; as, to examine a mineral; to examine a ship to know whether she is seaworthy; to examine a proposition, theory, or question. Examine well your own thoughts. --Chaucer. Examine their counsels and their cares. --Shak. 2. To interrogate as in a judicial proceeding; to try or test by question; as, to examine a witness in order to elicit testimony, a student to test his qualifications, a bankrupt touching the state of his property, etc. The offenders that are to be examined. --Shak. Syn: To discuss; debate; scrutinize; search into; investigate; explore. See {Discuss}. | |
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Copy \Cop"y\ (k[ocr]p"[ycr]), n.; pl. {Copies} (-[icr]z). [F. copie, fr. L. copia abundance, number, LL. also, a transcript; co- + the root of opes riches. See {Opulent}, and cf. {Copious}.] 1. An abundance or plenty of anything. [Obs.] She was blessed with no more copy of wit, but to serve his humor thus. --B. Jonson. 2. An imitation, transcript, or reproduction of an original work; as, a copy of a letter, an engraving, a painting, or a statue. I have not the vanity to think my copy equal to the original. --Denham. 3. An individual book, or a single set of books containing the works of an author; as, a copy of the Bible; a copy of the works of Addison. 4. That which is to be imitated, transcribed, or reproduced; a pattern, model, or example; as, his virtues are an excellent copy for imitation. Let him first learn to write, after a copy, all the letters. --Holder. 5. (print.) Manuscript or printed matter to be set up in type; as, the printers are calling for more copy. 6. A writing paper of a particular size. Same as {Bastard}. See under {Paper}. 7. Copyhold; tenure; lease. [Obs.] --Shak. {Copy book}, a book in which copies are written or printed for learners to imitate. {Examined copies} (Law), those which have been compared with the originals. {Exemplified copies}, those which are attested under seal of a court. {Certified [or] Office} {copies}, those which are made or attested by officers having charge of the originals, and authorized to give copies officially. --Abbot. Syn: Imitation; transcript; duplicate; counterfeit. | |
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Examinee \Ex*am`i*nee"\, n. A person examined. | |
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Examiner \Ex*am"in*er\, n. One who examines, tries, or inspects; one who interrogates; an officer or person charged with the duty of making an examination; as, an examiner of students for a degree; an examiner in chancery, in the patent office, etc. | |
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Examinership \Ex*am"in*er*ship\, n. The office or rank of an examiner. | |
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Examine \Ex*am"ine\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Examined}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Examining}.] [L. examinare, examinatum, fr. examen, examinis: cf. F. examiner. See {Examen}.] 1. To test by any appropriate method; to inspect carefully with a view to discover the real character or state of; to subject to inquiry or inspection of particulars for the purpose of obtaining a fuller insight into the subject of examination, as a material substance, a fact, a reason, a cause, the truth of a statement; to inquire or search into; to explore; as, to examine a mineral; to examine a ship to know whether she is seaworthy; to examine a proposition, theory, or question. Examine well your own thoughts. --Chaucer. Examine their counsels and their cares. --Shak. 2. To interrogate as in a judicial proceeding; to try or test by question; as, to examine a witness in order to elicit testimony, a student to test his qualifications, a bankrupt touching the state of his property, etc. The offenders that are to be examined. --Shak. Syn: To discuss; debate; scrutinize; search into; investigate; explore. See {Discuss}. | |
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Examining \Ex*am"in*ing\, a. Having power to examine; appointed to examine; as, an examining committee. | |
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Exanimate \Ex*an"i*mate\, a. [L. exanimatus, p. p. of exanimare to deprive of life or spirit; ex out + anima air, breath, life, spirit.] 1. Lifeless; dead. [R.] [bd]Carcasses exanimate.[b8] --Spenser. 2. Destitute of animation; spiritless; disheartened. [R.] [bd]Pale . . . wretch, exanimate by love.[b8] --Thomson. | |
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Exanimate \Ex*an"i*mate\, v. t. To deprive of animation or of life. [Obs.] | |
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Exanimation \Ex*an`i*ma"tion\, n.[L. exanimatio.] Deprivation of life or of spirits. [R.] --Bailey. | |
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Exanimous \Ex*an"i*mous\, a. [L. exanimus, exanimis; ex out, without + anima life.] Lifeless; dead. [Obs.] --Johnson. | |
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Excommune \Ex`com*mune"\v. t. [Cf. F. excommuier. See {Excommunicate}.] To exclude from participation in; to excommunicate. [Obs.] Poets . . . were excommuned Plato's common wealth --Gayton. | |
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Excommunicable \Ex`com*mu"ni*ca*ble\, a. [See {Excommunicate}.] Liable or deserving to be excommunicated; making excommunication possible or proper. [bd]Persons excommunicable .[b8] --Bp. Hall. What offenses are excommunicable ? --Kenle. | |
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Excommunicant \Ex`com*mu"ni*cant\, n. One who has been excommunicated. | |
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Excommunicate \Ex"com*mu"ni*cate\, a. [L. excommunicatus, p. p. of communicare to excommunicate; ex out + communicare. See {Communicate}.] Excommunicated; interdicted from the rites of the church. -- n. One excommunicated. Thou shalt stand cursed and excommunicate. --Shak. | |
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Excommunicate \Ex`com*mu"ni*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Excommunicated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Excommunicating}.] 1. To put out of communion; especially, to cut off, or shut out, from communion with the church, by an ecclesiastical sentence. 2. To lay under the ban of the church; to interdict. Martin the Fifth . . . was the first that excommunicated the reading of heretical books. --Miltin. | |
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Excommunicate \Ex`com*mu"ni*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Excommunicated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Excommunicating}.] 1. To put out of communion; especially, to cut off, or shut out, from communion with the church, by an ecclesiastical sentence. 2. To lay under the ban of the church; to interdict. Martin the Fifth . . . was the first that excommunicated the reading of heretical books. --Miltin. | |
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Excommunicate \Ex`com*mu"ni*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Excommunicated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Excommunicating}.] 1. To put out of communion; especially, to cut off, or shut out, from communion with the church, by an ecclesiastical sentence. 2. To lay under the ban of the church; to interdict. Martin the Fifth . . . was the first that excommunicated the reading of heretical books. --Miltin. | |
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Excommunication \Ex`com*mu`ni*ca"tion\, n. [L. excommunicatio: cf. F. excommunication.] The act of communicating or ejecting; esp., an ecclesiastical censure whereby the person against whom it is pronounced is, for the time, cast out of the communication of the church; exclusion from fellowship in things spiritual. Note: excommunication is of two kinds, the lesser and the greater; the lesser excommunication is a separation or suspension from partaking of the Eucharist; the greater is an absolute execution of the offender from the church and all its rights and advantages, even from social intercourse with the faithful. | |
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Candle \Can"dle\, n. [OE. candel, candel, AS, candel, fr. L. candela a (white) light made of wax or tallow, fr. cand[89]re to be white. See {Candid}, and cf. {Chandler}, {Cannel}, {Kindle}.] 1. A slender, cylindrical body of tallow, containing a wick composed of loosely twisted linen of cotton threads, and used to furnish light. How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world. --Shak. Note: Candles are usually made by repeatedly dipping the wicks in the melted tallow, etc. ([bd]dipped candles[b8]), or by casting or running in a mold. 2. That which gives light; a luminary. By these blessed candles of the night. --Shak. {Candle nut}, the fruit of a euphorbiaceous shrub ({Aleurites triloba}), a native of some of the Pacific islands; -- socalled because, when dry, it will burn with a bright flame, and is used by the natives as a candle. The oil has many uses. {Candle power} (Photom.), illuminating power, as of a lamp, or gas flame, reckoned in terms of the light of a standard candle. {Electric candle}, A modification of the electric arc lamp, in which the carbon rods, instead of being placed end to end, are arranged side by side, and at a distance suitable for the formation of the arc at the tip; -- called also, from the name of the inventor, {Jablockoff candle}. {Excommunication by inch of candle}, a form of excommunication in which the offender is allowed time to repent only while a candle burns. {Not worth the candle}, not worth the cost or trouble. {Rush candle}, a candle made of the pith of certain rushes, peeled except on one side, and dipped in grease. {Sale by inch of candle}, an auction in which persons are allowed to bid only till a small piece of candle burns out. {Standard candle} (Photom.), a special form of candle employed as a standard in photometric measurements; usually, a candle of spermaceti so constructed as to burn at the rate of 120 grains, or 7.8 grams, per hour. {To curse by bell, book and candle}. See under {Bell}. | |
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Excommunicator \Ex`com*mu"ni*ca`tor\n. [Cf. LL. excommunicator.] One who excommunicates. | |
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Excommunion \Ex`com*mun"ion\ A shutting out from communion; excommunication. [Obs.] Excommunication is the utmost of ecclesiastical judicature. --Milton. | |
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Exhume \Ex*hume"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Exhumed}p. pr. & vb. n.. {Exhuming}.] [LL. exhumare; L. ex out + humus ground, soil: cf. F. exhumer. See {Humble}.] To dig out of the ground; to take out of a place of burial; to disinter. --Mantell. | |
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Exinanite \Ex*in"a*nite\, v. t. [L. exinanitus, p. p. of exinanire; ex out (intens.) + inanire to make empty, inanis, empty.] To make empty; to render of no effect; to humble. [Obs.] --Bp. Pearson. | |
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Exinanition \Ex*in`a*ni"tion\n. [L. exinanitio.] An emptying; an enfeebling; exhaustion; humiliation. [Obs.] Fastings to the exinanition of spirits. --Jer. Taylor. | |
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Economy, IN (town, FIPS 20152) Location: 39.97742 N, 85.08712 W Population (1990): 151 (68 housing units) Area: 0.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 47339 Economy, PA (borough, FIPS 22264) Location: 40.63840 N, 80.18511 W Population (1990): 9519 (3373 housing units) Area: 45.8 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) | |
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Esmond, IL Zip code(s): 60129 Esmond, ND (city, FIPS 24780) Location: 48.03286 N, 99.76483 W Population (1990): 196 (126 housing units) Area: 1.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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examining the entrails n. The process of {grovel}ling through a {core dump} or hex image in an attempt to discover the bug that brought a program or system down. The reference is to divination from the entrails of a sacrified animal. Compare {runes}, {incantation}, {black art}, {desk check}. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
ECMA International (Formerly European Computer Manufacturers Association) An industry association founded in 1961 and dedicated to the standardisation of information and communication systems. ECMA edits {standards} and technical reports. All ECMA publications are available free of charge. The best known ECMA standard is ECMA 262, defining the {scripting language} {ECMAScript}. (2003-06-23) | |
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examining the entrails The process of {grovel}ling through a {core dump} or {hex} image in an attempt to discover the bug that brought a program or system down. The reference is to divination from the entrails of a sacrified animal. Compare {runes}, {incantation}, {black art}, {desk check}. [{Jargon File}] (1994-12-12) |