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   earmuff
         n 1: either of a pair of ear coverings (usually connected by a
               headband) that are worn to keep the ears warm in cold
               weather

English Dictionary: Ehrenberg by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Ehrenberg
n
  1. Russian novelist (1891-1967) [syn: Ehrenberg, {Ilya Ehrenberg}, Ilya Grigorievich Ehrenberg]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Erwin Panofsky
n
  1. art historian (1892-1968) [syn: Panofsky, {Erwin Panofsky}]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Devil \Dev"il\, n. [AS. de[a2]fol, de[a2]ful; akin to G.
      [?]eufel, Goth. diaba[a3]lus; all fr. L. diabolus the devil,
      Gr. [?] the devil, the slanderer, fr. [?] to slander,
      calumniate, orig., to throw across; [?] across + [?] to
      throw, let fall, fall; cf. Skr. gal to fall. Cf. {Diabolic}.]
      1. The Evil One; Satan, represented as the tempter and
            spiritual of mankind.
  
                     [Jesus] being forty days tempted of the devil.
                                                                              --Luke iv. 2.
  
                     That old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which
                     deceiveth the whole world.                  --Rev. xii. 9.
  
      2. An evil spirit; a demon.
  
                     A dumb man possessed with a devil.      --Matt. ix.
                                                                              32.
  
      3. A very wicked person; hence, any great evil. [bd]That
            devil Glendower.[b8] [bd]The devil drunkenness.[b8]
            --Shak.
  
                     Have not I chosen you twelve, and one of you is a
                     devil?                                                --John vi. 70.
  
      4. An expletive of surprise, vexation, or emphasis, or,
            ironically, of negation. [Low]
  
                     The devil a puritan that he is, . . . but a
                     timepleaser.                                       --Shak.
  
                     The things, we know, are neither rich nor rare, But
                     wonder how the devil they got there.   --Pope.
  
      5. (Cookery) A dish, as a bone with the meat, broiled and
            excessively peppered; a grill with Cayenne pepper.
  
                     Men and women busy in baking, broiling, roasting
                     oysters, and preparing devils on the gridiron. --Sir
                                                                              W. Scott.
  
      6. (Manuf.) A machine for tearing or cutting rags, cotton,
            etc.
  
      {Blue devils}. See under {Blue}.
  
      {Cartesian devil}. See under {Cartesian}.
  
      {Devil bird} (Zo[94]l.), one of two or more South African
            drongo shrikes ({Edolius retifer}, and {E. remifer}),
            believed by the natives to be connected with sorcery.
  
      {Devil may care}, reckless, defiant of authority; -- used
            adjectively. --Longfellow.
  
      {Devil's apron} (Bot.), the large kelp ({Laminaria
            saccharina}, and {L. longicruris}) of the Atlantic ocean,
            having a blackish, leathery expansion, shaped somewhat
            like an apron.
  
      {Devil's coachhorse}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The black rove beetle ({Ocypus olens}). [Eng.]
            (b) A large, predacious, hemipterous insect ({Prionotus
                  cristatus}); the wheel bug. [U.S.]
  
      {Devil's darning-needle}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Darn}, v. t.
           
  
      {Devil's fingers}, {Devil's hand} (Zo[94]l.), the common
            British starfish ({Asterias rubens}); -- also applied to a
            sponge with stout branches. [Prov. Eng., Irish & Scot.]
  
      {Devil's riding-horse} (Zo[94]l.), the American mantis
            ({Mantis Carolina}).
  
      {The Devil's tattoo}, a drumming with the fingers or feet.
            [bd]Jack played the Devil's tattoo on the door with his
            boot heels.[b8] --F. Hardman (Blackw. Mag.).
  
      {Devil worship}, worship of the power of evil; -- still
            practiced by barbarians who believe that the good and evil
            forces of nature are of equal power.
  
      {Printer's devil}, the youngest apprentice in a printing
            office, who runs on errands, does dirty work (as washing
            the ink rollers and sweeping), etc. [bd]Without fearing
            the printer's devil or the sheriff's officer.[b8]
            --Macaulay.
  
      {Tasmanian devil} (Zo[94]l.), a very savage carnivorous
            marsupial of Tasmania ({Dasyurus, [or] Diabolus,
            ursinus}).
  
      {To play devil with}, to molest extremely; to ruin. [Low]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Earnful \Earn"ful\, a. [From {Earn} to yearn.]
      Full of anxiety or yearning. [Obs.] --P. Fletcher.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Erumpent \E*rum"pent\, a. [L. erumpens, -entis, p. pr. of
      erumpere.] (Bot.)
      Breaking out; -- said of certain fungi which burst through
      the texture of leaves.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Ehrenberg, AZ (CDP, FIPS 21800)
      Location: 33.62293 N, 114.49392 W
      Population (1990): 1226 (741 housing units)
      Area: 21.4 sq km (land), 0.6 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Ehrenfeld, PA (borough, FIPS 22712)
      Location: 40.37272 N, 78.77621 W
      Population (1990): 307 (108 housing units)
      Area: 1.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Erwinville, LA
      Zip code(s): 70729
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