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   easiness
         n 1: a feeling of refreshing tranquility and an absence of
               tension or worry; "the easiness we feel when sleeping"
               [syn: {easiness}, {relaxation}]
         2: freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort; "he rose
            through the ranks with apparent ease"; "they put it into
            containers for ease of transportation"; "the very easiness of
            the deed held her back" [syn: {ease}, {easiness},
            {simplicity}, {simpleness}] [ant: {difficultness},
            {difficulty}]
         3: the quality of being easy in behavior or style; "there was an
            easiness between them"; "a natural easiness of manner"

English Dictionary: Esme Stuart Lennox Robinson by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
easing
n
  1. a change for the better [syn: easing, moderation, relief]
  2. the act of reducing something unpleasant (as pain or annoyance); "he asked the nurse for relief from the constant pain"
    Synonym(s): easing, easement, alleviation, relief
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ecchymosis
n
  1. the purple or black-and-blue area resulting from a bruise
  2. the escape of blood from ruptured blood vessels into the surrounding tissue to form a purple or black-and-blue spot on the skin
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Echeneis
n
  1. type genus of the Echeneididae: typical remoras [syn: Echeneis, genus Echeneis]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Echeneis naucrates
n
  1. remoras found attached to sharks [syn: sharksucker, Echeneis naucrates]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Echinacea
n
  1. small genus of North American coarse perennial herbs [syn: Echinacea, genus Echinacea]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
echinocactus
n
  1. any cactus of the genus Echinocactus; strongly ribbed and very spiny; southwestern United States to Brazil
    Synonym(s): echinocactus, barrel cactus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Echinocactus grusonii
n
  1. large cactus of east central Mexico having golden to pale yellow flowers and spines
    Synonym(s): golden barrel cactus, Echinocactus grusonii
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Echinocereus
n
  1. large genus of low-growing shrubby ribbed cacti of Mexico and southwestern United States
    Synonym(s): Echinocereus, genus Echinocereus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Echinochloa
n
  1. annual or perennial succulent grasses of warm regions [syn: Echinochloa, genus Echinochloa]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Echinochloa crusgalli
n
  1. a coarse annual panic grass; a cosmopolitan weed; occasionally used for hay or grazing
    Synonym(s): barnyard grass, barn grass, barn millet, Echinochloa crusgalli
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Echinochloa frumentacea
n
  1. coarse annual grass cultivated in Japan and southeastern Asia for its edible seeds and for forage; important wildlife food in United States
    Synonym(s): Japanese millet, billion-dollar grass, Japanese barnyard millet, sanwa millet, Echinochloa frumentacea
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
echinococcosis
n
  1. infestation with larval echinococci (tapeworms) [syn: echinococcosis, hydatid disease, hydatidosis]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
echinococcus
n
  1. tapeworms whose larvae are parasitic in humans and domestic animals
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
echinus
n
  1. ovolo molding between the shaft and the abacus of a Doric column
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Echinus esculentus
n
  1. a sea urchin that can be eaten [syn: edible sea urchin, Echinus esculentus]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
echoencephalogram
n
  1. a graphical image of the brain produced by an echoencephalograph
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
echoencephalograph
n
  1. a sonograph that creates an image of the brain and its abnormalities
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
echoencephalography
n
  1. a noninvasive diagnostic procedure that uses ultrasound to study the anatomy of the brain
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
echoing
adj
  1. (of sounds) repeating by reflection; "a hotel with echoing halls"
    Synonym(s): echoing(a), reechoing
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
egg en cocotte
n
  1. egg cooked individually in cream or butter in a small ramekin
    Synonym(s): shirred egg, baked egg, egg en cocotte
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
eggnog
n
  1. a punch made of sweetened milk or cream mixed with eggs and usually alcoholic liquor
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Eisenstaedt
n
  1. United States photographer (born in Germany) whose unposed documentary photographs created photojournalism (born in 1898)
    Synonym(s): Eisenstaedt, Alfred Eisenstaedt
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Eisenstein
n
  1. Russian film maker who pioneered the use of montage and is considered among the most influential film makers in the history of motion pictures (1898-1948)
    Synonym(s): Eisenstein, Sergei Eisenstein, Sergei Mikhailovich Eisenstein
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
equiangular
adj
  1. having all angles equal
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
equiangular triangle
n
  1. a three-sided regular polygon [syn: equilateral triangle, equiangular triangle]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
equinoctial
adj
  1. relating to the vicinity of the equator
  2. relating to an equinox (when the lengths of night and day are equal)
n
  1. the great circle on the celestial sphere midway between the celestial poles
    Synonym(s): celestial equator, equinoctial circle, equinoctial line, equinoctial
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
equinoctial circle
n
  1. the great circle on the celestial sphere midway between the celestial poles
    Synonym(s): celestial equator, equinoctial circle, equinoctial line, equinoctial
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
equinoctial line
n
  1. the great circle on the celestial sphere midway between the celestial poles
    Synonym(s): celestial equator, equinoctial circle, equinoctial line, equinoctial
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
equinoctial point
n
  1. (astronomy) either of the two celestial points at which the celestial equator intersects the ecliptic
    Synonym(s): equinoctial point, equinox
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
equinoctial storm
n
  1. a violent rainstorm near the time of an equinox [syn: {line storm}, equinoctial storm]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
equinoctial year
n
  1. the time for the earth to make one revolution around the sun, measured between two vernal equinoxes
    Synonym(s): solar year, tropical year, astronomical year, equinoctial year
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
equinox
n
  1. either of two times of the year when the sun crosses the plane of the earth's equator and day and night are of equal length
  2. (astronomy) either of the two celestial points at which the celestial equator intersects the ecliptic
    Synonym(s): equinoctial point, equinox
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Eskimo curlew
n
  1. New World curlew that breeds in northern North America
    Synonym(s): Eskimo curlew, Numenius borealis
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Esme Stuart Lennox Robinson
n
  1. Irish playwright and theater manager in Dublin (1886-1958)
    Synonym(s): Robinson, Lennox Robinson, Esme Stuart Lennox Robinson
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
essence
n
  1. the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience; "the gist of the prosecutor's argument"; "the heart and soul of the Republican Party"; "the nub of the story"
    Synonym(s): kernel, substance, core, center, centre, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, marrow, meat, nub, pith, sum, nitty-gritty
  2. any substance possessing to a high degree the predominant properties of a plant or drug or other natural product from which it is extracted
  3. the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work
    Synonym(s): effect, essence, burden, core, gist
  4. a toiletry that emits and diffuses a fragrant odor
    Synonym(s): perfume, essence
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Euascomycetes
n
  1. category not used in many classification systems [syn: Euascomycetes, subclass Euascomycetes]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Eucinostomus
n
  1. a genus of Gerreidae [syn: Eucinostomus, {genus Eucinostomus}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Eucinostomus gula
n
  1. silvery mojarra found along sandy shores of the western Atlantic
    Synonym(s): silver jenny, Eucinostomus gula
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Eugene Curran Kelly
n
  1. United States dancer who performed in many musical films (1912-1996)
    Synonym(s): Kelly, Gene Kelly, Eugene Curran Kelly
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Eugene Gladstone O'Neill
n
  1. United States playwright (1888-1953) [syn: O'Neill, Eugene O'Neill, Eugene Gladstone O'Neill]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Eugene Sue
n
  1. French writer whose novels described the sordid side of city life (1804-1857)
    Synonym(s): Sue, Eugene Sue
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Eugene Wigner
n
  1. United States physicist (born in Hungary) noted for his work on the structure of the atom and its nucleus (1902-1995)
    Synonym(s): Wigner, Eugene Wigner, Eugene Paul Wigner
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Eugenia caryophyllatum
n
  1. moderate sized very symmetrical red-flowered evergreen widely cultivated in the tropics for its flower buds which are source of cloves
    Synonym(s): clove, clove tree, Syzygium aromaticum, Eugenia aromaticum, Eugenia caryophyllatum
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Eugenia corynantha
n
  1. Australian tree with sour red fruit [syn: sour cherry, Eugenia corynantha]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Eugenia jambos
n
  1. tropical tree of the East Indies cultivated for its edible fruit
    Synonym(s): rose apple, rose-apple tree, jambosa, Eugenia jambos
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
eugenic
adj
  1. pertaining to or causing improvement in the offspring produced
    Antonym(s): cacogenic, dysgenic
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
eugenics
n
  1. the study of methods of improving genetic qualities by selective breeding (especially as applied to human mating)
    Antonym(s): cacogenics, dysgenics
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Euxine Sea
n
  1. a sea between Europe and Asia; a popular resort area of eastern Europeans
    Synonym(s): Black Sea, Euxine Sea
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
exchange
n
  1. chemical process in which one atom or ion or group changes places with another
  2. a mutual expression of views (especially an unpleasant one); "they had a bitter exchange"
  3. the act of changing one thing for another thing; "Adam was promised immortality in exchange for his disobedience"; "there was an interchange of prisoners"
    Synonym(s): exchange, interchange
  4. the act of giving something in return for something received; "deductible losses on sales or exchanges of property are allowable"
  5. a workplace that serves as a telecommunications facility where lines from telephones can be connected together to permit communication
    Synonym(s): central, telephone exchange, exchange
  6. a workplace for buying and selling; open only to members
  7. (sports) an unbroken sequence of several successive strokes; "after a short rally Connors won the point"
    Synonym(s): rally, exchange
  8. reciprocal transfer of equivalent sums of money (especially the currencies of different countries); "he earns his living from the interchange of currency"
    Synonym(s): exchange, interchange
  9. the act of putting one thing or person in the place of another: "he sent Smith in for Jones but the substitution came too late to help"
    Synonym(s): substitution, exchange, commutation
  10. (chess) gaining (or losing) a rook in return for a knight or bishop; "black lost the exchange"
  11. (chess) the capture by both players (usually on consecutive moves) of pieces of equal value; "the endgame began after the exchange of queens"
v
  1. give to, and receive from, one another; "Would you change places with me?"; "We have been exchanging letters for a year"
    Synonym(s): exchange, change, interchange
  2. exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category; "Could you convert my dollars into pounds?"; "He changed his name"; "convert centimeters into inches"; "convert holdings into shares"
    Synonym(s): change, exchange, commute, convert
  3. change over, change around, as to a new order or sequence
    Synonym(s): switch over, switch, exchange
  4. hand over one and receive another, approximately equivalent; "exchange prisoners"; "exchange employees between branches of the company"
  5. put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items; "the con artist replaced the original with a fake Rembrandt"; "substitute regular milk with fat-free milk"; "synonyms can be interchanged without a changing the context's meaning"
    Synonym(s): substitute, replace, interchange, exchange
  6. exchange a penalty for a less severe one
    Synonym(s): commute, convert, exchange
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
exchange premium
n
  1. a fee charged for exchanging currencies [syn: agio, agiotage, premium, exchange premium]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
exchange rate
n
  1. the charge for exchanging currency of one country for currency of another
    Synonym(s): rate of exchange, exchange rate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
exchange traded fund
n
  1. a mutual fund that is traded on a stock exchange [syn: exchange traded fund, ETF]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
exchange transfusion
n
  1. slow removal of a person's blood and its replacement with equal amounts of a donor's blood
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
exchangeability
n
  1. the quality of being capable of exchange or interchange
    Synonym(s): exchangeability, interchangeability, interchangeableness, fungibility
    Antonym(s): unexchangeability
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
exchangeable
adj
  1. suitable to be exchanged
    Antonym(s): unexchangeable
  2. capable of being exchanged for or replaced by something of equal value; "convertible securities"
    Synonym(s): convertible, exchangeable
    Antonym(s): inconvertible, unconvertible, unexchangeable
  3. capable of replacing or changing places with something else; permitting mutual substitution without loss of function or suitability; "interchangeable electric outlets" "interchangeable parts"
    Synonym(s): exchangeable, interchangeable, similar, standardized, standardised
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
exchanged
adj
  1. changed for (replaced by) something different
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
exchanger
n
  1. one whose business is to exchange the money of one country for that of another country
    Synonym(s): exchanger, money changer
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
exonuclease
n
  1. a nuclease that releases one nucleotide at a time (serially) beginning at one of a nucleic acid
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
exsanguine
adj
  1. destitute of blood or apparently so; "the bloodless carcass of my Hector sold"- John Dryden
    Synonym(s): bloodless, exsanguine, exsanguinous
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
exsanguinous
adj
  1. destitute of blood or apparently so; "the bloodless carcass of my Hector sold"- John Dryden
    Synonym(s): bloodless, exsanguine, exsanguinous
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Eysenck
n
  1. a British psychologist (born in Germany) noted for his theories of intelligence and personality and for his strong criticism of Freudian psychoanalysis
    Synonym(s): Eysenck, Hans Eysenck, H. J. Eysenck, Hans Jurgen Eysenck
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Eysenck Personality Inventory
n
  1. a self-report personality inventory based on Hans Eysenck's factor analysis of personality which assumes three basic factors (the two most important being extraversion to introversion and neuroticism)
    Synonym(s): Eysenck Personality Inventory, EPI
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ezo-yama-hagi
n
  1. Asian shrub having conspicuous racemose rose-purple flowers widely used as an ornamental and in erosion control and as a source of feed for wild birds
    Synonym(s): bicolor lespediza, ezo-yama-hagi, Lespedeza bicolor
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ass \Ass\, n. [OE. asse, AS. assa; akin to Icel. asni, W. asen,
      asyn, L. asinus, dim. aselus, Gr. [?]; also to AS. esol, OHG.
      esil, G. esel, Goth. asilus, Dan. [91]sel, Lith. asilas,
      Bohem. osel, Pol. osiel. The word is prob. of Semitic origin;
      cf. Heb. ath[?]n she ass. Cf. {Ease}.]
      1. (Zo[94]l.) A quadruped of the genus {Equus} ({E. asinus}),
            smaller than the horse, and having a peculiarly harsh bray
            and long ears. The tame or domestic ass is patient, slow,
            and sure-footed, and has become the type of obstinacy and
            stupidity. There are several species of wild asses which
            are swift-footed.
  
      2. A dull, heavy, stupid fellow; a dolt. --Shak.
  
      {Asses' Bridge}. [L. pons asinorum.] The fifth proposition of
            the first book of Euclid, [bd]The angles at the base of an
            isosceles triangle are equal to one another.[b8]
            [Sportive] [bd]A schoolboy, stammering out his Asses'
            Bridge.[b8] --F. Harrison.
  
      {To make an ass of one's self}, to do or say something very
            foolish or absurd.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Easiness \Eas"i*ness\, n.
      1. The state or condition of being easy; freedom from
            distress; rest.
  
      2. Freedom from difficulty; ease; as the easiness of a task.
  
      3. Freedom from emotion; compliance; disposition to yield
            without opposition; unconcernedness.
  
                     Give to him, and he shall but laugh at your
                     easiness.                                          --South.
  
      4. Freedom from effort, constraint, or formality; -- said of
            style, manner, etc.
  
                     With painful care, but seeming easiness.
                                                                              --Roscommon.
  
      5. Freedom from jolting, jerking, or straining.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ease \Ease\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Eased}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Easing}.] [OE. esen, eisen, OF. aisier. See {Ease}, n.]
      1. To free from anything that pains, disquiets, or oppresses;
            to relieve from toil or care; to give rest, repose, or
            tranquility to; -- often with of; as, to ease of pain;
            ease the body or mind.
  
                     Eased [from] the putting off These troublesome
                     disguises which we wear.                     --Milton.
  
                     Sing, and I 'll ease thy shoulders of thy load.
                                                                              --Dryden.
  
      2. To render less painful or oppressive; to mitigate; to
            alleviate.
  
                     My couch shall ease my complaint.      --Job vii. 13.
  
      3. To release from pressure or restraint; to move gently; to
            lift slightly; to shift a little; as, to ease a bar or nut
            in machinery.
  
      4. To entertain; to furnish with accommodations. [Obs.]
            --Chaucer.
  
      {To ease off}, {To ease away} (Naut.), to slacken a rope
            gradually.
  
      {To ease a ship} (Naut.), to put the helm hard, or regulate
            the sail, to prevent pitching when closehauled.
  
      {To ease the helm} (Naut.), to put the helm more nearly
            amidships, to lessen the effect on the ship, or the strain
            on the wheel rope. --Ham. Nav. Encyc.
  
      Syn: To relieve; disburden; quiet; calm; tranquilize;
               assuage; alleviate; allay; mitigate; appease; pacify.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ecchymose \Ec"chy*mose\, v. t. (Med.)
      To discolor by the production of an ecchymosis, or effusion
      of blood, beneath the skin; -- chiefly used in the passive
      form; as, the parts were much ecchymosed.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Ecchymosis \[d8]Ec`chy*mo"sis\, n.; pl. {Ecchymoses}. [NL.,
      fr. Gr. [?], fr. [?] to extravasate; [?] out of + [?] to
      pour.] (Med.)
      A livid or black and blue spot, produced by the extravasation
      or effusion of blood into the areolar tissue from a
      contusion.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Remora \[d8]Rem"o*ra\ (r?m"?*r?), n. [L.: cf. F. r[82]mora.]
      1. Delay; obstacle; hindrance. [Obs.] --Milton.
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of fishes belonging
            to {Echeneis}, {Remora}, and allied genera. Called also
            {sucking fish}.
  
      Note: The anterior dorsal fin is converted into a large
               sucking disk, having two transverse rows of lamell[91],
               situated on the top of the head. They adhere firmly to
               sharks and other large fishes and to vessels by this
               curious sucker, letting go at will. The pegador, or
               remora of sharks ({Echeneis naucrates}), and the
               swordfish remora ({Remora brachyptera}), are common
               American species.
  
      3. (Surg.) An instrument formerly in use, intended to retain
            parts in their places. --Dunglison.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Pegador \[d8]Pe`ga*dor"\, n. [Sp., a sticker.] (Zo[94]l.)
      A species of remora ({Echeneis naucrates}). See {Remora}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Remora \[d8]Rem"o*ra\ (r?m"?*r?), n. [L.: cf. F. r[82]mora.]
      1. Delay; obstacle; hindrance. [Obs.] --Milton.
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of fishes belonging
            to {Echeneis}, {Remora}, and allied genera. Called also
            {sucking fish}.
  
      Note: The anterior dorsal fin is converted into a large
               sucking disk, having two transverse rows of lamell[91],
               situated on the top of the head. They adhere firmly to
               sharks and other large fishes and to vessels by this
               curious sucker, letting go at will. The pegador, or
               remora of sharks ({Echeneis naucrates}), and the
               swordfish remora ({Remora brachyptera}), are common
               American species.
  
      3. (Surg.) An instrument formerly in use, intended to retain
            parts in their places. --Dunglison.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mermaid \Mer"maid\, n. [AS. mere lake, sea. See {Mere} lake, and
      {maid}.]
      A fabled marine creature, typically represented as having the
      upper part like that of a woman, and the lower like a fish; a
      sea nymph, sea woman, or woman fish.
  
      Note: Chaucer uses this word as equivalent to the siren of
               the ancients.
  
      {Mermaid fish} (Zo[94]l.) the angel fish ({Squatina}).
  
      {Mermaid's glove} (Zo[94]l.), a British branched sponge
            somewhat resembling a glove.
  
      {Mermaid's head} (Zo[94]l.), a European spatangoid sea urchin
            ({Echinocardium cordatum}) having some resemblance to a
            skull.
  
      {Mermaid weed} (Bot.), an aquatic herb with dentate or
            pectinate leaves ({Proserpinaca palustris} and {P.
            pectinacea}).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      {To run wild}, to go unrestrained or untamed; to live or
            untamed; to live or grow without culture or training.
  
      {To sow one's wild oats}. See under {Oat}.
  
      {Wild allspice}. (Bot.), spicewood.
  
      {Wild balsam apple} (Bot.), an American climbing
            cucurbitaceous plant ({Echinocystis lobata}).
  
      {Wild basil} (Bot.), a fragrant labiate herb ({Calamintha
            Clinopodium}) common in Europe and America.
  
      {Wild bean} (Bot.), a name of several leguminous plants,
            mostly species of {Phaseolus} and {Apios}.
  
      {Wild bee} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of
            undomesticated social bees, especially the domestic bee
            when it has escaped from domestication and built its nest
            in a hollow tree or among rocks.
  
      {Wild bergamot}. (Bot.) See under {Bergamot}.
  
      {Wild boar} (Zo[94]l.), the European wild hog ({Sus scrofa}),
            from which the common domesticated swine is descended.
  
      {Wild brier} (Bot.), any uncultivated species of brier. See
            {Brier}.
  
      {Wild bugloss} (Bot.), an annual rough-leaved plant
            ({Lycopsis arvensis}) with small blue flowers.
  
      {Wild camomile} (Bot.), one or more plants of the composite
            genus {Matricaria}, much resembling camomile.
  
      {Wild cat}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) A European carnivore ({Felis catus}) somewhat
                  resembling the domestic cat, but larger stronger, and
                  having a short tail. It is destructive to the smaller
                  domestic animals, such as lambs, kids, poultry, and
                  the like.
            (b) The common American lynx, or bay lynx.
            (c) (Naut.) A wheel which can be adjusted so as to revolve
                  either with, or on, the shaft of a capstan. --Luce.
  
      {Wild celery}. (Bot.) See {Tape grass}, under {Tape}.
  
      {Wild cherry}. (Bot.)
            (a) Any uncultivated tree which bears cherries. The wild
                  red cherry is {Prunus Pennsylvanica}. The wild black
                  cherry is {P. serotina}, the wood of which is much
                  used for cabinetwork, being of a light red color and a
                  compact texture.
            (b) The fruit of various species of {Prunus}.
  
      {Wild cinnamon}. See the Note under {Canella}.
  
      {Wild comfrey} (Bot.), an American plant ({Cynoglossum
            Virginicum}) of the Borage family. It has large bristly
            leaves and small blue flowers.
  
      {Wild cumin} (Bot.), an annual umbelliferous plant
            ({Lag[oe]cia cuminoides}) native in the countries about
            the Mediterranean.
  
      {Wild drake} (Zo[94]l.) the mallard.
  
      {Wild elder} (Bot.), an American plant ({Aralia hispida}) of
            the Ginseng family.
  
      {Wild fowl} (Zo[94]l.) any wild bird, especially any of those
            considered as game birds.
  
      {Wild goose} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of
            undomesticated geese, especially the Canada goose ({Branta
            Canadensis}), the European bean goose, and the graylag.
            See {Graylag}, and {Bean goose}, under {Bean}.
  
      {Wild goose chase}, the pursuit of something unattainable, or
            of something as unlikely to be caught as the wild goose.
            --Shak.
  
      {Wild honey}, honey made by wild bees, and deposited in
            trees, rocks, the like.
  
      {Wild hyacinth}. (Bot.) See {Hyacinth}, 1
            (b) .
  
      {Wild Irishman} (Bot.), a thorny bush ({Discaria Toumatou})
            of the Buckthorn family, found in New Zealand, where the
            natives use the spines in tattooing.
  
      {Wild land}.
            (a) Land not cultivated, or in a state that renders it
                  unfit for cultivation.
            (b) Land which is not settled and cultivated.
  
      {Wild licorice}. (Bot.) See under {Licorice}.
  
      {Wild mammee} (Bot.), the oblong, yellowish, acid fruit of a
            tropical American tree ({Rheedia lateriflora}); -- so
            called in the West Indies.
  
      {Wild marjoram} (Bot.), a labiate plant ({Origanum vulgare})
            much like the sweet marjoram, but less aromatic.
  
      {Wild oat}. (Bot.)
            (a) A tall, oatlike kind of soft grass ({Arrhenatherum
                  avenaceum}).
            (b) See {Wild oats}, under {Oat}.
  
      {Wild pieplant} (Bot.), a species of dock ({Rumex
            hymenosepalus}) found from Texas to California. Its acid,
            juicy stems are used as a substitute for the garden
            rhubarb.
  
      {Wild pigeon}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The rock dove.
            (b) The passenger pigeon.
  
      {Wild pink} (Bot.), an American plant ({Silene
            Pennsylvanica}) with pale, pinkish flowers; a kind of
            catchfly.
  
      {Wild plantain} (Bot.), an arborescent endogenous herb
            ({Heliconia Bihai}), much resembling the banana. Its
            leaves and leaf sheaths are much used in the West Indies
            as coverings for packages of merchandise.
  
      {Wild plum}. (Bot.)
            (a) Any kind of plum growing without cultivation.
            (b) The South African prune. See under {Prune}.
  
      {Wild rice}. (Bot.) See {Indian rice}, under {Rice}.
  
      {Wild rosemary} (Bot.), the evergreen shrub {Andromeda
            polifolia}. See {Marsh rosemary}, under {Rosemary}.
  
      {Wild sage}. (Bot.) See {Sagebrush}.
  
      {Wild sarsaparilla} (Bot.), a species of ginseng ({Aralia
            nudicaulis}) bearing a single long-stalked leaf.
  
      {Wild sensitive plant} (Bot.), either one of two annual
            leguminous herbs ({Cassia Cham[91]crista}, and {C.
            nictitans}), in both of which the leaflets close quickly
            when the plant is disturbed.
  
      {Wild service}.(Bot.) See {Sorb}.
  
      {Wild Spaniard} (Bot.), any one of several umbelliferous
            plants of the genus {Aciphylla}, natives of New Zealand.
            The leaves bear numerous bayonetlike spines, and the
            plants form an impenetrable thicket.
  
      {Wild turkey}. (Zo[94]l.) See 2d {Turkey}.

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   Stick-seed \Stick"-seed`\, n. (Bot.)
      A plant ({Echinospermum Lappula}) of the Borage family, with
      small blue flowers and prickly nutlets.

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   Echo \Ech"o\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Echoed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Echoing}. -- 3d pers. sing. pres. {Echoes}.]
      1. To send back (a sound); to repeat in sound; to
            reverberate.
  
                     Those peals are echoed by the Trojan throng.
                                                                              --Dryden.
  
                     The wondrous sound Is echoed on forever. --Keble.
  
      2. To repeat with assent; to respond; to adopt.
  
                     They would have echoed the praises of the men whom
                     they [?]nvied, and then have sent to the newspaper
                     anonymous libels upon them.               --Macaulay.

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   Egence \E"gence\, n. [L. egens, -entis, p. pr. of egere to be
      needy, suffer want.]
      The state of needing, or of suffering a natural want. [R.]
      --J. Grote.

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   Egg \Egg\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Egged}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Egging}.] [OE. eggen, Icel. eggja, fr. egg edge. [?][?]. See
      {Edge}.]
      To urge on; to instigate; to incite[?]
  
               Adam and Eve he egged to ill.                  --Piers
                                                                              Plowman.
  
               [She] did egg him on to tell How fair she was.
                                                                              --Warner.

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   Eggnog \Egg`nog"\, n.
      A drink consisting of eggs beaten up with sugar, milk, and
      (usually) wine or spirits.

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   Egomism \E"go*mism\, n.
      Egoism. [R.] --A. Baxter.

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   Eking \Ek"ing\, n. [From {Eke}, v. t.] (Shipbuilding)
      (a) A lengthening or filling piece to make good a deficiency
            in length.
      (b) The carved work under the quarter piece at the aft part
            of the quarter gallery. [Written also {eiking}.]

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   Eiking \Eik"ing\, n. (Naut.)
      See {Eking}.

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   Eking \Ek"ing\, n. [From {Eke}, v. t.] (Shipbuilding)
      (a) A lengthening or filling piece to make good a deficiency
            in length.
      (b) The carved work under the quarter piece at the aft part
            of the quarter gallery. [Written also {eiking}.]

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   Eiking \Eik"ing\, n. (Naut.)
      See {Eking}.

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   Eikonogen \Ei*kon"o*gen\, n. [Gr. e'ikw`n, e'iko`nos, image +
      root of gi`gnesqai to be born.] (Photog. & Chem.)
      The sodium salt of a sulphonic acid of a naphthol,
      {C10H5(OH)(NH2)SO3Na} used as a developer.

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   Eke \Eke\ ([emac]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Eked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Eking}.] [AS. [c7]kan, [df]kan; akin to OFries, [be]ka, OS.
      [?]kian, OHG. ouhh[d3]n to add, Icel. auka to increase, Sw.
      [94]ka, Dan. [94]ge, Goth. aukan, L. augere, Skr. [?]jas
      strength, ugra mighty, and probably to English wax, v. i. Cf.
      {Augment}, {Nickname}.]
      To increase; to add to; to augment; -- now commonly used with
      out, the notion conveyed being to add to, or piece out by a
      laborious, inferior, or scanty addition; as, to eke out a
      scanty supply of one kind with some other. [bd]To eke my
      pain.[b8] --Spenser.
  
               He eked out by his wits an income of barely fifty
               pounds.                                                   --Macaulay.

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   Eking \Ek"ing\, n. [From {Eke}, v. t.] (Shipbuilding)
      (a) A lengthening or filling piece to make good a deficiency
            in length.
      (b) The carved work under the quarter piece at the aft part
            of the quarter gallery. [Written also {eiking}.]

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   d8Eozo94n \[d8]E`o*zo"[94]n\, n.; pl. {Eozo[94]ns}, L. {Eozoa}.
      [NL., fr. Gr. 'hw`s dawn + zw^,on an animal.] (Paleon.)
      A peculiar structure found in the Arch[91]an limestones of
      Canada and other regions. By some geologists it is believed
      to be a species of gigantic Foraminifera, but others consider
      it a concretion, without organic structure.

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   Equangular \E*quan"gu*lar\, a. [See {Equiangular}.]
      Having equal angles; equiangular. [R.] --Johnson.

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   Equiangled \E"qui*an`gled\, a. [Equi- + angle.]
      Equiangular. [Obs.] --Boyle.

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   Equiangular \E`qui*an"gu*lar\, a. [Equi- + angular. Cf.
      {Equangular}.]
      Having equal angles; as, an equiangular figure; a square is
      equiangular.
  
      {Equiangular spiral}. (Math.) See under {Spiral}, n.
  
      {Mutually equiangular}, applied to two figures, when every
            angle of the one has its equal among the angles of the
            other.

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   Spiral \Spi"ral\, n. [Cf. F. spirale. See {Spiral}, a.]
      1. (Geom.) A plane curve, not re[89]ntrant, described by a
            point, called the generatrix, moving along a straight line
            according to a mathematical law, while the line is
            revolving about a fixed point called the pole. Cf.
            {Helix}.
  
      2. Anything which has a spiral form, as a spiral shell.
  
      {Equiangular spiral},a plane curve which cuts all its
            generatrices at the same angle. Same as {Logarithmic
            spiral}, under {Logarithmic}.
  
      {Spiral of Archimedes}, a spiral the law of which is that the
            generatrix moves uniformly along the revolving line, which
            also moves uniformly.

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   Equiangular \E`qui*an"gu*lar\, a. [Equi- + angular. Cf.
      {Equangular}.]
      Having equal angles; as, an equiangular figure; a square is
      equiangular.
  
      {Equiangular spiral}. (Math.) See under {Spiral}, n.
  
      {Mutually equiangular}, applied to two figures, when every
            angle of the one has its equal among the angles of the
            other.

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   Equator \E*qua"tor\, n. [L. aequator one who equalizes: cf. F.
      [82]quateur equator. See {Equate}.]
      1. (Geog.) The imaginary great circle on the earth's surface,
            everywhere equally distant from the two poles, and
            dividing the earth's surface into two hemispheres.
  
      2. (Astron.) The great circle of the celestial sphere,
            coincident with the plane of the earth's equator; -- so
            called because when the sun is in it, the days and nights
            are of equal length; hence called also the {equinoctial},
            and on maps, globes, etc., the {equinoctial line}.
  
      {Equator} {of the sun [or] of a planet} (Astron.), the great
            circle whose plane passes through through the center of
            the body, and is perpendicular to its axis of revolution.
           
  
      {Magnetic equator}. See {Aclinic}.

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   Equinoctial \E`qui*noc"tial\, a. [L. aequinoctials, fr.
      aequinoctium equinox: cf. F. [82]quinoxial. See {Equinox}.]
      1. Pertaining to an equinox, or the equinoxes, or to the time
            of equal day and night; as, the equinoctial line.
  
      2. Pertaining to the regions or climate of the equinoctial
            line or equator; in or near that line; as, equinoctial
            heat; an equinoctial sun.
  
      3. Pertaining to the time when the sun enters the equinoctial
            points; as, an equinoctial gale or storm, that is, one
            happening at or near the time of the equinox, in any part
            of the world.
  
      {Equinoctial colure} (Astron.), the meridian passing through
            the equinoctial points.
  
      {Equinoctial line} (Astron.), the celestial equator; -- so
            called because when the sun is on it, the nights and days
            are of equal length in all parts of the world. See
            {Equator}.
  
                     Thrice the equinoctial line He circled. --Milton.
  
      {Equinoctial points} (Astron.), the two points where the
            celestial and ecliptic intersect each other; the one being
            in the first point of Aries, the other in the first point
            of Libra.
  
      {Equinoctial time} (Astron.) reckoned in any year from the
            instant when the mean sun is at the mean vernal
            equinoctial point.

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   Equinoctial \E`qui*noc"tial\, n.
      The equinoctial line.

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   Equator \E*qua"tor\, n. [L. aequator one who equalizes: cf. F.
      [82]quateur equator. See {Equate}.]
      1. (Geog.) The imaginary great circle on the earth's surface,
            everywhere equally distant from the two poles, and
            dividing the earth's surface into two hemispheres.
  
      2. (Astron.) The great circle of the celestial sphere,
            coincident with the plane of the earth's equator; -- so
            called because when the sun is in it, the days and nights
            are of equal length; hence called also the {equinoctial},
            and on maps, globes, etc., the {equinoctial line}.
  
      {Equator} {of the sun [or] of a planet} (Astron.), the great
            circle whose plane passes through through the center of
            the body, and is perpendicular to its axis of revolution.
           
  
      {Magnetic equator}. See {Aclinic}.

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   Equinoctial \E`qui*noc"tial\, a. [L. aequinoctials, fr.
      aequinoctium equinox: cf. F. [82]quinoxial. See {Equinox}.]
      1. Pertaining to an equinox, or the equinoxes, or to the time
            of equal day and night; as, the equinoctial line.
  
      2. Pertaining to the regions or climate of the equinoctial
            line or equator; in or near that line; as, equinoctial
            heat; an equinoctial sun.
  
      3. Pertaining to the time when the sun enters the equinoctial
            points; as, an equinoctial gale or storm, that is, one
            happening at or near the time of the equinox, in any part
            of the world.
  
      {Equinoctial colure} (Astron.), the meridian passing through
            the equinoctial points.
  
      {Equinoctial line} (Astron.), the celestial equator; -- so
            called because when the sun is on it, the nights and days
            are of equal length in all parts of the world. See
            {Equator}.
  
                     Thrice the equinoctial line He circled. --Milton.
  
      {Equinoctial points} (Astron.), the two points where the
            celestial and ecliptic intersect each other; the one being
            in the first point of Aries, the other in the first point
            of Libra.
  
      {Equinoctial time} (Astron.) reckoned in any year from the
            instant when the mean sun is at the mean vernal
            equinoctial point.

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   Equinoctial \E`qui*noc"tial\, n.
      The equinoctial line.

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   Equinoctial \E`qui*noc"tial\, a. [L. aequinoctials, fr.
      aequinoctium equinox: cf. F. [82]quinoxial. See {Equinox}.]
      1. Pertaining to an equinox, or the equinoxes, or to the time
            of equal day and night; as, the equinoctial line.
  
      2. Pertaining to the regions or climate of the equinoctial
            line or equator; in or near that line; as, equinoctial
            heat; an equinoctial sun.
  
      3. Pertaining to the time when the sun enters the equinoctial
            points; as, an equinoctial gale or storm, that is, one
            happening at or near the time of the equinox, in any part
            of the world.
  
      {Equinoctial colure} (Astron.), the meridian passing through
            the equinoctial points.
  
      {Equinoctial line} (Astron.), the celestial equator; -- so
            called because when the sun is on it, the nights and days
            are of equal length in all parts of the world. See
            {Equator}.
  
                     Thrice the equinoctial line He circled. --Milton.
  
      {Equinoctial points} (Astron.), the two points where the
            celestial and ecliptic intersect each other; the one being
            in the first point of Aries, the other in the first point
            of Libra.
  
      {Equinoctial time} (Astron.) reckoned in any year from the
            instant when the mean sun is at the mean vernal
            equinoctial point.

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   Line \Line\, n. [OE. line, AS. l[c6]ne cable, hawser, prob. from
      L. linea a linen thread, string, line, fr. linum flax,
      thread, linen, cable; but the English word was influenced by
      F. ligne line, from the same L. word linea. See {Linen}.]
      1. A linen thread or string; a slender, strong cord; also, a
            cord of any thickness; a rope; a hawser; as, a fishing
            line; a line for snaring birds; a clothesline; a towline.
  
                     Who so layeth lines for to latch fowls. --Piers
                                                                              Plowman.
  
      2. A more or less threadlike mark of pen, pencil, or graver;
            any long mark; as, a chalk line.
  
      3. The course followed by anything in motion; hence, a road
            or route; as, the arrow descended in a curved line; the
            place is remote from lines of travel.
  
      4. Direction; as, the line of sight or vision.
  
      5. A row of letters, words, etc., written or printed; esp., a
            row of words extending across a page or column.
  
      6. A short letter; a note; as, a line from a friend.
  
      7. (Poet.) A verse, or the words which form a certain number
            of feet, according to the measure.
  
                     In the preceding line Ulysses speaks of Nausicaa.
                                                                              --Broome.
  
      8. Course of conduct, thought, occupation, or policy; method
            of argument; department of industry, trade, or
            intellectual activity.
  
                     He is uncommonly powerful in his own line, but it is
                     not the line of a first-rate man.      --Coleridge.
  
      9. (Math.) That which has length, but not breadth or
            thickness.
  
      10. The exterior limit of a figure, plat, or territory;
            boundary; contour; outline.
  
                     Eden stretched her line From Auran eastward to the
                     royal towers Of great Seleucia.         --Milton.
  
      11. A threadlike crease marking the face or the hand; hence,
            characteristic mark.
  
                     Though on his brow were graven lines austere.
                                                                              --Byron.
  
                     He tipples palmistry, and dines On all her
                     fortune-telling lines.                     --Cleveland.
  
      12. Lineament; feature; figure. [bd]The lines of my boy's
            face.[b8] --Shak.
  
      13. A straight row; a continued series or rank; as, a line of
            houses, or of soldiers; a line of barriers.
  
                     Unite thy forces and attack their lines. --Dryden.
  
      14. A series or succession of ancestors or descendants of a
            given person; a family or race; as, the ascending or
            descending line; the line of descent; the male line; a
            line of kings.
  
                     Of his lineage am I, and his offspring By very
                     line, as of the stock real.               --Chaucer.
  
      15. A connected series of public conveyances, and hence, an
            established arrangement for forwarding merchandise, etc.;
            as, a line of stages; an express line.
  
      16. (Geog.)
            (a) A circle of latitude or of longitude, as represented
                  on a map.
            (b) The equator; -- usually called {the line}, or
                  {equinoctial line}; as, to cross the line.
  
      17. A long tape, or a narrow ribbon of steel, etc., marked
            with subdivisions, as feet and inches, for measuring; a
            tapeline.
  
      18. (Script.)
            (a) A measuring line or cord.
  
                           He marketh it out with a line.   --Is. xliv.
                                                                              13.
            (b) That which was measured by a line, as a field or any
                  piece of land set apart; hence, allotted place of
                  abode.
  
                           The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant
                           places; yea, I have a goodly heritage. --Ps.
                                                                              xvi. 6.
            (c) Instruction; doctrine.
  
                           Their line is gone out through all the earth.
                                                                              --Ps. xix. 4.
  
      19. (Mach.) The proper relative position or adjustment of
            parts, not as to design or proportion, but with reference
            to smooth working; as, the engine is in line or out of
            line.
  
      20. The track and roadbed of a railway; railroad.
  
      21. (Mil.)
            (a) A row of men who are abreast of one another, whether
                  side by side or some distance apart; -- opposed to
                  {column}.
            (b) The regular infantry of an army, as distinguished
                  from militia, guards, volunteer corps, cavalry,
                  artillery, etc.
  
      22. (Fort.)
            (a) A trench or rampart.
            (b) pl. Dispositions made to cover extended positions,
                  and presenting a front in but one direction to an
                  enemy.
  
      23. pl. (Shipbuilding) Form of a vessel as shown by the
            outlines of vertical, horizontal, and oblique sections.
  
      24. (Mus.) One of the straight horizontal and parallel
            prolonged strokes on and between which the notes are
            placed.
  
      25. (Stock Exchange) A number of shares taken by a jobber.
  
      26. (Trade) A series of various qualities and values of the
            same general class of articles; as, a full line of
            hosiery; a line of merinos, etc. --McElrath.
  
      27. The wire connecting one telegraphic station with another,
            or the whole of a system of telegraph wires under one
            management and name.
  
      28. pl. The reins with which a horse is guided by his driver.
            [U. S.]
  
      29. A measure of length; one twelfth of an inch.
  
      {Hard lines}, hard lot. --C. Kingsley. [See Def. 18.]
  
      {Line breeding} (Stockbreeding), breeding by a certain family
            line of descent, especially in the selection of the dam or
            mother.
  
      {Line conch} (Zo[94]l.), a spiral marine shell ({Fasciolaria
            distans}), of Florida and the West Indies. It is marked by
            narrow, dark, revolving lines.
  
      {Line engraving}.
            (a) Engraving in which the effects are produced by lines
                  of different width and closeness, cut with the burin
                  upon copper or similar material; also, a plate so
                  engraved.
            (b) A picture produced by printing from such an
                  engraving.
  
      {Line of battle}.
            (a) (Mil. Tactics) The position of troops drawn up in
                  their usual order without any determined maneuver.
            (b) (Naval) The line or arrangement formed by vessels of
                  war in an engagement.
  
      {Line of battle ship}. See {Ship of the line}, below.
  
      {Line of beauty} (Fine Arts),an abstract line supposed to be
            beautiful in itself and absolutely; -- differently
            represented by different authors, often as a kind of
            elongated S (like the one drawn by Hogarth).
  
      {Line of centers}. (Mach.)
            (a) A line joining two centers, or fulcra, as of wheels
                  or levers.
            (b) A line which determines a dead center. See {Dead
                  center}, under {Dead}.
  
      {Line of dip} (Geol.), a line in the plane of a stratum, or
            part of a stratum, perpendicular to its intersection with
            a horizontal plane; the line of greatest inclination of a
            stratum to the horizon.
  
      {Line of fire} (Mil.), the direction of fire.
  
      {Line of force} (Physics), any line in a space in which
            forces are acting, so drawn that at every point of the
            line its tangent is the direction of the resultant of all
            the forces. It cuts at right angles every equipotential
            surface which it meets. Specifically (Magnetism), a line
            in proximity to a magnet so drawn that any point in it is
            tangential with the direction of a short compass needle
            held at that point. --Faraday.
  
      {Line of life} (Palmistry), a line on the inside of the hand,
            curving about the base of the thumb, supposed to indicate,
            by its form or position, the length of a person's life.
  
      {Line of lines}. See {Gunter's line}.
  
      {Line of march}. (Mil.)
            (a) Arrangement of troops for marching.
            (b) Course or direction taken by an army or body of
                  troops in marching.
  
      {Line of operations}, that portion of a theater of war which
            an army passes over in attaining its object. --H. W.
            Halleck.
  
      {Line of sight} (Firearms), the line which passes through the
            front and rear sight, at any elevation, when they are
            sighted at an object.
  
      {Line tub} (Naut.), a tub in which the line carried by a
            whaleboat is coiled.
  
      {Mason and Dixon's line}

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   Equator \E*qua"tor\, n. [L. aequator one who equalizes: cf. F.
      [82]quateur equator. See {Equate}.]
      1. (Geog.) The imaginary great circle on the earth's surface,
            everywhere equally distant from the two poles, and
            dividing the earth's surface into two hemispheres.
  
      2. (Astron.) The great circle of the celestial sphere,
            coincident with the plane of the earth's equator; -- so
            called because when the sun is in it, the days and nights
            are of equal length; hence called also the {equinoctial},
            and on maps, globes, etc., the {equinoctial line}.
  
      {Equator} {of the sun [or] of a planet} (Astron.), the great
            circle whose plane passes through through the center of
            the body, and is perpendicular to its axis of revolution.
           
  
      {Magnetic equator}. See {Aclinic}.

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   Equinoctial \E`qui*noc"tial\, a. [L. aequinoctials, fr.
      aequinoctium equinox: cf. F. [82]quinoxial. See {Equinox}.]
      1. Pertaining to an equinox, or the equinoxes, or to the time
            of equal day and night; as, the equinoctial line.
  
      2. Pertaining to the regions or climate of the equinoctial
            line or equator; in or near that line; as, equinoctial
            heat; an equinoctial sun.
  
      3. Pertaining to the time when the sun enters the equinoctial
            points; as, an equinoctial gale or storm, that is, one
            happening at or near the time of the equinox, in any part
            of the world.
  
      {Equinoctial colure} (Astron.), the meridian passing through
            the equinoctial points.
  
      {Equinoctial line} (Astron.), the celestial equator; -- so
            called because when the sun is on it, the nights and days
            are of equal length in all parts of the world. See
            {Equator}.
  
                     Thrice the equinoctial line He circled. --Milton.
  
      {Equinoctial points} (Astron.), the two points where the
            celestial and ecliptic intersect each other; the one being
            in the first point of Aries, the other in the first point
            of Libra.
  
      {Equinoctial time} (Astron.) reckoned in any year from the
            instant when the mean sun is at the mean vernal
            equinoctial point.

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   Line \Line\, n. [OE. line, AS. l[c6]ne cable, hawser, prob. from
      L. linea a linen thread, string, line, fr. linum flax,
      thread, linen, cable; but the English word was influenced by
      F. ligne line, from the same L. word linea. See {Linen}.]
      1. A linen thread or string; a slender, strong cord; also, a
            cord of any thickness; a rope; a hawser; as, a fishing
            line; a line for snaring birds; a clothesline; a towline.
  
                     Who so layeth lines for to latch fowls. --Piers
                                                                              Plowman.
  
      2. A more or less threadlike mark of pen, pencil, or graver;
            any long mark; as, a chalk line.
  
      3. The course followed by anything in motion; hence, a road
            or route; as, the arrow descended in a curved line; the
            place is remote from lines of travel.
  
      4. Direction; as, the line of sight or vision.
  
      5. A row of letters, words, etc., written or printed; esp., a
            row of words extending across a page or column.
  
      6. A short letter; a note; as, a line from a friend.
  
      7. (Poet.) A verse, or the words which form a certain number
            of feet, according to the measure.
  
                     In the preceding line Ulysses speaks of Nausicaa.
                                                                              --Broome.
  
      8. Course of conduct, thought, occupation, or policy; method
            of argument; department of industry, trade, or
            intellectual activity.
  
                     He is uncommonly powerful in his own line, but it is
                     not the line of a first-rate man.      --Coleridge.
  
      9. (Math.) That which has length, but not breadth or
            thickness.
  
      10. The exterior limit of a figure, plat, or territory;
            boundary; contour; outline.
  
                     Eden stretched her line From Auran eastward to the
                     royal towers Of great Seleucia.         --Milton.
  
      11. A threadlike crease marking the face or the hand; hence,
            characteristic mark.
  
                     Though on his brow were graven lines austere.
                                                                              --Byron.
  
                     He tipples palmistry, and dines On all her
                     fortune-telling lines.                     --Cleveland.
  
      12. Lineament; feature; figure. [bd]The lines of my boy's
            face.[b8] --Shak.
  
      13. A straight row; a continued series or rank; as, a line of
            houses, or of soldiers; a line of barriers.
  
                     Unite thy forces and attack their lines. --Dryden.
  
      14. A series or succession of ancestors or descendants of a
            given person; a family or race; as, the ascending or
            descending line; the line of descent; the male line; a
            line of kings.
  
                     Of his lineage am I, and his offspring By very
                     line, as of the stock real.               --Chaucer.
  
      15. A connected series of public conveyances, and hence, an
            established arrangement for forwarding merchandise, etc.;
            as, a line of stages; an express line.
  
      16. (Geog.)
            (a) A circle of latitude or of longitude, as represented
                  on a map.
            (b) The equator; -- usually called {the line}, or
                  {equinoctial line}; as, to cross the line.
  
      17. A long tape, or a narrow ribbon of steel, etc., marked
            with subdivisions, as feet and inches, for measuring; a
            tapeline.
  
      18. (Script.)
            (a) A measuring line or cord.
  
                           He marketh it out with a line.   --Is. xliv.
                                                                              13.
            (b) That which was measured by a line, as a field or any
                  piece of land set apart; hence, allotted place of
                  abode.
  
                           The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant
                           places; yea, I have a goodly heritage. --Ps.
                                                                              xvi. 6.
            (c) Instruction; doctrine.
  
                           Their line is gone out through all the earth.
                                                                              --Ps. xix. 4.
  
      19. (Mach.) The proper relative position or adjustment of
            parts, not as to design or proportion, but with reference
            to smooth working; as, the engine is in line or out of
            line.
  
      20. The track and roadbed of a railway; railroad.
  
      21. (Mil.)
            (a) A row of men who are abreast of one another, whether
                  side by side or some distance apart; -- opposed to
                  {column}.
            (b) The regular infantry of an army, as distinguished
                  from militia, guards, volunteer corps, cavalry,
                  artillery, etc.
  
      22. (Fort.)
            (a) A trench or rampart.
            (b) pl. Dispositions made to cover extended positions,
                  and presenting a front in but one direction to an
                  enemy.
  
      23. pl. (Shipbuilding) Form of a vessel as shown by the
            outlines of vertical, horizontal, and oblique sections.
  
      24. (Mus.) One of the straight horizontal and parallel
            prolonged strokes on and between which the notes are
            placed.
  
      25. (Stock Exchange) A number of shares taken by a jobber.
  
      26. (Trade) A series of various qualities and values of the
            same general class of articles; as, a full line of
            hosiery; a line of merinos, etc. --McElrath.
  
      27. The wire connecting one telegraphic station with another,
            or the whole of a system of telegraph wires under one
            management and name.
  
      28. pl. The reins with which a horse is guided by his driver.
            [U. S.]
  
      29. A measure of length; one twelfth of an inch.
  
      {Hard lines}, hard lot. --C. Kingsley. [See Def. 18.]
  
      {Line breeding} (Stockbreeding), breeding by a certain family
            line of descent, especially in the selection of the dam or
            mother.
  
      {Line conch} (Zo[94]l.), a spiral marine shell ({Fasciolaria
            distans}), of Florida and the West Indies. It is marked by
            narrow, dark, revolving lines.
  
      {Line engraving}.
            (a) Engraving in which the effects are produced by lines
                  of different width and closeness, cut with the burin
                  upon copper or similar material; also, a plate so
                  engraved.
            (b) A picture produced by printing from such an
                  engraving.
  
      {Line of battle}.
            (a) (Mil. Tactics) The position of troops drawn up in
                  their usual order without any determined maneuver.
            (b) (Naval) The line or arrangement formed by vessels of
                  war in an engagement.
  
      {Line of battle ship}. See {Ship of the line}, below.
  
      {Line of beauty} (Fine Arts),an abstract line supposed to be
            beautiful in itself and absolutely; -- differently
            represented by different authors, often as a kind of
            elongated S (like the one drawn by Hogarth).
  
      {Line of centers}. (Mach.)
            (a) A line joining two centers, or fulcra, as of wheels
                  or levers.
            (b) A line which determines a dead center. See {Dead
                  center}, under {Dead}.
  
      {Line of dip} (Geol.), a line in the plane of a stratum, or
            part of a stratum, perpendicular to its intersection with
            a horizontal plane; the line of greatest inclination of a
            stratum to the horizon.
  
      {Line of fire} (Mil.), the direction of fire.
  
      {Line of force} (Physics), any line in a space in which
            forces are acting, so drawn that at every point of the
            line its tangent is the direction of the resultant of all
            the forces. It cuts at right angles every equipotential
            surface which it meets. Specifically (Magnetism), a line
            in proximity to a magnet so drawn that any point in it is
            tangential with the direction of a short compass needle
            held at that point. --Faraday.
  
      {Line of life} (Palmistry), a line on the inside of the hand,
            curving about the base of the thumb, supposed to indicate,
            by its form or position, the length of a person's life.
  
      {Line of lines}. See {Gunter's line}.
  
      {Line of march}. (Mil.)
            (a) Arrangement of troops for marching.
            (b) Course or direction taken by an army or body of
                  troops in marching.
  
      {Line of operations}, that portion of a theater of war which
            an army passes over in attaining its object. --H. W.
            Halleck.
  
      {Line of sight} (Firearms), the line which passes through the
            front and rear sight, at any elevation, when they are
            sighted at an object.
  
      {Line tub} (Naut.), a tub in which the line carried by a
            whaleboat is coiled.
  
      {Mason and Dixon's line}

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   Equator \E*qua"tor\, n. [L. aequator one who equalizes: cf. F.
      [82]quateur equator. See {Equate}.]
      1. (Geog.) The imaginary great circle on the earth's surface,
            everywhere equally distant from the two poles, and
            dividing the earth's surface into two hemispheres.
  
      2. (Astron.) The great circle of the celestial sphere,
            coincident with the plane of the earth's equator; -- so
            called because when the sun is in it, the days and nights
            are of equal length; hence called also the {equinoctial},
            and on maps, globes, etc., the {equinoctial line}.
  
      {Equator} {of the sun [or] of a planet} (Astron.), the great
            circle whose plane passes through through the center of
            the body, and is perpendicular to its axis of revolution.
           
  
      {Magnetic equator}. See {Aclinic}.

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   Equinoctial \E`qui*noc"tial\, a. [L. aequinoctials, fr.
      aequinoctium equinox: cf. F. [82]quinoxial. See {Equinox}.]
      1. Pertaining to an equinox, or the equinoxes, or to the time
            of equal day and night; as, the equinoctial line.
  
      2. Pertaining to the regions or climate of the equinoctial
            line or equator; in or near that line; as, equinoctial
            heat; an equinoctial sun.
  
      3. Pertaining to the time when the sun enters the equinoctial
            points; as, an equinoctial gale or storm, that is, one
            happening at or near the time of the equinox, in any part
            of the world.
  
      {Equinoctial colure} (Astron.), the meridian passing through
            the equinoctial points.
  
      {Equinoctial line} (Astron.), the celestial equator; -- so
            called because when the sun is on it, the nights and days
            are of equal length in all parts of the world. See
            {Equator}.
  
                     Thrice the equinoctial line He circled. --Milton.
  
      {Equinoctial points} (Astron.), the two points where the
            celestial and ecliptic intersect each other; the one being
            in the first point of Aries, the other in the first point
            of Libra.
  
      {Equinoctial time} (Astron.) reckoned in any year from the
            instant when the mean sun is at the mean vernal
            equinoctial point.

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   Equinoctial \E`qui*noc"tial\, a. [L. aequinoctials, fr.
      aequinoctium equinox: cf. F. [82]quinoxial. See {Equinox}.]
      1. Pertaining to an equinox, or the equinoxes, or to the time
            of equal day and night; as, the equinoctial line.
  
      2. Pertaining to the regions or climate of the equinoctial
            line or equator; in or near that line; as, equinoctial
            heat; an equinoctial sun.
  
      3. Pertaining to the time when the sun enters the equinoctial
            points; as, an equinoctial gale or storm, that is, one
            happening at or near the time of the equinox, in any part
            of the world.
  
      {Equinoctial colure} (Astron.), the meridian passing through
            the equinoctial points.
  
      {Equinoctial line} (Astron.), the celestial equator; -- so
            called because when the sun is on it, the nights and days
            are of equal length in all parts of the world. See
            {Equator}.
  
                     Thrice the equinoctial line He circled. --Milton.
  
      {Equinoctial points} (Astron.), the two points where the
            celestial and ecliptic intersect each other; the one being
            in the first point of Aries, the other in the first point
            of Libra.
  
      {Equinoctial time} (Astron.) reckoned in any year from the
            instant when the mean sun is at the mean vernal
            equinoctial point.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Equinoctial \E`qui*noc"tial\, a. [L. aequinoctials, fr.
      aequinoctium equinox: cf. F. [82]quinoxial. See {Equinox}.]
      1. Pertaining to an equinox, or the equinoxes, or to the time
            of equal day and night; as, the equinoctial line.
  
      2. Pertaining to the regions or climate of the equinoctial
            line or equator; in or near that line; as, equinoctial
            heat; an equinoctial sun.
  
      3. Pertaining to the time when the sun enters the equinoctial
            points; as, an equinoctial gale or storm, that is, one
            happening at or near the time of the equinox, in any part
            of the world.
  
      {Equinoctial colure} (Astron.), the meridian passing through
            the equinoctial points.
  
      {Equinoctial line} (Astron.), the celestial equator; -- so
            called because when the sun is on it, the nights and days
            are of equal length in all parts of the world. See
            {Equator}.
  
                     Thrice the equinoctial line He circled. --Milton.
  
      {Equinoctial points} (Astron.), the two points where the
            celestial and ecliptic intersect each other; the one being
            in the first point of Aries, the other in the first point
            of Libra.
  
      {Equinoctial time} (Astron.) reckoned in any year from the
            instant when the mean sun is at the mean vernal
            equinoctial point.

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   Equinoctially \E`qui*noc"tial*ly\, adv.
      Towards the equinox.

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   Equinox \E"qui*nox\, n. [OE. equinoxium, equenoxium, L.
      aequinoctium; aequus equal + nox, noctis, night: cf. F.
      [82]quinoxe. See {Equal}, and {Night}.]
      1. The time when the sun enters one of the equinoctial
            points, that is, about March 21 and September 22. See
            {Autumnal equinox}, {Vernal equinox}, under {Autumnal} and
            {Vernal}.
  
                     When descends on the Atlantic The gigantic Stormwind
                     of the equinox.                                 --Longfellow.
  
      2. Equinoctial wind or storm. [R.] --Dryden.

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   Eschaunge \Es*chaunge"\, n.
      Exchange. [Obs.]

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   Eschew \Es*chew"\ (es*ch[udd]"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Eshewed}
      (-ch[udd]"d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Eshewing}.] [OF. eschever,
      eschiver, eskiver, F. esquiver, fr. OHG. sciuhen, G. scheuen;
      akin to E. sky. See {Shy}, a.]
      1. To shun; to avoid, as something wrong, or from a feeling
            of distaste; to keep one's self clear of.
  
                     They must not only eschew evil, but do good. --Bp.
                                                                              Beveridge.
  
      2. To escape from; to avoid. [Obs.]
  
                     He who obeys, destruction shall eschew. --Sandys.

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   Eskimo \Es"ki*mo\, n.; pl. {Eskimos}. [Originally applied by the
      Algonquins to the Northern Indians, and meaning eaters of raw
      flesh.] (Ethnol.)
      One of a peculiar race inhabiting Arctic America and
      Greenland. In many respects the Eskimos resemble the
      Mongolian race. [Written also {Esquimau}.]
  
      {Eskimo dog} (Zo[94]l.), one of a breed of large and powerful
            dogs used by the Eskimos to draw sledges. It closely
            resembles the gray wolf, with which it is often crossed.
            Eskimo dog

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   Esnecy \Es"ne*cy\, n. [See {Eigne}.] (Eng. Law)
      A prerogative given to the eldest coparcener to choose first
      after an inheritance is divided. --Mozley & W.

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   Esquimau \Es"qui*mau\, n.; pl. {Esquimaux}. [F.]
      Same as {Eskimo}.
  
               It is . . . an error to suppose that where an Esquimau
               can live, a civilized man can live also. --McClintock.

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   Essay \Es*say"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Essayed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Essaying}.] [F. essayer. See {Essay}, n.]
      1. To exert one's power or faculties upon; to make an effort
            to perform; to attempt; to endeavor; to make experiment or
            trial of; to try.
  
                     What marvel if I thus essay to sing?   --Byron.
  
                     Essaying nothing she can not perform. --Emerson.
  
                     A danger lest the young enthusiast . . . should
                     essay the impossible.                        --J. C.
                                                                              Shairp.
  
      2. To test the value and purity of (metals); to assay. See
            {Assay}. [Obs.] --Locke.

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   Essence \Es"sence\, n. [F. essence, L. essentia, formed as if
      fr. a p. pr. of esse to be. See {Is}, and cf. {Entity}.]
      1. The constituent elementary notions which constitute a
            complex notion, and must be enumerated to define it;
            sometimes called the nominal essence.
  
      2. The constituent quality or qualities which belong to any
            object, or class of objects, or on which they depend for
            being what they are (distinguished as real essence); the
            real being, divested of all logical accidents; that
            quality which constitutes or marks the true nature of
            anything; distinctive character; hence, virtue or quality
            of a thing, separated from its grosser parts.
  
                     The laws are at present, both in form and essence,
                     the greatest curse that society labors under.
                                                                              --Landor.
  
                     Gifts and alms are the expressions, not the essence
                     of this virtue [charity].                  --Addison.
  
                     The essence of Addison's humor is irony.
                                                                              --Courthope.
  
      3. Constituent substance.
  
                     And uncompounded is their essence pure. --Milton.
  
      4. A being; esp., a purely spiritual being.
  
                     As far as gods and heavenly essences Can perish.
                                                                              --Milton.
  
                     He had been indulging in fanciful speculations on
                     spiritual essences, until . . . he had and ideal
                     world of his own around him.               --W. Irving.
  
      5. The predominant qualities or virtues of a plant or drug,
            extracted and refined from grosser matter; or, more
            strictly, the solution in spirits of wine of a volatile or
            essential oil; as, the essence of mint, and the like.
  
                     The . . . word essence . . . scarcely underwent a
                     more complete transformation when from being the
                     abstract of the verb [bd]to be,[b8] it came to
                     denote something sufficiently concrete to be
                     inclosed in a glass bottle.               --J. S. Mill.
  
      6. Perfume; odor; scent; or the volatile matter constituting
            perfume.
  
                     Nor let the essences exhale.               --Pope.

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   Essence \Es"sence\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Essenced}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Essencing}.]
      To perfume; to scent. [bd]Essenced fops.[b8] --Addison.

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   Nitrobenzene \Ni`tro*ben"zene\ (? [or] ?), n. [Nitro- +
      benzene.] (Chem.)
      A yellow aromatic liquid ({C6H5.NO2}), produced by the action
      of nitric acid on benzene, and called from its odor
      {imitation oil of bitter almonds}, or {essence of mirbane}.
      It is used in perfumery, and is manufactured in large
      quantities in the preparation of aniline. Fornerly called
      also {nitrobenzol}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Spruce \Spruce\, n. [OE. Spruce or Pruse, Prussia, Prussian. So
      named because it was first known as a native of Prussia, or
      because its sprouts were used for making, spruce beer. Cf.
      Spruce beer, below, {Spruce}, a.]
      1. (Bot.) Any coniferous tree of the genus {Picea}, as the
            Norway spruce ({P. excelsa}), and the white and black
            spruces of America ({P. alba} and {P. nigra}), besides
            several others in the far Northwest. See {Picea}.
  
      2. The wood or timber of the spruce tree.
  
      3. Prussia leather; pruce. [Obs.]
  
                     Spruce, a sort of leather corruptly so called for
                     Prussia leather.                                 --E. Phillips.
  
      {Douglas spruce} (Bot.), a valuable timber tree ({Pseudotsuga
            Douglasii}) of Northwestern America.
  
      {Essence of spruce}, a thick, dark-colored, bitterish, and
            acidulous liquid made by evaporating a decoction of the
            young branches of spruce.
  
      {Hemlock spruce} (Bot.), a graceful coniferous tree ({Tsuga
            Canadensis}) of North America. Its timber is valuable, and
            the bark is largely used in tanning leather.
  
      {Spruce beer}. [G. sprossenbier; sprosse sprout, shoot (akin
            to E. sprout, n.) + bier beer. The word was changed into
            spruce because the beer came from Prussia (OE. Spruce), or
            because it was made from the sprouts of the spruce. See
            {Sprout}, n., {Beer}, and cf. {Spruce}, n.] A kind of beer
            which is tinctured or flavored with spruce, either by
            means of the extract or by decoction.
  
      {Spruce grouse}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Spruce partridge},
            below.
  
      {Spruce leather}. See {Spruce}, n., 3.
  
      {Spruce partridge} (Zo[94]l.), a handsome American grouse
            ({Dendragapus Canadensis}) found in Canada and the
            Northern United States; -- called also {Canada grouse}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Verbena \Ver*be"na\, n. [L. See {Vervain}.] (Bot.)
      A genus of herbaceous plants of which several species are
      extensively cultivated for the great beauty of their flowers;
      vervain.
  
      Note: Verbena, or vervain, was used by the Greeks, the
               Romans, and the Druids, in their sacred rites.
               --Brewer.
  
      {Essence of verbena}, {Oil of verbena}, a perfume prepared
            from the lemon verbena; also, a similar perfume properly
            called {grass oil}. See {Grass oil}, under {Grass}.
  
      {Lemon}, [or] {Sweet}, {verbena}, a shrubby verbenaceous
            plant ({Lippia citriodora}), with narrow leaves which
            exhale a pleasant, lemonlike fragrance when crushed.

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   Nimble Will, a kind of drop seed. {Muhlenbergia diffsa}. Orchard
   grass, pasture and hay. {Dactylis glomerata}. Porcupine grass,
   troublesome to sheep. Northwest. {Stipa spartea}. Quaking grass,
   ornamental. {Briza media} and {maxima}. Quitch, or Quick, grass,
   etc., a weed. {Agropyrum repens}. Ray grass. Same as {Rye grass}
   (below). Redtop, pasture and hay. {Agrostis vulgaris}.
   Red-topped buffalo grass, forage. Northwest. {Poa tenuifolia}.
   Reed canary grass, of slight value. {Phalaris arundinacea}. Reed
   meadow grass, hay. North. {Glyceria aquatica}. Ribbon grass, a
   striped leaved form of {Reed canary grass}. Rye grass, pasture,
   hay. {Lolium perenne}, var. Seneca grass, fragrant basket work,
   etc. North. {Hierochloa borealis}. Sesame grass. Same as {Gama
   grass} (above). Sheep's fescue, sheep pasture, native in
   Northern Europe and Asia. {Festuca ovina}. Small reed grass,
   meadow pasture and hay. North. {Deyeuxia Canadensis}. Spear
   grass, Same as {Meadow grass} (above). Squirrel-tail grass,
   troublesome to animals. Seacoast and Northwest. {Hordeum
   jubatum}. Switch grass, hay, cut young. {Panicum virgatum}.
   Timothy, cut young, the best of hay. North. {Phleum pratense}.
   Velvet grass, hay on poor soil. South. {Holcus lanatus}. Vernal
   grass, pasture, hay, lawn. {Anthoxanthum odoratum}. Wire grass,
   valuable in pastures. {Poa compressa}. Wood grass, Indian grass,
   hay. {Chrysopogon nutans}.
  
      Note: Many plants are popularly called grasses which are not
               true grasses botanically considered, such as black
               grass, goose grass, star grass, etc.
  
      {Black grass}, a kind of small rush ({Juncus Gerardi}),
            growing in salt marshes, used for making salt hay.
  
      {Grass of the Andes}, an oat grass, the {Arrhenatherum
            avenaceum} of Europe.
  
      {Grass of Parnassus}, a plant of the genus {Parnassia}
            growing in wet ground. The European species is {P.
            palustris}; in the United States there are several
            species.
  
      {Grass bass} (Zo[94]l.), the calico bass.
  
      {Grass bird}, the dunlin.
  
      {Grass cloth}, a cloth woven from the tough fibers of the
            grass-cloth plant.
  
      {Grass-cloth plant}, a perennial herb of the Nettle family
            ({B[d2]hmeria nivea [or] Urtica nivea}), which grows in
            Sumatra, China, and Assam, whose inner bark has fine and
            strong fibers suited for textile purposes.
  
      {Grass finch}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) A common American sparrow ({Po[94]c[91]tes
                  gramineus}); -- called also {vesper sparrow} and
                  {bay-winged bunting}.
            (b) Any Australian finch, of the genus {Po[89]phila}, of
                  which several species are known.
  
      {Grass lamb}, a lamb suckled by a dam running on pasture land
            and giving rich milk.
  
      {Grass land}, land kept in grass and not tilled.
  
      {Grass moth} (Zo[94]l.), one of many small moths of the genus
            {Crambus}, found in grass.
  
      {Grass oil}, a fragrant essential volatile oil, obtained in
            India from grasses of the genus {Andropogon}, etc.; --
            used in perfumery under the name of {citronella}, {ginger
            grass oil}, {lemon grass oil}, {essence of verbena} etc.
           
  
      {Grass owl} (Zo[94]l.), a South African owl ({Strix
            Capensis}).
  
      {Grass parrakeet} (Zo[94]l.), any of several species of
            Australian parrots, of the genus {Euphemia}; -- also
            applied to the zebra parrakeet.
  
      {Grass plover} (Zo[94]l.), the upland or field plover.
  
      {Grass poly} (Bot.), a species of willowwort ({Lythrum
            Hyssopifolia}). --Johnson.
  
      {Crass quit} (Zo[94]l.), one of several tropical American
            finches of the genus {Euetheia}. The males have most of
            the head and chest black and often marked with yellow.
  
      {Grass snake}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The common English, or ringed, snake ({Tropidonotus
                  natrix}).
            (b) The common green snake of the Northern United States.
                  See {Green snake}, under {Green}.
  
      {Grass snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the pectoral sandpiper ({Tringa
            maculata}); -- called also {jacksnipe} in America.
  
      {Grass spider} (Zo[94]l.), a common spider ({Agelena
            n[91]via}), which spins flat webs on grass, conspicuous
            when covered with dew.
  
      {Grass sponge} (Zo[94]l.), an inferior kind of commercial
            sponge from Florida and the Bahamas.
  
      {Grass table}. (Arch.) See {Earth table}, under {Earth}.
  
      {Grass vetch} (Bot.), a vetch ({Lathyrus Nissolia}), with
            narrow grasslike leaves.
  
      {Grass widow}. [Cf. Prov. R. an unmarried mother, G.
            strohwittwe a mock widow, Sw. gr[84]senka a grass widow.]
            (a) An unmarried woman who is a mother. [Obs.]
            (b) A woman separated from her husband by abandonment or
                  prolonged absence; a woman living apart from her
                  husband. [Slang.]
  
      {Grass wrack} (Bot.) eelgrass.
  
      {To bring to grass} (Mining.), to raise, as ore, to the
            surface of the ground.
  
      {To put to grass}, {To put out to grass}, to put out to graze
            a season, as cattle.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Verbena \Ver*be"na\, n. [L. See {Vervain}.] (Bot.)
      A genus of herbaceous plants of which several species are
      extensively cultivated for the great beauty of their flowers;
      vervain.
  
      Note: Verbena, or vervain, was used by the Greeks, the
               Romans, and the Druids, in their sacred rites.
               --Brewer.
  
      {Essence of verbena}, {Oil of verbena}, a perfume prepared
            from the lemon verbena; also, a similar perfume properly
            called {grass oil}. See {Grass oil}, under {Grass}.
  
      {Lemon}, [or] {Sweet}, {verbena}, a shrubby verbenaceous
            plant ({Lippia citriodora}), with narrow leaves which
            exhale a pleasant, lemonlike fragrance when crushed.

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   Nimble Will, a kind of drop seed. {Muhlenbergia diffsa}. Orchard
   grass, pasture and hay. {Dactylis glomerata}. Porcupine grass,
   troublesome to sheep. Northwest. {Stipa spartea}. Quaking grass,
   ornamental. {Briza media} and {maxima}. Quitch, or Quick, grass,
   etc., a weed. {Agropyrum repens}. Ray grass. Same as {Rye grass}
   (below). Redtop, pasture and hay. {Agrostis vulgaris}.
   Red-topped buffalo grass, forage. Northwest. {Poa tenuifolia}.
   Reed canary grass, of slight value. {Phalaris arundinacea}. Reed
   meadow grass, hay. North. {Glyceria aquatica}. Ribbon grass, a
   striped leaved form of {Reed canary grass}. Rye grass, pasture,
   hay. {Lolium perenne}, var. Seneca grass, fragrant basket work,
   etc. North. {Hierochloa borealis}. Sesame grass. Same as {Gama
   grass} (above). Sheep's fescue, sheep pasture, native in
   Northern Europe and Asia. {Festuca ovina}. Small reed grass,
   meadow pasture and hay. North. {Deyeuxia Canadensis}. Spear
   grass, Same as {Meadow grass} (above). Squirrel-tail grass,
   troublesome to animals. Seacoast and Northwest. {Hordeum
   jubatum}. Switch grass, hay, cut young. {Panicum virgatum}.
   Timothy, cut young, the best of hay. North. {Phleum pratense}.
   Velvet grass, hay on poor soil. South. {Holcus lanatus}. Vernal
   grass, pasture, hay, lawn. {Anthoxanthum odoratum}. Wire grass,
   valuable in pastures. {Poa compressa}. Wood grass, Indian grass,
   hay. {Chrysopogon nutans}.
  
      Note: Many plants are popularly called grasses which are not
               true grasses botanically considered, such as black
               grass, goose grass, star grass, etc.
  
      {Black grass}, a kind of small rush ({Juncus Gerardi}),
            growing in salt marshes, used for making salt hay.
  
      {Grass of the Andes}, an oat grass, the {Arrhenatherum
            avenaceum} of Europe.
  
      {Grass of Parnassus}, a plant of the genus {Parnassia}
            growing in wet ground. The European species is {P.
            palustris}; in the United States there are several
            species.
  
      {Grass bass} (Zo[94]l.), the calico bass.
  
      {Grass bird}, the dunlin.
  
      {Grass cloth}, a cloth woven from the tough fibers of the
            grass-cloth plant.
  
      {Grass-cloth plant}, a perennial herb of the Nettle family
            ({B[d2]hmeria nivea [or] Urtica nivea}), which grows in
            Sumatra, China, and Assam, whose inner bark has fine and
            strong fibers suited for textile purposes.
  
      {Grass finch}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) A common American sparrow ({Po[94]c[91]tes
                  gramineus}); -- called also {vesper sparrow} and
                  {bay-winged bunting}.
            (b) Any Australian finch, of the genus {Po[89]phila}, of
                  which several species are known.
  
      {Grass lamb}, a lamb suckled by a dam running on pasture land
            and giving rich milk.
  
      {Grass land}, land kept in grass and not tilled.
  
      {Grass moth} (Zo[94]l.), one of many small moths of the genus
            {Crambus}, found in grass.
  
      {Grass oil}, a fragrant essential volatile oil, obtained in
            India from grasses of the genus {Andropogon}, etc.; --
            used in perfumery under the name of {citronella}, {ginger
            grass oil}, {lemon grass oil}, {essence of verbena} etc.
           
  
      {Grass owl} (Zo[94]l.), a South African owl ({Strix
            Capensis}).
  
      {Grass parrakeet} (Zo[94]l.), any of several species of
            Australian parrots, of the genus {Euphemia}; -- also
            applied to the zebra parrakeet.
  
      {Grass plover} (Zo[94]l.), the upland or field plover.
  
      {Grass poly} (Bot.), a species of willowwort ({Lythrum
            Hyssopifolia}). --Johnson.
  
      {Crass quit} (Zo[94]l.), one of several tropical American
            finches of the genus {Euetheia}. The males have most of
            the head and chest black and often marked with yellow.
  
      {Grass snake}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The common English, or ringed, snake ({Tropidonotus
                  natrix}).
            (b) The common green snake of the Northern United States.
                  See {Green snake}, under {Green}.
  
      {Grass snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the pectoral sandpiper ({Tringa
            maculata}); -- called also {jacksnipe} in America.
  
      {Grass spider} (Zo[94]l.), a common spider ({Agelena
            n[91]via}), which spins flat webs on grass, conspicuous
            when covered with dew.
  
      {Grass sponge} (Zo[94]l.), an inferior kind of commercial
            sponge from Florida and the Bahamas.
  
      {Grass table}. (Arch.) See {Earth table}, under {Earth}.
  
      {Grass vetch} (Bot.), a vetch ({Lathyrus Nissolia}), with
            narrow grasslike leaves.
  
      {Grass widow}. [Cf. Prov. R. an unmarried mother, G.
            strohwittwe a mock widow, Sw. gr[84]senka a grass widow.]
            (a) An unmarried woman who is a mother. [Obs.]
            (b) A woman separated from her husband by abandonment or
                  prolonged absence; a woman living apart from her
                  husband. [Slang.]
  
      {Grass wrack} (Bot.) eelgrass.
  
      {To bring to grass} (Mining.), to raise, as ore, to the
            surface of the ground.
  
      {To put to grass}, {To put out to grass}, to put out to graze
            a season, as cattle.

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   Essence \Es"sence\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Essenced}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Essencing}.]
      To perfume; to scent. [bd]Essenced fops.[b8] --Addison.

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   Essence \Es"sence\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Essenced}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Essencing}.]
      To perfume; to scent. [bd]Essenced fops.[b8] --Addison.

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   Essene \Es*sene"\, n.; pl. {Essenes}. [Gr. [?], lit.,
      physicians, because they practiced medicine, fr. Chald
      [be]say[be] to heal, cf. Heb. as[be].]
      One of a sect among the Jews in the time of our Savior,
      remarkable for their strictness and abstinence.

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   Essenism \Es"se*nism\, n.
      The doctrine or the practices of the Essenes. --De Quincey.

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   Jelly \Jel"ly\, n.; pl. {Jellies}. [ Formerly gelly, gely, F.
      gel[82]e jelly, frost, fr. geler to freeze. L. gelare; akin
      to gelu frost. See {Gelid}.]
      1. Anything brought to a gelatinous condition; a viscous,
            translucent substance in a condition between liquid and
            solid; a stiffened solution of gelatin, gum, or the like.
  
      2. The juice of fruits or meats boiled with sugar to an
            elastic consistence; as, currant jelly; calf's-foot jelly.
  
      {Jelly bag}, a bag through which the material for jelly is
            strained.
  
      {Jelly mold}, a mold for forming jelly in ornamental shapes.
           
  
      {Jelly plant} (Bot.), Australian name of an edible seaweed
            ({Eucheuma speciosum}), from which an excellent jelly is
            made. --J. Smith.
  
      {Jelly powder}, an explosive, composed of nitroglycerin and
            collodion cotton; -- so called from its resemblance to
            calf's-foot jelly.

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   Eugenesis \Eu*gen"e*sis\, n. [Pref. eu- + genesis.] (Biol.)
      The quality or condition of having strong reproductive
      powers; generation with full fertility between different
      species or races, specif. between hybrids of the first
      generation.

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   Rose \Rose\, n. [AS. rose, L. rosa, probably akin to Gr. [?],
      Armor. vard, OPer. vareda; and perhaps to E. wort: cf. F.
      rose, from the Latin. Cf. {Copperas}, {Rhododendron}.]
      1. A flower and shrub of any species of the genus {Rosa}, of
            which there are many species, mostly found in the morthern
            hemispere
  
      Note: Roses are shrubs with pinnate leaves and usually
               prickly stems. The flowers are large, and in the wild
               state have five petals of a color varying from deep
               pink to white, or sometimes yellow. By cultivation and
               hybridizing the number of petals is greatly increased
               and the natural perfume enhanced. In this way many
               distinct classes of roses have been formed, as the
               Banksia, Baurbon, Boursalt, China, Noisette, hybrid
               perpetual, etc., with multitudes of varieties in nearly
               every class.
  
      2. A knot of ribbon formed like a rose; a rose knot; a
            rosette, esp. one worn on a shoe. --Sha.
  
      3. (Arch.) A rose window. See {Rose window}, below.
  
      4. A perforated nozzle, as of a pipe, spout, etc., for
            delivering water in fine jets; a rosehead; also, a
            strainer at the foot of a pump.
  
      5. (Med.) The erysipelas. --Dunglison.
  
      6. The card of the mariner's compass; also, a circular card
            with radiating lines, used in other instruments.
  
      7. The color of a rose; rose-red; pink.
  
      8. A diamond. See {Rose diamond}, below.
  
      {Cabbage rose}, {China rose}, etc. See under {Cabbage},
            {China}, etc.
  
      {Corn rose} (Bot.) See {Corn poppy}, under {Corn}.
  
      {Infantile rose} (Med.), a variety of roseola.
  
      {Jamaica rose}. (Bot.) See under {Jamaica}.
  
      {Rose acacia} (Bot.), a low American leguminous shrub
            ({Robinia hispida}) with handsome clusters of rose-colored
            blossoms.
  
      {Rose aniline}. (Chem.) Same as {Rosaniline}.
  
      {Rose apple} (Bot.), the fruit of the tropical myrtaceous
            tree {Eugenia Jambos}. It is an edible berry an inch or
            more in diameter, and is said to have a very strong
            roselike perfume.
  
      {Rose beetle}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) A small yellowish or buff longlegged beetle
                  ({Macrodactylus subspinosus}), which eats the leaves
                  of various plants, and is often very injurious to
                  rosebushes, apple trees, grapevines, etc. Called also
                  {rose bug}, and {rose chafer}.
            (b) The European chafer.
  
      {Rose bug}. (Zo[94]l.) same as {Rose beetle}, {Rose chafer}.
           
  
      {Rose burner}, a kind of gas-burner producing a rose-shaped
            flame.
  
      {Rose camphor} (Chem.), a solid odorless substance which
            separates from rose oil.
  
      {Rose campion}. (Bot.) See under {Campion}.
  
      {Rose catarrh} (Med.), rose cold.
  
      {Rose chafer}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) A common European beetle ({Cetonia aurata}) which is
                  often very injurious to rosebushes; -- called also
                  {rose beetle}, and {rose fly}.
            (b) The rose beetle
            (a) .
  
      {Rose cold} (Med.), a variety of hay fever, sometimes
            attributed to the inhalation of the effluvia of roses. See
            {Hay fever}, under {Hay}.
  
      {Rose color}, the color of a rose; pink; hence, a beautiful
            hue or appearance; fancied beauty, attractiveness, or
            promise.

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   Lilly-pilly \Lil"ly-pil`ly\ (l[icr]l"l[ycr]-p[icr]l`l[ycr]), n.
      (Bot.)
      An Australian myrtaceous tree ({Eugenia Smithii}), having
      smooth ovate leaves, and panicles of small white flowers. The
      wood is hard and fine-grained.

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   Eugenic \Eu*gen"ic\ ([usl]*j[ecr]n"[icr]k), a. [See {Eugenia}.]
      (Chem.)
      Pertaining to, or derived from, cloves; as, eugenic acid.

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   Eugenic \Eu*gen"ic\ ([usl]*j[ecr]n"[icr]k), a. [Gr. e'ygenh`s.]
      Well-born; of high birth. --Atlantic Monthly.

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   Eugenol \Eu"ge*nol\, n. [Eugenia + -ol.] (Chem.)
      A colorless, aromatic, liquid hydrocarbon, {C10H12O2}
      resembling the phenols, and hence also called {eugenic acid}.
      It is found in the oils of pimento and cloves.

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   Eugenics \Eu*gen"ics\, n.
      The science of improving stock, whether human or animal. --F.
      Galton.

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   Elm \Elm\, n. [AS. elm; akin to D. olm, OHG. elm, G. ulme, Icel.
      almr, Dan. & Sw. alm, L. ulmus, and E. alder. Cf. {Old}.]
      (Bot.)
      A tree of the genus {Ulmus}, of several species, much used as
      a shade tree, particularly in America. The English elm is
      {Ulmus campestris}; the common American or white elm is {U.
      Americana}; the slippery or red elm, {U. fulva}.
  
      {Elm beetle} (Zo[94]l.), one of several species of beetles
            (esp. {Galeruca calmariensis}), which feed on the leaves
            of the elm.
  
      {Elm borer} (Zo[94]l.), one of several species of beetles of
            which the larv[91] bore into the wood or under the bark of
            the elm (esp. {Saperda tridentata}).
  
      {Elm butterfly} (Zo[94]l.), one of several species of
            butterflies, which, in the caterpillar state, feed on the
            leaves of the elm (esp. {Vanessa antiopa} and {Grapta
            comma}). See {Comma butterfly}, under {Comma}.
  
      {Elm moth} (Zo[94]l.), one of numerous species of moths of
            which the larv[91] destroy the leaves of the elm (esp.
            {Eugonia subsignaria}, called elm spanworm).
  
      {Elm sawfly} (Zo[94]l.), a large sawfly ({Cimbex Americana}).
            The larva, which is white with a black dorsal stripe,
            feeds on the leaves of the elm.

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   Exanguious \Ex*an"gui*ous\, a.
      Bloodless. [Obs.] See {Exsanguious}. --Sir T. Browne.

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   Exangulous \Ex*an"gu*lous\, a. [Pref ex- + angulous.]
      Having no corners; without angles. [R.]

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   Exchange \Ex*change"\, n. [OE. eschange, eschaunge, OF.
      eschange, fr. eschangier, F. [82]changer, to exchange; pref.
      ex- out + F. changer. See {Change}, and cf. {Excamb}.]
      1. The act of giving or taking one thing in return for
            another which is regarded as an equivalent; as, an
            exchange of cattle for grain.
  
      2. The act of substituting one thing in the place of another;
            as, an exchange of grief for joy, or of a scepter for a
            sword, and the like; also, the act of giving and receiving
            reciprocally; as, an exchange of civilities or views.
  
      3. The thing given or received in return; esp., a publication
            exchanged for another. --Shak.
  
      4. (Com.) The process of setting accounts or debts between
            parties residing at a distance from each other, without
            the intervention of money, by exchanging orders or drafts,
            called bills of exchange. These may be drawn in one
            country and payable in another, in which case they are
            called foreign bills; or they may be drawn and made
            payable in the same country, in which case they are called
            inland bills. The term bill of exchange is often
            abbreviated into exchange; as, to buy or sell exchange.
  
      Note: A in London is creditor to B in New York, and C in
               London owes D in New York a like sum. A in London draws
               a bill of exchange on B in New York; C in London
               purchases the bill, by which A receives his debt due
               from B in New York. C transmits the bill to D in New
               York, who receives the amount from B.
  
      5. (Law) A mutual grant of equal interests, the one in
            consideration of the other. Estates exchanged must be
            equal in quantity, as fee simple for fee simple.
            --Blackstone.
  
      6. The place where the merchants, brokers, and bankers of a
            city meet at certain hours, to transact business. In this
            sense often contracted to 'Change.
  
      {Arbitration of exchange}. See under {Arbitration}.
  
      {Bill of exchange}. See under {Bill}.
  
      {Exchange broker}. See under {Broker}.
  
      {Par of exchange}, the established value of the coin or
            standard of value of one country when expressed in the
            coin or standard of another, as the value of the pound
            sterling in the currency of France or the United States.
            The par of exchange rarely varies, and serves as a measure
            for the rise and fall of exchange that is affected by the
            demand and supply. Exchange is at par when, for example, a
            bill in New York, for the payment of one hundred pounds
            sterling in London, can be purchased for the sum. Exchange
            is in favor of a place when it can be purchased there at
            or above par.
  
      {Telephone exchange}, a central office in which the wires of
            any two telephones or telephone stations may be connected
            to permit conversation.
  
      Syn: Barter; dealing; trade; traffic; interchange.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Exchange \Ex*change"\, v. i.
      To be changed or received in exchange for; to pass in
      exchange; as, dollar exchanges for ten dimes.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Exchange \Ex*change"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Exchanged}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Exchanging}.] [Cf.OF. eschangier, F. [82]changer. See
      {Exchange}, n.]
      1. To part with give, or transfer to another in consideration
            of something received as an equivalent; -- usually
            followed by for before the thing received.
  
                     Exchange his sheep for shells, or wool for a
                     sparking pebble or a diamond.            --Locke.
  
      2. To part with for a substitute; to lay aside, quit, or
            resign (something being received in place of the thing
            parted with); as, to exchange a palace for cell.
  
                     And death for life exchanged foolishly. --Spenser.
  
                     To shift his being Is to exchange one misery with
                     another.                                             --Shak.
  
      3. To give and receive reciprocally, as things of the same
            kind; to barter; to swap; as, to exchange horses with a
            neighbor; to exchange houses or hats.
  
                     Exchange forgiveness with me, noble Hamlet. --Shak.
  
      Syn: To barter; change; commute; interchange; bargain; truck;
               swap; traffic.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Exchange \Ex*change"\, n. [OE. eschange, eschaunge, OF.
      eschange, fr. eschangier, F. [82]changer, to exchange; pref.
      ex- out + F. changer. See {Change}, and cf. {Excamb}.]
      1. The act of giving or taking one thing in return for
            another which is regarded as an equivalent; as, an
            exchange of cattle for grain.
  
      2. The act of substituting one thing in the place of another;
            as, an exchange of grief for joy, or of a scepter for a
            sword, and the like; also, the act of giving and receiving
            reciprocally; as, an exchange of civilities or views.
  
      3. The thing given or received in return; esp., a publication
            exchanged for another. --Shak.
  
      4. (Com.) The process of setting accounts or debts between
            parties residing at a distance from each other, without
            the intervention of money, by exchanging orders or drafts,
            called bills of exchange. These may be drawn in one
            country and payable in another, in which case they are
            called foreign bills; or they may be drawn and made
            payable in the same country, in which case they are called
            inland bills. The term bill of exchange is often
            abbreviated into exchange; as, to buy or sell exchange.
  
      Note: A in London is creditor to B in New York, and C in
               London owes D in New York a like sum. A in London draws
               a bill of exchange on B in New York; C in London
               purchases the bill, by which A receives his debt due
               from B in New York. C transmits the bill to D in New
               York, who receives the amount from B.
  
      5. (Law) A mutual grant of equal interests, the one in
            consideration of the other. Estates exchanged must be
            equal in quantity, as fee simple for fee simple.
            --Blackstone.
  
      6. The place where the merchants, brokers, and bankers of a
            city meet at certain hours, to transact business. In this
            sense often contracted to 'Change.
  
      {Arbitration of exchange}. See under {Arbitration}.
  
      {Bill of exchange}. See under {Bill}.
  
      {Exchange broker}. See under {Broker}.
  
      {Par of exchange}, the established value of the coin or
            standard of value of one country when expressed in the
            coin or standard of another, as the value of the pound
            sterling in the currency of France or the United States.
            The par of exchange rarely varies, and serves as a measure
            for the rise and fall of exchange that is affected by the
            demand and supply. Exchange is at par when, for example, a
            bill in New York, for the payment of one hundred pounds
            sterling in London, can be purchased for the sum. Exchange
            is in favor of a place when it can be purchased there at
            or above par.
  
      {Telephone exchange}, a central office in which the wires of
            any two telephones or telephone stations may be connected
            to permit conversation.
  
      Syn: Barter; dealing; trade; traffic; interchange.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Broker \Bro"ker\ (br[omac]"k[etil]r), n. [OE. brocour, from a
      word akin to broken, bruken, to use, enjoy, possess, digest,
      fr. AS. br[umac]can to use, enjoy; cf. Fries. broker, F.
      brocanteur. See {Brook}, v. t.]
      1. One who transacts business for another; an agent.
  
      2. (Law) An agent employed to effect bargains and contracts,
            as a middleman or negotiator, between other persons, for a
            compensation commonly called brokerage. He takes no
            possession, as broker, of the subject matter of the
            negotiation. He generally contracts in the names of those
            who employ him, and not in his own. --Story.
  
      3. A dealer in money, notes, bills of exchange, etc.
  
      4. A dealer in secondhand goods. [Eng.]
  
      5. A pimp or procurer. [Obs.] --Shak.
  
      {Bill broker}, one who buys and sells notes and bills of
            exchange.
  
      {Curbstone broker} or {Street broker}, an operator in stocks
            (not a member of the Stock Exchange) who executes orders
            by running from office to office, or by transactions on
            the street. [U.S.]
  
      {Exchange broker}, one who buys and sells uncurrent money,
            and deals in exchanges relating to money.
  
      {Insurance broker}, one who is agent in procuring insurance
            on vessels, or against fire.
  
      {Pawn broker}. See {Pawnbroker}.
  
      {Real estate broker}, one who buys and sells lands, and
            negotiates loans, etc., upon mortgage.
  
      {Ship broker}, one who acts as agent in buying and selling
            ships, procuring freight, etc.
  
      {Stock broker}. See {Stockbroker}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Exchange editor \Ex*change" ed"i*tor\
      An editor who inspects, and culls from, periodicals, or
      exchanges, for his own publication.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Exchangeability \Ex*change`a*bil"i*ty\, n.
      The quality or state of being exchangeable.
  
               The law ought not be contravened by an express article
               admitting the exchangeability of such persons.
                                                                              --Washington.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Exchangeable \Ex*change"a*ble\, a. [Cf.F. [82]changeable.]
      1. Capable of being exchanged; fit or proper to be exchanged.
  
                     The officers captured with Burgoyne were
                     exchangeable within the powers of General Howe.
                                                                              --Marshall.
  
      2. Available for making exchanges; ratable. [bd]An
            exchangeable value.[b8] --J. S. Mill.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Exchangeably \Ex*change"a*bly\, adv.
      By way of exchange.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Exchange \Ex*change"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Exchanged}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Exchanging}.] [Cf.OF. eschangier, F. [82]changer. See
      {Exchange}, n.]
      1. To part with give, or transfer to another in consideration
            of something received as an equivalent; -- usually
            followed by for before the thing received.
  
                     Exchange his sheep for shells, or wool for a
                     sparking pebble or a diamond.            --Locke.
  
      2. To part with for a substitute; to lay aside, quit, or
            resign (something being received in place of the thing
            parted with); as, to exchange a palace for cell.
  
                     And death for life exchanged foolishly. --Spenser.
  
                     To shift his being Is to exchange one misery with
                     another.                                             --Shak.
  
      3. To give and receive reciprocally, as things of the same
            kind; to barter; to swap; as, to exchange horses with a
            neighbor; to exchange houses or hats.
  
                     Exchange forgiveness with me, noble Hamlet. --Shak.
  
      Syn: To barter; change; commute; interchange; bargain; truck;
               swap; traffic.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Exchanger \Ex*chan"ger\, n.
      One who exchanges; one who practices exchange. --Matt. xxv.
      27.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Exchange \Ex*change"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Exchanged}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Exchanging}.] [Cf.OF. eschangier, F. [82]changer. See
      {Exchange}, n.]
      1. To part with give, or transfer to another in consideration
            of something received as an equivalent; -- usually
            followed by for before the thing received.
  
                     Exchange his sheep for shells, or wool for a
                     sparking pebble or a diamond.            --Locke.
  
      2. To part with for a substitute; to lay aside, quit, or
            resign (something being received in place of the thing
            parted with); as, to exchange a palace for cell.
  
                     And death for life exchanged foolishly. --Spenser.
  
                     To shift his being Is to exchange one misery with
                     another.                                             --Shak.
  
      3. To give and receive reciprocally, as things of the same
            kind; to barter; to swap; as, to exchange horses with a
            neighbor; to exchange houses or hats.
  
                     Exchange forgiveness with me, noble Hamlet. --Shak.
  
      Syn: To barter; change; commute; interchange; bargain; truck;
               swap; traffic.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Eximious \Ex*im"ious\a. [L. eximius taken out, i. e. select, fr.
      eximere to take out. See {Exempt}.]
      Select; choice; hence, extraordinary, excellent. [Obs.]
  
               The eximious and arcane science of physic. --Fuller.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Exsanguine \Ex*san"guine\, a.
      Bloodless. [R.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Exsanguineous \Ex`san*guin"e*ous\, a.
      Destitute of blood; an[91]mic; exsanguious.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Exsanguinity \Ex`san*guin"i*ty\, n. (Med.)
      Privation or destitution of blood; -- opposed to plethora.
      --Dunglison.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Exsanguinous \Ex*san"gui*nous\, a.
      See {Exsanguious}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Exsanguious \Ex*san"gui*ous\, a. [L. exsanguis; ex out +
      sanguis, sanguinis, blood. Cf. {Exsanguineous}.]
      1. Destitute of blood. --Sir T. Browne.
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.) Destitute of true, or red, blood, as insects.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Exungulate \Ex*un"gu*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Exungulated};
      p. pr. & vb. n. {Exungulating}.] [L. exungulare to lose the
      hoof, ex out, from + ungula. See {Ungula}.]
      To pare off, as nails, the hoof, etc. [R.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Exungulate \Ex*un"gu*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Exungulated};
      p. pr. & vb. n. {Exungulating}.] [L. exungulare to lose the
      hoof, ex out, from + ungula. See {Ungula}.]
      To pare off, as nails, the hoof, etc. [R.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Exungulate \Ex*un"gu*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Exungulated};
      p. pr. & vb. n. {Exungulating}.] [L. exungulare to lose the
      hoof, ex out, from + ungula. See {Ungula}.]
      To pare off, as nails, the hoof, etc. [R.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Eyasmusket \Ey"as*mus`ket\, n. [Eyas + muske the brid.]
      An unfledged or young male sparrow hawk. [Obs.] --Shak.

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   ECMAScript
  
      ({ECMA} standard 262, {ISO} standard 16262)
      The standardized version of the core {JavaScript} language.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Exchange Server
  
      {Microsoft Exchange}
  
  

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Essenes
      a Jewish mystical sect somewhat resembling the Pharisees. They
      affected great purity. They originated about B.C. 100, and
      disappeared from history after the destruction of Jerusalem.
      They are not directly mentioned in Scripture, although they may
      be referred to in Matt. 19:11, 12, Col. 2:8, 18, 23.
     

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Ezion-geber
      the giant's backbone (so called from the head of a mountain
      which runs out into the sea), an ancient city and harbour at the
      north-east end of the Elanitic branch of the Red Sea, the Gulf
      of Akabah, near Elath or Eloth (Num. 33:35; Deut. 2:8). Here
      Solomon built ships, "Tarshish ships," like those trading from
      Tyre to Tarshish and the west, which traded with Ophir (1 Kings
      9:26; 2 Chr. 8:17); and here also Jehoshaphat's fleet was
      shipwrecked (1 Kings 22:48; 2 Chr. 20:36). It became a populous
      town, many of the Jews settling in it (2 Kings 16:6, "Elath").
      It is supposed that anciently the north end of the gulf flowed
      further into the country than now, as far as 'Ain el-Ghudyan,
      which is 10 miles up the dry bed of the Arabah, and that
      Ezion-geber may have been there.
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
   Esmachiah, joined to the Lord
  

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
   Ezion-geber, the wood of the man
  
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