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   eater
         n 1: someone who consumes food for nourishment [syn: {eater},
               {feeder}]
         2: any green goods that are good to eat; "these apples are good
            eaters"

English Dictionary: eater by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
eatery
n
  1. a building where people go to eat [syn: restaurant, eating house, eating place, eatery]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
eider
n
  1. duck of the northern hemisphere much valued for the fine soft down of the females
    Synonym(s): eider, eider duck
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
either
adv
  1. after a negative statement used as an intensive meaning something like `likewise' or `also'; "he isn't stupid, but he isn't exactly a genius either"; "I don't know either"; "if you don't order dessert I won't either"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ether
n
  1. the fifth and highest element after air and earth and fire and water; was believed to be the substance composing all heavenly bodies
    Synonym(s): quintessence, ether
  2. any of a class of organic compounds that have two hydrocarbon groups linked by an oxygen atom
  3. a medium that was once supposed to fill all space and to support the propagation of electromagnetic waves
    Synonym(s): ether, aether
  4. a colorless volatile highly inflammable liquid formerly used as an inhalation anesthetic
    Synonym(s): ether, ethoxyethane, divinyl ether, vinyl ether, diethyl ether, ethyl ether
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Eutheria
n
  1. all mammals except monotremes and marsupials [syn: Eutheria, subclass Eutheria]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Eater \Eat"er\, n.
      One who, or that which, eats.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Edder \Ed"der\, n. [See {Adder}.] (Zo[94]l.)
      An adder or serpent. [Prov. Eng.] --Wright.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Edder \Ed"der\, n. [AS. edor hedge, fence; akin to etar.]
      Flexible wood worked into the top of hedge stakes, to bind
      them together. [Obs.] --Tusser.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Edder \Ed"der\, v. t.
      To bind the top interweaving edder; as, to edder a hedge.
      [Obs.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Eider \Ei"der\, n. [Of Scand. origin, cf. Icel [91][?]r; akin to
      Sw. eider, Dan. ederfugl.] (Zo[94]l.)
      Any species of sea duck of the genus {Somateria}, esp.
      {Somateria mollissima}, which breeds in the northern parts of
      Europe and America, and lines its nest with fine down (taken
      from its own body) which is an article of commerce; -- called
      also {eider duck}. The American eider ({S. Dresseri}), the
      king eider ({S. spectabilis}), and the spectacled eider
      ({Arctonetta Fischeri}) are related species.
  
      {Eider down}. [Cf. Icel. [91][eb]ard[d4]n, Sw. eiderd[d4]n,
            Dan. ederduun.] Down of the eider duck, much sought after
            as an article of luxury.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Either \Ei"ther\ (?; 277), a. & pron. [OE. either, aither, AS.
      [?]g[?]er, [?]ghw[91][?]er (akin to OHG. [?]ogiwedar, MHG.
      iegeweder); [be] + ge + hw[91][?]er whether. See {Each}, and
      {Whether}, and cf. {Or}, conj.]
      1. One of two; the one or the other; -- properly used of two
            things, but sometimes of a larger number, for any one.
  
                     Lepidus flatters both, Of both is flattered; but he
                     neither loves, Nor either cares for him. --Shak.
  
                     Scarce a palm of ground could be gotten by either of
                     the three.                                          --Bacon.
  
                     There have been three talkers in Great British,
                     either of whom would illustrate what I say about
                     dogmatists.                                       --Holmes.
  
      2. Each of two; the one and the other; both; -- formerly,
            also, each of any number.
  
                     His flowing hair In curls on either cheek played.
                                                                              --Milton.
  
                     On either side . . . was there the tree of life.
                                                                              --Rev. xxii.
                                                                              2.
  
                     The extreme right and left of either army never
                     engaged.                                             --Jowett
                                                                              (Thucyd).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Either \Ei"ther\, conj. Either
      precedes two, or more, co[94]rdinate words or phrases, and is
      introductory to an alternative. It is correlative to or.
  
               Either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a
               journey, or peradventure he sleepeth.      --1 Kings
                                                                              xviii. 27.
  
               Few writers hesitate to use either in what is called a
               triple alternative; such as, We must either stay where
               we are, proceed, or recede.                     --Latham.
  
      Note: Either was formerly sometimes used without any
               correlation, and where we should now use or.
  
                        Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear olive
                        berries? either a vine, figs??      --James iii.
                                                                              12.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ether \E"ther\, n. [L. aether, Gr. [?], fr. [?] to light up,
      kindle, burn, blaze; akin to Skr. idh, indh, and prob. to E.
      idle: cf. F. [82]ther.] [Written also {[91]ther}.]
      1. (Physics) A medium of great elasticity and extreme
            tenuity, supposed to pervade all space, the interior of
            solid bodies not excepted, and to be the medium of
            transmission of light and heat; hence often called
            {luminiferous ether}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Eyewater \Eye"wa`ter\, n. (Med.)
      A wash or lotion for application to the eyes.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Eudora, AR (city, FIPS 22180)
      Location: 33.11977 N, 91.26312 W
      Population (1990): 3155 (1262 housing units)
      Area: 7.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 71640
   Eudora, KS (city, FIPS 21675)
      Location: 38.93815 N, 95.09916 W
      Population (1990): 3006 (1136 housing units)
      Area: 3.8 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 66025

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   ETHER
  
      A {concurrent} {object-oriented} language?
  
      (1997-03-18)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Eudora
  
      {Electronic mail} software for communicating over {TCP/IP}
      from {Macintosh}, {Microsoft Windows}, {Windows NT}, and {IBM}
      {OS/2} computers.   Both commercial and free versions are
      produced by {QUALCOMM, Inc.}
  
  

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Edar
      tower of the flock, a tower between Bethlehem and Hebron, near
      which Jacob first halted after leaving Bethlehem (Gen. 35:21).
      In Micah 4:8 the word is rendered "tower of the flock" (marg.,
      "Edar"), and is used as a designation of Bethlehem, which
      figuratively represents the royal line of David as sprung from
      Bethlehem.
     

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Eder
      flock. (1.) A city in the south of Judah, on the border of
      Idumea (Josh. 15:21).
     
         (2.) The second of the three sons of Mushi, of the family of
      Merari, appointed to the Levitical office (1 Chr. 23:23; 24:30).
     

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Edrei
      mighty; strength. (1.) One of the chief towns of the kingdom of
      Bashan (Josh. 12:4, 5). Here Og was defeated by the Israelites,
      and the strength of the Amorites broken (Num. 21:33-35). It
      subsequently belonged to Manasseh, for a short time apparently,
      and afterwards became the abode of banditti and outlaws (Josh.
      13:31). It has been identified with the modern Edr'a, which
      stands on a rocky promontory on the south-west edge of the Lejah
      (the Argob of the Hebrews, and Trachonitis of the Greeks). The
      ruins of Edr'a are the most extensive in the Hauran. They are 3
      miles in circumference. A number of the ancient houses still
      remain; the walls, roofs, and doors being all of stone. The wild
      region of which Edrei was the capital is thus described in its
      modern aspect: "Elevated about 20 feet above the plain, it is a
      labyrinth of clefts and crevasses in the rock, formed by
      volcanic action; and owing to its impenetrable condition, it has
      become a refuge for outlaws and turbulent characters, who make
      it a sort of Cave of Adullam...It is, in fact, an impregnable
      natural fortress, about 20 miles in length and 15 in breadth"
      (Porter's Syria, etc.). Beneath this wonderful city there is
      also a subterranean city, hollowed out probably as a refuge for
      the population of the upper city in times of danger. (See {BASHAN}.)
     
         (2.) A town of Naphtali (Josh. 19:37).
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
   Eder, a flock
  

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
   Edrei, a very great mass, or cloud
  

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
   Ether, talk
  
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