English Dictionary: eater | by the DICT Development Group |
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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 (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 |