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   Eadwig
         n 1: King of England who was renounced by Northumbria in favor
               of his brother Edgar (died in 959) [syn: {Edwy}, {Eadwig}]

English Dictionary: edge	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
eatage n bulky food like grass or hay for browsing or grazing horses or cattle Synonym(s): eatage, forage, pasture, pasturage, grass
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
eats n informal terms for a meal [syn: chow, chuck, eats, grub]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
edge n the boundary of a surface Synonym(s): edge, border a line determining the limits of an area Synonym(s): boundary, edge, bound a sharp side formed by the intersection of two surfaces of an object; "he rounded the edges of the box" the attribute of urgency in tone of voice; "his voice had an edge to it" Synonym(s): edge, sharpness a slight competitive advantage; "he had an edge on the competition" the outside limit of an object or area or surface; a place farthest away from the center of something; "the edge of the leaf is wavy"; "she sat on the edge of the bed"; "the water's edge" v advance slowly, as if by inches; "He edged towards the car" Synonym(s): edge, inch provide with a border or edge; "edge the tablecloth with embroidery" Synonym(s): border, edge lie adjacent to another or share a boundary; "Canada adjoins the U.S."; "England marches with Scotland" Synonym(s): border, adjoin, edge, abut, march, butt, butt against, butt on provide with an edge; "edge a blade"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
edgy adj being in a tense state [syn: edgy, high-strung, highly strung, jittery, jumpy, nervy, overstrung, restive, uptight]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
EDS n a rapid automatic system to detect plastic explosives in passengers' luggage using X-ray technology and computers; designed for use in airports Synonym(s): explosive detection system, EDS
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
educe v deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning); "We drew out some interesting linguistic data from the native informant" Synonym(s): educe, evoke, elicit, extract, draw out develop or evolve from a latent or potential state Synonym(s): derive, educe
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
eidos n (anthropology) the distinctive expression of the cognitive or intellectual character of a culture or a social group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
etc. adv continuing in the same way [syn: and so forth, {and so on}, etcetera, etc.]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
etch v make an etching of; "He etched her image into the surface" cause to stand out or be clearly defined or visible; "a face etched with pain"; "the leafless branches etched against the sky" carve or cut into a block used for printing or print from such a block; "engrave a letter" Synonym(s): engrave, etch carve or cut a design or letters into; "engrave the pen with the owner's name" Synonym(s): engrave, etch selectively dissolve the surface of (a semiconductor or printed circuit) with a solvent, laser, or stream of electrons
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ethic n the principles of right and wrong that are accepted by an individual or a social group; "the Puritan ethic"; "a person with old-fashioned values" Synonym(s): ethic, moral principle, value-system, value orientation a system of principles governing morality and acceptable conduct Synonym(s): ethic, ethical code
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ethics n motivation based on ideas of right and wrong [syn: {ethical motive}, ethics, morals, morality] the philosophical study of moral values and rules Synonym(s): ethics, moral philosophy
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ethos n (anthropology) the distinctive spirit of a culture or an era; "the Greek ethos"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Eadish \Ead"ish\, n. See {Eddish}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Eatage \Eat"age\ (?; 48), n. Eatable growth of grass for horses and cattle, esp. that of aftermath.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Eddaic \Ed*da"ic\, Eddic \Ed"dic\, a. Relating to the Eddas; resembling the Eddas.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Edda \Ed"da\, n.; pl. {Eddas}. [Icel., lit. great-grandmother (i. e., of Scandinavian poetry), so called by Bishop Brynj[a3]lf Sveinsson, who brought it again to light in 1643.] The religious or mythological book of the old Scandinavian tribes of German origin, containing two collections of Sagas (legends, myths) of the old northern gods and heroes. Note: There are two Eddas. The older, consisting of 39 poems, was reduced to writing from oral tradition in Iceland between 1050 and 1133. The younger or {prose Edda}, called also the {Edda of Snorri}, is the work of several writers, though usually ascribed to Snorri Sturleson, who was born in 1178.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Eddaic \Ed*da"ic\, Eddic \Ed"dic\, a. Relating to the Eddas; resembling the Eddas.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Eddy \Ed"dy\, n.; pl. {Eddies}. [Prob. fr. Icel. i[?]a; cf. Icel. pref. i[?]- back, AS. ed-, OS. idug-, OHG. ita-; Goth. id-.] 1. A current of air or water running back, or in a direction contrary to the main current. 2. A current of water or air moving in a circular direction; a whirlpool. And smiling eddies dimpled on the main. --Dryden. Wheel through the air, in circling eddies play. --Addison. Note: Used also adjectively; as, eddy winds. --Dryden.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Eddish \Ed"dish\, n. [AS. edisc; cf. AS. pref. ed- again, anew. Cf. {Eddy}, and {Arrish}.] Aftermath; also, stubble and stubble field. See {Arrish}. [Eng.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Eddoes \Ed"does\, n. pl. (Bot.) The tubers of Colocasia antiquorum. See {Taro}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Edge \Edge\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Edged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Edging}.] 1. To furnish with an edge as a tool or weapon; to sharpen. To edge her champion's sword. --Dryden. 2. To shape or dress the edge of, as with a tool. 3. To furnish with a fringe or border; as, to edge a dress; to edge a garden with box. Hills whose tops were edged with groves. --Pope. 4. To make sharp or keen, figuratively; to incite; to exasperate; to goad; to urge or egg on. [Obs.] By such reasonings, the simple were blinded, and the malicious edged. --Hayward. 5. To move by little and little or cautiously, as by pressing forward edgewise; as, edging their chairs forwards. --Locke.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Edge \Edge\, n. [OE. eg, egge, AS. ecg; akin to OHG. ekka, G. ecke, Icel. & Sw. egg, Dan. eg, and to L. acies, Gr. [?] point, Skr. a[?]ri edge. [?][?]. Cf. {Egg}, v. t., {Eager}, {Ear} spike of corn, {Acute}.] 1. The thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument; as, the edge of an ax, knife, sword, or scythe. Hence, figuratively, that which cuts as an edge does, or wounds deeply, etc. He which hath the sharp sword with two edges. --Rev. ii. 12. Slander, Whose edge is sharper than the sword. --Shak. 2. Any sharp terminating border; a margin; a brink; extreme verge; as, the edge of a table, a precipice. Upon the edge of yonder coppice. --Shak. In worst extremes, and on the perilous edge Of battle. --Milton. Pursue even to the very edge of destruction. --Sir W. Scott. 3. Sharpness; readiness of fitness to cut; keenness; intenseness of desire. The full edge of our indignation. --Sir W. Scott. Death and persecution lose all the ill that they can have, if we do not set an edge upon them by our fears and by our vices. --Jer. Taylor. 4. The border or part adjacent to the line of division; the beginning or early part; as, in the edge of evening. [bd]On the edge of winter.[b8] --Milton. {Edge joint} (Carp.), a joint formed by two edges making a corner. {Edge mill}, a crushing or grinding mill in which stones roll around on their edges, on a level circular bed; -- used for ore, and as an oil mill. Called also {Chilian mill}. {Edge molding} (Arch.), a molding whose section is made up of two curves meeting in an angle. {Edge plane}. (a) (Carp.) A plane for edging boards. (b) (Shoemaking) A plane for edging soles. {Edge play}, a kind of swordplay in which backswords or cutlasses are used, and the edge, rather than the point, is employed. {Edge rail}. (Railroad) (a) A rail set on edge; -- applied to a rail of more depth than width. (b) A guard rail by the side of the main rail at a switch. --Knight. {Edge railway}, a railway having the rails set on edge. {Edge stone}, a curbstone. {Edge tool}. (a) Any tool instrument having a sharp edge intended for cutting. (b) A tool for forming or dressing an edge; an edging tool. {To be on edge}, to be eager, impatient, or anxious. {To set the teeth on edge}, to cause a disagreeable tingling sensation in the teeth, as by bringing acids into contact with them. --Bacon.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Edge \Edge\, v. i. 1. To move sideways; to move gradually; as, edge along this way. 2. To sail close to the wind. I must edge up on a point of wind. --Dryden. {To edge away} [or] {off} (Naut.), to increase the distance gradually from the shore, vessel, or other object. {To edge down} (Naut.), to approach by slow degrees, as when a sailing vessel approaches an object in an oblique direction from the windward. {To edge in}, to get in edgewise; to get in by degrees. {To edge in with}, as with a coast or vessel (Naut.), to advance gradually, but not directly, toward it.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Edgy \Edg"y\, a. [From {Edge}.] 1. Easily irritated; sharp; as, an edgy temper. 2. (Fine Arts) Having some of the forms, such as drapery or the like, too sharply defined. [bd]An edgy style of sculpture.[b8] --Hazlitt.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Educe \E*duce"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Educed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Educing}.] [L. educere; e out + ducere to lead. See {Duke}.] To bring or draw out; to cause to appear; to produce against counter agency or influence; to extract; to evolve; as, to educe a form from matter. The eternal art educing good from ill. --Pope. They want to educe and cultivate what is best and noblest in themselves. --M. Arnold.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Etch \Etch\, n. A variant of {Eddish}. [Obs.] --Mortimer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Etch \Etch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Etched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Etching}.] [D. etsen, G. [84]tzen to feed, corrode, etch. MHG. etzen, causative of ezzen to eat, G. essen [?][?]. See {Eat}.] 1. To produce, as figures or designs, on mental, glass, or the like, by means of lines or strokes eaten in or corroded by means of some strong acid. Note: The plate is first covered with varnish, or some other ground capable of resisting the acid, and this is then scored or scratched with a needle, or similar instrument, so as to form the drawing; the plate is then covered with acid, which corrodes the metal in the lines thus laid bare. 2. To subject to etching; to draw upon and bite with acid, as a plate of metal. I was etching a plate at the beginning of 1875. --Hamerton. 3. To sketch; to delineate. [R.] There are many empty terms to be found in some learned writes, to which they had recourse to etch out their system. --Locke.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Etch \Etch\, v. i. To practice etching; to make etchings.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ethic \Eth"ic\, Ethical \Eth"ic*al\, a. [L. ethicus, Gr. [?], fr. [?] custom, usage, character, dwelling; akin to [?] custom, Goth. sidus, G. sitte, Skr. svadh[?], prob. orig., one's own doing; sva self + dh[?] to set: cf. F. [82]thique. See {So}, {Do}.] Of, or belonging to, morals; treating of the moral feelings or duties; containing percepts of morality; moral; as, ethic discourses or epistles; an ethical system; ethical philosophy. The ethical meaning of the miracles. --Trench. {Ethical dative} (Gram.), a use of the dative of a pronoun to signify that the person or thing spoken of is regarded with interest by some one; as, Quid mihi Celsus agit? How does my friend Celsus do?
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ethics \Eth"ics\, n. [Cf. F. [82]thique. See {Ethic}.] The science of human duty; the body of rules of duty drawn from this science; a particular system of principles and rules concerting duty, whether true or false; rules of practice in respect to a single class of human actions; as, political or social ethics; medical ethics. The completeness and consistency of its morality is the peculiar praise of the ethics which the Bible has taught. --I. Taylor.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ethos \E"thos\, n. [L., fr. Gr. [?] character. See {Ethic}.] 1. The character, sentiment, or disposition of a community or people, considered as a natural endowment; the spirit which actuates manners and customs; also, the characteristic tone or genius of an institution or social organization. 2. ([92]sthetics) The traits in a work of art which express the ideal or typic character -- character as influenced by the ethos (sense 1) of a people -- rather than realistic or emotional situations or individual character in a narrow sense; -- opposed to {pathos}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Eutaxy \Eu"tax*y\, n. [Gr. [?]; [?] well + [?] arrangement: cf. F. eutaxie.] Good or established order or arrangement. [R.] --E. Waterhouse.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Eads, CO (town, FIPS 22145) Location: 38.48147 N, 102.77945 W Population (1990): 780 (385 housing units) Area: 1.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Eads, TN Zip code(s): 38028
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
EDAC {error detection and correction}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
EDS {Enhanced Directory Service}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
EDS+ A {database accelerator} built by {ICL} as part of the {EDS} project. The machine has up to 64 nodes, each node having 64Mb of memory, 2 {SPARC} processors and a 1Gb of disk. See also {PARADE}. (1994-11-02)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
EDS {Enhanced Directory Service}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
EDS+ A {database accelerator} built by {ICL} as part of the {EDS} project. The machine has up to 64 nodes, each node having 64Mb of memory, 2 {SPARC} processors and a 1Gb of disk. See also {PARADE}. (1994-11-02)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
EHTS Emacs HyperText System. An experimental multi-user {hypertext} system from the {University of Aalborg}. It consists of a text editor (based on {Epoch} and {GNU Emacs} and written in {elisp}) and a graphical {browser} (based on {XView} and written in {C}) running under the {X Window System} and {OpenWindows}. Both tools use {HyperBase} as their {database}. (1995-01-05)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
ETC ExTendible Compiler. Fortran-like, macro extendible. "ETC - An Extendible Macro-Based Compiler", B.N. Dickman, Proc SJCC 38 (1971).
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
ethics {computer ethics}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
ETSI {European Telecommunications Standards Institute}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
ETX {End Of Text}
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Euodias a good journey, a female member of the church at Philippi. She was one who laboured much with Paul in the gospel. He exhorts her to be of one mind with Syntyche (Phil. 4:2). From this it seems they had been at variance with each other.
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Euodias, sweet scent