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   Eubryales
         n 1: mosses with perennial erect gametophores and stems with
               rows of leaves and drooping capsules [syn: {Eubryales},
               {order Eubryales}]

English Dictionary: everlasting(a) by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
everlasting
adj
  1. continuing forever or indefinitely; "the ageless themes of love and revenge"; "eternal truths"; "life everlasting"; "hell's perpetual fires"; "the unending bliss of heaven"
    Synonym(s): ageless, aeonian, eonian, eternal, everlasting, perpetual, unending, unceasing
  2. without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers; "an arrant fool"; "a complete coward"; "a consummate fool"; "a double-dyed villain"; "gross negligence"; "a perfect idiot"; "pure folly"; "what a sodding mess"; "stark staring mad"; "a thoroughgoing villain"; "utter nonsense"; "the unadulterated truth"
    Synonym(s): arrant(a), complete(a), consummate(a), double-dyed(a), everlasting(a), gross(a), perfect(a), pure(a), sodding(a), stark(a), staring(a), thoroughgoing(a), utter(a), unadulterated
n
  1. any of various plants of various genera of the family Compositae having flowers that can be dried without loss of form or color
    Synonym(s): everlasting, everlasting flower
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
everlasting flower
n
  1. any of various plants of various genera of the family Compositae having flowers that can be dried without loss of form or color
    Synonym(s): everlasting, everlasting flower
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
everlasting pea
n
  1. any of several perennial vines of the genus Lathyrus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
everlastingly
adv
  1. for a limitless time; "no one can live forever"; "brightly beams our Father's mercy from his lighthouse evermore"- P.P.Bliss
    Synonym(s): everlastingly, eternally, forever, evermore
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
everlastingness
n
  1. the property of lasting forever
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
every last
adj
  1. (used as intensive) every; "every last one of you"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ebrillade \E*bril"lade\ ([esl]*br[icr]l"l[acr]d), n. [F.] (Man.)
      A bridle check; a jerk of one rein, given to a horse when he
      refuses to turn.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Smelt \Smelt\, n. [AS. smelt, smylt; akin to Dan. smelt.]
      1. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of small silvery
            salmonoid fishes of the genus {Osmerus} and allied genera,
            which ascend rivers to spawn, and sometimes become
            landlocked in lakes. They are esteemed as food, and have a
            peculiar odor and taste.
  
      Note: The most important species are the European smelt
               ({Osmerus eperlans}) (called also {eperlan},
               {sparling}, and {spirling}), the Eastern American smelt
               ({O. mordax}), the California smelt ({O. thalichthys}),
               and the surf smelt ({Hypomesus olidus}). The name is
               loosely applied to various other small fishes, as the
               lant, the California tomcod, the spawn eater, the
               silverside.
  
      2. Fig.: A gull; a simpleton. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl.
  
      {Sand smelt} (Zo[94]l.), the silverside.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ephoral \Eph"or*al\, a.
      Pertaining to an ephor.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ephoralty \Eph"or*al*ty\, n.
      The office of an ephor, or the body of ephors.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Everlasting \Ever*last"ing\a.
      1. Lasting or enduring forever; exsisting or continuing
            without end; immoral; eternal. [bd]The Everlasting
            God.[b8] --Gen. xx1. 33.
  
      2. Continuing indefinitely, or during a long period;
            perpetual; sometimes used, colloquially, as a strong
            intensive; as, this everlasting nonsence.
  
                     I will give to thee, and to thy seed after thee . .
                     . the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession.
                                                                              --Gen xvii. 8.
  
                     And heard thy everlasting yawn confess The pains and
                     penalties of idleness.                        --Pope.
  
      Syn: Eternal; immortal, interminable; endless; never-ending;
               infinite; unceasing; uninterrupted; continual;
               unintermitted; incessant.
  
      Usage: - {Everlasting}, {Eternal}. Eternal denotes (when
                  taken strictly) without beginning or end of duration;
                  everlasting is sometimes used in our version of the
                  Scriptures in the sense of eternal, but in modern
                  usage is confined to the future, and implies no
                  intermission as well as no end.
  
                           Whether we shall meet again I know not;
                           Therefore our everlasting farewell take;
                           Forever, and forever farewell, Cassius. --Shak.
  
      {Everlasting flower}. Sane as {Everlasting}, n., 3.
  
      {Everlasting pea}, an ornamental plant ({Lathyrus
            latifolius}) related to the pea; -- so called because it
            is perennial.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Everlasting \Ever*last"ing\a.
      1. Lasting or enduring forever; exsisting or continuing
            without end; immoral; eternal. [bd]The Everlasting
            God.[b8] --Gen. xx1. 33.
  
      2. Continuing indefinitely, or during a long period;
            perpetual; sometimes used, colloquially, as a strong
            intensive; as, this everlasting nonsence.
  
                     I will give to thee, and to thy seed after thee . .
                     . the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession.
                                                                              --Gen xvii. 8.
  
                     And heard thy everlasting yawn confess The pains and
                     penalties of idleness.                        --Pope.
  
      Syn: Eternal; immortal, interminable; endless; never-ending;
               infinite; unceasing; uninterrupted; continual;
               unintermitted; incessant.
  
      Usage: - {Everlasting}, {Eternal}. Eternal denotes (when
                  taken strictly) without beginning or end of duration;
                  everlasting is sometimes used in our version of the
                  Scriptures in the sense of eternal, but in modern
                  usage is confined to the future, and implies no
                  intermission as well as no end.
  
                           Whether we shall meet again I know not;
                           Therefore our everlasting farewell take;
                           Forever, and forever farewell, Cassius. --Shak.
  
      {Everlasting flower}. Sane as {Everlasting}, n., 3.
  
      {Everlasting pea}, an ornamental plant ({Lathyrus
            latifolius}) related to the pea; -- so called because it
            is perennial.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pea \Pea\, n.; pl. {Peas}or {Pease}. [OE. pese, fr. AS. pisa, or
      OF. peis, F. pois; both fr. L. pisum; cf. Gr. [?], [?]. The
      final s was misunderstood in English as a plural ending. Cf.
      {Pease}.]
      1. (Bot.) A plant, and its fruit, of the genus {Pisum}, of
            many varieties, much cultivated for food. It has a
            papilionaceous flower, and the pericarp is a legume,
            popularly called a pod.
  
      Note: When a definite number, more than one, is spoken of,
               the plural form peas is used; as, the pod contained
               nine peas; but, in a collective sense, the form pease
               is preferred; as, a bushel of pease; they had pease at
               dinner. This distinction is not always preserved, the
               form peas being used in both senses.
  
      2. A name given, especially in the Southern States, to the
            seed of several leguminous plants (species of {Dolichos},
            {Cicer}, {Abrus}, etc.) esp. those having a scar (hilum)
            of a different color from the rest of the seed.
  
      Note: The name pea is given to many leguminous plants more or
               less closely related to the common pea. See the
               Phrases, below.
  
      {Beach pea} (Bot.), a seashore plant, {Lathyrus maritimus}.
           
  
      {Black-eyed pea}, a West Indian name for {Dolichos
            sph[91]rospermus} and its seed.
  
      {Butterfly pea}, the American plant {Clitoria Mariana},
            having showy blossoms.
  
      {Chick pea}. See {Chick-pea}.
  
      {Egyptian pea}. Same as {Chick-pea}.
  
      {Everlasting pea}. See under {Everlasting}.
  
      {Glory pea}. See under {Glory}, n.
  
      {Hoary pea}, any plant of the genus {Tephrosia}; goat's rue.
           
  
      {Issue pea}, {Orris pea}. (Med.) See under {Issue}, and
            {Orris}.
  
      {Milk pea}. (Bot.) See under {Milk}.
  
      {Pea berry}, a kind of a coffee bean or grain which grows
            single, and is round or pea-shaped; often used
            adjectively; as, pea-berry coffee.
  
      {Pea bug}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Pea weevil}.
  
      {Pea coal}, a size of coal smaller than nut coal.
  
      {Pea crab} (Zo[94]l.), any small crab of the genus
            {Pinnotheres}, living as a commensal in bivalves; esp.,
            the European species ({P. pisum}) which lives in the
            common mussel and the cockle.
  
      {Pea dove} (Zo[94]l.), the American ground dove.
  
      {Pea-flower tribe} (Bot.), a suborder ({Papilionace[91]}) of
            leguminous plants having blossoms essentially like that of
            the pea. --G. Bentham.
  
      {Pea maggot} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of a European moth
            ({Tortrix pisi}), which is very destructive to peas.
  
      {Pea ore} (Min.), argillaceous oxide of iron, occurring in
            round grains of a size of a pea; pisolitic ore.
  
      {Pea starch}, the starch or flour of the common pea, which is
            sometimes used in adulterating wheat flour, pepper, etc.
           
  
      {Pea tree} (Bot.), the name of several leguminous shrubs of
            the genus {Caragana}, natives of Siberia and China.
  
      {Pea vine}. (Bot.)
            (a) Any plant which bears peas.
            (b) A kind of vetch or tare, common in the United States
                  ({Lathyrus Americana}, and other similar species).
  
      {Pea weevil} (Zo[94]l.), a small weevil ({Bruchus pisi})
            which destroys peas by eating out the interior.
  
      {Pigeon pea}. (Bot.) See {Pigeon pea}.
  
      {Sweet pea} (Bot.), the annual plant {Lathyrus odoratus};
            also, its many-colored, sweet-scented blossoms.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Everlasting \Ever*last"ing\a.
      1. Lasting or enduring forever; exsisting or continuing
            without end; immoral; eternal. [bd]The Everlasting
            God.[b8] --Gen. xx1. 33.
  
      2. Continuing indefinitely, or during a long period;
            perpetual; sometimes used, colloquially, as a strong
            intensive; as, this everlasting nonsence.
  
                     I will give to thee, and to thy seed after thee . .
                     . the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession.
                                                                              --Gen xvii. 8.
  
                     And heard thy everlasting yawn confess The pains and
                     penalties of idleness.                        --Pope.
  
      Syn: Eternal; immortal, interminable; endless; never-ending;
               infinite; unceasing; uninterrupted; continual;
               unintermitted; incessant.
  
      Usage: - {Everlasting}, {Eternal}. Eternal denotes (when
                  taken strictly) without beginning or end of duration;
                  everlasting is sometimes used in our version of the
                  Scriptures in the sense of eternal, but in modern
                  usage is confined to the future, and implies no
                  intermission as well as no end.
  
                           Whether we shall meet again I know not;
                           Therefore our everlasting farewell take;
                           Forever, and forever farewell, Cassius. --Shak.
  
      {Everlasting flower}. Sane as {Everlasting}, n., 3.
  
      {Everlasting pea}, an ornamental plant ({Lathyrus
            latifolius}) related to the pea; -- so called because it
            is perennial.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Everlastingly \Ev`er*last"ing*ly\, adv.
      In an everlasting manner.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Everlastingness \Ev`er*last"ing*ness\, n.
      The state of being everlasting; endless duration; indefinite
      duration.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Everliving \Ev`er*liv"ing\, a.
      1. Living always; immoral; eternal; as, the everliving God.
  
      2. Continual; incessant; unintermitted.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Everly, IA (city, FIPS 26175)
      Location: 43.16052 N, 95.32161 W
      Population (1990): 706 (300 housing units)
      Area: 2.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 51338

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Everlasting
      eternal, applied to God (Gen. 21:33; Deut. 33:27; Ps. 41:13;
      90:2). We also read of the "everlasting hills" (Gen. 49:26); an
      "everlasting priesthood" (Ex. 40:15; Num. 25:13). (See {ETERNAL}.)
     
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