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   eased
         adj 1: (of pain or sorrow) made easier to bear [syn:
                  {alleviated}, {eased}, {relieved}]

English Dictionary: exceed by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
east
adv
  1. to, toward, or in the east; "we travelled east for several miles"; "located east of Rome"
adj
  1. situated in or facing or moving toward the east [ant: west]
n
  1. the cardinal compass point that is at 90 degrees [syn: east, due east, eastward, E]
  2. the countries of Asia
    Synonym(s): East, Orient
  3. the region of the United States lying to the north of the Ohio River and to the east of the Mississippi River
    Synonym(s): East, eastern United States
  4. the direction corresponding to the eastward cardinal compass point
  5. a location in the eastern part of a country, region, or city
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
echt
adj
  1. not fake or counterfeit; "a genuine Picasso"; "genuine leather"
    Synonym(s): genuine, echt
    Antonym(s): counterfeit, imitative
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ECT
n
  1. the administration of a strong electric current that passes through the brain to induce convulsions and coma
    Synonym(s): electroconvulsive therapy, electroshock, electroshock therapy, ECT
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
egg white
n
  1. the white part of an egg; the nutritive and protective gelatinous substance surrounding the yolk consisting mainly of albumin dissolved in water; "she separated the whites from the yolks of several eggs"
    Synonym(s): egg white, white, albumen, ovalbumin
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
egghead
n
  1. an intellectual; a very studious and academic person; "in spite of her love of reading she denied being an egghead"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
eight
adj
  1. being one more than seven
    Synonym(s): eight, 8, viii
n
  1. the cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one [syn: eight, 8, VIII, eighter, eighter from Decatur, octad, ogdoad, octonary, octet]
  2. a group of United States painters founded in 1907 and noted for their realistic depictions of sordid aspects of city life
    Synonym(s): Ashcan School, Eight
  3. one of four playing cards in a deck with eight pips on the face
    Synonym(s): eight-spot, eight
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
eight-day
adj
  1. lasting for eight days
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
eighth
adj
  1. coming next after the seventh and just before the ninth in position
    Synonym(s): eighth, 8th
n
  1. position eight in a countable series of things
  2. one part in eight equal parts
    Synonym(s): one-eighth, eighth
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
eighty
adj
  1. being ten more than seventy [syn: eighty, 80, lxxx, fourscore]
n
  1. the cardinal number that is the product of ten and eight
    Synonym(s): eighty, 80, LXXX, fourscore
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
eke out
v
  1. supplement what is thought to be deficient; "He eked out his meager pay by giving private lessons"; "Braque eked out his collages with charcoal"
    Synonym(s): eke out, fill out
  2. live from day to day, as with some hardship; "He eked out his years in great poverty"
  3. make by laborious and precarious means; "He eked out a living as a painter"
    Synonym(s): eke out, squeeze out
  4. obtain with difficulty; "He eked out some information from the archives"
    Synonym(s): eke out, squeeze out
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
equate
v
  1. consider or describe as similar, equal, or analogous; "We can compare the Han dynasty to the Romans"; "You cannot equate success in financial matters with greed"
    Synonym(s): compare, liken, equate
  2. be equivalent or parallel, in mathematics
    Synonym(s): equate, correspond
  3. make equal, uniform, corresponding, or matching; "let's equalize the duties among all employees in this office"; "The company matched the discount policy of its competitors"
    Synonym(s): equal, match, equalize, equalise, equate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
equid
n
  1. hoofed mammals having slender legs and a flat coat with a narrow mane along the back of the neck
    Synonym(s): equine, equid
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Equidae
n
  1. horses; asses; zebras; extinct animals [syn: Equidae, family Equidae]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
equity
n
  1. the difference between the market value of a property and the claims held against it
  2. the ownership interest of shareholders in a corporation
  3. conformity with rules or standards; "the judge recognized the fairness of my claim"
    Synonym(s): fairness, equity
    Antonym(s): inequity, unfairness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
escheat
n
  1. a reversion to the state (as the ultimate owner of property) in the absence of legal heirs
  2. the property that reverts to the state
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
escudo
n
  1. formerly the basic monetary unit of Portugal; equal to 100 centavo
    Synonym(s): Portuguese escudo, escudo
  2. the basic unit of money on Cape Verde; equal to 100 centavos
    Synonym(s): Cape Verde escudo, escudo
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
EST
n
  1. standard time in the 5th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 75th meridian; used in the eastern United States
    Synonym(s): Eastern Time, Eastern Standard Time, EST
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
exceed
v
  1. be greater in scope or size than some standard; "Their loyalty exceeds their national bonds"
    Synonym(s): exceed, transcend, surpass
  2. be superior or better than some standard; "She exceeded our expectations"; "She topped her performance of last year"
    Synonym(s): exceed, transcend, overstep, pass, go past, top
  3. be or do something to a greater degree; "her performance surpasses that of any other student I know"; "She outdoes all other athletes"; "This exceeds all my expectations"; "This car outperforms all others in its class"
    Synonym(s): surpass, outstrip, outmatch, outgo, exceed, outdo, surmount, outperform
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
excite
v
  1. arouse or elicit a feeling
  2. act as a stimulant; "The book stimulated her imagination"; "This play stimulates"
    Synonym(s): stimulate, excite
    Antonym(s): dampen, stifle
  3. stir feelings in; "stimulate my appetite"; "excite the audience"; "stir emotions"
    Synonym(s): stimulate, excite, stir
  4. cause to be agitated, excited, or roused; "The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks"
    Synonym(s): agitate, rouse, turn on, charge, commove, excite, charge up
    Antonym(s): calm, calm down, lull, quiet, quieten, still, tranquilize, tranquillise, tranquillize
  5. stimulate sexually; "This movie usually arouses the male audience"
    Synonym(s): arouse, sex, excite, turn on, wind up
  6. stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of; "These stories shook the community"; "the civil war shook the country"
    Synonym(s): stimulate, shake, shake up, excite, stir
  7. raise to a higher energy level; "excite the atoms"
    Synonym(s): excite, energize, energise
  8. produce a magnetic field in; "excite the neurons"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
exit
n
  1. an opening that permits escape or release; "he blocked the way out"; "the canyon had only one issue"
    Synonym(s): exit, issue, outlet, way out
  2. euphemistic expressions for death; "thousands mourned his passing"
    Synonym(s): passing, loss, departure, exit, expiration, going, release
  3. the act of going out
v
  1. move out of or depart from; "leave the room"; "the fugitive has left the country"
    Synonym(s): exit, go out, get out, leave
    Antonym(s): come in, enter, get in, get into, go in, go into, move into
  2. lose the lead
  3. pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life; "She died from cancer"; "The children perished in the fire"; "The patient went peacefully"; "The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102"
    Synonym(s): die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass, kick the bucket, cash in one's chips, buy the farm, conk, give-up the ghost, drop dead, pop off, choke, croak, snuff it
    Antonym(s): be born
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
exode
n
  1. a farcical afterpiece in the ancient Roman theater
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
exude
v
  1. release (a liquid) in drops or small quantities; "exude sweat through the pores"
    Synonym(s): exude, exudate, transude, ooze out, ooze
  2. make apparent by one's mood or behavior; "She exudes great confidence"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
eyeshade
n
  1. a brim that projects to the front to shade the eyes; "he pulled down the bill of his cap and trudged ahead"
    Synonym(s): bill, peak, eyeshade, visor, vizor
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
eyeshadow
n
  1. makeup consisting of a cosmetic substance used to darken the eyes
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
eyeshot
n
  1. the range of the eye; "they were soon out of view" [syn: view, eyeshot]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ezed
n
  1. the 26th letter of the Roman alphabet; "the British call Z zed and the Scots call it ezed but Americans call it zee"; "he doesn't know A from izzard"
    Synonym(s): Z, z, zee, zed, ezed, izzard
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]:
   East \East\, a. (Eccl.)
      Designating, or situated in, that part of a church which
      contains the choir or chancel; as, the east front of a
      cathedral.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   East \East\, n. [OE. est, east, AS. e[a0]st; akin to D. oost,
      oosten, OHG. [?]stan, G. ost, osten, Icel. austr, Sw. ost,
      Dan. [94]st, [94]sten, Lith. auszra dawn, L. aurora (for
      ausosa), Gr. [?], [?], [?], Skr. ushas; cf. Skr. ush to burn,
      L. urere. [?][?][?][?], [?][?][?]. Cf. {Aurora}, {Easter},
      {Sterling}.]
      1. The point in the heavens where the sun is seen to rise at
            the equinox, or the corresponding point on the earth; that
            one of the four cardinal points of the compass which is in
            a direction at right angles to that of north and south,
            and which is toward the right hand of one who faces the
            north; the point directly opposite to the west.
  
                     The east began kindle.                        --E. Everett.
  
      2. The eastern parts of the earth; the regions or countries
            which lie east of Europe; the orient. In this indefinite
            sense, the word is applied to Asia Minor, Syria, Chaldea,
            Persia, India, China, etc.; as, the riches of the East;
            the diamonds and pearls of the East; the kings of the
            East.
  
                     The gorgeous East, with richest hand, Showers on her
                     kings barbaric pearl and gold.            --Milton.
  
      3. (U. S. Hist. and Geog.) Formerly, the part of the United
            States east of the Alleghany Mountains, esp. the Eastern,
            or New England, States; now, commonly, the whole region
            east of the Mississippi River, esp. that which is north of
            Maryland and the Ohio River; -- usually with the definite
            article; as, the commerce of the East is not independent
            of the agriculture of the West.
  
      {East by north}, {East by south}, according to the notation
            of the mariner's compass, that point which lies
            11[frac14][deg] to the north or south, respectively, of
            the point due east.
  
      {East-northeast}, {East-southeast}, that which lies
            22[frac12][deg] to the north or south of east, or half way
            between east and northeast or southeast, respectively. See
            Illust. of {Compass}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   East \East\, a.
      Toward the rising sun; or toward the point where the sun
      rises when in the equinoctial; as, the east gate; the east
      border; the east side; the east wind is a wind that blows
      from the east.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   East \East\, v. i.
      To move toward the east; to veer from the north or south
      toward the east; to orientate.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   East \East\, adv.
      Eastward.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ect- \Ect-\, Ecto- \Ec"to-\ [Gr. [?] outside.]
      A combining form signifying without, outside, external.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ect- \Ect-\, Ecto- \Ec"to-\ [Gr. [?] outside.]
      A combining form signifying without, outside, external.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ecto- \Ec"to-\
      See {Ect-}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Egad \E*gad"\, interj. [Euphemistic corruption of the oath,
      [bd]by God.[b8]]
      An exclamation expressing exultation or surprise, etc.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Egghot \Egg"hot`\, n.
      A kind of posset made of eggs, brandy, sugar, and ale.
      --Lamb.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Egoity \E*go"i*ty\, n.
      Personality. [R.] --Swift.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Eight \Eight\, n. [See {Ait}.]
      An island in a river; an ait. [Obs.] [bd]Osiers on their
      eights.[b8] --Evelyn.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Eight \Eight\, a. [AS. eahta; akin to OS. ahto, OFries. achta,
      D. & G. acht, OHG. ahto, Icel. [be]tta, Sw. [86]tta, Dan.
      otte, Goth. ahtau, Lith. aszt[?]ni, Ir. & Gael. ochd, W.
      wyth, Armor. eich, eiz, L. octo, Gr. [?], Skr. ash[?]an.
      [?][?][?][?]. Cf. {Octave}.]
      Seven and one; as, eight years.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Eight \Eight\, n.
      1. The number greater by a unit than seven; eight units or
            objects.
  
      2. A symbol representing eight units, as 8 or viii.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Eighth \Eighth\, n.
      1. The quotient of a unit divided by eight; one of eight
            equal parts; an eighth part.
  
      2. (Mus.) The interval of an octave.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Eighth \Eighth\, a. [AS. eahto[?]a.]
      1. Next in order after the seventh.
  
      2. Consisting of one of eight equal divisions of a thing.
  
      {Eighth note} (Mus.), the eighth part of a whole note, or
            semibreve; a quaver.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Eighty \Eight"y\, a. [AS. eahtatig, where the ending -tig is
      akin to English ten; cf. G. achtzig. See {Eight}, and {Ten}.]
      Eight times ten; fourscore.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Eighty \Eight"y\, n.
      1. The sum of eight times ten; eighty units or objects.
  
      2. A symbol representing eighty units, or ten eight times
            repeated, as 80 or lxxx.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Equate \E*quate"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Equated}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Equating}.] [L. aequatus, p. p. of aequare to make level
      or equal, fr. aequus level, equal. See {Equal}.]
      To make equal; to reduce to an average; to make such an
      allowance or correction in as will reduce to a common
      standard of comparison; to reduce to mean time or motion; as,
      to equate payments; to equate lines of railroad for grades or
      curves; equated distances.
  
               Palgrave gives both scrolle and scrowe and equates both
               to F[rench] rolle.                                 --Skeat
                                                                              (Etymol. Dict.
                                                                              ).
  
      {Equating for grades} (Railroad Engin.), adding to the
            measured distance one mile for each twenty feet of ascent.
           
  
      {Equating for curves}, adding half a mile for each 360
            degrees of curvature.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Equity \Eq"ui*ty\, n.; pl. {Equities}. [F. [82]quit[82], L.
      aequitas, fr. aequus even, equal. See {Equal}.]
      1. Equality of rights; natural justice or right; the giving,
            or desiring to give, to each man his due, according to
            reason, and the law of God to man; fairness in
            determination of conflicting claims; impartiality.
  
                     Christianity secures both the private interests of
                     men and the public peace, enforcing all justice and
                     equity.                                             --Tillotson.
  
      2. (Law) An equitable claim; an equity of redemption; as, an
            equity to a settlement, or wife's equity, etc.
  
                     I consider the wife's equity to be too well settled
                     to be shaken.                                    --Kent.
  
      3. (Law) A system of jurisprudence, supplemental to law,
            properly so called, and complemental of it.
  
                     Equity had been gradually shaping itself into a
                     refined science which no human faculties could
                     master without long and intense application.
                                                                              --Macaulay.
  
      Note: Equitable jurisprudence in England and in the United
               States grew up from the inadequacy of common-law forms
               to secure justice in all cases; and this led to
               distinct courts by which equity was applied in the way
               of injunctions, bills of discovery, bills for specified
               performance, and other processes by which the merits of
               a case could be reached more summarily or more
               effectively than by common-law suits. By the recent
               English Judicature Act (1873), however, the English
               judges are bound to give effect, in common-law suits,
               to all equitable rights and remedies; and when the
               rules of equity and of common law, in any particular
               case, conflict, the rules of equity are to prevail. In
               many jurisdictions in the United States, equity and
               common law are thus blended; in others distinct equity
               tribunals are still maintained. See {Chancery}.
  
      {Equity of redemption} (Law), the advantage, allowed to a
            mortgageor, of a certain or reasonable time to redeem
            lands mortgaged, after they have been forfeited at law by
            the nonpayment of the sum of money due on the mortgage at
            the appointed time. --Blackstone.
  
      Syn: Right; justice; impartiality; rectitude; fairness;
               honesty; uprightness. See {Justice}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Escheat \Es*cheat"\, n. [OE. eschete, escheyte, an escheat, fr.
      OF. escheit, escheoit, escheeite, esheoite, fr. escheoir (F.
      [82]choir) to fall to, fall to the lot of; pref. es- (L. ex)
      + cheoir, F. choir, to fall, fr. L. cadere. See {Chance}, and
      cf. {Cheat}.]
      1. (Law)
            (a) (Feud. & Eng. Law) The falling back or reversion of
                  lands, by some casualty or accident, to the lord of
                  the fee, in consequence of the extinction of the blood
                  of the tenant, which may happen by his dying without
                  heirs, and formerly might happen by corruption of
                  blood, that is, by reason of a felony or attainder.
                  --Tomlins. --Blackstone.
            (b) (U. S. Law) The reverting of real property to the
                  State, as original and ultimate proprietor, by reason
                  of a failure of persons legally entitled to hold the
                  same.
  
      Note: A distinction is carefully made, by English writers,
               between escheat to the lord of the fee and forfeiture
               to the crown. But in this country, where the State
               holds the place of chief lord of the fee, and is
               entitled to take alike escheat and by forfeiture, this
               distinction is not essential. --Tomlins. Kent.
            (c) A writ, now abolished, to recover escheats from the
                  person in possession. --Blackstone.
  
      2. Lands which fall to the lord or the State by escheat.
  
      3. That which falls to one; a reversion or return
  
                     To make me great by others' loss is bad escheat.
                                                                              --Spenser.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Escheat \Es*cheat"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Esheated}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Escheating}.] (Law)
      To revert, or become forfeited, to the lord, the crown, or
      the State, as lands by the failure of persons entitled to
      hold the same, or by forfeiture.
  
      Note: In this country it is the general rule that when the
               title to land fails by defect of heirs or devisees, it
               necessarily escheats to the State; but forfeiture of
               estate from crime is hardly known in this country, and
               corruption of blood is universally abolished. --Kent.
               --Bouvier.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Escheat \Es*cheat"\, v. t. (Law)
      To forfeit. --Bp. Hall.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Escot \Es*cot"\, n. [OF.]
      See {Scot}, a tax. [Obs.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Escot \Es*cot"\, v. t.
      To pay the reckoning for; to support; to maintain. [Obs.]
      --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Escout \Es*cout"\, n.
      See {Scout}. [Obs.] --Hayward.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Est \Est\, n. & adv.
      East. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   -est \-est\ [AS. -ost, -est; akin to G. -est, -ist, Icel. -astr,
      -str, Goth. -ists, -[?]sts, Skr. -ish[?]ha.]
      A suffix used to form the superlative of adjectives and
      adverbs; as, smoothest; earl(y)iest.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Est \Est\, n. & adv.
      East. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   -est \-est\ [AS. -ost, -est; akin to G. -est, -ist, Icel. -astr,
      -str, Goth. -ists, -[?]sts, Skr. -ish[?]ha.]
      A suffix used to form the superlative of adjectives and
      adverbs; as, smoothest; earl(y)iest.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Euchite \Eu"chite\, n. [From Gr. [?] to pray.]
      One who resolves religion into prayer. [Obs.] --Gauden.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Exceed \Ex*ceed"\, v. i.
      1. To go too far; to pass the proper bounds or measure.
            [bd]In our reverence to whom, we can not possibly
            exceed.[b8] --Jer. Taylor.
  
                     Forty stripes he may give him, and not exceed.
                                                                              --Deut. xxv.
                                                                              3.
  
      2. To be more or greater; to be paramount. --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Exceed \Ex*ceed"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Exceeded}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Exceeding}.] [L. excedere, excessum, to go away or
      beyond; ex out + cedere to go, to pass: cf. F. exc[82]der.
      See {Cede}.]
      To go beyond; to proceed beyond the given or supposed limit
      or measure of; to outgo; to surpass; -- used both in a good
      and a bad sense; as, one man exceeds another in bulk,
      stature, weight, power, skill, etc.; one offender exceeds
      another in villainy; his rank exceeds yours.
  
               Name the time, but let it not Exceed three days.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
               Observes how much a chintz exceeds mohair. --Pope.
  
      Syn: To outdo; surpass; excel; transcend; outstrip; outvie;
               overtop.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Excheat \Ex*cheat"\, n.
      See {Escheat}. [Obs.] --Spenser.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Excide \Ex*cide"\, v. t. [L. excidere, excisum; ex out + caedere
      to cut. See {Concise}, and cf. {Excise} to cut off.]
      To cut off. [R.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Excite \Ex*cite"\, v. t. (Elec.)
      To energize (an electro-magnet); to produce a magnetic field
      in; as, to excite a dynamo.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Excite \Ex*cite"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Excited}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {exciting}.] [L. excitare; ex out + citare to move
      rapidly, to rouse: cf. OF. esciter, exciter, F. exciter. See
      {Cite}.]
      1. To call to activity in any way; to rouse to feeling; to
            kindle to passionate emotion; to stir up to combined or
            general activity; as, to excite a person, the spirits, the
            passions; to excite a mutiny or insurrection; to excite
            heat by friction.
  
      2. (Physiol.) To call forth or increase the vital activity of
            an organism, or any of its parts.
  
      Syn: To incite; awaken; animate; rouse or arouse; stimulate;
               inflame; irritate; provoke.
  
      Usage: To {Excite}, {Incite}. When we excite we rouse into
                  action feelings which were less strong; when we incite
                  we spur on or urge forward to a specific act or end.
                  Demosthenes excited the passions of the Athenians
                  against Philip, and thus incited the whole nation to
                  unite in the war against him. Antony, by his speech
                  over the body of C[91]sar, so excited the feelings of
                  the populace, that Brutus and his companions were
                  compelled to flee from Rome; many however, were
                  incited to join their standard, not only by love of
                  liberty, but hopes of plunder.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Exit \Ex"it\, n. [See 1st {Exit}.]
      1. The departure of a player from the stage, when he has
            performed his part.
  
                     They have their exits and their entrances. --Shak.
  
      2. Any departure; the act of quitting the stage of action or
            of life; death; as, to make one's exit.
  
                     Sighs for his exit, vulgarly called death. --Cowper.
  
      3. A way of departure; passage out of a place; egress; way
            out.
  
                     Forcing he water forth thought its ordinary exists.
                                                                              --Woodward.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Exode \Ex"ode\n. [L. exodium, Gr. [?] (sc. [?] song) fr. [?]
      belonging to an exit, or to the finale of a tragedy, fr. [?]:
      cf. F. exode. See {Exodus}.]
      1. Departure; exodus; esp., the exodus of the Israelites from
            Egypt. [Obs.] --L. Coleman. Bolingbroke.
  
      2. (Gr. Drama) The final chorus; the catastrophe.
  
      3. (Rom. Antig.) An afterpiece of a comic description, either
            a farce or a travesty.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Exody \Ex"o*dy\, n.
      Exodus; withdrawal. [Obs.]
  
               The time of the Jewish exody.                  --Sir M. Hale.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Exude \Ex*ude"\, v. i.
      To flow from a body through the pores, or by a natural
      discharge, as juice.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Exude \Ex*ude"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Exuded}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {exuding}.] [L. exudare, exsudare, exudatum, exsudatum, to
      sweat out; ex out + sudare to sweat: cf. F. exuder, exsuder.
      See {Sweat}.]
      To discharge through pores or incisions, as moisture or other
      liquid matter; to give out.
  
               Our forests exude turpentine in . . . abundance. --Dr.
                                                                              T. Dwight.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Eye \Eye\, n. [OE. eghe, eighe, eie, eye, AS. e[a0]ge; akin to
      OFries. [be]ge, OS. [?]ga, D. oog, Ohg. ouga, G. auge, Icel.
      auga, Sw. [94]ga, Dan. [94]ie, Goth. aug[?]; cf. OSlav. oko,
      Lish. akis, L. okulus, Gr. [?], eye, [?], the two eyes, Skr.
      akshi. [root]10, 212. Cf. {Diasy}, {Ocular}, {Optic},
      {Eyelet}, {Ogle}.]
      1. The organ of sight or vision. In man, and the vertebrates
            generally, it is properly the movable ball or globe in the
            orbit, but the term often includes the adjacent parts. In
            most invertebrates the years are immovable ocelli, or
            compound eyes made up of numerous ocelli. See {Ocellus}.
            Description of illustration: a b Conjunctiva; c Cornea; d
            Sclerotic; e Choroid; f Cillary Muscle; g Cillary Process;
            h Iris; i Suspensory Ligament; k Prosterior Aqueous
            Chamber between h and i; l Anterior Aqueous Chamber; m
            Crystalline Lens; n Vitreous Humor; o Retina; p Yellow
            spot; q Center of blind spot; r Artery of Retina in center
            of the Optic Nerve.
  
      Note: The essential parts of the eye are inclosed in a tough
               outer coat, the sclerotic, to which the muscles moving
               it are attached, and which in front changes into the
               transparent cornea. A little way back of cornea, the
               crystalline lens is suspended, dividing the eye into
               two unequal cavities, a smaller one in front filled
               with a watery fluid, the aqueous humor, and larger one
               behind filled with a clear jelly, the vitreous humor.
               The sclerotic is lined with a highly pigmented
               membrane, the choroid, and this is turn is lined in the
               back half of the eyeball with the nearly transparent
               retina, in which the fibers of the optic nerve ramify.
               The choroid in front is continuous with the iris, which
               has a contractile opening in the center, the pupil,
               admitting light to the lens which brings the rays to a
               focus and forms an image upon the retina, where the
               light, falling upon delicate structures called rods and
               cones, causes them to stimulate the fibres of the optic
               nerve to transmit visual impressions to the brain.
  
      2. The faculty of seeing; power or range of vision; hence,
            judgment or taste in the use of the eye, and in judging of
            objects; as, to have the eye of sailor; an eye for the
            beautiful or picturesque.
  
      3. The action of the organ of sight; sight, look; view;
            ocular knowledge; judgment; opinion.
  
                     In my eye, she is the sweetest lady that I looked
                     on.                                                   --Shak.
  
      4. The space commanded by the organ of sight; scope of
            vision; hence, face; front; the presence of an object
            which is directly opposed or confronted; immediate
            presence.
  
                     We shell express our duty in his eye. --Shak.
  
                     Her shell your hear disproved to her eyes. --Shak.
  
      5. Observation; oversight; watch; inspection; notice;
            attention; regard. [bd]Keep eyes upon her.[b8] --Shak.
  
                     Booksellers . . . have an eye to their own
                     advantage.                                          --Addison.
  
      6. That which resembles the organ of sight, in form,
            position, or appearance; as:
            (a) (Zo[94]l.) The spots on a feather, as of peacock.
            (b) The scar to which the adductor muscle is attached in
                  oysters and other bivalve shells; also, the adductor
                  muscle itself, esp. when used as food, as in the
                  scallop.
            (c) The bud or sprout of a plant or tuber; as the eye of a
                  potato.
            (d) The center of a target; the bull's-eye.
            (e) A small loop to receive a hook; as hooks and eyes on a
                  dress.
            (f) The hole through the head of a needle.
            (g) A loop forming part of anything, or a hole through
                  anything, to receive a rope, hook, pin, shaft, etc.;
                  as an eye at the end of a tie bar in a bridge truss;
                  as an eye through a crank; an eye at the end of rope.
            (h) The hole through the upper millstone.
  
      7. That which resembles the eye in relative importance or
            beauty. [bd]The very eye of that proverb.[b8] --Shak.
  
                     Athens, the eye of Greece, mother of arts. --Milton.
  
      8. Tinge; shade of color. [Obs.]
  
                     Red with an eye of blue makes a purple. --Boyle.
  
      {By the eye}, in abundance. [Obs.] --Marlowe.
  
      {Elliott eye} (Naut.), a loop in a hemp cable made around a
            thimble and served.
  
      {Eye agate}, a kind of circle agate, the central part of
            which are of deeper tints than the rest of the mass.
            --Brande & C.
  
      {Eye animalcule} (Zo[94]l), a flagellate infusorian belonging
            to {Euglena} and related genera; -- so called because it
            has a colored spot like an eye at one end.
  
      {Eye doctor}, an oculist.
  
      {Eye of a volute} (Arch.), the circle in the center of
            volute.
  
      {Eye of day}, {Eye of the morning}, {Eye of heaven}, the sun.
            [bd]So gently shuts the eye day.[b8] --Mrs. Barbauld.
  
      {Eye of a ship}, the foremost part in the bows of a ship,
            where, formerly, eyes were painted; also, the hawser
            holes. --Ham. Nav. Encyc.
  
      {Half an eye}, very imperfect sight; a careless glance; as,
            to see a thing with half an eye; often figuratively.
            [bd]Those who have but half an eye. [b8] --B. Jonson.
  
      {To catch one's eye}, to attract one's notice.
  
      {To find favor in the eyes (of)}, to be graciously received
            and treated.
  
      {To have an eye to}, to pay particular attention to; to
            watch. [bd]Have an eye to Cinna.[b8] --Shak.
  
      {To keep an eye on}, to watch.
  
      {To set the eyes on}, to see; to have a sight of.
  
      {In the eye of the wind} (Naut.), in a direction opposed to
            the wind; as, a ship sails in the eye of the wind.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Eyeshot \Eye"shot`\, n.
      Range, reach, or glance of the eye; view; sight; as, to be
      out of eyeshot. --Dryden.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Eyot \Ey"ot\ ([imac]"[ocr]t or [amac]t), n. [Ey (AS. [c6]g or
      Icel. ey) + F. dim. termination -ot; cf. AS. [c6]geo[edh].
      See {Island}, and cf. {Ait}.]
      A little island in a river or lake. See {Ait}. [Written also
      {ait}, {ayt}, {ey}, {eyet}, and {eyght}.] --Blackstone.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Eyght \Eyght\ ([amac]t), n.
      An island. See {Eyot}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Eyot \Ey"ot\ ([imac]"[ocr]t or [amac]t), n. [Ey (AS. [c6]g or
      Icel. ey) + F. dim. termination -ot; cf. AS. [c6]geo[edh].
      See {Island}, and cf. {Ait}.]
      A little island in a river or lake. See {Ait}. [Written also
      {ait}, {ayt}, {ey}, {eyet}, and {eyght}.] --Blackstone.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Eyght \Eyght\ ([amac]t), n.
      An island. See {Eyot}.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Esto, FL (town, FIPS 21250)
      Location: 30.98500 N, 85.64216 W
      Population (1990): 253 (128 housing units)
      Area: 5.7 sq km (land), 0.4 sq km (water)

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   EAST
  
      A {Eureka} project developing a {software engineering}
      {platform}.
  
      (1994-12-07)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   ECHT
  
      European Conference on {Hypertext}.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   ESCD
  
      {Extended System Configuration Data}
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   ESD
  
      {Electrostatic Discharge}
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   ESDI
  
      {Enhanced Small Disk Interface}
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Exceed
  
      A tool to display remote {X Window System}
      applications on {Microsoft Windows}.   Exceed is not an X
      server.
  
      (2001-04-29)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   ezd
  
      (Easy drawing) A graphics {server} that sits
      between an {application program} and an {X} server and allows
      both existing and new programs easy access to structured
      graphics.   Ezd users have been able to have their programs
      produce interactive drawings within hours of reading the
      manual page.   Ezd supports structured graphics - application
      defined graphical objects are ordered into drawings by the
      application.   Unlike most X tools, ezd does not require any
      event handling by the application.   The ezd server maintains
      the window contents.   When an event occurs an application
      supplied {Scheme} expression is evaluated.
  
      Current version: 15mar93 (as of 1993-03-10).
  
      {(ftp://gatekeeper.dec.com/pub/DEC/ezd/)}.
  
      Contact: Joel Bartlett.
  
      (2000-03-25)
  
  

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   East
      (1.) The orient (mizrah); the rising of the sun. Thus "the east
      country" is the country lying to the east of Syria, the Elymais
      (Zech. 8:7).
     
         (2). Properly what is in front of one, or a country that is
      before or in front of another; the rendering of the word
      _kedem_. In pointing out the quarters, a Hebrew always looked
      with his face toward the east. The word _kedem_ is used when the
      four quarters of the world are described (Gen. 13:14; 28:14);
      and _mizrah_ when the east only is distinguished from the west
      (Josh. 11:3; Ps. 50:1; 103:12, etc.). In Gen. 25:6 "eastward" is
      literally "unto the land of kedem;" i.e., the lands lying east
      of Palestine, namely, Arabia, Mesopotamia, etc.
     
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