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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Eucalyptus \[d8]Eu`ca*lyp"tus\, n. [NL., from GR. [?] well, good + [?] covered. The buds of Eucalyptus have a hemispherical or conical covering, which falls off at anthesis.] (Bot.) A myrtaceous genus of trees, mostly Australian. Many of them grow to an immense height, one or two species exceeding the height even of the California Sequoia. Note: They have rigid, entire leaves with one edge turned toward the zenith. Most of them secrete resinous gums, whence they called {gum trees}, and their timber is of great value. {Eucalyptus Globulus} is the blue gum; {E. gigantea}, the stringy bark: {E. amygdalina}, the peppermint tree. {E. Gunnii}, the Tasmanian cider tree, yields a refreshing drink from wounds made in the bark in the spring. Other species yield oils, tars, acids, dyes and tans. It is said that miasmatic valleys in Algeria and Portugal, and a part of the unhealthy Roman Campagna, have been made more salubrious by planting groves of these trees. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
{Sand grouse} (Zo[94]l.), any one of many species of Old World birds belonging to the suborder Pterocletes, and resembling both grouse and pigeons. Called also {rock grouse}, {rock pigeon}, and {ganga}. They mostly belong to the genus {Pterocles}, as the common Indian species ({P. exustus}). The large sand grouse ({P. arenarius}), the painted sand grouse ({P. fasciatus}), and the pintail sand grouse ({P. alchata}) are also found in India. See Illust. under {Pterocletes}. {Sand hill}, a hill of sand; a dune. {Sand-hill crane} (Zo[94]l.), the American brown crane ({Grus Mexicana}). {Sand hopper} (Zo[94]l.), a beach flea; an orchestian. {Sand hornet} (Zo[94]l.), a sand wasp. {Sand lark}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A small lark ({Alaudala raytal}), native of India. (b) A small sandpiper, or plover, as the ringneck, the sanderling, and the common European sandpiper. (c) The Australian red-capped dotterel ({[92]gialophilus ruficapillus}); -- called also {red-necked plover}. {Sand launce} (Zo[94]l.), a lant, or launce. {Sand lizard} (Zo[94]l.), a common European lizard ({Lacerta agilis}). {Sand martin} (Zo[94]l.), the bank swallow. {Sand mole} (Zo[94]l.), the coast rat. {Sand monitor} (Zo[94]l.), a large Egyptian lizard ({Monitor arenarius}) which inhabits dry localities. {Sand mouse} (Zo[94]l.), the dunlin. [Prov. Eng.] {Sand myrtle}. (Bot.) See under {Myrtle}. {Sand partridge} (Zo[94]l.), either of two small Asiatic partridges of the genus {Ammoperdix}. The wings are long and the tarsus is spurless. One species ({A. Heeji}) inhabits Palestine and Arabia. The other species ({A. Bonhami}), inhabiting Central Asia, is called also {seesee partridge}, and {teehoo}. {Sand picture}, a picture made by putting sand of different colors on an adhesive surface. {Sand pike}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The sauger. (b) The lizard fish. {Sand pillar}, a sand storm which takes the form of a whirling pillar in its progress in desert tracts like those of the Sahara and Mongolia. {Sand pipe} (Geol.), a tubular cavity, from a few inches to several feet in depth, occurring especially in calcareous rocks, and often filled with gravel, sand, etc.; -- called also {sand gall}. {Sand pride} (Zo[94]l.), a small British lamprey now considered to be the young of larger species; -- called also {sand prey}. {Sand pump}, in artesian well boring, a long, slender bucket with a valve at the bottom for raising sand from the well. {Sand rat} (Zo[94]l.), the pocket gopher. {Sand rock}, a rock made of cemented sand. {Sand runner} (Zo[94]l.), the turnstone. {Sand saucer} (Zo[94]l.), the mass of egg capsules, or o[94]thec[91], of any mollusk of the genus {Natica} and allied genera. It has the shape of a bottomless saucer, and is coated with fine sand; -- called also {sand collar}. {Sand screw} (Zo[94]l.), an amphipod crustacean ({Lepidactylis arenarius}), which burrows in the sandy seabeaches of Europe and America. {Sand shark} (Zo[94]l.), an American shark ({Odontaspis littoralis}) found on the sandy coasts of the Eastern United States; -- called also {gray shark}, and {dogfish shark}. See Illust. under {Remora}. {Sand skink} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of Old World lizards belonging to the genus {Seps}; as, the ocellated sand skink ({Seps ocellatus}) of Southern Europe. {Sand skipper} (Zo[94]l.), a beach flea, or orchestian. {Sand smelt} (Zo[94]l.), a silverside. {Sand snake}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any one of several species of harmless burrowing snakes of the genus {Eryx}, native of Southern Europe, Africa, and Asia, especially {E. jaculus} of India and {E. Johnii}, used by snake charmers. (b) Any innocuous South African snake of the genus {Psammophis}, especially {P. sibilans}. {Sand snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the sandpiper. {Sand star} (Zo[94]l.), an ophiurioid starfish living on sandy sea bottoms; a brittle star. {Sand storm}, a cloud of sand driven violently by the wind. {Sand sucker}, the sandnecker. {Sand swallow} (Zo[94]l.), the bank swallow. See under {Bank}. {Sand tube}, a tube made of sand. Especially: (a) A tube of vitrified sand, produced by a stroke of lightning; a fulgurite. (b) (Zo[94]l.) Any tube made of cemented sand. (c) (Zo[94]l.) In starfishes, a tube having calcareous particles in its wall, which connects the oral water tube with the madreporic plate. {Sand viper}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Hognose snake}. {Sand wasp} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of hymenopterous insects belonging to the families {Pompilid[91]} and {Spherid[91]}, which dig burrows in sand. The female provisions the nest with insects or spiders which she paralyzes by stinging, and which serve as food for her young. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Echinus \[d8]E*chi"nus\, n.; pl. {Echini}. [L., a hedgehog, sea urchin, Gr. [?].] 1. (Zo[94]l.) A hedgehog. 2. (Zo[94]l.) A genus of echinoderms, including the common edible sea urchin of Europe. 3. (Arch.) (a) The rounded molding forming the bell of the capital of the Grecian Doric style, which is of a peculiar elastic curve. See {Entablature}. (b) The quarter-round molding (ovolo) of the Roman Doric style. See Illust. of {Column} (c) A name sometimes given to the egg and anchor or egg and dart molding, because that ornament is often identified with Roman Doric capital. The name probably alludes to the shape of the shell of the sea urchin. | |
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Echon \Ech*on"\, Echoon \Ech*oon"\, pron. Each one. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Echon \Ech*on"\, Echoon \Ech*oon"\, pron. Each one. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Eczema \Ec"ze*ma\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. 'e`kzema; "ek out + zei^n to boil.] (Med.) An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin covered with crusts; -- called also {tetter}, {milk crust}, and {salt rheum}. | |
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Egean \E*ge"an\, a. See {[92]gean}. | |
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Eghen \E"ghen\, n. pl. Eyes. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Eigne \Eigne\, a. [OF. aisn[82], ainsn[82], F. a[8c]n[82], fr. L. ante natus born before. Cf. {Esnecy}.] 1. (Law) Eldest; firstborn. --Blackstone. 2. Entailed; belonging to the eldest son. [Obs.] {Bastard eigne}, a bastard eldest son whose parents afterwards intermarry. | |
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Eocene \E"o*cene\, a. [Gr. [?] daybreak, dawn + [?] new, recent.] (Geol.) Pertaining to the first in time of the three subdivisions into which the Tertiary formation is divided by geologists, and alluding to the approximation in its life to that of the present era; as, Eocene deposits. -- n. The Eocene formation. --Lyell. | |
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Eosin \E"o*sin\, n. [Gr. [?] dawn.] (Chem.) A yellow or brownish red dyestuff obtained by the action of bromine on fluoresce[8b]n, and named from the fine rose-red which it imparts to silk. It is also used for making a fine red ink. Its solution is fluorescent. | |
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Equine \E"quine\, a. [L. equinus, fr. equus horse; akin to Gr. [?], Skr. a[?]va, OS. ehu, AS. eh, eoh, Icel. j[?]r, OIr. ech, cf. Skr. a[?] to reach, overtake, perh. akin to E. acute, edge, eager, a. Cf. {Hippopotamus}.] Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a horse. The shoulders, body, things, and mane are equine; the head completely bovine. --Sir J. Barrow. | |
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Whimbrel \Whim"brel\, n. [Cf. {Whimper}.] (Zo[94]l) Any one of several species of small curlews, especially the European species (Numenius ph[91]opus), called also {Jack curlew}, {half curlew}, {stone curlew}, and {tang whaup}. See Illustration in {Appendix}. {Hudsonian} or, {Eskimo}, {whimbreal}, the Hudsonian curlew. | |
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Eskimo \Es"ki*mo\, n.; pl. {Eskimos}. [Originally applied by the Algonquins to the Northern Indians, and meaning eaters of raw flesh.] (Ethnol.) One of a peculiar race inhabiting Arctic America and Greenland. In many respects the Eskimos resemble the Mongolian race. [Written also {Esquimau}.] {Eskimo dog} (Zo[94]l.), one of a breed of large and powerful dogs used by the Eskimos to draw sledges. It closely resembles the gray wolf, with which it is often crossed. Eskimo dog | |
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Eskimo \Es"ki*mo\, n.; pl. {Eskimos}. [Originally applied by the Algonquins to the Northern Indians, and meaning eaters of raw flesh.] (Ethnol.) One of a peculiar race inhabiting Arctic America and Greenland. In many respects the Eskimos resemble the Mongolian race. [Written also {Esquimau}.] {Eskimo dog} (Zo[94]l.), one of a breed of large and powerful dogs used by the Eskimos to draw sledges. It closely resembles the gray wolf, with which it is often crossed. Eskimo dog | |
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Esquimau \Es"qui*mau\, n.; pl. {Esquimaux}. [F.] Same as {Eskimo}. It is . . . an error to suppose that where an Esquimau can live, a civilized man can live also. --McClintock. | |
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Essene \Es*sene"\, n.; pl. {Essenes}. [Gr. [?], lit., physicians, because they practiced medicine, fr. Chald [be]say[be] to heal, cf. Heb. as[be].] One of a sect among the Jews in the time of our Savior, remarkable for their strictness and abstinence. | |
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Essoin \Es*soin"\[or] Essoign \Es*soign\, n. [OF. essoine, essoigne, F. exoine, L. essonia, exonia; pref. ex- (L. ex from) + sunnis, sunnia, sonia, hindrance, excuse. Cf. Icel. syn refusal, synja to deny, refuse, Goth. sunja truth, sunj[omac]n to justify, OS. sunnea impediment, OHG. sunna.] 1. (Eng. Law) An excuse for not appearing in court at the return of process; the allegation of an excuse to the court. 2. Excuse; exemption. [Obs.] From every work he challenged essoin. --Spenser. {Essoin day} (Eng. Law), the first general return day of the term, on which the court sits to receive essoins. --Blackstone. | |
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Essoin \Es*soin"\, v. t. [OF. essoinier, essoignier, essonier, LL. essoniare, exoniare. See {Essoin}, n.] (Eng. Law) To excuse for nonappearance in court. [bd]I 'll not essoin thee.[b8] --Quarles. | |
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Euchymy \Eu"chy*my\, n. [Gr. [?] well + [?] juice liquid. See {Chyme}.] (Med.) A good state of the blood and other fluids of the body. | |
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Eugeny \Eu"ge*ny\ [Gr. [?], fr. e'ygenh`s well born; [?] well + [?] race.] Nobleness of birth. [Obs.] | |
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Exhume \Ex*hume"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Exhumed}p. pr. & vb. n.. {Exhuming}.] [LL. exhumare; L. ex out + humus ground, soil: cf. F. exhumer. See {Humble}.] To dig out of the ground; to take out of a place of burial; to disinter. --Mantell. | |
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Exon \Ex"on\, n. [NL., from E. Exe (Celt. uisge water) the name of a river.] A native or inhabitant of Exeter, in England. | |
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Exon \Ex"on\, n. [F. expect an under officer.] An officer of the Yeomen of the Guard; an Exempt. [Eng.] | |
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Eyghen \Ey"ghen\, n. pl. Eyes. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Eagan, MN (city, FIPS 17288) Location: 44.81940 N, 93.16300 W Population (1990): 47409 (18450 housing units) Area: 83.5 sq km (land), 2.9 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 55120, 55121, 55122, 55123 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Egan, IL Zip code(s): 61047 Egan, LA Zip code(s): 70531 Egan, SD (city, FIPS 18460) Location: 43.99968 N, 96.65049 W Population (1990): 208 (98 housing units) Area: 0.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 57024 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Eugene, MO (town, FIPS 22798) Location: 38.35373 N, 92.40341 W Population (1990): 141 (72 housing units) Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 65032 Eugene, OR (city, FIPS 23850) Location: 44.05300 N, 123.11217 W Population (1990): 112669 (47991 housing units) Area: 98.5 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 97402, 97403, 97404, 97405 | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
Exon /eks'on/ excl. A generic obscenity that quickly entered wide use on the Internet and Usenet after {Black Thursday}. From the last name of Senator James Exon (Democrat-Nebraska), primary author of the {CDA}. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
ECM (1995-10-10) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
ECMA 1. {European Computer Manufacturers Association}, now {ECMA International}. 2. A subset of {ALGOL}. [Sammet 1969, p.180]. (1998-09-07) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Eqn Language for typesetting mathematics. "A System for Typesetting Mathematics", B.W. Kernighan and L.L. Cherry, CACM 18(3):151-157 (Mar 1975). | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
ESCON {Enterprise Systems CONnectivity} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
esim A language for {simulation} of {VLSI} at the {switch level}. The {primitive}s are nodes and {transistor}s. [C.M. Baker et al, "Tools for Verifying Integrated CIrcuit Design", Lambda 1(3):22-30 (1980)]. (1994-10-20) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
e-zine {electronic magazine} | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Eshean a place in the mountains of Judah (Josh.15:52), supposed to be the ruin es-Simia, near Dumah, south of Hebron. | |
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Eshean, held up | |
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Ezem, a bone |