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niir 1C7 , not XG3 —tube 171, tQb 172, bull 173—oil 299—puilnd 313 —thin 4G0, this 409.
Eastward, ecst'wurd, a. 88. Towards theEast.
Easy, e'ze, a. Not difficult; quiet, at rest,* ,0 t harassed ; complying, unresisting, credu-lous ; free from pain ; without want of more ;without constraint, without formality.
To EAT, ete, v. a. 227, 220; pret. Ate°r Eat; part. Eat or Eaten. To devour with the^ ^oiith ; to consume, to corrode ; to retract.
*° Eat, ele, v. n. To go to meals, to take.meals, to feed ; to take food ; to be maintained_ to food ; to make way by corrosion.
EATABLE, e'ta-bl, s. 405. Any thing that
niay be eaten.
■LATER, e'tur, s. 98. One that eats any
EATING-HOUSE, e'tlng-house, s. A house
where provisions ars sold ready dressed.eaves, evz, s. The edges of the roof whichoverhang the house.
To EAVESDROP, evz'diflp, v . a. To catchwhat comes from the eaves, to listen underwindows.
EAVESDROPPER, evz'drSp-pur, s.
listener under windows.
^BB, eb, s. The reflux of the tide towardstlie sea ; decline, decay, waste,f o EBB, eb, r. n. To flow back towards thesea ; to decline, to decay, to waste.
I’llnx’’ V 5 s * A hard, heavy,black,
EBUIETY, e-bne-te, s. Drunkenness, in-toxication by strong liquors.
ErrIOSITY, e-Bii-iise-te, s. Habitualdrunlfre nness *
Ebullition, eb-ui-iish'un,«. 177. The
act of boiling up with beat; any intestinemotion ; effervescence.
ECCENTRICAL, ek-sen'trc-kal, Is. Devi-•“•CCENTRICK, ek-seu'trik, / ating
born the centre ; irregular, anomalous.
ECCENTRICITY , ek-sen-tris'e-te, s. De-
v iatn,u from a centre : excursion from the pro-per orb.
ECCHYMOSIS , ek-ke-mo'sis, s. 520. Livid
spots or blotches in the skin.
ECCLESIAST1C AL, £k-klk-zlie-as'tc-kal,)CCLESIASTIClv, ek-kle-zhe-as'tik, J
To' “' ebdLln g to the church, not civil.-CCLES1ASTICK, ek-kle-zhe-as'tik, s. APerson dedicated to the ministries of religion.
I Hm ^ have given these words the ttat .9 aspirated, asPron„ C °“ Vincul il >’ >l ,lite agretahle to tlie analogy ofSecon.ia'"’ 1 ™"' for Hie tid'd syllable coining after thehrent „, r X dcce nt is exactly under the same predica-nt,,, (■,, op I'Ciiullimate syllable in Ambrosial. faphe-“ An 1 &c -— Se e Principles, No. 451.
“ WasiP^'fh drum eccieslastickECHlvrv" fist inslead ol a slick.—//MrfiftraJ.a shellV s ’ c-k»'nus, s. 503. A hedgehog;the • , set wlt '“ prickles ; with botanists,a m "k ^ he ad <>fa».V i '» architecture,the ember or ornament taking its name fromEf'uJv U s ,lness °f the carving
L Ho > ok'ki,
j o '.. aa y sound
. The return or repercussion,, - —- , the sound returned.
ECHO, fek'ko, V. n To resound, to give
back e ^ CrCUSS ‘°n
of a voice ; to be sounded
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To ECHO, ek'ko, t>. a. To send back avoice.
ECLAIRCISSEMENT, ek-klare'siz-mimt,*.
Explanation, the act of clearing up an affair.t^F Tbis word, though loutr iit use, is not yet iihIh-rali/ed. Every syllable but the last may be perfectlypronounced by an Englishman who does not speakEreneh; but this syllable having a nasal vowel, notfollowed by hard c org, (see Encore,) is an insupera-ble difficulty : the nearest sound to it would perhapsbe to make it rhyme with long and strong. But aspeaker would, perhaps, risk less by pronouncing itlike an English word at once, than to imitale theFrench sound awkwardly.
ECLAT, e-klaw', s. 472. French . Splendour,show, lustre.
ECLECTICK, ek-lek'tik, a. Selecting,choosing at will.
ECLIPSE, e-klips', s. An obscuration of theluminaries of heaven ; darkness, obscuration.To ECLIPSE, e-klips', v. a. To darken aluminary; to extinguish; to cloud ; to ob-scure ; to disgrace.
ECLIPTIC , e-klip'tik, s. A great circle ofthe sphere.
ECLOGUE, ek'iog, s. 338. A pastoral poem.ECONOMY, e-k&n'o-me, 5. 296, 518. Themanagement of a family; frugality, discretionof expense ; disposition of things, regula-tion ; the disposition or arrangement of anywork.
ECONOMICK, ek'ko-nom'ik, 530. 1
ECONOMICAL, ek-ko-nilmc-kal, flVrtaiiffng to the regulations of a household ;frugal.
ECSTASY, eks'ta-se, s. Any passion bywhich the thoughts are absorbed, and in whiclithe mind is for a time lost; excessive joy,rapture ; enthusiasm, excessive elevation oftlie mind ; madness, distraction.ECSTASIED, eks'ta-sld, a. 282. Ravished,
enraptured.
ECSTATICAL, Sks-tat'e-kM, > u.Ravished,ECSTATICK,eks-tat'ik, 509. ) raptured,elevated to ecstasy; in the highest degree ofj°y.
EDACIOUS, e-dashus, a. Eating, vora-cious, ravenous, greedy.
EDACITY, c-dils'e-te, s. Voraciousness,
ravenousness.
EDDER, ed'dur, 5. 98. Such fencewood asis-commonly put upon the top of fences.EDDY, ed'de,5. The water that, by some
repercussion, or opposite wind,runs contrary tothe main stream; whirlpool, circular motion.EDENTATED, e-den'ta-ted, a. Deprivedof teeth.
EDGE, edje, s. The thin or cutting part ofa blade ; a narrow part rising from a broader ;keenness, acrimony. — To set the teeth onEdge, to cause a tingling pain in the teeth.
To EDGE, edje, v. a. To sharpen, to enableto cut ; to furnish with an edge ; to borderwith any thing, to fringe; to exasperate, toimbitter.
To EDGE, edje, v. n. To move against anypower. ,
EDGED, edjd, or ed jed, part. a. 359. Sharp,not blunt.
EDGING, ed'jing, s. What is added to anything by way of ornament; a narrow lace.