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original of idolatry, astrology, and unlawful arts, from the re-volted angels, who married with the daughters of men. St. Au-gustin allows, indeed, that Enoch wrote something divine, becausehe is cited by St. Jude; but he says, it was not without reason thatthis book was not inserted in the canon, which was preserved in t,hetemple at Jerusalem . This father sufficiently insinuates, that theauthority of this book is doubtful, and that it cannot be provedthat it was really written by Enoch . Indeed the account it givesof giants engendered by angels, and not by men, has manifestlythe air of a table, and the most judicious critics believe it oughtnot to be ascribed to Enoch . This book laid a long time buried indarkness; till the learned Joseph Scaligev recovered a part of it.Scaliger , Vosdtis, and other learned men, attribute this work toone or those Jews who lived between the time of the Babylonisheapivity and that of Jesus Christ . Others are of opinion, thatit was written after the rise and establishment of Christianity , byone of those fanatics with whom the primitive church was filled,who made a ridiculous mixture of the Platonic philosophy and theChristian divinitv.

ENOS, the son of Seth and father of Cainan , was born, A. M.535. Moses tell us (Gen iv. 26,) that then “ men began to callupon the name of the Lord or, as others translate it, that“ Enosbegan to call upon the name of the Lord or was the inventorof religious rites and ceremonies in the external worship. Thisworship was kept up and preserved in Enos’s family, while Cain’sfamily was plunged in all kinds of immorality and impiety. Se-veral Jews are of opinion, that idolatry was lirst introduced into theworld at the time of Enos. They translate the Hebrew thus,“ Then men began to profane the name cf the Lord.” Goodmen, to distinguish themselves from the wicked, began Intake uponthem the quality of sons or servants of God ; for which reason,Moses, (Gen. vi. 1, 2,) says, that the sons of God ; (that is to saythe descendants ot Enos, who had hitherto preserved the true re-ligion), seeing the daughters of men, that they were fair, tookthem wives of all which they choose. Enos died at the aae of003j A. M. 1140.

ENOTARUSK, a town of Russia in the government of Cauca-sus, 72 miles N. N. E. of Astracan .

ENS, [Lat.] any being or existence.

Ens 1’ositivum, & Ens Reale, terms used in the schools bymetaphysicians, synonymously with ens, for entity, as above de-fined, bv way ot distinction from

Ens Rattonis, an imaginary being, or a thing that exists onlyin the imagination.

Ens, among chemists, imports the power, virtue, and efficacy,which certain substances exert upon our bodies.

Ens, in geography, a river of Germany, which rises in Salts -burgh, and runs into'the Danube .

Ens, or Enns, a city of Austria , seated on an eminence, at theconflux of the Ens and the Danube ; and strongly defended by anarsenal and two castles. It lies 90 miles VV. by S. of Vienna .

Ens, a town of Batavia in the department of the A sset, andisland of Schokland, in the Zuyder Zee: 10 miles N. W. ofCam pen.

ENS ATT, in botany, [from crisis, a Sword;] the 6th order inLinnirus’s natural method.

ENSAY, a small inhabited island of Scotland , inthecountythe coast of Inverness ; four miles E. of Berneray.tl ^ EE ED, in falconry, a term applied to a hawk that has ahim* . lliUV11 R'roHgh her upper eye-lid, and made fast under her

K\s > rv ke awa . v ( - ie li?bt.

j, 1 SEMBLE, [from //land simul, Lat.] a French term.some-I use " m English ; literally signifying together, or onewitliJ 'l l 1Pr ' art ^’ lt :< lure, the ensemble, or tout ensemble, of auncling, means the whole work, or composition, considered to-gether, ana notin parts ; and sometimes also, the relative propor-!ou ot tne parts to the whole.—“All those pieces of buildingmake a hue ensemble.”—“ This picture is good, taking the pansv • ^ ol| t l>nsell '' ) E“ is bad.”

RNSENE, a town of Era pt, on the E. side of the Nile ; 120'!,* Ca,r(> - y n. 30. 54. E. Lai. 2ft. 5. N.

ENSIGN, [ensagne, Fr.] in the military arl, a banner under

uUi th*‘ soldiers are ranged according to tbe different compa-" ,es or parties they belong to. bee Colours, Flag, Standard,&c - 1 he European ensigns are pieces of tal'fety with various fi-

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gures, arms, and devices, painted on them, in differenl f colours;the Turkish ensigns are horses-tails.

Ensign is also the officer that carries the colours, being thelowest commissioned officer in a company of foot,, subordinate tothe captain and lieutenant. It is a very honourable aful properpost for a young gentleman at his first coming into the army : heis to carry the colours both in assault, day of battle, &c. and shouldnot quit them but with his life : he must always carry them him-self on his left shoulder : only on a march he may have them car-ried by a soldier. If the ensign be killed, the captain must carrythe colours in hisstcitd.

Ensign, Naval , a large standard or banner hoisted on a longpole erected over the poop, and called the ensign stall'. The eli-sion is used to distinguish the ships of different nations front eachother; and to characterise the different squadrons of the navy.The British ensign in ships of war is known by a double cross,via. that of St George ami St Andrew, formed upon a field whichis either red, white, or blue.

Ensigns, Ancient. The ensign of the ancient Persians , ac-cording to Xenophon , was a golden eagle on a white ffag ; theCorinthians boivr a Pegasus, or winged horse, on theirs; the Athe-nians an owl; the Messenians, the Greek letter M ; the Lacedae-monians , the ’Fhe Romans had a great diversity of ensigns;the wolf, minotaur, horse, boar, and at length the eagle, wherethey stopped : this was first assumed in the 2d year of the consu-late of Marius. A military ensign on a medal of a Roman colony,denotes it a colony peopled with old soldiers.

F.NS1SUE1M, a town of France , in the department of theUpper Rhine, and late province of Alsace , 10 miles S. W. ofBrisac.

ENSK1RKEN, a town of Germany , in the late duchy of Ju-liers, 15 miles S. W. of Cologne.

ENT ABLATE RE, or ENTABLEMENT , the architrave,frise, and cornice, of a pillar; being in effect the extremity of theflooring, w hich is either supported by pillars, or by a wall, ifthere be no columns. Harris.

EN FABLER, in the manege, the fault of a horse, whosecroupe goes before his shoulders in working upon volts; whichmay be prevented by taking hold of the right rein, keepingyour right leg near, and removing your left leg us far from thehorse's shoulders as possible.

ENTAIL, inlaw, signifies fee tail, or fee entailed; that is,abridged, curtailed, or limited, to certain conditions. See Fee,and'F ail.

F.N'FE', in heraldry, a method of marshalling, used more fre-quent abroad than with us, and signifying grafted. We have, in-deed, one instance of ent6, in the grand quarter of his majesty’sroyal ensign, whose blazon is Brunswick and Lunenburg impaledwith ancient Saxonv, enffien poiute, “ grafted in point.”

EN'I EROCELE, [ivrqex-iAn,] a rupture from the bowels press-ing through or dilating the peritonaum, so as to fall down into thegroin. 1 he remedy in such cases, is chiefly by trusses and bol-sters. Quincy.

ENTEROLOGY, and x»yo,-,] the anatomical account

of the bowels and internal parts. See Anatomv.

ENTEROMPtlALOS, and o(u?<»ao £ ], afi.umbilical or

navel rupture.

ENTHUSIASM, [tvSwimqwof,] an ecstasy of the mind,whereby it is led to think and imagine things in a sublime, sur-prising, vet probable manner. This is the enthusiasm felt in poe-try. oratory, music, painting, sculpture, &e.

Enthusiasm, in a rel gious sense, implies a transport of themind, whereby it lanc.es itself inspired with some revelation, im-pulse, &c. from heaven. Mr. Locke gives the following descrip-tion ot religious enthusiasm. “ In all ages, men in whom me-lancholy has mixed v.ith devotion, or whose conceit of themselveshas rai ed them into an opinion of a great familiarity with God ,and a nearer admittance to his favour than is afforded to others,have often flattered themselves with a persuasion of an immediateintercourse with the Deity , and frequent communications from theDivine Spirit. Their minds being thus prepared, whatever ground-less opinion comes to settle ilselt strongly upon their fancies, is anillumination from the Spirit ot God . And whatsoever odd actionthey find in themselves a strong mdiiialwn to do, that impulse isconcluded to be a call or direction from heaven, and must be4 li obeyed.