EFFUSING
EFFU'SING, participle present tense effu'zing. Pouring out; shedding.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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EFFUSION
EFFU'SION, noun effu'zhon. The act of pouring out as a liquid.1. The act of pouring out; a shedding or spilling; waste; as the effusion of blood.2. The pouring out of words.3. T...
EFFUSIVE
EFFU'SIVE, adjective Pouring out; that pours forth largely.Th' effusive south.
EFT
EFT, noun A newt; an evet; the common lizard.EFT, adverb After; again; soon; quickly.
EFTSOONS
EFTSOONS', adverb Soon afterwards; in a short time.E.G. [exempli gratia.] For the sake of an example; for instance.
EGAD
EGAD', exclamation A lucky star, good fortune, as we say, my stars!
EGER
E'GER, or E'AGARE, noun An impetuous flood; an irregular tide.
EGERAN
E'GERAN, noun [from Eger, in bohemia.] A subspecies of pyramidical garnet, of a reddish brown color. It occurs massive or crystallized.
EGERMINATE
EGERM'INATE. [Not used. See Germinate.]
EGEST
EGEST', verb transitive [Latin egestum, from egero.] To cast or throw out; to void, as excrement.
EGESTION
EGES'TION, noun [Latin egestio.] The act of voiding digested matter at the natural vent.
EGG
EGG, noun [Latin ovum, by a change of g into v.] A body formed in the females of fowls and certain other animals, containing an embryo or fetus of the same species, or the subst...
EGGBIRD
EGG'BIRD, noun A fowl, a species of tern.
EGILOPICAL
EGILOP'ICAL, adjective Affected with the egilops.
EGILOPS
E'GILOPS, noun Goat's eye; an abscess in the inner canthus of the eye; fistula lachrymalis.
EGLANDULOUS
EGLAND'ULOUS, adjective [e neg. and glandulous. See Gland.]Destitute of glands.
EGLANTINE
EG'LANTINE, noun A species of rose; the sweet brier; a plant bearing an odoriferous flower.
EGOIST
E'GOIST, noun [from Latin ego.] A name given to certain followers of Des Cartes, who held the opinion that they were uncertain of every thing except their own existence and the ...
EGOITY
EGO'ITY, noun Personality. [Not authorized.]
EGOTISM
E'GOTISM, noun [Latin ego.] Primarily, the practice of too frequently using the word I. Hence, a speaking or writing much of one's self; self-praise; self-commendation; the act ...
EGOTIST
E'GOTIST, noun One who repeats the word I very often in conversation or writing; one who speaks much of himself, or magnifies his own achievements; one who makes himself the her...
EGOTISTIC
EGOTIST'IC, adjective Addicted to egotism.1. Containing egotism.
EGOTIZE
E'GOTIZE, verb transitive To talk or write much of one's self; to make pretension to self-importance.
EGREGIOUS
EGRE'GIOUS, adjective [Latin egregius, supposed to be from e or ex grege, from or out of or beyond the herd, select, choice.]1. Eminent; remarkable; extraordinary; distinguished...
EGREGIOUSLY
EGRE'GIOUSLY, adverb Greatly; enormously; shamefully; usually in a bad sense; as, he is egregiously mistaken; they were egregiously cheated.
EGREGIOUSNESS
EGRE'GIOUSNESS, noun The state of being great or extraordinary.
EGRESS
E'GRESS, noun [Latin egressus, from egredior; e and gradior, to step.]The act of going or issuing out, or the power of departing from any inclosed or confined place.Gates of bur...