Webster's Dictionary 1828

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EGRESSION

EGRES'SION, noun [Latin egressio.] The act of going out from any inclosure or place of confinement.

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EGRET

E'GRET, noun The lesser white heron, a fowl of the genus Ardea; an elegant fowl with a white body and a crest on the head.1. In botany, the flying feathery or hairy crown of see...

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EGRIOT

E'GRIOT, noun A kind of sour cherry.

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EGYPTIAN

EGYP'TIAN, adjective Pertaining to Egypt in Africa.EGYP'TIAN, noun A native of Egypt; also, a gypsy.

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EIGH

EIGH, exclamation An expression of sudden delight.

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EIGHT

EIGHT, adjective [Latin octo.] Twice four; expressing the number twice four. Four and four make eight

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EIGHTEEN

EIGHTEEN, a 'ateen. Eight and ten united.

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EIGHTEENTH

EIGHTEENTH, adjective 'ateenth. The next in order after the seventeenth.

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EIGHTFOLD

EIGHTFOLD, adjective 'atefold. Eight times the number or quantity.

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EIGHTH

EIGHTH, adjective aitth. Noting the number eight; the number next after seven; the ordinal of eight.EIGHTH, noun In music, an interval composed of five tones and two semitones.

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EIGHTHLY

EIGHTHLY, adverb aithly. In the eighth place.

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EIGHTIETH

EIGHTIETH, adjective 'atieth. [from eighty.] The next in order to the seventy ninth; the eighth tenth.

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EIGHTS-CORE

EIGHTS-CORE, adjective or noun 'atescore. [eight and score; score is a notch noting twenty.] Eight times twenty; a hundred and sixty.

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EIGHTY

EIGHTY, adjective 'aty. Eight times ten; four score.

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EIGNE

EIGNE, adjective Eldest; an epithet, used in law to denote the eldest son; as bastard eigne1. Unalienable; entailed; belonging to the eldest son. [Not used.]

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EISEL

E'ISEL, noun Vinegar. [Not in use.]

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EISENRAHM

EI'SENRAHM, noun The red and brown eisenrahm the scaly red and brown hematite.

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EITHER

E'ITHER, adjective or pronoun1. One or another of any number. Here are ten oranges; take either orange of the whole number, or take either of them. In the last phrase, either st...

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EJACULATE

EJAC'ULATE, verb transitive [Latin ejaculor, from jaculor, to throw or dart, jaculum, a dart, from jacio, to throw.]To throw out; to cast; to shoot; to dart; as rays of light ej...

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EJACULATION

EJACULA'TION, noun The act of throwing or darting out with a sudden force and rapid flight; as the ejaculation of light. [This sense is nearly obsolete.]1. The uttering of a sho...

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EJACULATORY

EJAC'ULATORY, adjective Suddenly darted out; uttered in short sentences; as an ejaculatory prayer or petition.1. Sudden; hasty; as ejaculatory repentance.2. Casting; throwing out.

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EJECT

EJECT', verb transitive [Latin ejicio, ejectum; e and jacio, to throw; jacto.]1. To throw out; to cast forth; to thrust out, as from a place inclosed or confined.2. To discharge...

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EJECTED

EJECT'ED, participle passive Thrown out; thrust out; discharged; evacuated; expelled; dismissed; dispossessed; rejected.

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EJECTING

EJECT'ING, participle present tense Casting out; discharging; evacuating; expelling; dispossessing; rejecting.

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EJECTION

EJEC'TION, noun [Latin ejectio.] The act of casting out; expulsion.1. Dismission from office.2. Dispossession; a turning out from possession by force or authority.3. The dischar...

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EJECTMENT

EJECT'MENT, noun Literally, a casting out; a dispossession.1. In law, a writ or action which lies for the recovery of possession of land from which the owner has been ejected, a...

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EJECTOR

EJECT'OR, noun One who ejects or dispossesses another of his land.