ENGORGEMENT
ENGORGEMENT, noun engorj'ment. the act of swallowing greedily; a devouring with voracity.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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ENGORGING
ENGORG'ING, participle present tense Swallowing with voracity.
ENGRAFT
ENGR'AFT, verb transitive To ingraft, which see.
ENGRAIL
ENGRA'IL, verb transitive In heraldry, to variegate; to spot as with hail; to indent or make ragged at the edges, as if broken with hail; to indent in curve lines.
ENGRAILED
ENGRA'ILED, participle passive Variegated; spotted.
ENGRAIN
ENGRA'IN, verb transitive [from grain.] To dye in grain, or in the raw material to dye deep.
ENGRAINED
ENGRA'INED, participle passive Dyed in the grain; as engrained carpets.
ENGRAINING
ENGRA'INING, participle present tense Dyeing in the grain.
ENGRAPPLE
ENGRAP'PLE, verb transitive [from grapple. To grapple; to seize and hold; to close in and hold fast. [See Grapple, which is generally used.]
ENGRASP
ENGR'ASP, verb transitive [from grasp.] To seize with a clasping hold; to hold fast by inclosing or embracing; to gripe. [See Grasp, which is generally used.]
ENGRAVE
ENGRA'VE, verb transitivepreterit tense engraved; participle passive engraved or engraven.Literally, to scratch or scrape. Hence,1. To cut, as metals, stones or other hard subst...
ENGRAVED
ENGRA'VEDENGRA'VEMENT, nounengraved work; act of engraving.
ENGRAVEMENT
ENGRA'VEMENT, n. Engraved work; act of engraving.
ENGRAVEN
ENGRA'VEN, participle passive Cut or marked, as with a chisel or graver; imprinted; deeply impressed.
ENGRAVER
ENGRA'VER, noun One who engraves; a cutter of letters, figures or devices, on stone, metal or wood; a sculptor; a carver.
ENGRAVERY
ENGRA'VERY, noun The work of an engraver. [Little used.]
ENGRAVING
ENGRA'VING, participle present tense Cutting or marking stones or metals, with a chisel or graver; imprinting.ENGRA'VING, noun The act or art of cutting stones, metals and other...
ENGRIEVE
ENGRIE'VE, verb transitive To grieve; to pain. [See Grieve.]
ENGROSS
ENGRO'SS, verb transitive1. Primarily, to make thick or gross; to thicken. [Not now used.]2. To make larger; to increase in bulk. [Not used.]3. To seize in the gross; to take th...
ENGROSSED
ENGRO'SSED, participle passive Made thick; taken in the whole; purchased in large quantities for sale; written in large fair characters.
ENGROSSER
ENGRO'SSER, noun He or that which takes the whole; a person who purchases the whole or such quantities of articles in a market as to raise the price.1. One who copies a writing ...
ENGROSSING
ENGRO'SSING, participle present tense Taking the whole; buying commodities in such quantities as to raise the price in market.1. Writing correct copies in large, fair characters.
ENGROSSMENT
ENGRO'SSMENT, noun The act of engrossing; the act of taking the whole.1. The appropriation of things in the gross, or in exorbitant quantities; exorbitant acquisition.
ENGUARD
ENGU'ARD, verb transitive [See Guard.] To guard; to defend.
ENGULF
ENGULF', verb transitive To throw or to absorb in a gulf.
ENGULFED
ENGULF'ED, participle passive Absorbed in a whirlpool, or in a deep abyss or gulf.
ENGULFMENT
ENGULF'MENT, noun An absorption in a gulf, or deep cavern, or vortex.