ESOPHAGOTOMY
ESOPHAGOT'OMY, noun [esophagus and a cutting.] In surgery, the operation of making an incision into the esophagus, for the purpose of removing any foreign substance that obstruc...
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ESOPHAGUS
ESOPH'AGUS, noun [Gr.] The gullet; the canal through which food and drink pass to the stomach.
ESOPIAN
ESO'PIAN, adjective [from Aesop.] Pertaining to AEsop; composed by him or in his manner.
ESOTERIC
ESOT'ERIC, adjective [Gr. interior, from within.] Private; an epithet applied to the private instructions and doctrines of Pythagoras; opposed to exoteric, or public.
ESOTERY
ESOT'ERY, noun Mystery; secrecy. [Little used.]
ESPALIER
ESPAL'IER, noun [Latin palus, a stake or pole.] A row of trees planted about a garden or in hedges, so as to inclose quarters or separate parts, and trained up to a lattice of w...
ESPAND
ESPAND', verb intransitive To open; to spread. Flowers expand in spring.1. To dilate; to extend in bulk or surface. Metals expand by heat. A lake expands, when swelled by rains....
ESPARCET
ESPAR'CET, noun A kind of sainfoin.
ESPECIAL
ESPE'CIAL, adjective [Latin specialis, from specio, to see, species, kind.]Principal; chief; particular; as, in an especial manner or degree.
ESPECIALLY
ESPE'CIALLY, adverb Principally; chiefly; particularly; in an uncommon degree; in reference to one person or thing in particular.
ESPECIALNESS
ESPE'CIALNESS, noun The state of being especial.
ESPERANCE
ES'PERANCE, noun [Latin spero, to hope.] Hope. [Not English.]
ESPIAL
ESPI'AL, noun [See Spy.] A spy; the act of espying.
ESPINEL
ES'PINEL, noun A kind or ruby. [See Spinel.]
ESPIONAGE
ES'PIONAGE, noun The practice or employment of spies; the practice of watching the words and conduct of others and attempting to make discoveries, as spies or secret emissaries;...
ESPLANADE
ESPLANA'DE, noun [Latin planus, plain.]1. In fortification, the glacis of the counter scarp, or the sloping of the parapet of the covered-way towards the country; or the void sp...
ESPOUSAL
ESPOUS'AL, adjective espouz'al. [See Espouse.] Used in or relating to the act of espousing or betrothing.ESPOUS'AL, noun The act of espousing or betrothing.1. Adoption; protection.
ESPOUSALS
ESPOUS'ALS, nounplural The act of contracting or affiancing a man and woman to each other; a contract or mutual promise of marriage.I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth, t...
ESPOUSE
ESPOUSE, verb transitive espouz'. [Latin spondeo, sponsus, the letter n, in the latter, must be casual, or the modern languages have lost the letter. The former is most probable...
ESPOUSED
ESPOUS'ED, participle passive Betrothed; affianced; promised in marriage by contract; married; united intimately; embraced.
ESPOUSER
ESPOUS'ER, noun One who espouses; one who defends the cause of another.
ESPOUSING
ESPOUS'ING, participle present tense Betrothing; promising in marriage by covenant; marrying; uniting indissolubly; taking part in.
ESPY
ESPY', verb intransitive [Latin specio.]1. To see at a distance; to have the first sight of a thing remove. Seamen espy land as they approach it.2. To see or discover something ...
ESQUIRE
ESQUI'RE, noun [Latin scutum, a shield; Gr. a hide, of which shields were anciently made.], a shield-bearer or armor-bearer, scutifer; an attendant on a knight. Hence in modern ...
ESSAY
ESSA'Y, verb transitive [Latin sequor. See Seek. The radical sense is to press, drive, urge, strain, strive.]1. To try; to attempt; to endeavor; to exert one's power or facultie...
ESSAYED
ESSA'YED, participle passive Attempted; tried.
ESSAYER
ESSA'YER, noun One who writes essays.