Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Ecclesiologist

Ec‐cle′si‐ol″o‐gist (?), n. One versed in ecclesiology.

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Ecclesiology

Ec‐cle′si‐ol″o‐gy (?), n. [Ecclesia + -logy.] The science or theory of church building and decoration.

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Eccritic

Ec‐crit″ic (?), n.(Med.) A remedy which promotes discharges, as an emetic, or a cathartic.

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Ecderon

Ec″der‐on (?), n.(Anat.) See Ecteron. — Ec′der‐on″ic (#), a.

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Ecdysis

‖Ec″dy‐sis (?), n.; pl.Ecdyses (#). [NL., fr. Gr. ἔκδυσισ a getting out, fr. εκδὔειν, to put off; εκ̓ out + δύειν to enter.] (Biol.) The act of shedding, or casting off, an oute...

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Ecgonine

Ec″go‐nine (?; 104), n. [Gr. ἔκγονοσ sprung from.] (Chem.) A colorless, crystalline, nitrogenous base, obtained by the decomposition of cocaine.

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Échauguette

‖É′chau′guette″ (?), n. A small chamber or place of protection for a sentinel, usually in the form of a projecting turret, or the like. See Castle.

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Eche

Ech″e (ēsh″e), a. or a. pron. Each. Chaucer.

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Echelon

Ech″e‐lon (ĕsh″e‐lŏn), n. [F., fr. échelle ladder, fr. L. scala.] 1. (Mil.) An arrangement of a body of troops when its divisions are drawn up in parallel lines each to the righ...

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Echelon (2)

Ech″e‐lon (?), v. t.(Mil.) To place in echelon; to station divisions of troops in echelon.

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Echelon (3)

Ech″e‐lon, v. i. To take position in echelon.Change direction to the left, echelon by battalion from the right. Upton (Tactics).

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Echidna

‖E‐chid″na (ē̍‐kĭd″nȧ), n. [L., a viper, adder, Gr. ἔχιδνα.] 1. (Gr. Myth.) A monster, half maid and half serpent.2. (Zoöl.) A genus of Monotremata found in Australia, Tasmania,...

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Echidnine

E‐chid″nine (?; 104), n. [See Echidna.] (Chem.) The clear, viscid fluid secreted by the poison glands of certain serpents; also, a nitrogenous base contained in this, and suppos...

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Echinate

{ Ech″i‐nate (?), Ech″i‐na′ted (?), } a. [L. echinatus. See Echinus.] Set with prickles; prickly, like a hedgehog; bristled; as, an echinated pericarp.

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Echinid

E‐chi″nid (?), a. & n.(Zoöl.) Same as Echinoid.

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Echinidan

E‐chin″i‐dan (?), n. [Cf. F. échinide.] (Zoöl.) One the Echinoidea.

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Echinital

E‐chin″i‐tal (?), a. Of, or like, an echinite.

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Echinite

Ech″i‐nite (?), n. [Cf. F. échinite. See Echinus.] (Paleon.) A fossil echinoid.

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Echinococcus

‖E‐chi′no‐coc″cus (?), n.(Zoöl.) A parasite of man and of many domestic and wild animals, forming compound cysts or tumors (called hydatid cysts) in various organs, but especial...

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Echinoderm

E‐chin″o‐derm′ (?), n.(Zoöl.) One of the Echinodermata.

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Echinodermal

E‐chi′no‐der″mal (?), a.(Zoöl.) Relating or belonging to the echinoderms.

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Echinodermata

‖E‐chi′no‐der″ma‐ta (ē̍‐kī′nō̍‐dẽr″mȧ‐tȧ), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. εχἰ̑νοσ hedgehog, sea urchin + δέρμα, -ατοσ, skin.] (Zoöl.) One of the grand divisions of the animal kingdom. By ...

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Echinodermatous

E‐chi′no‐der″ma‐tous (?), a.(Zoöl.) Relating to Echinodermata; echinodermal.

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Echinoid

E‐chi″noid (?), a. [Echinus + -oid.] (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the Echinoidea. — n. One of the Echinoidea.

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Echinoidea

‖Ech′i‐noi″de‐a (?), n. pl. [NL. See Echinus, and -oid.] (Zoöl.) The class Echinodermata which includes the sea urchins. They have a calcareous shell, usually more or less spher...

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Echinozoa

‖E‐chi′no‐zo″a (ē̍‐kī′nō̍‐zō″ȧ), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. εχἰ̑νοσ an echinus + ζῳ̑ον an animal.] (Zoöl.) The Echinodermata.

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Echinulate

E‐chin″u‐late (?), a.(Bot. & Zoöl.) Set with small spines or prickles.