Echinus
‖E‐chi″nus (?), n.; pl.Echini (#). [L., a hedgehog, sea urchin, Gr. εχἰ̑νοσ.] 1. (Zoöl.) A hedgehog.2. (Zoöl.) A genus of echinoderms, including the common edible sea urchin of ...
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Echiuroidea
‖Ech′i‐u‐roi″de‐a (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. echiurus, the name of one genus (Gr. ἔχισ an adder + ουρἄ tail) + -oid.] (Zoöl.) A division of Annelida which includes the genus Echiurus...
Echo
Ech″o (ĕk″ō̍), n.; pl.Echoes (ĕk″ōz). [L. echo, Gr. ηχὤ echo, sound, akin to ηχἤ, ἠ̑χοσ, sound, noise; cf. Skr. vāç to sound, bellow; perh. akin to E. voice: cf. F. écho.] 1. A ...
Echo (2)
Ech″o, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Echoed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Echoing. — 3d pers. sing. pres.Echoes (�).] 1. To send back (a sound); to repeat in sound; to reverberate.Those peals are ec...
Echo (3)
Ech″o, v. i. To give an echo; to resound; to be sounded back; as, the hall echoed with acclamations. “Echoing noise.” Blackmore.
Echo (4)
Ech″o (?), n.; pl. Echoes (#). [L. echo, Gr. � echo.] (Whist) (a) A signal, played in the same manner as a trump signal, made by a player who holds four or more trumps (or as pl...
Echoer
Ech″o‐er (?), n. One who, or that which, echoes.
Echoless
Ech″o‐less, a. Without echo or response.
Echometer
E‐chom″e‐ter (?), n. [Gr. �, �, sound + -meter: cf. F. échomètre.] (Mus) A graduated scale for measuring the duration of sounds, and determining their different, and the relatio...
Echometry
E‐chom″e‐try (?), n. [Cf. F. échométrie.] 1. The art of measuring the duration of sounds or echoes.2. The art of constructing vaults to produce echoes.
Echon
{ Ech‐on″ (?), Ech‐oon″ (?) }, pron. Each one. Chaucer.
Echopathy
E‐chop″a‐thy (?), n. [Echo + -pathy, as in homeopathy.] (Med.) A morbid condition characterized by automatic and purposeless repetition of words or imitation of actions.
Echoscope
Ech″o‐scope (?), n. [Gr. �, �, sound + -scope.] (Med.) An instrument for intensifying sounds produced by percussion of the thorax. Knight.
Éclair
‖É′clair″ (?), n.(Cookery) A kind of frosted cake, containing flavored cream.
Eclaircise
E‐clair″cise (?), v. t. [F. éclaircir; pref. es- (L. ex) + clair clear, L. clarus.] To make clear; to clear up what is obscure or not understood; to explain.
Eclaircissement
‖E‐clair″cisse‐ment (?), n. [F., fr. éclaircir. See Eclaircise, v. t.] The clearing up of anything which is obscure or not easily understood; an explanation.The eclaircissement ...
Eclampsia
‖Ec‐lamp″si‐a (?), n.(Med.) A fancied perception of flashes of light, a symptom of epilepsy; hence, epilepsy itself; convulsions.☞ The term is generally restricted to a convulsi...
Eclampsy
‖Ec‐lamp″sy (?), n.(Med.) Same as Eclampsia.
Eclat
E‐clat″ (?), n. [F. éclat a fragment, splinter, explosion, brilliancy, splendor, fr. éclater to splinter, burst, explode, shine brilliantly, prob. of German origin; cf. OHG. sle...
Eclectic
Ec‐lec″tic (?), a. [Gr. �, fr. � to pick out, choose out: cf. F. éclectique. See Eclogue, and cf. Elect.] 1. Selecting; choosing (what is true or excellent in doctrines, opinion...
Eclectic (2)
Ec‐lec″tic (?), n. One who follows an eclectic method.
Eclectically
Ec‐lec″tic‐al‐ly (?), adv. In an eclectic manner; by an eclectic method.
Eclecticism
Ec‐lec″ti‐cism (?), n. [Cf. F. éclecticisme. Cf. Electicism.] Theory or practice of an eclectic.
Eclegm
Ec‐legm″ (?), n. [F. éclegme, L. ecligma, fr. Gr. �, fr. � to lick up.] (Med.) A medicine made by mixing oils with sirups. John Quincy.
Eclipse
E‐clipse″ (ē̍‐klĭps″), n. [F. éclipse, L. eclipsis, fr. Gr. ἔκλειψισ, prop., a forsaking, failing, fr. εκλεἴπειν to leave out, forsake; εκ̓ out + λείπειν to leave. See Ex-, and ...
Eclipse (2)
E‐clipse″, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Eclipsed (ē̍‐klĭpst″); p. pr. & vb. n.Eclipsing.] 1. To cause the obscuration of; to darken or hide; — said of a heavenly body; as, the moon eclips...
Eclipse (3)
E‐clipse″, v. i. To suffer an eclipse.While the laboring moonEclipses at their charms. Milton.