Webster's Dictionary 1913

3268

Escouade

‖Es′couade″ (?), n. See Squad,

3269

Escout

Es‐cout″ (?), n. See Scout. Hayward.

3270

Escribed

Es‐cribed″ (?), a. [L. e out, out of + scribere to write.] Drawn outside of; — used to designate a circle that touches one of the sides of a given triangle, and also the other t...

3271

Escript

Es″cript (?), n. A writing.

3272

Escritoire

Es′cri‐toire″ (?), n. [OF. escritoire, F. écritoire, LL. scriptorium, fr. L. scriptorius belonging to writing, fr. sribere to write. See Script, and cf. Scrutoire.] A piece of f...

3273

Escritorial

Es′cri‐to″ri‐al (?), a. Of or pertaining to an escritoire.

3274

Escrod

Es‐crod″ (?), n. See Scrod, a young cod.

3275

Escrol

{ Es‐crol″, Es‐croll″ } (?), n. [See Escrow, Scroll.] 1. A scroll.2. (Her.) (a) A long strip or scroll resembling a ribbon or a band of parchment, or the like, anciently placed ...

3276

Escrow

Es″crow (?), n. [OF. escroe, escroue, a roll of writings, bond. See Scroll.] (Law) A deed, bond, or other written engagement, delivered to a third person, to be held by him till...

3277

Escuage

Es″cu‐age (?; 48), n. [OF. escuage, F. écuage, from OF. escu shield, F. écu. See Esquire.] (Feud. Law) Service of the shield, a species of knight service by which a tenant was b...

3278

Esculapian

Es′cu‐la″pi‐an (?), n. Æsculapian.

3279

Esculapius

Es′cu‐la″pi‐us (?), n. Same as Æsculapius.

3280

Esculent

Es″cu‐lent (?), a. [L. esculentus, fr. escare to eat, fr. esca food, fr. edere to eat: cf. F. esculent. See Eat.] Suitable to be used by man for food; eatable; edible; as, escul...

3281

Esculent (2)

Es″cu‐lent, n. Anything that is fit for eating; that which may be safely eaten by man.

3282

Esculic

Es‐cu″lic (?), a. [From NL. Aesculus, the generic name of the horse-chestnut, fr. L. aesculus a kind of oak.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or obtained from, the horse-chestnut; as, es...

3283

Esculin

Es‐cu″lin (?), n. [See Esculic.] (Chem.) A glucoside obtained from the Æsculus hippocastanum, or horse-chestnut, and characterized by its fine blue fluorescent solutions. [Writt...

3284

Escurial

Es‐cu″ri‐al (?), n. [Prop. Sp. escorial, i.e., a hill or heap of rubbish, earth, and stones brought out of a mine, fr. escoria dross of metal, L. scoria, fr. Gr. �. Cf. Scoria.]...

3285

Escutcheon

Es‐cutch″eon (?), n. [OF. escusson, F. écusson, from OF. escu shield, F. écu. See Esquire, Scutcheon.] 1. (Her.) The surface, usually a shield, upon which bearings are marshaled...

3286

Escutcheoned

Es‐cutch″eoned (?), a. Having an escutcheon; furnished with a coat of arms or ensign. Young.

3287

Ese

Ese (?), n. Ease; pleasure. Chaucer.

3288

Esemplastic

Es′em‐plas″tic (?), a. [Gr. εσ̓ into, to + εν̔ one + πλαστικόσ molded, formed. See Plastic.] Shaped into one; tending to, or formative into, unity. Coleridge.

3289

Eserine

Es″er‐ine (?; 104), n. [From native name of the Calabar bean: cf. F. ésérine.] (Chem.) An alkaloid found in the Calabar bean, and the seed of Physostigma venenosum; physostigmin...

3290

Esexual

E‐sex″u‐al (?), a. [Pref. e- + sexual.] (Biol.) Sexless; asexual.

3291

Esguard

Es‐guard″ (?), n. [Cf. OF. esgart regard, F. égard. See Guard.] Guard. Beau. & Fl.

3292

Eskar

{ Es″kar (?), orEs″ker }, n.(Geol.) See Eschar.

3293

Eskimo

Es″ki‐mo (?), n.; pl.Eskimos (#). [Originally applied by the Algonquins to the Northern Indians, and meaning eaters of raw flesh.] (Ethnol.) One of a peculiar race inhabiting Ar...

3294

Esloin

Es‐loin″ (?), v. t. [See Eloign.] To remove; to banish; to withdraw; to avoid; to eloign.From worldly cares he did himself esloin. Spenser.