Webster's Dictionary 1913

703

Eisteddfod

Eis‐tedd″fod (ās‐tĕt͡h″vōd), n. [W., session, fr. eistedd to sit.] An assembly or session of the Welsh bards; an annual congress of bards, minstrels and literati of Wales, — bei...

704

Either

Ei″ther (ē″t͡hẽr or ī″t͡hẽr; 277), a. & pron. [OE. either, aither, AS. ǣgðer, ǣghwæðer (akin to OHG. ēogiwedar, MHG. iegeweder); ā + ge + hwæðer whether. See Each, and Whether, ...

705

Either (2)

Ei″ther, conj. Either precedes two, or more, coördinate words or phrases, and is introductory to an alternative. It is correlative to or.Either he is talking, or he is pursuing,...

706

Ejaculate

E‐jac″u‐late (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Ejaculated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Ejaculating.] [L. ejaculatus, p. p. of ejaculari to throw out; e out + ejaculari to throw, fr. jaculum javeli...

707

Ejaculate (2)

E‐jac″u‐late (?), v. i. To utter ejaculations; to make short and hasty exclamations. “Ejaculating to himself.” Sir W. Scott.

708

Ejaculation

E‐jac′u‐la″tion (?), n. [Cf. F. éjaculation.] 1. The act of throwing or darting out with a sudden force and rapid flight. “An ejaculation or irradiation of the eye.” Bacon.2. Th...

709

Ejaculator

E‐jac″u‐la′tor (?), n. [NL. See Ejaculate.] (Anat.) A muscle which helps ejaculation.

710

Ejaculatory

E‐jac″u‐la‐to‐ry (?), a. 1. Casting or throwing out; fitted to eject; as, ejaculatory vessels.2. Suddenly darted out; uttered in short sentences; as, an ejaculatory prayer or pe...

711

Eject

E‐ject″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Ejected; p. pr. & vb. n.Ejecting.] [L. ejectus, p. p. of ejicere; e out + jacere to throw. See Jet a shooting forth.] 1. To expel; to dismiss; to...

712

Eject (2)

E″ject (?), n. [See Eject, v. t.] (Philos.) An object that is a conscious or living object, and hence not a direct object, but an inferred object or act of a subject, not myself...

713

Ejecta

‖E‐jec″ta (?), n. pl. [L., neut. pl. of ejectus cast out. See Eject.] Matter ejected; material thrown out; as, the ejecta of a volcano; the ejecta, or excreta, of the body.

714

Ejection

E‐jec″tion (?), n. [L. ejectio: cf. F. éjection.] 1. The act of ejecting or casting out; discharge; expulsion; evacuation. “Vast ejection of ashes.” Eustace. “The ejection of a ...

715

Ejectment

E‐ject″ment (?), n. 1. A casting out; a dispossession; an expulsion; ejection; as, the ejectment of tenants from their homes.2. (Law) A species of mixed action, which lies for t...

716

Ejector

E‐ject″or (?), n. 1. One who, or that which, ejects or dispossesses.2. (Mech.) A jet jump for lifting water or withdrawing air from a space.Ejector condenser(Steam Engine), a co...

717

Ejector (2)

E‐ject″or, n. That part of the mechanism of a breech-loading firearm which ejects the empty shell.

718

Ejoo

‖E″joo (ē″jo͞o), n. [Malay ījū or hījū.] Gomuti fiber. See Gomuti.

719

Ejulation

Ej′u‐la″tion (?), n. [L. ejulatio, fr. ejulare to wail, lament.] A wailing; lamentation. “Ejulation in the pangs of death.” Philips.

720

Ekabor

{ Ek″a‐bor′ (ĕk″ȧ‐bōr′), Ek″a‐bo″ron (–bō″rŏn), } n. [G., fr. Skr. ēka one + G. bor, boron, E. boron.] (Chem.) The name given by Mendelejeff in accordance with the periodic law,...

721

Ekaluminium

Ek‐al′u‐min″i‐um (?), n. [Skr. ēka one + E. aluminium.] (Chem.) The name given to a hypothetical element, — later discovered and called gallium. See Gallium, and cf. Ekabor.

722

Ekasilicon

Ek′a‐sil″i‐con (?), n. [Skr. ēka one + E. silicon.] (Chem.) The name of a hypothetical element predicted and afterwards discovered and named germanium; — so called because it wa...

723

Eke

Eke (ēk), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Eked (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Eking.] [AS. ēkan, ȳkan; akin to OFries, āka, OS. �kian, OHG. ouhhōn to add, Icel. auka to increase, Sw. öka, Dan. öge, Got...

724

Eke (2)

Eke, adv. [AS. eác; akin to OFries. ák, OS. �k, D. �ok, OHG. ouh, G. auch, Icel. auk, Sw. och and, Dan. og, Goth. auk for, but. Prob. from the preceding verb.] In addition; also...

725

Eke (3)

Eke, n. An addition.Clumsy ekes that may well be spared. Geddes.

726

Ekebergite

Ek″e‐berg′ite (?), n. [From Ekeberg, a German.] (Min.) A variety of scapolite.

727

Ekename

Eke″name′ (?), n. [See Nickname.] An additional or epithet name; a nickname.

728

Eking

Ek″ing (?), n. [From Eke, v. t.] (Shipbuilding) (a) A lengthening or filling piece to make good a deficiency in length. (b) The carved work under the quarter piece at the aft pa...

729

El Dorado

El′ Do‐ra″do (?), pl.El Doradoes (�). [Sp., lit., the gilt (sc. land); el the + dorado gilt, p. p. of dorare to gild. Cf. Dorado.] 1. A name given by the Spaniards in the 16th c...