Webster's Dictionary 1913

1702

Enchondroma

‖En′chon‐dro″ma (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. � in + � cartilage + -oma.] (Med.) A cartilaginous tumor growing from the interior of a bone. Quain.

1703

Enchorial

{ En‐cho″ri‐al (?), En‐chor″ic (?), } a. Belonging to, or used in, a country; native; domestic; popular; common; — said especially of the written characters employed by the comm...

1704

Enchylemma

‖En′chy‐lem″ma (?), n.(Biol.) The basal substance of the cell nucleus; a hyaline or granular substance, more or less fluid during life, in which the other parts of the nucleus a...

1705

Enchyma

‖En″chy‐ma (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. ἔγχυμα an infusion; εν̓ in + χει̑ν to pour.] (Biol.) The primitive formative juice, from which the tissues, particularly the cellular tissue, ar...

1706

Encincture

En‐cinc″ture (?), n. A cincture.The vast encincture of that gloomy sea. Wordsworth.

1707

Encindered

En‐cin″dered (?), a. Burnt to cinders.

1708

Encircle

En‐cir″cle (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Encircled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Encircling (?).] [Pref. en- + circle: cf. OF. encercler.] To form a circle about; to inclose within a circle or ...

1709

Encirclet

En‐cir″clet (?), n. [Encircle + -let.] A small circle; a ring. Sir P. Sidney.

1710

Enclasp

En‐clasp″ (?), v. t. [Pref. en- + clasp. Cf. Inclasp.] To clasp. See Inclasp.

1711

Enclave

En‐clave″ (?), n. [F., fr. L. in + clavus a nail.] A tract of land or a territory inclosed within another territory of which it is independent. See Exclave.

1712

Enclave (2)

En‐clave″, v. t. [Cf. F. enclaver.] To inclose within an alien territory.

1713

Enclavement

En‐clave″ment (?), n. The state of being an enclave.

1714

Enclitic

{ En‐clit″ic (ĕn‐klĭt″ĭk), En‐clit″ic‐al (–ĭ‐kal), } a. [L. encliticus, Gr. εγκλἴτικοσ, fr. εγκλἴνειν to incline; εν̓ in + κλίνειν to bend. See In, and Lean, v. i.] (Gram.) Affi...

1715

Enclitic (2)

En‐clit″ic, n.(Gram.) A word which is joined to another so closely as to lose its proper accent, as the pronoun thee in prithee (pray thee).

1716

Enclitically

En‐clit″ic‐al‐ly, adv. In an enclitic manner; by throwing the accent back. Walker.

1717

Enclitics

En‐clit″ics (?), n.(Gram.) The art of declining and conjugating words.

1718

Encloister

En‐clois″ter (?), v. t. [Cf. Incloister.] To shut up in a cloister; to cloister.

1719

Enclose

En‐close″ (?), v. t. [F. enclos, p. p. of enclore to enclose; pref. en- (L. in) + clore to close. See Close, and cf. Inclose, Include.] To inclose. See Inclose.

1720

Enclosure

En‐clo″sure (?; 135), n. Inclosure. See Inclosure.☞ The words enclose and enclosure are written indiscriminately enclose or inclose and enclosure or inclosure.

1721

Enclothe

En‐clothe″ (?), v. t. To clothe.

1722

Encloud

En‐cloud″ (?), v. t. [Cf. Incloud.] To envelop in clouds; to cloud. Spenser.

1723

Encoach

En‐coach″ (?), v. t. [Cf. Incoach.] To carry in a coach. Davies (Wit's Pilgr.)

1724

Encoffin

En‐cof″fin (?), v. t. To put in a coffin.

1725

Encolden

En‐cold″en (?), v. t. To render cold.

1726

Encollar

En‐col″lar (?), v. t. To furnish or surround with a collar.

1727

Encolor

En‐col″or (?), v. t. To color.

1728

Encolure

‖En′co′lure″ (?), n. The neck of horse. R. Browning.