Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Eatable

Eat″a‐ble (–ȧ‐b'l), a. Capable of being eaten; fit to be eaten; proper for food; esculent; edible. — n. Something fit to be eaten.

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Eatage

Eat″age (–ā̍j; 48), n. Eatable growth of grass for horses and cattle, esp. that of aftermath.

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Eater

Eat″er (–ẽr), n. One who, or that which, eats.

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Eath

Eath (ēth), a. & adv. [AS. eáðe.] Easy or easily. “Eath to move with plaints.” Fairfax.

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Eating

Eat″ing (?), n. 1. The act of tasking food; the act of consuming or corroding.2. Something fit to be eaten; food; as, a peach is good eating.Eating house, a house where cooked p...

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Eau de Cologne

‖Eau′ de Co‐logne″ (?). [F. eau water (L. aqua) + de of + Cologne.] Same as Cologne.

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Eau de vie

‖Eau′ de vie″ (?). [F., water of life; eau (L. aqua) water + de of + vie (L. vita) life.] French name for brandy. Cf. Aqua vitæ, under Aqua. Bescherelle.

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Eau forte

‖Eau′ forte″ (ō′ fō̍rt″). (Art) An etching or a print from an etched plate.

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Eavedrop

Eave″drop′ (?), n. A drop from the eaves; eavesdrop. Tennyson.

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Eaves

Eaves (?), n. pl. [OE. evese, pl. eveses, AS. efese eaves, brim, brink; akin to OHG. obisa, opasa, porch, hall, MHG. obse eaves, Icel. ups, Goth. ubizwa porch; cf. Icel. upsar-d...

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Eavesdrop

Eaves″drop′ (ēvz″drŏp′), v. i. [Eaves + drop.] To stand under the eaves, near a window or at the door, of a house, to listen and learn what is said within doors; hence, to liste...

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Eavesdrop (2)

Eaves″drop′, n. The water which falls in drops from the eaves of a house.

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Eavesdropper

Eaves″drop′per (?), n. One who stands under the eaves, or near the window or door of a house, to listen; hence, a secret listener.

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Eavesdropping

Eaves″drop′ping (?), n.(Law) The habit of lurking about dwelling houses, and other places where persons meet for private intercourse, secretly listening to what is said, and the...

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Ebb

Ebb (ĕb), n.(Zoöl.) The European bunting.

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Ebb (2)

Ebb, n. [AS. ebba; akin to Fries. ebba, D. eb, ebbe, Dan. & G. ebbe, Sw. ebb, cf. Goth. ibuks backward; prob. akin to E. even.] 1. The reflux or flowing back of the tide; the re...

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Ebb (3)

Ebb (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Ebbed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Ebbing.] [AS. ebbian; akin to D. & G. ebben, Dan. ebbe. See 2d Ebb.] 1. To flow back; to return, as the water of a tide tow...

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Ebb (4)

Ebb, v. t. To cause to flow back. Ford.

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Ebb (5)

Ebb, a. Receding; going out; falling; shallow; low.The water there is otherwise very low and ebb. Holland.

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Ebb tide

Ebb″ tide′ (?). The reflux of tide water; the retiring tide; — opposed to flood tide.

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Ebionite

E″bi‐o‐nite (?), n. [Heb. ebyonīm poor people.] (Eccl. Hist.) One of a sect of heretics, in the first centuries of the church, whose doctrine was a mixture of Judaism and Christ...

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Ebionitism

E″bi‐o‐ni′tism (?), n.(Eccl. Hist.) The system or doctrine of the Ebionites.

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Eblanin

Eb″la‐nin (?), n.(Chem.) See Pyroxanthin.

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Eblis

Eb″lis (?), n. [Ar. iblis.] (Moham. Myth.) The prince of the evil spirits; Satan. [Written also Eblees.]

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Ebon

Eb″on (?), a. 1. Consisting of ebony.2. Like ebony, especially in color; black; dark.Night, sable goddess! from her ebon throne. Young.

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Ebon (2)

Eb″on, n. Ebony. “Framed of ebon and ivory.” Sir W. Scott.

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Ebonist

Eb″on‐ist (?), n. One who works in ebony.