Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Ebonite

Eb″on‐ite (?), n.(Chem.) A hard, black variety of vulcanite. It may be cut and polished, and is used for many small articles, as combs and buttons, and for insulating material i...

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Ebonize

Eb″on‐ize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Ebonized (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Ebonizing.] To make black, or stain black, in imitation of ebony; as, to ebonize wood.

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Ebony

Eb″on‐y (?), n.; pl.Ebonies (#). [F. ébène, L. ebenus, fr. Gr. �; prob. of Semitic origin; cf. Heb. hobnīm, pl. Cf. Ebon.] A hard, heavy, and durable wood, which admits of a fin...

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Ebony (2)

Eb″on‐y, a. Made of ebony, or resembling ebony; black; as, an ebony countenance.This ebony bird beguiling my sad fancy into smiling. Poe.

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Ebracteate

E‐brac″te‐ate (?), a. [Pref. e- + bracteate.] (Bot.) Without bracts.

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Ebracteolate

E‐brac″te‐o‐late (?), a. [Pref. e- + bracteolate.] (Bot.) Without bracteoles, or little bracts; — said of a pedicel or flower stalk.

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Ebrauke

E‐brau″ke (?), a. [L. Hebraicus: cf. F. Hébraïque.] Hebrew. Chaucer.

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Ebriety

E‐bri″e‐ty (?), n.; pl.Ebrieties (#). [L. ebrietas, from. ebrius intoxicated: cf. F. ébriéte. Cf. So�er.] Drunkenness; intoxication by spirituous liquors; inebriety. “Ruinous eb...

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Ebrillade

E‐bril″lade (ē̍‐brĭl″lăd), n.(Man.) A bridle check; a jerk of one rein, given to a horse when he refuses to turn.

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Ebriosity

E′bri‐os″i‐ty (ē′brĭ‐ŏs″ĭ‐ty̆), n. [L. ebriositas, from ebriousus given to drinking, fr. ebrius. See Ebriety.] Addiction to drink; habitual drunkenness.

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Ebrious

E″bri‐ous (ē′brĭ‐ŭs), a. [L. ebrius.] Inclined to drink to excess; intoxicated; tipsy. M. Collins.

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Ebulliate

E‐bul″li‐ate (?), v. i. To boil or bubble up. Prynne.

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Ebullience

{ E‐bul″lience (?; 106), E‐bul″lien‐cy (?), } n. A boiling up or over; effervescence. Cudworth.

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Ebullient

E‐bul″lient (?), a. [L. ebulliens, -entis, p. pr. of ebullire to boil up, bubble up; e out, from + bullire to boil. See 1st Boil.] Boiling up or over; hence, manifesting exhilar...

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Ebullioscope

E‐bul″li‐o‐scope (?), n. [L. ebullire to boil up + -scope.] (Phys. Chem.) An instrument for observing the boiling point of liquids, especially for determining the alcoholic stre...

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Ebullition

Eb′ul‐li″tion (?), n. [F. ébullition, L. ebullitio, fr. ebullire. See Ebullient.] 1. A boiling or bubbling up of a liquid; the motion produced in a liquid by its rapid conversio...

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Eburin

Eb″ur‐in (?), n. A composition of dust of ivory or of bone with a cement; — used for imitations of valuable stones and in making moldings, seals, etc. Knight.

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Eburnation

E′bur‐na″tion (?), n. [L. eburnus of ivory, fr. ebur ivory: cf. F. éburnation. See Ivory.] (Med.) A condition of bone cartilage occurring in certain diseases of these tissues, i...

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Eburnean

E‐bur″ne‐an (?), a. [L. eburneus, fr. ebur ivory. See Ivory.] Made of or relating to ivory.

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Eburnification

E‐bur′ni‐fi‐ca″tion (?), n. [L. eburnus of ivory (fr. ebur ivory) + facere to make.] The conversion of certain substances into others which have the appearance or characteristic...

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Eburnine

Eb″ur‐nine (?), a. Of or pertaining to ivory. “ read from tablet eburnine.” Sir W. Scott.

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Ecardines

‖E‐car″di‐nes (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. L. e out, without + cardo a hinge.] (Zoöl.) An order of Brachiopoda; the Lyopomata. See Brachiopoda.

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Écarté

‖É′car′té″ (?), n. [F., prop. fr. écarter to reject, discard.] A game at cards, played usually by two persons, in which the players may discard any or all of the cards dealt and...

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Écarté (2)

‖É′car′té″ (?), n. [F., prop. p. p. fr. écarter to reject, discard.] A game at cards for two persons, with 32 cards, ranking K, Q, J, A, 10, 9, 8, 7. Five cards are dealt each p...

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Ecaudate

E‐cau″date (?), a. [Pref. e- + caudate.] 1. (Bot.) Without a tail or spur.2. (Zoöl.) Tailless.

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Ecballium

‖Ec‐bal″li‐um (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. �. See Ecbole.] (Bot.) A genus of cucurbitaceous plants consisting of the single species Ecballium agreste (or Elaterium), the squirting cucu...

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Ecbasis

‖Ec″ba‐sis (ĕk″bȧ‐sĭs), n. [L., fr. Gr. ἔκβασισ a going out, issue, or event; εκ̓ out + βαίνειν to go.] (Rhet.) A figure in which the orator treats of things according to their ...