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2. Free; clear; devoid; -- often with of. “That fair female troop . . . empty of all good.” Milton.
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I shall find you empty of that fault. Shak.
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3. Having nothing to carry; unburdened. “An empty messenger.” Shak.
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When ye go ye shall not go empty. Ex. iii. 21.
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4. Destitute of effect, sincerity, or sense; -- said of language; as, empty words, or threats.
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Words are but empty thanks. Cibber.
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5. Unable to satisfy; unsatisfactory; hollow; vain; -- said of pleasure, the world, etc.
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Pleas'd in the silent shade with empty praise. Pope.
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6. Producing nothing; unfruitful; -- said of a plant or tree; as, an empty vine.
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Seven empty ears blasted with the east wind. Gen. xli. 27.
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7. Destitute of, or lacking, sense, knowledge, or courtesy; as, empty brains; an empty coxcomb.
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That in civility thou seem'st so empty. Shak.
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8. Destitute of reality, or real existence; unsubstantial; as, empty dreams.
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☞ Empty is used as the first element in a compound; as, empty-handed, having nothing in the hands, destitute; empty-headed, having few ideas; empty-hearted, destitute of feeling.

Syn. -- See .
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Empty (?), n.; pl. Empties (�). An empty box, crate, cask, etc.; -- used in commerce, esp. in transportation of freight; as, “special rates for empties.”
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Empty, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Emptied (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Emptying.] To deprive of the contents; to exhaust; to make void or destitute; to make vacant; to pour out; to discharge; as, to empty a vessel; to empty a well or a cistern.
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The clouds . . . empty themselves upon the earth. Eccl. xi. 3.
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Empty, v. i. 1. To discharge itself; as, a river empties into the ocean.
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2. To become empty. “The chapel empties.” B. Jonson.
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empty-bellied adj. needing nourishment; hungry; as, empty-bellied children.
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empty-handed adj. having acquired or gained nothing; as, the returned from the negotiations empty-handed.
Syn. -- unrewarded.
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2. carrying nothing in the hands.
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empty-headed adj. lacking seriousness; given to frivolity.
Syn. -- airheaded, dizzy, featherbrained, giddy, lightheaded, light-headed, silly.
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Emptying, n. 1. The act of making empty. Shak.
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2. pl. The lees of beer, cider, etc.; yeast. [U.S.]
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Empugn (?), v. t. [Obs.] See .
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Empurple (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Empurpled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Empurpling (?).] [Pref. em- + purple. Cf. .] To tinge or dye of a purple color; to color with purple; to impurple. “The deep empurpled ran.” Philips.
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Empuse (?), n. [LL. empusa, Gr. �.] A phantom or specter. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.
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Empuzzle (?), v. t. [Pref. em- + puzzle.] To puzzle. [Archaic] Sir T. Browne.
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Empyema (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. �, from � to suppurate; � in + � pus.] (Med.) A collection of blood, pus, or other fluid, in some cavity of the body, especially that of the pleura. Dunglison.
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☞ The term empyema is now restricted to a collection of pus in the cavity of the pleura.
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Empyesis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. � suppuration.] (Med.) An eruption of pustules.
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Empyreal (?), a. [L. empyrius, empyreus, fiery, Gr. �, �, in fire, fiery; � in + � fire. See , and .] Formed of pure fire or light; refined beyond aërial substance; pertaining to the highest and purest region of heaven.
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Go, soar with Plato to the empyreal sphere. Pope.
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Coloq. Empyreal air , oxygen gas.
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Empyreal, n. Empyrean. Mrs. Browning.
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Empyrean (?; 277), n. [See .] The highest heaven, where the pure element of fire was supposed by the ancients to subsist.
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The empyrean rung
With hallelujahs. Milton.
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Empyrean, a. Empyreal. Akenside.
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Empyreuma (?), n. [NL., from Gr. � a live coal covered with ashes, fr. � to set on fire, fr. �: cf. F. empyreume. See .] (Chem.) The peculiar smell and taste arising from products of decomposition of animal or vegetable substances when burnt in close vessels.

{ Empyreumatic (?), Empyreumatical (?), } a. [Cf. F. empyreumatique.] Of or pertaining to empyreuma; as, an empyreumatic odor.
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Coloq. Empyreumatic oils , oils obtained by distilling various organic substances at high temperatures. Brande & C.
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Empyreumatize (?), v. t. To render empyreumatic. [R.]
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Empyrical (?), a. [Gr. � in fire. See .] Containing the combustible principle of coal. Kirwan.
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Empyrosis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. �; � in + � to burn.] A general fire; a conflagration. [Obs.] Sir M. Hale.
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Emrods (?), n. pl. See . [Obs.]
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Emu (?), n. [Cf. Pg. ema ostrich, F. émou, émeu, emu.] (Zoöl.) A large Australian bird, of two species (Dromaius Novæ-Hollandiæ and D. irroratus), related to the cassowary and the ostrich. The emu runs swiftly, but is unable to fly. [Written also emeu and emew.]
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☞ The name is sometimes erroneously applied, by the Brazilians, to the rhea, or South American ostrich.
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Coloq. Emu wren . See in the Vocabulary.
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Emulable (?), a. [L. aemulari to emulate + -able.] Capable of being emulated. [R.]
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Some imitable and emulable good. Abp. Leighton.
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Emulate (?), a. [L. aemulatus, p. p. of aemulari, fr. aemulus emulous; prob. akin to E. imitate.] Striving to excel; ambitious; emulous. [Obs.] “A most emulate pride.” Shak.
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Emulate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Emulated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Emulating (?).] To strive to equal or to excel in qualities or actions; to imitate, with a view to equal or to outdo, to vie with; to rival; as, to emulate the good and the great.
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Thine eye would emulate the diamond. Shak.
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Emulation (?), n. [L. aemulatio: cf. F. émulation.] 1. The endeavor to equal or to excel another in qualities or actions; an assiduous striving to equal or excel another; rivalry.
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A noble emulation heats your breast. Dryden.
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2. Jealous rivalry; envy; envious contention.
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Such factious emulations shall arise. Shak.

3. imitation (of an admired model) for the purpose of improving one's own qualities.
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[Chivalry was] an ideal which, if never met with in real life, was acknowledged by all as the highest model for emulation. Thomas Bulfinch (Mythology)
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4. (Computers) the imitation of the actions of a computer system or component, especially a processor, by means of a computer program, with the goal of predicting the behavior and performance characteristics of that system without actually manufacturing it.
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1996 marked the year that emulation became a mainstream design verification tool. Computer Design (editorial, 1998)

Syn. -- Competition; rivalry; contest; contention; strife. -- , , . Competition is the struggle of two or more persons for the same object. Emulation is an ardent desire for superiority, arising from competition, but now implying, of necessity, any improper feeling. Rivalry is a personal contest, and, almost of course, has a selfish object and gives rise to envy. “Competition and emulation have honor for their basis; rivalry is but a desire for selfish gratification. Competition and emulation animate to effort; rivalry usually produces hatred. Competition and emulation seek to merit success; rivalry is contented with obtaining it.” Crabb.
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Emulative (?), a. Inclined to emulation; aspiring to competition; rivaling; as, an emulative person or effort. “Emulative zeal.” Hoole.
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Emulatively, adv. In an emulative manner; with emulation.
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Emulator (?), n. [L. aemulator.] One who emulates, or strives to equal or surpass.
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As Virgil rivaled Homer, Milton was the emulator of both. Bp. Warburton.
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Emulatory (?), a. Pertaining to emulation; connected with rivalry. [R.] “Emulatory officiousness.” Bp. Hall.
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Emulatress (?), n. A female emulator. [R.]
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Emule (?), v. t. [F. émuler. See .] To emulate. [Obs.] “Emuled of many.” Spenser.
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Emulge (?), v. t. [L. emulgere, emulsum; e out + mulgere to milk; akin to E. milk. See .] To milk out; to drain. [Obs.] Bailey.
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Emulgent (?), a. [L. emulgens, p. pr. of emulgere to milk out: cf. F. émulgent. So called because regarded by the ancients as straining out the serum, as if by milking, and so producing the urine.] (Anat.) Pertaining to the kidneys; renal; as, emulgent arteries and veins. -- n. An emulgent vessel, as a renal artery or vein.
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Emulgent, n. (Med.) A medicine that excites the flow of bile. [Obs.] Hoblyn.
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Emulous (?), a. [L. aemulus. See .] 1. Ambitiously desirous to equal or even to excel another; eager to emulate or vie with another; desirous of like excellence with another; -- with of; as, emulous of another's example or virtues.
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2. Vying with; rivaling; hence, contentious, envious. “Emulous Carthage.” B. Jonson.
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Emulous missions 'mongst the gods. Shak.
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Emulously, adv. In an emulous manner.
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Emulousness, n. The quality of being emulous.
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Emulsic (?), a. Pertaining to, or produced from, emulsin; as, emulsic acid. Hoblyn.
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Emulsify (?), v. t. [Emulsion + -fy.] To convert into an emulsion; to form an emulsion; to reduce from an oily substance to a milky fluid in which the fat globules are in a very finely divided state, giving it the semblance of solution; as, the pancreatic juice emulsifies the oily part of food.
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Emulsin (?), n. [See , .] (Chem.) (a) The white milky pulp or extract of bitter almonds. [R.] (b) An unorganized ferment (contained in this extract and in other vegetable juices), which effects the decomposition of certain glucosides.
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Emulsion (?), n. [From L. emulgere, emulsum: cf. F. émulsion. See .] Any liquid preparation of a color and consistency resembling milk; as: (a) In pharmacy, an extract of seeds, or a mixture of oil and water united by a mucilaginous substance. (b) In photography, a liquid preparation of collodion holding salt of silver, used in the photographic process.
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Emulsive (?), a. [Cf. F. émulsif.] 1. Softening; milklike.
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2. Yielding oil by expression; as, emulsive seeds.
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3. Producing or yielding a milklike substance; as, emulsive acids.
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Emunctory (?), n.; pl. Emunctories (#). [L. emunctorium a pair of snuffers, fr. emungere, emunctum, to blow the nose, hence, to wipe, cleanse; e out + mungere to blow the nose: cf. F. émonctoire, formerly spelled also émonctoire.] (Physiol.) Any organ or part of the body (as the kidneys, skin, etc.,) which serves to carry off excrementitious or waste matter.
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Emuscation (?), n. [L. emuscare to clear from moss; e out + muscus moss.] A freeing from moss. [Obs.]
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Emu wren (?). (Zoöl.) A small wrenlike Australian bird (Stipiturus malachurus), having the tail feathers long and loosely barbed, like emu feathers.
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Emyd (?), n.; pl. E. Emyds (#), E. Emyd�� (#). [See .] (Zoöl.) A fresh-water tortoise of the family Emydidæ.
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Emydea (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Emys a genus of tortoises, L. emys a kind of fresh-water tortoise, Gr. �.] (Zoöl.) A group of chelonians which comprises many species of fresh-water tortoises and terrapins.
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En- (?). 1. [F. en-, L. in.] A prefix signifying in or into, used in many English words, chiefly those borrowed from the French. Some English words are written indifferently with en-or in-. For ease of pronunciation it is commonly changed to em-before p, b, and m, as in employ, embody, emmew. It is sometimes used to give a causal force, as in enable, enfeeble, to cause to be, or to make, able, or feeble; and sometimes merely gives an intensive force, as in enchasten. See .
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2. A prefix from Gr. � in, meaning in; as, encephalon, entomology. See .
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-en. 1. A suffix from AS. -an, formerly used to form the plural of many nouns, as in ashen, eyen, oxen, all obs. except oxen. In some cases, such as children and brethren, it has been added to older plural forms.
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2. A suffix corresponding to AS. -en and -on, formerly used to form the plural of verbs, as in housen, escapen.
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3. A suffix signifying to make, to cause, used to form verbs from nouns and adjectives; as in strengthen, quicken, frighten. This must not be confused with -en corresponding in Old English to the AS. infinitive ending -an.
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4. [AS. -en; akin to Goth. -eins, L. -inus, Gr. �.] An adjectival suffix, meaning made of; as in golden, leaden, wooden.
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5. [AS. -en; akin to Skr. -na.] The termination of the past participle of many strong verbs; as, in broken, gotten, trodden.
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En (?), n. (Print.) Half an em, that is, half of the unit of space in measuring printed matter. See .
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Enable (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enabled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Enabling (?).] 1. To give strength or ability to; to make firm and strong. [Obs.] “Who hath enabled me.” 1 Tim. i. 12.
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Receive the Holy Ghost, said Christ to his apostles, when he enabled them with priestly power. Jer. Taylor.
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2. To make able (to do, or to be, something); to confer sufficient power upon; to furnish with means, opportunities, and the like; to render competent for; to empower; to endow.
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Temperance gives Nature her full play, and enables her to exert herself in all her force and vigor. Addison.
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Enablement (?), n. The act of enabling, or the state of being enabled; ability. Bacon.
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Enact (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enacted; p. pr. & vb. n. Enacting.] 1. To decree; to establish by legal and authoritative act; to make into a law; especially, to perform the legislative act with reference to (a bill) which gives it the validity of law.
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2. To act; to perform; to do; to effect. [Obs.]
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The king enacts more wonders than a man. Shak.
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3. To act the part of; to represent; to play.
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I did enact Julius Caesar. Shak.
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Coloq. Enacting clause , that clause of a bill which formally expresses the legislative sanction.
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Enact, n. Purpose; determination. [Obs.]
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Enactive (?), a. Having power to enact or establish as a law. Abp. Bramhall.
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Enactment (?), n. 1. The passing of a bill into a law; the giving of legislative sanction and executive approval to a bill whereby it is established as a law.
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2. That which is enacted or passed into a law; a law; a decree; a statute; a prescribed requirement; as, a prohibitory enactment; a social enactment.
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Enactor (?), n. One who enacts a law; one who decrees or establishes as a law. Atterbury.
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Enacture (?; 135), n. Enactment; resolution. [Obs.] Shak.
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Enaliosaur (?), n. (Paleon.) One of the Enaliosauria.
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Enaliosauria (?), n. pl. [NL., from Gr. � marine (� in + � the sea) + � a lizard.] (Paleon.) An extinct group of marine reptiles, embracing both the Ichthyosauria and the Plesiosauria, now regarded as distinct orders.
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Enaliosaurian (?), a. (Paleon.) Pertaining to the Enaliosauria. -- n. One of the Enaliosauria.
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Enallage (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. � an exchange, fr. � to exchange; � in + � to change.] (Gram.) A substitution, as of one part of speech for another, of one gender, number, case, person, tense, mode, or voice, of the same word, for another.
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Enambush (?), v. t. To ambush. [Obs.]
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Enamel (?), n. [Pref. en- + amel. See , , v. t.] 1. A variety of glass, used in ornament, to cover a surface, as of metal or pottery, and admitting of after decoration in color, or used itself for inlaying or application in varied colors.
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2. (Min.) A glassy, opaque bead obtained by the blowpipe.
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3. That which is enameled; also, any smooth, glossy surface, resembling enamel, especially if variegated.
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4. (Anat.) The intensely hard calcified tissue entering into the composition of teeth. It merely covers the exposed parts of the teeth of man, but in many animals is intermixed in various ways with the dentine and cement.
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5. Any one of various preparations for giving a smooth, glossy surface like that of enamel.
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6. A cosmetic intended to give the appearance of a smooth and beautiful complexion.
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Coloq. Enamel painting , painting with enamel colors upon a ground of metal, porcelain, or the like, the colors being afterwards fixed by fire. -- Coloq. Enamel paper , paper glazed a metallic coating.
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Enamel, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enameled (?) or Enamelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Enameling or Enamelling.] 1. To lay enamel upon; to decorate with enamel whether inlaid or painted.
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