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Estovers (ĕstōvẽrz), n. pl. [OF. estoveir, estovoir, necessary, necessity, need, prop. an infin. meaning to suit, be fit, be necessary. See .] (Law) Necessaries or supplies; an allowance to a person out of an estate or other thing for support; as of wood to a tenant for life, etc., of sustenance to a man confined for felony out of his estate, or alimony to a woman divorced out of her husband's estate. Blackstone.
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Coloq. Common of estovers . See under , n.
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Estrade (�strȧd), n. [F., fr. Sp. estrado, orig., a carpet on the floor of a room, also, a carpeted platform, fr. L. stratum bed covering. See .] (Arch.) A portion of the floor of a room raised above the general level, as a place for a bed or a throne; a platform; a dais.
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He [the teacher] himself should have his desk on a mounted estrade or platform. J. G. Fitch.
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Estramacon (?), n. [F.] 1. A straight, heavy sword with two edges, used in the 16th and 17th centuries.
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2. A blow with edge of a sword. Farrow.
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Estrange (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Estranged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Estranging.] [OF. estrangier to remove, F. étranger, L. extraneare to treat as a stranger, from extraneus strange. See .] 1. To withdraw; to withhold; hence, reflexively, to keep at a distance; to cease to be familiar and friendly with.
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We must estrange our belief from everything which is not clearly and distinctly evidenced. Glanvill.
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Had we . . . estranged ourselves from them in things indifferent. Hooker.
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2. To divert from its original use or purpose, or from its former possessor; to alienate.
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They . . . have estranged this place, and have burned incense in it unto other gods. Jer. xix. 4.
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3. To alienate the affections or confidence of; to turn from attachment to enmity or indifference.
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I do not know, to this hour, what it is that has estranged him from me. Pope.
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He . . . had pretended to be estranged from the Whigs, and had promised to act as a spy upon them. Macaulay.
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Estrangedness (?), n. State of being estranged; estrangement. Prynne.
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Estrangement (?), n. [Cf. OF. estrangement.] The act of estranging, or the state of being estranged; alienation.
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An estrangement from God. J. C. Shairp.
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A long estrangement from better things. South.
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Estranger (?), n. One who estranges.
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Estrangle (?), v. t. To strangle. [Obs.]
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Estrapade (?), n. [F.] (Man.) The action of a horse, when, to get rid of his rider, he rears, plunges, and kicks furiously.
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Estray (?), v. i. To stray. [Obs.] Daniel.
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Estray n. (Law) Any valuable animal, not wild, found wandering from its owner; a stray. Burrill.
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Estre (?), n. [OF. estre state, plan.] The inward part of a building; the interior. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Estreat (?), n. [OF. estraite, prop., an extract, fr. p. p. of estraire to extract, F. extraire, fr. L.extrahere. See .] (Law) A true copy, duplicate, or extract of an original writing or record, esp. of amercements or penalties set down in the rolls of court to be levied by the bailiff, or other officer. Cowell.
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Coloq. Estreat of a recognizance , the extracting or taking out a forfeited recognizance from among the other records of the court, for the purpose of a prosecution in another court, or it may be in the same court. Burrill.
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Estreat, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Estreated; p. pr. & vb. n. Estreating.] (Law) (a) To extract or take out from the records of a court, and send up to the court of exchequer to be enforced; -- said of a forfeited recognizance. (b) To bring in to the exchequer, as a fine.
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Estrepe (?), v. t. [OF. estreper.] (Law) To strip or lay bare, as land of wood, houses, etc.; to commit waste.
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Estrepement (?), n. [OF., damage, waste.] (Law) A destructive kind of waste, committed by a tenant for life, in lands, woods, or houses. Cowell.
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Estrich (?), n. 1. Ostrich. [Obs.] Massinger.
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2. (Com.) The down of the ostrich. Brande & C.
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Estuance (?), n. [From L. aestuans, p. pr. of aestuare. See .] Heat. [Obs.]
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Estuarine (?), a. Pertaining to an estuary; estuary.
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Estuary (?), n.; pl. Estuaries (#). [L. aestuarium, from aestuare to surge. See .] [Written also æstuary.] 1. A place where water boils up; a spring that wells forth. [Obs.] Boyle.
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2. A passage, as the mouth of a river or lake, where the tide meets the current; an arm of the sea; a frith.
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it to the sea was often by long and wide estuaries. Dana.
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Estuary, a. Belonging to, or formed in, an estuary; as, estuary strata. Lyell.
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Estuate (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Estuated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Estuating.] [L. aestuare to be in violent motion, to boil up, burn, fr. aestus boiling or undulating motion, fire, glow, heat; akin to Gr.� to burn. See .] To boil up; to swell and rage; to be agitated. Bacon.
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Estuation (?), n. [L. aestuatio.] The act of estuating; commotion, as of a fluid; agitation.
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The estuations of joys and fears. W. Montagu.
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Estufa (?), n.; pl. Estufas (#). [Sp., a stove, a warm room. Cf. .] An assembly room in dwelling of the Pueblo Indians. L. H. Morgan.
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Esture (?; 135), n. [See .] Commotion. [Obs.] Chapman.
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Esurient (?), a. [L. esuriens, p. pr. of ensurire, fr. edere to eat.] Inclined to eat; hungry; voracious. [R.] Bailey. “Poor, but esurient.” Carlyle.
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Esurient, n. One who is hungry or greedy. [R.]
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An insatiable esurient after riches. Wood.
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Esurine (?), a. [See .] Causing hunger; eating; corroding. [Obs.] Wiseman.
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Esurine, n. (Med.) A medicine which provokes appetites, or causes hunger. [Obs.]
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-et (?). [F. -et, masc., -ette, fem. Cf. .] A noun suffix with a diminutive force; as in baronet, pocket, facet, floweret, latchet.
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Etaac (?), n. (Zoöl.) The blue buck.
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Etacism (?), n. [Gr. � the letter �, �. Cf. .] (Greek Gram.) The pronunciation of the Greek η (eta) like the Italian e long, that is like a in the English word ate. See .
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Etacist (?), n. One who favors etacism.
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Étagère (?), n. [F., fr. étager to arrange on shelves, fr. étage story, floor. See .] A piece of furniture having a number of uninclosed shelves or stages, one above another, for receiving articles of elegance or use. Fairholt.
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Etamine (?), n. [F. élamine.] A light textile fabric, like a fine bunting.
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Étape (?), n. [F. Cf. a mart.] 1. A public storehouse.
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2. Supplies issued to troops on the march; hence (Mil.), the place where troops on the march halt over night; also, by extension, the distance marched during a day.
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3. In Russia, a prison or stockade for the confinement of prisoners in transit.
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État Major (?). [F., fr. état state + L. major greater.] (Mil.) The staff of an army, including all officers above the rank of colonel, also, all adjutants, inspectors, quartermasters, commissaries, engineers, ordnance officers, paymasters, physicians, signal officers, judge advocates; also, the noncommissioned assistants of the above officers.

{ Et cetera, Et cætera } (?). [L. et and + caetera other things.] Others of the like kind; and the rest; and so on; -- used to point out that other things which could be mentioned are to be understood. Usually abbreviated into etc. or &c. (&c.) Shak.
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Etch (?), n. A variant of . [Obs.] Mortimer.
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Etch, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Etched (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Etching.] [D. etsen, G. ätzen to feed, corrode, etch. MHG. etzen, causative of ezzen to eat, G. essen ��. See .] 1. To produce, as figures or designs, on mental, glass, or the like, by means of lines or strokes eaten in or corroded by means of some strong acid.
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☞ The plate is first covered with varnish, or some other ground capable of resisting the acid, and this is then scored or scratched with a needle, or similar instrument, so as to form the drawing; the plate is then covered with acid, which corrodes the metal in the lines thus laid bare.
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2. To subject to etching; to draw upon and bite with acid, as a plate of metal.
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I was etching a plate at the beginning of 1875. Hamerton.
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3. To sketch; to delineate. [R.]
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There are many empty terms to be found in some learned writes, to which they had recourse to etch out their system. Locke.
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Etch, v. i. To practice etching; to make etchings.
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etched adj. Cut or impressed into a surface.
Syn. -- engraved, graven, incised.
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2. Corroded so that the surface is matte and not fully transparent; -- of glass.
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Etcher (?), n. One who etches.
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Etching, n. 1. The act, art, or practice of engraving by means of acid which eats away lines or surfaces left unprotected in metal, glass, or the like. See , v. t.
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2. A design carried out by means of the above process; a pattern on metal, glass, etc., produced by etching.
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3. An impression on paper, parchment, or other material, taken in ink from an etched plate.
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Coloq. Etching figures (Min.), markings produced on the face of a crystal by the action of an appropriate solvent. They have usually a definite form, and are important as revealing the molecular structure. -- Coloq. Etching needle , a sharp-pointed steel instrument with which lines are drawn in the ground or varnish in etching. -- Coloq. Etching stitch (Needlework), a stitch used outline embroidery.
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Eteostic (?), n. [Gr. �, �, year + � row.] A kind of chronogram. [R.] B. Jonson.
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Eterminable (?), a. [Pref. e- + terminable.] Interminable. [Obs.] Skelton.

{ Etern or Eterne (?) }, a. [OF. eterne, L. aeternus, for aeviturnus, fr. aevum age. See , and cf. .] Eternal. [Poetic] Shak.
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Built up to eterne significance. Mrs. Browning.
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Eternal (?), a. [F. éternel, L. aeternalis, fr. aeternus. See .] 1. Without beginning or end of existence; always existing.
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The eternal God is thy refuge. Deut. xxxiii. 27.
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To know wether there were any real being, whose duration has been eternal. Locke.
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2. Without end of existence or duration; everlasting; endless; immortal.
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That they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus, with eternal glory. 2 Tim. ii. 10.
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3. Continued without intermission; perpetual; ceaseless; constant.
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And fires eternal in thy temple shine. Dryden.
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4. Existing at all times without change; immutable.
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Hobbes believed the eternal truths which he opposed. Dryden.
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What are the eternal objects of poetry among all nations, and at all times? M. Arnold.
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5. Exceedingly great or bad; -- used as a strong intensive. “Some eternal villain.”
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Coloq. The Eternal City , an appellation of Rome.

Syn. -- Everlasting; endless; infinite; ceaseless; perpetual; interminable. See .
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Eternal, n. 1. One of the appellations of God.
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Law whereby the Eternal himself doth work. Hooker.
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2. That which is endless and immortal. Young.
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Eternalist, n. One who holds the existence of matter to be from eternity. T. Burnet.
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Eternalize (?), v. t. To make eternal. Shelton.
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Eternally, adv. In an eternal manner.
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That which is morally good or evil at any time or in any case, must be also eternally and unchangeably so. South.
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Where western gales eternally reside. Addison.
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Eterne (?), a. See .
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Eternify (?), v. t. To make eternal. [Obs.]
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Fame . . . eternifies the name. Mir. for Mag.
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Eternity (?), n.; pl. Eternities (#). [F. éternité, L. aeternitas, fr. aeternus. See .] 1. Infinite duration, without beginning in the past or end in the future; also, duration without end in the future; endless time.
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The high and lofty One, that inhabiteth eternity. Is. lvii. 15.
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2. Condition which begins at death; immortality.
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Thou know'st 't is common; all that lives must die,
Passing through nature to eternity. Shak.
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Eternization (?), n. The act of eternizing; the act of rendering immortal or famous.
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Eternize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Eternized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Eterniziing.] [Cf. F. éterniser.] 1. To make eternal or endless.
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This other [gift] served but to eternize woe. Milton.
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2. To make forever famous; to immortalize; as, to eternize one's self, a name, exploits.
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St. Alban's battle won by famous York,
Shall be eternized in all age to come. Shak.
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Etesian (?), a. [L. etesiae, pl., periodic winds, Gr. �, fr. � year: cf. F. étésien.] Periodical; annual; -- applied to winds which annually blow from the north over the Mediterranean, esp. the eastern part, for an irregular period during July and August.
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ethal (?), n. [Ether + alcohol: cf. F. éthal.] (Chem.) A white waxy solid, C16H33.OH; -- called also cetyl alcohol and cetylic alcohol. See Cetylic alcohol, under .
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ethane (ĕthān), n. [From .] (Chem.) A gaseous hydrocarbon, C2H6, forming a constituent of ordinary illuminating gas. It is the second member of the paraffin series, and its most important derivatives are common alcohol (ethyl alcohol), acetaldehyde, ether, and acetic acid. Called also dimethyl.
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ethanol (ĕthăn�l), n. (Chem.) The organic compound C2H5.OH, the common alcohol which is the intoxicating agent in beer, wine, and other fermented and distilled liquors; called also ethyl alcohol. It is used pure or denatured as a solvent or in medicines and colognes and cleaning solutions, or mixed in gasoline as a fuel for automobiles, and as a rocket fuel (as in the V-2 rocket).
Syn. -- ethyl alcohol, fermentation alcohol, grain alcohol.
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Ethe (?), a. [See .] Easy. [Obs.] Spenser.
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Ethel (?), a. [AS. eðele, æðele. See .] Noble. [Obs.]
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Ethene (?), n. (Chem.) Ethylene; olefiant gas.
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Ethenic (?), a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, derived from. or resembling, ethene or ethylene; as, ethenic ether.
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Ethenyl (?), n. [Ethene + -yl.] (Chem.) (a) A trivalent hydrocarbon radical, CH3.C. (b) A univalent hydrocarbon radical of the ethylene series, CH2:CH; -- called also vinyl. See .
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Etheostomoid (?), a. [NL. etheostoma name of a genus + -oid.] (Zoöl.) Pertaining to, or like, the genus Etheostoma. -- n. Any fish of the genus Etheostoma and related genera, allied to the perches; -- also called darter. The etheostomoids are small and often bright-colored fishes inhabiting the fresh waters of North America. About seventy species are known, including the rare snail darter (Percina tanasi), 3 inches long, found only in the Tennessee River and classified as a . See .
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Ether (ēthẽr), n. [L. aether, Gr. a'iqhr, fr. a'iqein to light up, kindle, burn, blaze; akin to Skr. idh, indh, and prob. to E. idle: cf. F. éther.] [Written also æther.] 1. (Physics) A medium of great elasticity and extreme tenuity, once supposed to pervade all space, the interior of solid bodies not excepted, and to be the medium of transmission of light and heat; hence often called luminiferous ether. It is no longer believed that such a medium is required for the transmission of electromagnetic waves; the modern use of the term is mostly a figurative term for empty space, or for literary effect, and not intended to imply the actual existence of a physical medium. However. modern cosmological theories based on quantum field theory do not rule out the possibility that the inherent energy of the vacuum is greater than zero, in which case the concept of an ether pervading the vacuum may have more than metaphoric meaning.
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2. Supposed matter above the air; the air itself.
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3. (Chem.) (a) A light, volatile, mobile, inflammable liquid, (C2H5)2O, of a characteristic aromatic odor, obtained by the distillation of alcohol with sulphuric acid, and hence called also sulphuric ether. It is a powerful solvent of fats, resins, and pyroxylin, but finds its chief use as an anæsthetic. Commonly called ethyl ether to distinguish it from other ethers, and also ethyl oxide. (b) Any similar compound in which an oxygen atom is bound to two different carbon atoms, each of which is part of an organic radical; as, amyl ether; valeric ether; methyl ethyl ether. The general formular for an ether is ROR′, in which R and R′ are organic radicals which may be of similar or different structure. If R and R′ are different parts of the same organic radical, the structure forms a cyclic ether.
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Coloq. Complex ether , Coloq. Mixed ether (Chem.), an ether in which the ether oxygen is attached to two radicals having different structures; as, ethyl methyl ether, C2H5.O.CH3. -- Coloq. Compound ether (Chem.), an ethereal salt or a salt of some hydrocarbon as the base; an ester. -- Coloq. Ether engine (Mach.), a condensing engine like a steam engine, but operated by the vapor of ether instead of by steam.
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Ethereal (?), a. 1. Pertaining to the hypothetical upper, purer air, or to the higher regions beyond the earth or beyond the atmosphere; celestial; as, ethereal space; ethereal regions.
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Go, heavenly guest, ethereal messenger. Milton.
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2. Consisting of ether; hence, exceedingly light or airy; tenuous; spiritlike; characterized by extreme delicacy, as form, manner, thought, etc.
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Vast chain of being, which from God began,
Natures ethereal, human, angel, man. Pope.
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3. (Chem.) Pertaining to, derived from, or resembling, ether; as, ethereal salts.
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Coloq. Ethereal oil . (Chem.) See Essential oil, under . -- Coloq. Ethereal oil of wine (Chem.), a heavy, yellow, oily liquid consisting essentially of etherin, etherol, and ethyl sulphate. It is the oily residuum left after etherification. Called also heavy oil of wine (distinguished from oil of wine, or œnanthic ether). -- Coloq. Ethereal salt (Chem.), a salt of some organic radical as a base; an ester.
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Etherealism (?), n. Ethereality.
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Ethereality (?), n. The state of being ethereal; etherealness.
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Something of that ethereality of thought and manner which belonged to Wordsworth's earlier lyrics. J. C. Shairp.
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Etherealization (?), n. An ethereal or spiritlike state. J. H. Stirling.
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Etherealize (?), v. t. 1. To convert into ether, or into subtile fluid; to saturate with ether.
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2. To render ethereal or spiritlike.
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Etherealized, moreover, by spiritual communications with the other world. Hawthorne.
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Ethereally, adv. In an ethereal manner.
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