and, move, nor, nói ;tube, tub, bull ;31;poond;—thin, THI3. omission of a letter, there to spare the letter is to injure the language. A secret conviction of this has made all our Lexicographers waver greatly in spelling these words, as may be seen at large in the Preliminary Observations to the Rhyming Dictionary, page xv.

DUNGHIL, dong'hil. a. 406. Sprung from the dunghil, mean,

DUNG Y, cũnge. a. 409. Full of dung, mean, vile, base.

DUNGYARD, dâng'yård. s. The place of the dunghil.

DUNÑER, dân'når. s. 98. One employed in soliciting petty debts.

DUODECIMO, dù-ó-des'sè-mò. s. A book in which one sheet of paper makes twelve leaves. DUODECUPLE, dů-ò-dêk'kå-pl. a.

ing of twelves.

|DUSTY, důs'tè. a. Filled with dust, clouded with dust; covered or scattered with dust. DUTCHESS, dûtsh'ês. 8. The lady of a duke, a lady who has the sovereignty of a dukedom. DUTCHY, datsh'è. s. A territory which gives

title to a duke.

DUTCHYCOURT, dôtsh'è-kòrt. s. A court where
in all matters appertaining the dutchy of
Lancaster are decided.

DUTEOUS, dů'tè-ês, or dù'tshè-ůs. a. 263, 294.
Obedient, obsequious, enjoined by duty.
DUTIFUL, dù'tè-fûl. a. Obedient, submissive
a.
to natural or legal superiours; expressive of re-
spect, reverential.

DUTIFULLY, du'tè-fül-è. ad. Obediently, sub-
missively; reverently, respectfully.
Consist-DUTIFULNESS, du'tè-rûl-nês. s. Obedience,
zubmission to just authority; reverence, re-
spect.

DUPE, dùpe. s. A credulous man, a man easi-
ly tricked.

To DUPE, dupe. v. a. To trick, to cheat.
To DUPLICATE, dù'plè-kåte. v. a.

91. To

double, to enlarge by the repetition of the first number or quantity; to fold together. DUPLICATE, dù'plè-kåte. s. 91. Another correspondent to the first, a second thing of the same kind, as a transcript of a paper. DUPLICATION, dù-plè-kà'shûn. s. The act of doubling; the act of folding together; a fold, a doubling.

DUPLICATURE, duplẻ-k&-ture. s. A fold, any thing doubled.

DUPLÍCITY, dù-plîs'è-tè. s.

ceit, doubleness of heart.

Doubleness; de

DURABILITY, dù-râ-bîl'è-tè. s. The power of
lasting, endurance.
DURABLE, dù ra-bl.

DUTY, dů'tè. s. That to which a man is by any
natural or legal obligation bound; acts of for
bearance required by religion and morality;
obedience or submission due to parents, govern-
ours or superiours; act of reverence or respect;
the business of a soldier on guard; tax, impost,
custom, toll.

DWARF dwörf. s. 85 A man below the com-
mon size of men; any animal or plant below
its natural bulk; an attendant on 'a lady or
knight in romances: it is used often in compo
sition, as, dwarf elder, dwarf honeysuckle.
To DWARF, dwörf. v. a. To hinder from grow-
ing to the natural bulk.

DWARFISH, dworf'ish. a. Below the natural
bulk, low, little

DWARFISHLY, dwörf'Ish-lè. ad. Like a dwarf, a. 405. Lasting, having | DWARFISHNESS, dwörf'ish-nës. s. Minutenes of stature, littleness.

the quality of long continuance; having successive existence.

DURABLENESS, dura-bl-nes. s. Power of lasting.

To DWELL, dwêl. v. n. Preterit, Dwelt or Dwelled. To inhabit, to live in a place, to reside, to have a habitation; to be in any state or conDURABLY, dù'râ-blè. ad. In a lasting manner. dition; to be suspended with attention; to fix DURANCE, dù'rânse S. Imprisonment, the the mind upon; to continue long speaking. custody or power of a jailer; endurance, con-DWELLER, dwel'lûr. s. 98. An inhabitant. tinuance, duration. DWELLING, dwelling. s. Habitation, abode DURATION, dù-rashân. S. Continuance of state of life, mode of living. time; power of continuance; length of contin

uance.

To DURE, dùre. v. n. To last, to continue. Not

in use.

DUREFUL, dùre'fül. a. Lasting, of long continuance.

Imprisonment, con

DURELESS, dùre'lês. a. Without continuance,
fading.
DURESSE, dù rês'. s.
straint.
DURING, du ring. prep. For the time of the
continuance

DURITY, dù'rè-tè. 8. Hardness, firmness.
DURST, dårst. The preterit of Dare, to venture.
DUSK, dusk. a. Tending to darkness; tending
to blackness, dark coloured.

DUSK, dusk. s. Tendency to darkness; dark-
ness of colour.

To DUSK, dåsk. v. a. To make duskish.

To DUSK, dusk. v. n. To grow dark, to begin to lose light.

DUSKILY, dûsk'è-lè. ad. With a tendency to
darkness.

DUSKISH, dask'ish. a. Inclining to darkness,
tending to obscurity; tending to blackness.
DUSKISHLY, disk'ish-lè. ad. Cloudily, darkly.
DUSKY, dusk'è. a. Tending to darkness, ob-
scure; tending to blackness, dark coloured ;
gloomy, sad, intellectually clouded.
DUST, důst. s. Earth or other matter reduced
to small particles; the grave, the state of dis-
solution; mean and dejected state.

To DUST, dist. v. a. To free from dust, to pin
kle with dust.
DUSTMAN, dåst'mân. s. 88. One whose em-
ployment is to carry away the dust.

DWELLING-HOUSE, dwelling-hỏåse. s. The

house at which one lives.

To DWINDLE, dwind'dl. v. n. 405. To shrink, to lose bulk, to grow little; to degenerate, to sink; to wear away, to lose health, to grow feebler; to fall away, to moulder off.

DYING, d'ing. the participle of die. Expiring, giving up the ghost; tinging, giving a new colour.

DYNASTY, di'nås-tè, or dîn'as-tè. s. Governinent, sovereignty.

All our orthoepists, except Mr. Elphinstone and Entick, adopt the first pronunciation; but analogy is, in my opinion, clearly for the last,

503. DYSCRASY, dis'krå-sè. s. An unequal mixture of elements in the blood or nervous juice, a dıştemperature. DYSENTERY, dîs'sẻn-têr-è. s. A contagious disease of the intestines, accompanied with looseness, severe griping pains, tenesmus, and fever. Thomas's Practice of Physick.

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Dr. Johnson, Dr. Ash, Dr. Kenrick, and Buchanan, accent this word on the second syllable, and Mr. Sheridan, Mr. Nares, Mr. Scott, W. Johnston, Perry, Entick, and Bailey, on the first. That this is in possession of the best usage, I have not the least doubt; and that it is agreeable to the analogy of accenting words from the learned languages which we naturalize by dropping a syllable, is evident from the numerous class of words of the same kind. Sce ACADEMY, INCOMPAPABLE, &c. A collateral proof too that this is the true pronunciation is, that MESENTERY, a word of the same form, is by all the above-mentioned lexicographer

DYSPHONY, dis'fò-nè. s. A difficulty in speaking.

DYSPNEA, disp'nè-å. s. 92. A difficulty of breathing.

DYSURY, dizh'u-è. s. 450, 451, 452. A difficulty || in making urine.

yttria, barytes, strontian, lime, and magnesia, which are incombustible bodies, and in genera,

Whiterable by fire. Parkes' Chymistry

This word is liable to a coarse, vulgar pro nunciation, as if written Urth: there is, indeed but a delicate difference between this and the true sound, but quite sufficient to distinguish a common from a polite speaker

To EARTH, erth. v. a. To ide in earth; to

cover with earth.

The s in this word has the flat aspiration, for To EARTH, êrth. v. n. To retire under ground. the same reason as the s in Treasury.-See|| EARTHBOARD, erth bord. s. The board of the DISUNION. plough that shakes off the earth.

E.

EACH, ètsh. pron. 98, 227. Either of two; every

EAGER, è'går. a. 227. Struck with desire, ar-
dently wishing; hot of disposition, vehement,
ardent; quick, busy; sharp, sour, acrid.
EAGERLY, è'går-té. ad. Ardently, hotly;
keenly, sharply

EAGERNESS, går-nês. s. Ardour of inclina-
tion; impetus ty, vehemence, violence.
EAGLE, egl s. 227, 405. A bird of prey, said
to be extremely sharp-sighted; the standard off
the ancier.t Romans.
EAGLE-EYED, è'gl-ide. a. 232. Sharp-sighted
as an eagle.

EARTHBORN, êrth'born. a. Born of the earth meanly born.

EARTHBOUND, êrth'bỏånd. a. Fastened by the pressure of the earth.

EARTHEN, êr'thn. a. 103. Made of earth, made

of clav.

EARTHINESS, ẻrth ́è-nês. s. The quality of
containing earth, grossness.

EARTHLING, Arthling s. An inhabitant of the
earth, a poor frail creature.
EARTHLY, erth'lè. a. Not heavenly, vile, mean,
sordid; belonging only to our present state, not
spiritual.

EARTHNUT, érth'nåt. s. A pignut, a root in
shape and size like a nut.
EARTHQUAKE, êrth'kwake. s. Tremor or con-
vulsion of the earth.

er to shake the earth, or to raise earthquakes. EARTHWORM, êrth'warm. s. A worm bred under ground; a mean sordid wretch EARTHY, êrth'è. a. Consisting of earth; in habiting the earth, terrestrial; relating to earth, not mental; gross, not refined.

EAGLFSTONE, è'gl-stòne. s. A stone said to be found at the entrance of the holes in which EARTHSHAKING,êrth'sha-king. a. Having pow the eagles make their nests. EAGLET, è'glêt. s. A young cagle. EAR, èèr. s. 227. The whole organ of audition or hearing; that part of the ear that stands prominent; power of judging of harmony; the spike of corn, that part which contains the seeds. To fall together by the ears; to fight, to scuffle. To set by the ears; to make strife, to make to quarrel.

EARLESS, èèr'lês a. Without any ears.
EAR-RING, èèr'ring. s. Jewels set in a ring,

and worn at the ears.

EARSHOT, èèr'shot. s. Reach of the ear. EARWAX, èèr'wâks. s. The cerumen, or matter which exudes from the ear.

EARWIG, èèr'wig. s. A sheath-winged insect ;
a whisperc

EARWITNESS, èèr-wit'nês. s. One who attests,
or can attest any thing as heard by himself.
To EAR, èèr. v. a. 246. To plough, to till.
LoLAR, èèr. v. n. To shoot into cars.
EARED, èèrd. a. 359. Having ears or organs of
bearing; having ears, or ripe corn.
EARL, erl. s. 234, 237. A title of nobility, an-
ciently the highest in England, now the third.
EARL-MARSHAL, êrl'mar-shål. s. He that has
the chief care of military solemnities.
EARLDOM, ¿rl'dům. s. 166. The seigniory of

an earl.

EARLINESS, êr'lè-nês. s. Quickness of any
action with respect to something else.
EARLY, ér'lė. à. 234. Soon with respect to
something else.

EARLY, er'lè. ad. Soon, betimes.

To EARN, êrn. v. a. 234, 371. To gain as the
reward or wages of labour, to gain, të obtain.
EARNEST, êr'nêst. a. 234. Ardent in any affec-
tion, warm; zealous; intent, fixed, eager.
EARNEST, èr'nêst. s. Seriousness, a serious
event, not a jest; the money which is given in
token that a bargain is ratified.
EARNESTLY, er'nêst-lè. ad. Warmly, affec-
tionately; zealously; importunately; eagerly,

Eagerness,

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EASE, èze. s. 227. Quiet, rest, undisturbed tranquillity; freedom from pain; facility; unconstraint, freedom from harshness, forced behaviour, or conceits.

To EASE, èze. v. a. To free from pain; to relieve; to assuage, to mitigate; to relieve from labour; to set free from any thing that offends. EASEFUL, èze'fül. a. Quiet, peaceable. EASEMENT, èze'ment. s. Assistance, support EASILY, è'zè-lè. ad. Without difficulty; without pain, without disturbance; readily, without reluctance.

EASINESS, ¿'zè-nês. s. Freedom from difficulty; flexibility; readiness; freedom from con straint; res, tranquillity.

EAST, éést. s. 227, 246. The quarter where the sun rises; the regions in the eastern parts of the world.

EASTER, èès'tår. s. 93. The day on which the Christian Church commemorates our Sa viour's resurrection.

EASTERLY, éès'túr-lè. a. Coming from the parts towards the East; lying towards the East; looking towards the East.

EASTERN, èè'stårn. a. Dwelling or found in
the East, oriental; going or looking towards
the East.

EASTWARD, èèst'ward. a. 88. Towards the
East.

EASY, è'zè. a. Not difficult; quiet, at rest, not
harassed; complying, unresisting, credulous;
free from pain; without want of more; without
constraint, without formality.

To FAT, ète. v. a. 227, 229. Preterit, Ate or
Eat; Part. Eat or Eaten. To devour with the
mouth; to consume, to corrode; to retract.
To EAT, ète. v. n. To go to meals, to take meals,
to feed; to take food; to be maintained in food
to make way by corrosion.
EATABLE, è'tå-bl. e 405. Any thing that may

desirously.. EARNESTNESS, êr'nês-nês. s. warmth, vehemence solicitude. EARTH, erth. s. 234, 237. The terraqueous globe, the world; chyinistry describes nine disdinct earths, viz silex, alumine, zircone, glucine, a corrosive.

be eaten.

EATER, è'tår. s. 98 Oue that eats any thing,

—nd, move, nor, nốt ;—tube, tah, bull; 3,—poind ;thin, THS.

EATING-KOUSE, e'ting-house. s. A house
Where provisions are sold ready dressed.
EAVÉS, èvz. s. 227. The edges of the roof which ||
cverhang the house.

To EAVESDROP, èvz'drop. v. a. To catch what
comes from the eaves; to listen under windows.
EAVESDROPPER, evz drop-půr. s. A listener

under windows

EBB, 3b. s. The reflux of the tide towards the
sea; decline, decay, waste.

To EBB, êb. v. n. To flow back towards the sea;
to decline, to decay, to waste.
EBEN, Seb'bn.
EBON, chán.
EBONY, (b'd-nè.

valuable wood. EBRIETY, è-brl'è-tè. s.

expense; disposition of things, regulation; the disposition or arrangement of any work. ECONOMICK, êk-ko-nôm'ik. 530. ECONOMICAL, êk-kò-nôm'è-kål.

a.

Pertaining to the regulation of a household frugal.

ECSTASY, éks ́tá-sé. s. Any passion by which the thoughts are absorbed, and in which the mind is for a time lost; excessive joy, rapture; enthusiasm, excessive elevation of the mind madness, distraction.

ECSTASIED, êks'tâ-sid. a. 282. Ravished, en-
raptured.

s. A hard, heavy, black, ECSTATICAL, eks-tât'è-kål.
ECSTATICK, éks-tât'ik. 509.

Drunkenness, intoxi

cation. by strong liquors. EBRIOSITY, è-brè-ôs'è-tè. s. Habitual drunken

ness.

EBULLITION, êb-âl-lish'an. s. 177. The act of
boiling up with heat; any intestine motion;||
effervescence.

ECCENTRICAL, êk-sên'trẻ-kâl.
ECCENTRICK, ék-sên'trik.

a. Devia

ting from the centre; irregular, anomalous. ECCENTRICITY, êk-sen-tris'è-té. s. Deviation from a centre; excursion from the proper orb. ECCHYMOSIS, êk-ké-mo'sis. s. 520. Livid spots or blotches in the skin. ECCLESIASTICAL, êk-klè-zhè-âs'tè-kål. ECCLESIASTICK, êk-klè-zhè-ás'tîk. Relating to the church, not civil. ECCLESIASTICK, êk-klè-zhè-âs'tik. s. A person dedicated to the ministries of religion.

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a. Ravished, raptured, elevated to ecstasy; in the highest degree of joy.

EDACIOUS, e-da'shås. a. Eating, voracious, ravenous, greedy.

EDACITY, 2-dâs'è-tè. s. Voraciousness, rare

nousness.

EDDER, êd'dår. s. 98. Such fencewood as is
commonly put upon the top of fences.
EDDY, éď ́dě. s. The water that, by some re-
percussion, or opposite wind, runs contrary to
the main stream; whirlpool, circular motion.
EDEMATOSE, è-dem-å-tose. a. Swellings full
of humours.-See TUMULOSE.
EDENTATED, è-dén'tà-têd.
teeth.

a.

Deprived of

EDGE, êdje. s. The thin or cutting part of a blade; a narrow part rising from a broader; keenness, acrimony. To set the teeth on edge, to cause a tingling pain in the teeth.

To EDGE, ¿dje. v. a. To sharpen, to enable to I have given these words the flat s aspirated, cut; to furnish with an edge; to border with as I am convinced it is quite agreeable to the any thing, to fringe; to exasperate, to embitter analogy of pronunciation; for the third syila-To EDGE, êdje. v. n. To move against any power. ble coming after the secondary accent, is ex-EDGED, êdja, or êd'jêd. part. a. 359. Sharp, actly under the same predicament as the penultimate syllable in Ambrosial, Ephesian, Geodasiart, &c. See Principles, No. 451. "And pulpit drum ecclesiastick,

Was beat with fist instead of a stick."

-Hudibros.

not blunt. EDGING, ¿d'jing. s. What is added to any thing by way of ornament; a narrow lace. EDGELESS, édje'lês. a. Blunt, obtuse, unable

to cut.

EDGETOOL, ¿dje'tôôl. s. A tool made sharp

to cut

ECHINUS, è-kľ'nůs. s. 503. A hedge-hog; a shellfish set with prickles; with botanists, the prick-||EDGEWISE, êdje'wize. ad. With the edge put ly head of any plant in architecture, a mem- into any particular direction. ber or ornament taking its name from the rough- || EDIBLE, d'è-bl. a. 503. Fit to be eaten. ness of the carving. EDICT, è'dikt. s. A proclamation of command ECHO, ék'kỏ. s. The return or repercussion of or prohibition. any sound; the sound returned.

T'ɔ ECHO, êk'ko. v. n. To resound, to give the
repercussion of a voice; to be sounded back.
To FCHO, êk'kò. v. a. To send back a voice.
ECLAIRCISSEMENT, êk-klåre'siz-mênt.
Explanation, the act of clearing up an affair.
This word, though long in use, is not yet
naturalized. Every syllable but the last may
be perfectly pronounced by an Englishman who
does not speak French; but this syllable having
a nasal vowel, not followed by hard c or g, (see
ENCORE,) is an insuperable difficulty: the near-
est sound to it would perhaps be to make it
rhyme with long and strong. But a speaker
would, perhaps, risk less by pronouncing it like
an English word at once, than to imitate the
French sound awkwardly.

ECLAT, è-klåw'. 8. 472. French. Splendour,
show, lustre.

ECLECTICK, ék-lêk'tîk. a. Selecting, choosing
at will.

ECLIPSE, è-klips'. s. An obscuration of the lu-
minaries of heaven; darkness, obscuration.
To ECLIPSE, eklips'. v. a. To darken a lu-
minary; to extinguish; to cloud; to obscure;
to disgrace.

ECLIPTIC, è-klip'tik. s. A great circle of the
sphere.

ECLOGUE, êk'log. s. 338. A pastoral poem. ECONOMY, e-kon'd-mè. s. 296, 518. The management of a family; frugality: discretion of

IF Good speakers seem divided about the quantity of the vowel in the first syllable of this word. Kenrick, Perry, and Buchanan, make it short and Sheridan, Nares, Entick, Ash, Scott, and W Johnston, long. This majority has induced me to make it long likewise, and not any length of the same letter in the Latin edictum; for though the Latin accent is frequently a rule for the pla cing of ours, the quantity of Latin has almost as little to do with our quantity as it has with that of the Chinese or Hebrew.-See Introduction to Rhyming Dictionary, page xix. ||EDIFICATION, êd-é-fé-ka'shun. s. The act of building up man in the faith, improvement in holiness; improvement, instruction. EDIFICE, ¿d'è-fis. s. 142. A fabrick, a building. EDIFIÉR, éd'è-fl-ûr. s. One that improves or in

structs another.

To EDIFY, éd ́è-fl. v. a, To build; to instruct,
to improve; to teach, to persuade.
EDILE, è'dile. s. 140. The title of a magistrate
in old Rome.

EDITION, è-dish'ûn. s. Publication of any thing,
particularly of a book; republication, with re
visal.

EDITOR, êd'è-tår. s. 166. Publisher, he that re-
vises or prepares any work for publication.
To EDUCATE, êd'jà-kåte. v. a. 91. To breed,
to bring up.

This pronunciation may seem odd to those who are not acquainted with the nature of the

559-Fate, får, fåll, fắt;--mè, met-plne, pin ;

letters; but it is not only the most polite, but in | EFFICACY, éf'fè-kå-sẻ.” s. Production of the reality, the most agreeable to rule.-See Princi ples, No. 294, 376.

EDUCATION, éd-jú-kå'shůn. s Formation of| wanners in youth.

To EDUCE, duse'. v a. To bring out, to ex

s. 98. The

consequence intended. EFFICIENCE, êf-fish'yênse. EFFICIENCY, ¿f-fish'yên-sè.. act of producing effects, agency. EFFICIENT, ef fish'yent s. The cause which makes effects; he that mal, the effector. EFFICIENT, ef-fish'yênt. effects.

118. Causing

EFFIGIES, ëf-fid'jès.
EFFIGY, éx 'fè-jè.
image in painting or sculpture.

To EEK, k. v. a.-See EKE. To make bigger|EFFLORESCENCY, êf-fld-res'sên-sé.
by the addition of another piece; to supply
any deficiency.

EEĽ, èèl. s. Å serpentine slimy fish, that lurks
in mud.

E'EN, èèn. ad. Contracted from Even.
EFFABLE, êf'få-bi.a.405. Expressive, utterable.||
To EFFACE, êf-fàte'. v. a. To destroy any form
painted or carved; to blot out; to destroy; to

wear away.

The strong tendency of the vowel to open, when it terminates a syllable, immediately before the accent, makes us frequently hear the|| ein these words, when the accent is on the second syllable, pronounced as open as if there were but one f. The same may be observed of the o in occasion, offence, official, &c. This is certainly a deviation from rule; but it is so general, and so agreeable to the ear, as to be a distinguishing mark of elegant pronunciation EFFECT, &-fekt'. s. 98. That which is produced by an operating cause; consequence, event; reality, not mere appearance: in the plural, goods, moveables.

To EFFECT, êf-fêkt'. v. a. To bring to pass, to attempt with success, to achieve; to produce EFFECTIBLE, êf-fêk'tè-bl. a. Performable, practicable.

as a cause.

EFFECTIVE, êf-fêk'tiv. a. Having the power to produce effects; operative, active; efficient. EFFECTIVELY, éf-fêk'tiv-lé. ad. Powerfully,|| with real operation.

EFFECTLESS, êf-fêkt'lês. a. Without effect, impotent, useless.

EFFECTOR, éf-fëk'tûr. s. 166. He that produces any effect.

That which issues

510. Production of flowers; excrescences in the form of flowers: in physick, the breaking out of some humours in the skin. EFFLORESCENT, ¿f-flò-rês'sênt. a. Shooting out in forms of flowers. EFFLUENCE, ér'flù-ênse. s from some other principle. EFFLUVIA, &-flù'vè-å. the plural of EFFLUVIUM, êf đủ vẻ ủn. Those particles which are continually flying off from bodies.

S

EFFLUX, &f luks. s. 492. The act of flowing out; effusion; that which flows from something else, emanation.

To EFFLUX, éf-fluks'. v. n. 98. To run out. EFFLUXION, ef-flük'shun. s. The act of flow ing out; that which flows out, effluvium, emanation.

EFFORT, êf'fòrt. 8. Struggle, laborious encavour.

EFFOSSION, &f-fòsh'ân. s. The act of digging up from the ground.

EFFRONTERY, éi-från'têr-è. s. Impudence, shamelessness.

EFFULGENCE, ¿f-fûl jênse. s. 98, 177. Lustre,
brightness, splendour.

EFFÜLGENT, êí-fül'jent. a. Shining, bright,
luminous.
EFFUMABILITY, ¿f-fù-mâ-bil'è-tè. s. The
quality of fiying away in fumes.
To EFFUSE, êt-fùze'. v. a. 437. To pour out,
to spill.

EFFUSION, af-fù'zhân. S. 98. The act of
pouring out; waste, the act of spilling or shed-
ing; the thing poured out.

EFFUSIVE, ¿f-fù'siv. a. 499, 428. Pouring
out, dispersing.

EFFECTUAL, êf-fêk ́tshi-âl. a. 463. Produc-
tive of effects, powerfui, to a degree adequate||ET. Mr. b newt, an ever.
to the occasion, efficacious.

EFTSOONS, éft-söönz'. ad. Soon afterwards. EFFECTUALLY, éf-fék'tshu-ål-è. ad. In a man-Tc EGEST, e-jest'. v. a. To throw out food at ner productive of the consequence intended, efficaciously.

v. a. Το

To EFFECTUATE, ef-fèk'tshu-åte.
bring to pass, to fulfil
EFFEMIÑACY, êf-fêm'è-nâ-sẻ. s. Admission
of the qualities of a woman, softness, unmanly
delicacy; lasciviousness, loose pleasure.
EFFEMINATE, ¿f-fèm'è-nåte. à. 91. Having
the qualities of a woman, womanish, voluptu-

ous. tender.

91,

TO EFFEMINATE, èf-fêm'è-nåte.
soften, to melt into weakness.
EFFEMINATION, êf-fêm-ẻ-nå'shûn. s.
state of one grown womanish, the state of one
emasculated or unmanned.

To EFFERVESCE, ¿f-fér-vês'. v. n. To gene-
rate heat by intestine motion.
EFFERVESCENCE, f-fer-vês'sènse. s. 510.
The act of growing hot, production of heat by
intestine motion.

EFFICACIOUS, êl-fé-kà'shûs. a.
a. Productive!
of effects, powerful to produce the consequence
intended.
EFFICACIOUSLY, êf-fè-ká'shûs-lè. ad. Et-
fectually.

the natural vents.

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EGESTION, è-jês'tshân. s. 464. The act of throwing out the digested food.

EGG, g. s. That which is laid by feathered animals, from which their young is produced; the spawn or sperm of creatures; any thing fashion ed in the shape of an egg.

To EGG, êg. v. a. To incite, to instigate. EGLANTINE, g'lân-tin. s. 150. A species of rose; sweetbriar.

EGOTISM, è'gó-tizm. s. Too frequent mer

ず

➡nỏ, môve, nôr, not; túl e, tub, båll ;-öll;-pöånd;—thin, THIS.

EGOTIST, è'gò-tist. s. One that is always talk- || ELABORATE, è-láb'd-råte. a. 91. Finished ing of himself. with great diligence.

To EGOTIZE, è'go-tize. v. n. To talk much of ELABORATELY, è-låb ́ó-råte-lè. ad. Laboriousone's self.

EGREGIOUS, è-grè'jè-ús. a. Eminent, remarkable, extraordinary; eminently bad, remarkably vicious.

EGREGIOUSLY-grè jè-ûs-lè. ad. Eminently, shamefully.

EGRESS, è grês. s. The act of going out of place, departure.

any

EGRESSION, è-grêsh'un. s. The act of going out.
EGRET, 'grêt. s A fowl of the herou kind,
*EGRIOT, è'grè-ôt. s. A species of cherry.
To EJACULATE, è-jak'u-låte. v. a. To throw,

to shoot out.

EJACULATION, è-jak-d-là'shûn. s. A short prayer darted out occasionally, the act of darting or throwing out,

EJACULATORY, é-jäk ́ú-lå-tur-è. a. Suddenly darted out, sudden, hasty.

To EJECT, è-jekt'. v. a. To throw out, to cast forth, to void; to throw out or expel from an office or possession.

EJECTION, è-jêk'shun. s. The act of casting out, expulsion.

IJECTMENT, è-jekt'ment. s. A legal writ by which any inhabitant of a house, or tenant of an estate, is commanded to depart.

ly, diligently, with great study.
ELABORATION, è-läb-ó-ra ́shian. s. Improve-
ment by successive operations.
To ELANCE, è-lânse. v. a. To throw out, te
dart.

To ELAPSE, è-lâpse'. v. n
glide away.
ELASTICAL, è-lås ́té-kál.
FLASTICK, é-làs'tik.

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To pass away, to

Having the power of returning to the form from which it is distorted, springy.

ELASTICITY, è-las-tis'è-tè. s. Force in bodies,
by which they endeavour to restore themselves
ELATE, è-late'. a. Flushed with success, lofty,
haughty.

To ELATE, è-late'. v. a. To put up with pros-
puff
perity; to exalt, to heighten.
ELATION, è-la'shan. s. Haughtiness, proceed-
ing from success.

ELBOW, l'bò. s. 327. The next joint or curva
ture of the arm below the shoulder; any flex-
ure or angle.
FYBOWCHAIR,êl-bo-tshåre'.s. A chair with arms.
ELBOWROOM, l'bó-rôôm. s. Room to stretch
out the elbows, freedom from confinement.
To ELBOW, êľ'bỏ. v. a. To push with the
elbow; to push, to drive to a distance.
To ELBOW, l'bó. v. n. To jut out in angles.
ELD, Ald. s. Od age, decrepitude;. old people,
persons wora out with years.

Surpassing another in

EIGHT, ayt. a. Twice four. A word of number. IF The genuine sound of the diphthong in this word and its compounds does not seem to be that of the first sound of a, which Mr. Sheridan has given it under the second sound of e, but a|ELDER, ¿l'dår. s. 98. The name of a tree. combination of the first sound of a and e pro-ELDER, l'dur. a. 98. nounced as closely together as possible. But as this distinction is very delicate, and may not be inore easily apprehended than that between meat and meet, 246, I have given the diphthong the same sound as Mr. Sheridan has done. EIGHTH, hytth. a. Next in order to the seventh.

ELDERLY, 'dar-lè. a. No longer young. ||ELDERS, ¿ľdûcz. s. Persons whose age gives them reverence; ancestors; those who are older than others; among the Jews, rulers of the people; in the New Testament, ecclesiasticks; among Presbyterians, laymen introduced into the kirk polity.

ELDERSHIP, ĉl'dar-ship. 8. Seniority, primogeniture.

vears.

[ELECAMPANE, ¿l-è̟-kâm-påne. s.

A plant,

This word, as it is written, by no means conveys the sound annexed to it in speaking: for the abstract termination th being a perfect lisp, is || quite distinct from the final of eight, and can never coalesce with it without depriving the word!!ELDEST, ¿ldåst. a. The oldest that has the of one of its letters. The only sound conveyed by right of progeniture; that has lived most the letters of this word, as now spelt, is as if written ayth and i. we would speii this sound as we pronounce it, and as the analogy of formation certainly requires, we must necessarily write it eightth. This would have an unusual appearance to the eye; and this would be a sufficent reason with the multitude for opposing it :||ELECT, è-lékt'. a. Chosen, taken by preference but men of sense ought to consider, that the credit of the language is concerned in rectifying this radical fault in its orthography. EIGHTEEN, åy'těền. a. Twice nine. EIGHTEENTH, ày'tèènth. a. The next in order to the seventeenth.

EIGHTFOLD, hyt'fold. a. Eight times the num-
ber of quantity.

EIGHTHLY, yth'lè. ad. In the eighth place.
EIGHTIETH, ay'tè-êth. a. The next in order to
the seventy-ninth, eighth tenth.
EIGHTSCORE, åyt'skore. a. Eight times twenty.
EIGHTY, ay'tè. a. Eight times ten.
EISEL, é'sil. s. Vinegar, verjuice.

a.

named also starwort. To ELECT, díšku. v. To choose for any office or use in theology, to select as an object of eternal aercy.

from among others; chosen to an office not yet in possession; chosen as an object of eter nal mercy.

ELECTARY, ê-lék tá-rẻ. g. A form of medicine made of conserves and powders, of the consist ence of honey.

This is an alteration of the word Electuary, which has taken place within these few years and, it must be owned, is an alteration for the better: for, as there is no " in the Latin Electarium, there can be no reason for inserting it in our English word, which is dered from It. ELECTION, è-lek'shan. s. The act of choosing one or more from a greater number; the power of choice; voluntary preference; the determination of God, by which any were selected for eternal life; the ceremony of a publick choice.

LITHER, è'THår. pron. distrib. Whichsoever of the two, whether one or the other; each, both. EITHER, è'TH. conj. 252. A distributive conjunction, answered by Or, either the one or the|ELECTIONEERIN é-lêk-shûn-ééring. s. Con

ceru in parliamentary elections. Mason. ELECTIVE, è-k'tiv. a. Exerting the power of choice.

ELECTIVELY, è-lêk'tiv-lè. ad. By choice, with preference of one to another.

ELECTOR, è-lêk'tür. s. 93. He that has a vote in the choice of any officer; a prince who has a voice in the choice of the German emperor.

with labour, to heighten and improve by suc-ELECTORAL, è ·lẻk'tò-rál, a.ˆ Having the dig sessive operations.

nity of an elector,