emIssary ship

[Eng. emi ary; -ship.] The office or position of an emi ary. ě-mis-sion, s. [Lat. emi io, from emi us, pa. par. of emit to.] I. Ordinary Language : 1. The act of emitting, sending, or throwing out; as the emi ion of light from the sun, the emi ion of odor from plants, . "Tickling causeth laughter: the cause may be the emis sion of the spirits, and so of the breath by a flight from titillation."- Bacon . 2. The act of sending out or despatching. "Populosity naturally requireth transmigration and emi ion of colonies."- Browne : Vulgar Errors. 3. That which is emitted or sent out. "Cover them with gla es; but upon all warm and benign emi ions of the sun, and sweet showers, give them air."- Evelyn . 4. The state of being emitted or sent out. "Still opportune with prompt emi ion flow." Brooke : Universal Beauty , bk. v. II. Finance: The putting into circulation or i uing of bills, notes, shares, .; the i ue or number and value of the bills, ., sent out. Theory of emi ion , Emi ion theory : Optics: The theory or hypothesis that the propagation of light is effected by the throwing out of infinitely small particles of matter, of which it is a umed that it is composed, from a luminous body in radiating lines. It is called also the Corpuscular Theory. Though accepted by Sir Isaac Newton, it is now generally abandoned in favor of its rival the Undulatory Theory. [UNDULATORY LIGHT.] *em-Is-si-tious, a. [Lat. emi itius sent out, exploring; emi us sent out, pa. par. of emit to =to send out.] Prying, spying, inquisitive.